Arizona republican., 1916-01-11

VI iVSiStcl every uudlllleu electOT Ol the City of Phoenix, and of those who will be qualified electors of said City of Phoenix on the 4th day of March 1916 and, upon the reopening of the registration books after the primary election, those who will be- come qualified electors of said City on or before the 4th day of April, 1916 and every elector who presents himself at the office of the City Clerk for registration shall be reg istered without charge. Such elec- tor personally appearing in the office of the City Clerk and after being duly sworn. and stating the follow ing facts which the City Clerk. or his deputy, shall approximately enter in black ink in the General Regis ter. Electors shall be numbered consecutively, l, ,, 3, etc, as they are registered in the General Regis ter The City Clerk shall test the ability of the applicant for registra- ton to read the English language as provided in Chapter AS of the Acts of the Regular Session of the Sec ond Legislature of the State of Ar izOna, entitled:
 AN ACT
 To Amend Section 2SS1, 2SS2. 2SS5. 29O6 and 3019 of the Civil Code. Re- vised Statutes of Arizona 1913. so as to Provide that all Persons Who Register for the Purpose of Voting Shall Specify the Political Party With Which Such Persons Are Affil- lated and Shall Only Vote for Candi- dates at Primary Elections Repre- senting the Party With Which Such Persons Are Affiliated.
 And shall inquire of said appIi- cant and enter the following infor- nation in the General City Register. to-Wit:
 Nl) The registration number of the elector; @ the date of register Ing the elector; (3) the full name or the elector; (G Leave blank space m which the judges of election shall enter in the precinct or ward register the poll book number of each elector when he or she has Noted' to) the business or occupation Of the elector; (6) the fact that the elector is of the age of twertv-one years or over; CD the country of nativity: fS) if naturalized. the time. the place and court of naturalization or declaration, as evidenced bv the legal proof thereof, exhibited bv the elector;
 t9) The actual and precise place or residence of the elector at the tune of his registering. stating the precinct or ward and specifying the street or other location or dwelling place of the elector, with the num- Der Of such dwelling. if the same mas number; if not. then with such description of the place that It can readily be ascertained and identified; Q0) the fact whether the applicant for registration has shown Tn the test given him by the Civ Clerk, his ability to read the Consti- luton of the United States in the English language. as in Chapter 4S CT the Acls of the regular session of the Second Legislature of the State -o ArZona provided; ll) the fact Whelhcr or. not the elector desiring to be registered is able to write his name and mark his ballot: O2) the eiectof snail then next following the a1ore re-admnistered oath, sign his name Tn the presence of the City Clerk ar the deputy acting, in the general city register upon the same line where the preceding information is written, and the registering officer snail then sign his own name unon the said line. and add in tbe last column, headed Remarks" sucb physlcai description of the elector elNins ms height. approximate weight, nationality. color and any pecullarity that will tend to estah- ilsn his identity, for the information or the judges of election. If tbe elector is registered by the Citv Clerk In person, the City CJerl, sbal, so sign his own name in attestation 'hereof, and if the elector is regie .erea py deputy, then in addition .o ehe name or the City Clerk, the particular deputy actually registering ,he elector shall sign his name at lehgth, in attestatiOn thereof If ,ho eiector declares he is unable to mari, HIS ballot or sign his name he sbolI state why, and the City Clerk or his deputy as the case may be chan enter upon the register the reasons II the electors inability to sipn ;s apparent in consequence of some physical infirmity, such As bIindness or loss of limb. incapacitatinp ,ho elector from writing. he shah so state the fact. 'o
 section ). The City Clerk shah theh enter in the separate precinct register or the particular ward if any ward he divided into two or more precincts otherwise in the wa ara register of the particular ward in which the elector resides evervtb;no entered by. him in the general ci,v reslste{ He shall arrange the nonas alphabetically, according to inc snr' iidnle' In the separate precinct or ward register, by the same numher eNen 'he elector in the general citv register The City Clerk or den,t,, s.aii then require the elector to sio,, HIS name, and as in the genera, o;t,, register, he shall attest the registra 'ioh The separate election nreoino. or ward registers shall contain a,, 'he information concerning the o,ao LOT contained in the general city reg- a@l