The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21
STATE OF VERMONT
HORACE F. GRAHAM, Governor
A Proclamation

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Pursuant to the Act of Congress o.
May IS, 1917 and the proclamation o.
the President Hereunder, requiring
all males between the ages of twenty
one and thirty, both inclusive, to
present themselves at their accus
toned voting places for registration
|, Horace F. Graham, Governor,
hereby prescribe the following regu
lations for the conduct of such regis
tration in Vermont;
The registration will be conducted
on the fifth day of June, 1917 from Z
o'clock a. m. to 8 o clock p. m. at the
usual voting places in the several
towns and cities. The proper authori-
ties of the towns and cities will
cause the voting places to be suitab-
ly prepared for the purpose.
A board to conduct the registration
in each town and city is hereby con-
stituted, to consist of the moderator
or mayor, as the case may be, the
town or city clerk and the town or
city health officer The moderator or
mayor will be chairman and executive
officer of the board, the clerk will be
chef registrar. and the health officer,
the surgeon. Vacancies in the board
will be filed by the Governor.
The Federal Government authorizes
pay for registrars, and the chairman
of the local registration board may
appoint registrars upon the basis
specified in the federal regulations.
Additional registrars may be appoint
ed if such volunteer to serve with
out pay. 1t is confidently hoped and
expected that all registrars will be
willing to serve gratuitously, and |
ask that no citizen of Vermont shall
accept pay for this patriotic service.
All registrars must be citizens of the
United States and legal residents of
their respective towns or cities; they
should be competent clerks whose
handwriting is neat and legible and
they will be required to take the oath
as prescribed in the federal regula
tions.
Town and city clerks have been fur
nished with complete instructions re-
lating to the registration of persons
absent from their home towns, or too
sick present themselves for regis
tratioh.
Sheriffs and county clerks will per
form the ministerial duties prescribed
for them in the regulations published
by the bureau of the Provost Marshal
General of the United States pertain
ing to the registration, except as
herein otherwise specified. The sew
eral towns and cities will be regarded
and treated as precincts within the
meaning of said regulations.
All town, county and state officials
are hereby enjoined to render such
service in connection with the regis
tration as may be required of them
by federal or state authorities.
The Adjutant General at the State
House will furnish information and
printed forms.
Your earnest and full compliance
with the terms of the proclamation of
the President and with the terms of
this proclamation will be evidence
not alone of those enrolled but of the
whole people that, having taken up
this war, we intend to carry it un-
falteringly to the end. We are with
our allies, as one nation, determined
that government by the people shall
continue for all time.
All persons concerned are required
to take due notice hereof and govern
themselves accordingly
Given under my hand and the Great
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nineteenth day of May, 1917.
HORACE F. GRAHAM,
Governor
By the Governor:
Harvey E. Goodel,