The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-05-08

| The proportion of registrars shall
be one for each ITO persons to be
registered. Each age to be register
ed will comprise about j per cent
Of the population.
II, for instance, all men between
10 and rs years of age, inclusive,
are to be registered, the registrar
would have to enroll about per
cent Of the precinct population.
1t is desirable to accept the SER
vices of competent volunteer reg
istrars to serve without compensa-
ton. All registrars must be sworn.
The voting place in each precinct
must be prepared for registration.
Full printed Instructions covering
every detail of registration will be
in the hands of Sheriffs and Mayors
on the fifth day after the Presidents
proclamation.
The Mayor of a city containing
more than 10000 inhabitants, or
the officials designated by the Gov
ernor therein, shall, with approval
of the Governor, appoint for each
ward or convenient minor sub-divi-
sion containing about 10000 peo-
pie one Registration Board, and shall
designate one officer of each board
to perform duties similar to those
imposed on the Sheriff, as hereto
fore outlined. If the Mayor desires
he may appoint a central board to
coordinate the work Of minor
boards.
On the fifth dav after the Presi-
dent has issued his proclamation
Clerks of counties and cities of
over 10000 must secure a supply
of blanks and copies of the regis
tration regulations from the Sher-
if or from the Mayor. Absentees
and the sick viii apply to such
Clerks to have their registration
cards filed out. In no case shall
such persons be given registration
certificates. They are to be in
structed by the clerk that the bur-
den is ON them to see to it that the
cards reach the registrars of their
home precinct by registration day.
Mail May Be Used
Persons absent from their home
counties may be registered by mail
If so absent, a man should go to
the Clerk of the county where he
may be staying on the sixth day af-
ter the date of the Presidents proc
lamation. If he is in city of over
10000 population, the CITY Clerk is
the, official to whom to apply. The
absentee will be told how to regis
ter, but he must mail his card in
time to reach his precinct by regis
tration day.
Persons too sick to present them
selves for registration must send a
competent person to the County or
City Clerk on the sixth day after
the issuing of the proclamation. The
Clerk will give instructions for reg
istration.
Officials of educational, charita-
BILE and other institutions should APP
ply for instructions to the County
or City Clerk on the sixth day after
the date of the proclamation for in
structions as to a convenient meth
cd of registration.
The wardens OF Jalls, peniten-
tiaries and reformatories should
apply to the County or City Clerk
for instructions on the sixth day.
Five days after the date of the
Presidents proclamation complete
regulations will be in the hands of
all Sheriffs and of the officials of
cities of over 10000 population.
The President is authorized to
call upon all public officers to as
sist in the execution of the law. The
plan is, however, to rely on the peo-
pie for the proper execution of the
law. 1t is expected that patriotic
citizens will offer their services
free as registrars. Such services