The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
Attorney General Gives Rul- ing Under Law, Outlining
 Duties of Registrars
MEETING ASSOCIATION
 OF HOME ECONOMICS
State Conference Is Called to Convene at Montgomery - Made-in-MOnt- gomery Show to Open and
 Continue One Week

Montgomery, January 2o.-(special) Keristrars created by the election laws of 1915 will begin the work of purging the rolls of all Illegal voters tho first Monday in February and the work will continue until the first Monday after the fourth Monday in February. The registrar of each coun- ty will be required to propose list of all persons who should be stricken from the rolls, to notify each person whose name Is on the roll and to pub lish a list of those proposed to be stricken. Persons have 8 right to fur Aish reasons why their names should not be erased from the rolls and the registrar must consider the protests the fourth Monday in February or within week from that time.
 Tn order to clear up all misunder- standings about the duties of the reg istrarss William L. Martin, attorney general, Saturday rendered an opinion to M. c. Allgood, state auditor. in which he pointed out the times the registrars may be in session during 1917 and the times they may collect fees from the state. Referring to the work of the registrars during the year, Attorney General Martin said:
 DUTIES OF REGISTRARS
 T have the honor to advise you that under the provisions of section S1 of the act registrars are required with in two weeks after January 15, 1917, to make list of the names of reg tstered voters and return the same to the office of the judge of probate.
 Under the provisions of section S of the act the registrars are required to meet on the first Monday in Feb ruary for the purpose of purging the list of voters and having notices served on persons whose names are proposed to be stricken from the list. Such mo- tiees must be served at least five days before the fourth Monday in February, tEis provision permitting the regis trars to remain in session from the hrst Monday in February (February 8 to five days before the fourth Mon. day in February (February 21) but not thereafter.
 Tt is further provided by section 10 that after 10 days shall have elapsed from the time the notices were placed in the hands of the sheriff, the reg istrars shall publish list of the names proposed to be stricken. Such 8 duty would require a meeting of the board. {By amendment the legislature elim- mated the three registrars in each county and one registrar Is now the board.)
 ''On the fourth Monday in February the board is required to consider the -cases- of electors whose names are pro- pcHed to be stricken but such duty must he completed by tho Monday fol- 1cwing. Section 12 requires the regis tAn nr,- AA AL o4i book and file 1t with the judge of probate and such duty must be per formed within two weeks after the meeting for the purpose of holding the hearings provided in section IT."
 TO DISCUSS ECONOMICS
 Announcement has been made by Dr. r. ". Palmer, president of the Ala bama Girls Technical institute, that the third annual conference of the Alabama Home Economies association will be held at the Alabama Girls Techincal institute at Montevallo Jan- uary zS, % and 27. Persons from all secticns of Alabama have been urged 10 attend and an interesting pro- ramrae has been prepared for the three days.
 Among visitors from other states who will deliver addresses are Mrs Henrietta ". Calvin, specialist in home economics In the bureau of education at Washington who will speak during the first meeting on The Present Status and Probable Lines of Development in Home Eco nonaics;" Miss May B. Van Arsdale, as- sistant professor of domestic science at Columbia university, who will speak the second day on Home Economies for the Home" and Miss Ida Fields, director of herne economics at George Peabody for Teachers at Nashville Tenn. who will make an address during the closing ses- sion on Home Economies and the Com nunity'
 Dr. Palmer will deliver the welcome aA1ress at the opening of the session while talks will be made throughout the meeting by persons who are interested in the work in this state.
 One feature of the meeting will be a demcnstFatton and class work for visitors by the technical department of the Ala bama Girls Technical institute.
 The first session will be held at D. n January G. Ali of the next day will be devoted to tho work of the organization and the entertainment of visitors and the meeting will be adjourned after the morn