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

and such list shall be conclusive evil
dence of the right of such person to
vote.
Sec 5. It shall be the duty of the
county registrar to furnish. at the
expense of the county, proper regis
tIation certificate books and sup
plies. Every alternate sheet or leaf
of such certificate books shall be per-
forated so that the same may be de-
tached, and the perforated sheet or
leaf shall be for the purpose of writ
ing the original registration certif-
icate of each elector. Immediately
hereunder shall be a carbon sheet,
and Immediately under each carbon
sheet shall be an exact duplicate of
the original certificate, but such du-
plicate shall not be perforated Such
certificates shall be printed on thick
substantial paper and bound togeth-
er in book form. On the outside Of
/ the front cover of each book shall
be written or printed the number of
the precinct and county for which
the book is prepared. There shall be
l for each precinct twice as many or
iginal and duplicate certificates as
there were electors voting in such
election precinct at the general cleo
tion held in the year 1914. Such
certificate shall be printed and de-
| livered to the registrar in each cleo
tion precinct on or before the 30th
day of April, 1916, and the registrar
in each election precinct shall give
to the county registrar a receipt for
such certificates when so delivered.
which receipt shall give the number
of the precinct, and the county, and
the number of certificates contained
in the certificate book. and shall be
held by the county registrar and re-
tanned in his office The original
registration certificates for each cleo
tion precinct shall be numbered con-
secutively, beginning with number
one, and each duplicate registration
certificate shall bear the same num-
ber as its original The form of reg
istration certificate shall be as fol-
lows:
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
NO..
Precinct Mo-. County of.
State of Oklahoma.
This certifies that
has this day applied for registration
as an elector in this precinct and on
oath says that he is a qualified cleo
tor in School District. :. Precinct
NO Countv of
State Of. ........; that his name
is. is............, Residence .......
Street No. ....., Post Office.
Occupation .........., Age. e.
Race .......,..., Color. .......
Politics ......, Color of Hair. d.
Height ....., Weight. ... Color
OF eyes. -......, that he refers to
qualified electors of and freeholders
in said precinct as witnesses to the
facts hereinabove set out.
Dated this the. -. day Of ......
49,.
''''....... Registrar.
Sec. 6. Each registration certifi-
cate as provided for herein shall be
filed by the precinct registrar with
an indelible pencil, and the elector
shall take an oath before said regis
trar to the effect that the statements
contained in said registration certif-
icate are true and correct, and said
registration certificate shall then be
signed by the precinct registrar.
If any person at the time of the
registration declines to state his pol
itics and the political party with
which he affiliates, the registrar
shall register such person as I'm
dependent"
Sec. 7. Each qalified elector in
this State may be required to make
oath that he is a qualified elector in
such precinct, and shall answer un-
der oath any questions touching his
qualifications as an elector and give
under oath the Information required
to be contained in a registration GER
tificate. Except in the case of a
qualified elector who voted at the
general election held in this State
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November. 1914, in which
case it shall be the mandatory duty
of the precinct registrar to register
such voter and deliver to such voter
a registration certificate, and the
failure to so register such elector
and to issue such certificate shall
not preclude or prevent such elector
from voting at any election in this
State. If any person shall fail or re-
fuse to give the information required
in registration certificate, or fail
or refuse to answer any questions
propounded to him by said registrar
touching his qualifications as an
elector, such person shall not be reg
istered and no certificate of regis
tration shall be issued to him. If
said registrar shall be satisfied that
any person who makes application
to register is a qualified elector in
the precinct at such time, and If
such person complies with all of the
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