Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-05-25
REGISTER JUNE S.
Circuit Clerk Adams and Sheriff
Mcclure Appoint Reeistrdrs
for Different Precincts.

The registration of all men in the
United States over 81 and under 81
years Of age will take place on Tues
day, June 5th, and heavy penalty will
be attached to any one. white or black,
within that age. who does not register
on that day. Ignorance will not be
accepted as an excure and every farmer
in the county should see that the ten.
ants end laborers on his place does not
lay himself liable. Colored preachers
and teachers should see to 1t that all
their race are notified and impressed
with the importance. 1t does not near
that all will be called to arms or forced
to fight, and not more than one in ter
or fifteen will be drafted, bnt all n'usi
sssistsr.
The following are two sections from
the registration regulations from the
Bureau of the Provost Marshal General
81. Dutiss Of County and City Clsrks'
The duties of the County Clerk, be.
comes active upon receipt of registra-
tion cards by the sheriff. From the
day Of the receipt of the county supply
Of registration cards by the sheriff, the
county clerk must be prepared to fur
nish cards to the sick and to persons
absent from their domicialiary precincts
and to certify to their registration
cards. For this purpose the clerk will
familiarize himself with the duties of
registrars and instructions for answer
ing questions. Absentees must be in
structed that the clerk is not register
irg them and that the burden is upon
the absentee to see that his card (when
certified to by the clerk) is mailed to
the registrar of the absentee's home
precinct in time to reach such regis
trar on registration day. The sick ma,
apply to the county clerk by agent.
Absentees and the sick will not be FIR
nished with registration certificates by
county or city clerks. These must
come from the registrars ia their home
precincts.
81. P1acs Of sssisf-a.ioa.-The place
of registration is the voting precinct at
your dsmicile. Your domicile is your
permanent home.
Rsgistsation Of abssntess. Although
registrations must be in the precinct of
domicile, and although the burden is on
you to see that your registration is en-
tered at your domiciliary preciuct on
the prescribed dav, yet, for your con-
venience and to obviate the necessity
of your going home for the purpose of
registration, the following is provided
for the registration of absentees:
(a) Six days after the publication of
the Presidents proclamation there will
be supply Of registration blanks at
the office of the county clerk of every
county ir the United States, or at the
office of the city clerk of every city of
over 80, 900 population.
(O The county clerk or. in the case
of cities of over 80. 900, the city clerk.
Is authorized to record the answers of
persons absent from their domiciliary
county and to certify to their registra.
tion cards.
(c) Upon application by you your
card will be made out by the clerk.
turned over to you, and by you it must
be mailed In time to reach pour domi-
ciliarp precinct By the dap set for reg
istrotion
(0 Therefore, six days after the
Presidents proclamation is published.
20 to the Office of the sheriff in the
county in which you may be and have
your registration card filled and certi-
fed. Then mail the same addressed to:
The Registrar,
----Precinct,
(Your home precinct)
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