The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-04-19
EI,ATING no ELECTIONS,


TION OF ELECTORS IN EVERY
PRECINCT IN THE STATE. PRO
HiBlTING VOTING WITHOUT SUCH
REGISTRATION AND PROVIDING
EMERGENCY.
Passed by the Extraordinary Session OF
the fifth Legislature.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State
OF Oklahoma:
used in this Act is hereby declared TO
mean every general, primary, regular, or
special election held in this state, or
in any county, city, town, towhsnlp,
ination or election Of federal, state, uls,
trict, count, municipal, township, school
district or precinct ofhcers, lhciuuihs
United States Senators and members OF
Congress, and upon any issue supmltleo
10 the people OF the State or any munl-
cipality or subdivision of the State.
Sec, 2. II shall be the duty OF o,s,ss eSeay = !.
as an clector under the PROVISIONS OF
this Act, and no elector shall be permit, (,
ted to vote at any election unless he shaii
register as herein provided, ana no elect
or shall be permitted to vote IN any prl-
mary election OF any political party eA-
cept of the political party OF which nus
registration certificate shows MIN 10 DC
Sec. s. The Secretary Of the State
Senate shah within sixty days after this
Act becomes effective, appoint one iuhil-
ned elettOI III edcn tONuts 40
registrar which Office OF county registrar
is hereby created. Such county registrar,
shall qualify and subscribe 70 the GUS
tomary oath OF office and sh'li niline
diately appoint precinct registrars III
each precinct within his county, VINO
shall qualify as does the county regis
trar, and who shall be the oihcial regis
trat.on officer in his precinct, anu sueia SUI a
precinct registrar is hereby empowered
10 administer oaths and to exercise an
the authority conferred upon preeinel
registrars by this Act. The county reg 20
lstrar shall hold office at the pleasure OF
the Secretary of the state senate, anu
the precinct registrars shall hola . olllce
at the pleasure OF the county registrar,
and such precinct registrar shah DC en-
filled to compensation at the rate OF
three t3) cents for each elcctor regis
tered in his precinct in cities OF the
first class. ana nNe sog ,San in cities
Of the first class, as PROVIDED IN thlS
Act the same TO be paid as other eiec-
tion expenses by the county oi whieh ne
Sec 4 II shall be the duty Of the
precinct registrar 10 register each uuai-
hed elector OF his election prcclnct VINO
makes application between ths 9ot'' " Nias n,,s
Of April, 1916, and the llth day OF Nay
1916 and such person applying shail %
the time he applies 10 register bs =
qualified elector IN such precinct, ana he tt,
snail comply with the provisions OF thls
Act. and II shall be the duty oi every
nuaiiaed eicctor TO register within such
dime. provided, II ans eiector shouid pe
absent from the county oI nus Iss,uslsss ~ 49,.
vented by sickness ur inlaNuiuapie lhts
fortune from registering with tne ., pre-
elnct registrar within such time, ne may
register with such precinct rekislraL - ~
amy time after the lrth day ot NJ V, l9io,
up 10 and including the sVth ans ol
Janp 1916 but the precinct leslsuaf
shall register no person under thls pro-
sis5on fniess he be satisfied that such
nerson was absent from the county OF
gas nrevented from registering by SICK
ness or unavoidable misfortune, as mere
Ana provided that il shall be the man
iatory duty OF every precinct registrar
10 lsssie registration certihcales 10 eNeIs
uuained elector who voted az uie ger
af aisrtinn held IN this state ON the
arst Tuesday after the first Mondas lil
November. 1914, without the' applics'iv,li =,
of said elector for registration; anu, ~ ~
deliver such certificate 70 such ttectoi
N he Is still qualified elector IN such
precinct and the failure 10 50 reglsleI
such electOr who voted IN sucn eiectloh
held in November lslt s,,ai' ,rne i,vn Vs.
riudo or prevent such elector from ~
ing i'm any election I'm this state and
provided further. that WheieNsl als
elector is refused registration ~ "iRs ~
registration officer, such acton may -
rnSiewed bv the district court OF tne
county by the aggrieved elector py his
ntiup within ten days peutioh VIII
Tho clerk OF said court, whereupon sum
mors shall be issued to said registrar
reouiring him to answer Nltnlh ter ~. nas : :
and the district court shal DC lshesl
ami a expeditions hearing ana from m
Judgment an appeal VIII lie at the IN
sfsnee of either party 70 the Suprems
rourt Of the State as In civil cases. ana
oroyidcd further, that the provisions y
this Act shall not apply 70 ,rtber any s'ty ma
.arh county election board IN TINS stats
s6ail furnish to each PRECINCT e'eco"i
bnard IN the respective counties = ~
~ Inc voters who voted at the election u
sa,nber 1914. and such list shall b'
ronelusiyo evidence Of the right oil suoi
49, So Il shall be the duty OF th'
-, reeistrar to furnish, at the ex
nense of The county, proper resiAttA.lu'
certificate books and sunples, mNet, Isne..
Alternate sheet or leaf OF such cerunca.
haoixs shall be perforated so mat IN
s may he detached, and the perfor
snd sheet or Leaf shall be for the purpos
ss,ltjng the original registratlou Serlf n
dcate OF each elector inineelase,: ,',,
Hereunder shall be carbon Sheet, aii'
tn,rnadiafelv under such carbon shee
shau be az exact duplicate OF the org
nal certificate. but such duplicate snai
no ~. sr,nfed on thick substantial pape
"a hound together iu book form. ol
me outside OF the front cover oi cay
hook shall be written or printeu "a ~
1,,,r,,.s Of the precinct and county 10
.,bicb the book Is prepared. There sha
Se FOR each precinct twice as many orig
nal and duplicate ceruhcates as tner
were electors voting IN such eiectio
orectnct at the general election neid !
ho YEAR 1914 Such certificates sha
e nrinted and delivered 20 the reglstra
IN each election precinct on or before ~
ae,h dny OF April. 1916, and the regiEtra
~ each election precinct shan give 70 "
nonntv registrar a receipt for sucn Ger
Ssacates when so delivered. which re
caint shall give the number Of the pre-
srct and the county and the number :
.nrtihcafes contained In the certincat
hool. and shall be filed by the count
seeistrar and retained in his ONCE IN
I5,jnaI registration certificates Tor eac
geeti,u precinct shall be numbered con
secntive3s beginning with number on,
snd each duplicate registration eertlll
sote anal bsaF the same number as y
.rieInai T'he form OF registration cef
tiacate shall be as follows.
REGISTRATION cERTlFlCATH.
No.------------~-
,r,ctnct No County of--------
STATE Of oklahoma.
This psrfifies that ------------ -
.as This day applied for registration Z
an eiertor la this precinct and on oat
savs that he is 2 qualified elector
School District-----sPrecinnt Nos-.---
County OF ~----~------~. .,,----.s., stras ,s..
---.--------.-. tltt uiH tHtHo
------- Residence ~~---------
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