Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-02-11
ORDINANCE NO. IS. 1915.
An Ordinance Providing for the Appointment Of
Registrar; Fixing His Duties and
Compensation.

N~wPeusatlVus
Section LIST. Be it ordained by the
mayor and board of aldermen Of the
city of Macon, Mississippi, that the
board shall appoint at its regular meet
ing in February, 1916, and on each reg.
ular meeting in each year thereafter
when a general election is to be held, a
registrar for the city Of Macon, Misis-
sippi.
Section End. Be it further ordained
that the Office of registrar may be held
by the clerk of the mayor and board of
aldermen If 80 appointed by the board.1
Section 3rd. Tnat the registrar shall
take the oath as prescribed by section
268 of the Constitution of the state of
Mississippi, before entering upon the
duties of his Office.
Section 4th. Be it further ordained
that it shall be the duty of the regis
trar to keep the registration books of
the city in the Office of the mayor and
board of aldermen always open for the
purpose of the registering electors. 1t
shall be his further duty to post a notice
in five public places in the city of Ma
con ten days before each primary cleo
tion, and thirty days before each gen.
eral election, notifying the citizens that
the registration books are open, and
giving an opportunity for all qualifying
to register.
Section 9th. The registrar shall not
register the name of any person as an
| elector who has been convicted of brib-
cry, burglary, theft, arson, obtaining
money under false p~retenses, perjury,
forgery, embezzlement. bigamy, or who
has been prohibited from registering
from cause provided by law, or who
has been convicted within the corporate
limits Of the sale of intoxicating or
spirituous liquors within two years.
Section 9th. Be it further ordained
that the registrar shall keep proper req
istration books and shall have said
books properly ruled, the headings of
which shall be printed respectively, as
follows, to-wit: (A) date of registra-
ton; (B) name of elector; (C) age; (D)
color; (E) occupation; (F) where BUSH
ness is carried on; (G) if employed, by
whom; (H) place of residence, and in
what ward; () does elector read, or
does he understand when read to him.
Section 7th. Be it further ordained
that the compensation of the registrar
shall be ten cents (10c) for each person
registered, which shall be paid out of
the general fund Of the municipality,
upon the certified account of the regis
trar giving the names and the dates of
the registration of the electors, which
accounts shall be filed with the mayor
and the board of aldermen.
Section 9Th. Be it further ordained
that the mayor and board of aldermen
shall provide su ia lie registration
books, as provided by law, at the ex.
pense of the city.
Section 9th. Be it further ordained
that each person desiring to register
shall take the oath which shall be adj
ministered by the registrar, as proyid-
ed by law in such cases.
Section 10th. Be it further ordained
that the occasion being urgent. that
this ordinance take effect and be In
force from and after its passage. This
the Bird day of February, 1916
49,. JAS. G. HORTON,
Attest: ]. ]. SCOTT, Mayor.
City City.
!, J. j. Scott, city clerk, hereby Ger.
tify that the above and foregoing ordi.
nance was duly passed at an adjourned
meeting Of the mayor and board of aid
ermen, held February 8, 1916, same
having been reduced to writing, wa.
considered and voted upon by sections,
then as a whole, all voting yea sa,r
ordinance was duly adopted and order.