Douglas Island news., 1916-02-23
Ordinance No. 56

AS ORDIvANcE PROVIDING FOR THE REGIS
 TRArIoN OF VOTERS IN THE TowN
 OF DOUGLAS, ALASKA The Town of Douglas does ordain as follows; Section I. All voters of the Town of Doug las Alaska for the members of the Common Council shall be registered by the Town Clerk at least once each year as m this or, diuauce provided, and said Town Clerk shall be eX-oficio registration officer.
 TOWN CLERK TO PROCURE POLL BOOK
 Section 9. It shall be the duty of the said Town Clerk to procure a poll book for the registration oi the voters for members of the Common Council of the said Town of
 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION, ETC.
 Section 8. Said poll book shall at an times be kept in the office of the said Town Clerk. The said Town Clerk shall designate by a notice the time and place where said regis tratiOn or poll book shall be opened Tor the registration of voters for members of the Common Council of said town. Said notice must be published in newspaper or general circulation published m the town or Dong- las, Alaska, once each week for a period or two successive weeks next preceding the first Monday of March of each year; and it shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to cause such notice tO be published.
 WHEN REGISTRATION TO BEGIN
 Section {. The said Town Clerk shall duly register all qualified persons applying for registration. The said poll book, provided for in this ordinance, shall be opened for the purpose of registration from the first Mon day in March of each year 70 the last Satur- day prior to the general municipal election, during which time an voters for members of the Common Council who apply and qualify must be registered.
 DUTY OF VOTERS
 Section 8. It shall be the duty of all quail fled voters for members of the Common Council of the said town after the opening of the poll book, as in this ordinance pro- vided, to apply to the Town Clerk and be registered in said book at such time or times as such book shall be opened for that pur- pose; and such registration, when made, shall eutitle the person SO registered 10 vote for members of the Common Council, who are not otherwise disQuahned. IT sucn per- sons are otherwise legally qualified and have caused themselves tO be SO registered as in this ordinance provided, such reglstra- tiOn shall be prima tacie evidence or the right of such person to vote atany muulcipal election for members of the Common COun- cil held iu said town subsequent Go such reg istratiOn, during that year
 WHAT POLL BOOK SHOULD CONTAIN, ETC.
 Sec. 6. The said poll book or registration book aforesaid shall be SO arranged as to admit of the alphabetical classification of the names of the voters and ruled in parallel columns with appropriate heads as follows;
 Name
 Date of registration
 Age
 Place of residence
 Occupation
 Place of birth
 Time of residence in District and Town
 Place and date of granting first or final papers, if of foreign birth. Column for signature.
 Column for remarks
 Column for checking name ofyoter at time of voting.
 Under the head "Place of residence" shall be noted the number of lot aud block or number of street where applicant resides or some other definite description sufficient to locate the residence of the voter SO regis tered. The voter shall sign his name on the registration book in the column for sigma natures. If he shall be incapable of writing his name he shall make his mark in said column iu the presence of some person. who is known to the registration officer, and who is capable of writing his own name, which said person shall sign his own name as