Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-14

TIONS. PROVIDIEC FOR THE
REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS
IN EVERY PRECINCT IN THE
STATE. PROHIBITING VOTING
WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRA-
TION AND PROVIDING PENAL
TIES. AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
Passed by the Extraordinary Session
of the Fifth Legislature.
he It Enacted by the People of the
Sctte of oklahoma
Section l. The word Elections"
as used in this Act is hereby declar-
ed to mean every general, primary,
regular, or special election held in
dhis State, or in any county, city,
towu, township, school district or
precinct for the nomination or cleo
siOu of federal. State. district. coun-
dY municipal, township, school dis
trtct or precinct officers, including
United States Senators and members
@f Congress, and upon any issue
submitted to the people of the State
Or any municipality or subdivision
az the State.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of ev-
cry qualified elector in this State to
register as an elector under the pro-
visions Of this Act, and no elector
shah be permitted to vote at any
stection unless he shall register as
herein provided, and no elector shall
Se permitted to vote in any primary
election of any political party ex-
aept of the political party of which
ais registration certificate shows
Aim TO be a member.
Sec. 8. The Secretary of the State
Senate shall within sixty days after
this Act becomes effective, appoint
one qualified elector in each county
as county registrar. which office of
county registrar is hereby created.
Saeh county registrar shall qualify
and Subscribe to the customary oath
Df office and shall Immediately an
Eoiut precinct registrars in each pre-
9fHct within his county, who shall
qualify as does the county registrar.
and who shall be the official regis
afdnon officer in his precinct, and
such precinct registrar is hereby en-
covered to administer oaths and
10 exercise all the authority conferr-
ed upon precinct registrars by this
Act The county registrar shall hold
@tfiee at the pleasure of the Secre-
1Iry Of the State Senate, and the pre-
G1nct registrar shall hold office at
lhe pleasure Of the county registrar.
aud such precinct registrar shall be
entitled to compensation at the rate
9t three (3) cents for each elector
registered in his precinct in cities of
ahe first class, and five (5) cents for
each eIector registered other than in
cities of the first class, as provided
IN This Act, the same to be paid as
"ener election expenses by the coun-
" of which he is an officer.
Sec. A. 1t shall be the duty of the
precinct registrar to register each
qualified eIector of his election pre-
= Tinct who makes application between
1he SOth day of April, 1916, and the
1KSh day of May, 1915, and such per-
SOD applying shall at the time he ap-
phes to register be a qualified cleo
aur in such precinct, and he shall
Nomply with the provisions of this
Act. and 1t shall be the duty of every
qualified elector to register within
ERth time, provided, IL any elector
snOufd be absent from the county of
ms residence during such period of
nme, or is prevented by sickness or
unavoidable misfortune from regis
feHfng with the precinct registrar
EfthIn such time, he may register
Eilh such precinct registrar at any
1nee after the 10th day of May, 1916.
Up 10 and including the 3Oth day of
JTnS, 1916, but the precinct regis
Ezr shall register no person under
ghis provision unless he be satisfied
MAT such person was absent from
the county or was prevented from
registering by sickness or unavoida-
Sie misfortune, as hereinbefore pro
Uded.
And provided that it shall be the
mandatory duty of every precinct
registrar to issue registration certif-
YATES to every qualified elector who
voted at the general election held in
fhe State on the first Tuesday after
stlae tlrst Monday in November, 1914,
without the application of said cleo
Tor for registration, and, to deliver
sUcR certificate to such elector if he
Is still a qualified elector in such
precinct and the failure to so regis
1eF such elector who voted in such
election held in November. 1914,
shall not preclude or prevent such
eiectOr from voting in any election
m this State: and. provided further,
mat wherever any electOr is refused
registration by any election officer.
such action may be reviewed by the
district court of the county by the
1ggrieved elector by his filing within
ten days petition with the clerk of
said court, whereupon summons
snail be issued to said registrar re-
Ruiring him to answer within ten