Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-23
Military Registration PROCLAIM
alton.

Pursuant to the Act of Con-
gress of May 18, 1917 and the
proclamation of the President
Hereunder, requiring all males
between the ages of twenty-one
and thirty, both inclusive, to
present themselves at their ac-
customed voting places for reg
istration, I, Horace F Graham,
governor, hereby prescribe the
following regulations for the
conduct of such registration IN
Vermont:
The registration viii be con-
Quoted on the fifth day of June,
1917 from z o'clock a. m, to 8
o'clock p. M, at the usual vot-
ing places in the towns and cit
les. The proper authorities of
the towns and cities will cause
the voting places to be suitably
prepared for the purpose.
A board to conduct the regis
tration in each town and city is
hereby constituted, 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 chief registrar,
and the health officer, the sur
geon. Vacancies in the board
will be filled by the governor.
The Federal Government au-
thorizes pay for registrars, and
the chairman of the local regis
tration board may appoint reg
istrars upon the basis specified
in the federal regulations. Ad-
ditionaI registrars may be ap-
pointed if such volunteer to
serve without pay. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY 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 re-
spective 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 regulations.
Town and city clerks have
been furnished with complete
instructions relating to the reg
istration of persons absent
from their home towns, or too
sick to present themselves for
registration.
Sheriffs and county clerks
will perform the ministerial sdu-
ties prescribed for them in the
regulations published by the bu-
reau of the Provost Marshal
General of the United Staes
pertaining to the registration,
except as herein otherwise aspe-
Gifted. The several towns and
cities will be regarded and
treated as precincts within the
meaning of said regulations.
s. All town, county and state Of
ficials are hereby enjoined to
render such service in connec-
ton with the registration as
may be required 7of them by
federal or state, authorities.
The Adjutant General at the
State House will furnish infor-
nation and printed forms.
Your earnest and full compli-
ance with the terms of the proc
lamation of the President and
with the terms of this proclaim
alton will be evidence not alone
of those enrolled but of the
whole people that, having tax
en- up this war, we intend to
carry it unfalteringly 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 re-
quired to take due notice here
of and govern themselves ac-
cordingly.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the State at
Montpelier, this nineteenth day
of May, 1917.
Horace F. Graham,
Governor.
By the Governor:
Harvey e. Goodell,
Secretary of Civil and Mill