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witness to said signature by mark, directly

witness to said signature by mark, directly opposite or near the same
 HOW PERSONS SHALL APPLY, ETC.
 Section 2. No person shall be registered unless he appears in person before said Town Clerk as such registration officer at his of- fee where the registration book is opened for registration purposes during office hours, and applies to be registered and gives all necessary facts about himself, sufficient for the registration officer to fill in such book. IT any person has been naturalzed, or has declared his intention GO become citizen of the United States, in the manner by law provided. he shall furnish satistac- tory evidence to such registration officer of these facts and in addition thereto, when so required by the registration officer he shall take and subscribe an oath tO the effect that he is over the age of twenty-One years, naturalized citizen of the United States or one who has declared his intention to be- come such in the manner provided by law, that he has been on actual and bona hde res ideut of the Territory of Alaska for one year last past and of the Town of Douglas, Alaska, for six months last past, and has not been convicted of a felony. The said Town Clerk shall have the power tO administer the said oath and all said oaths and atidavits shall be preserved and kept with the registration books.
 WHEN NO PERSON ALLOWED TO VOTE
 Section 8. No person shall be entitled to vote at any municipal election for members of the Common Council of said Town of Douglas who has not registered according to the provisions of this ordinance. The registration provided TOT ih thls ot9Ihuncei however, shall not be conclusive evidence or the right of any person to vote; but such person, at the polls, may be challenged and required to establish his right to vote.
 TOWN CLERK TO ADMINISTER oArHs
 Section g. The Town Clerk as eX.oiicio registration officer is hereby empowered to administer all necessary o0ths in examining an applicant for registration, or any witness he may offer in his behalf in order GO oscer- tain his right to be registered under this ordinance, and it shall be the duty or sniu registration officer to examine under OhJh, any applicant for registration whose right to registration he may doubt OF who may be challenged. The said registration officer shall explain to said applicant the necessary qualifications of a voter; and it the appu- cant for registration shows himself 70 nave the necessary qualifications to entitle hlm 70 vote at the next election for Councllmeu, nc shall be registered; otherwise he shall not.
 PENALTY FOR FALSE SWEARING
 Section TO- If any person shall falsely swear, or affirm. in taking any oath required by this ordinance, or shall falsely persouate another for registration or procure person so persouating another to be registered, or if any person shall represent and give ms name to the registration officer different from what it is; or cause such name 70 DC registered, or if any person shall cause any name to be placed Ou the registration DOCK otherwise than in the mauuer provided by this ordinance, he shall be guilty of a mis- demeanOr and upon conviction shall be pun ished by a fue not exceeding SlO0OJ or by imprisonment in the town jail for a term not exceeding ninety days or both.
 APPEALING CLAUSE
 Section IT, All ordinances and parts of or dinances in conflict herewith are hereby re- pealed.
 TIME OF TAXING EFFECs
 Section l2 This ordinance shall be Dub- lished i'm the Douglas Island News, a weekly newspaper published in the Town of Doug and the list day of March. 1916. and shall take effect and be in force from aud after the date of its passage and approval.
 Passed and approved this lith day of teb- ruary. 1916. PETER JOHNSON, President of Common Council and kX. Ohcio
 Mayor.
 ATTEST: R.. R. HUBBARD. City Clerk.