Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-28
WHAT Will. HAPPEN
UNDER DRAFT Law
Each Man Must Register at
His Voting Precinct.
GOVERNORS TO DIRECT WORK
Registration Day Will Probably Be Ten
or Fifteen Days After President Signs
measure-voiunteer Registrars Want
ed-How Those Absent From Home
and the Sick Must Proceed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT registrars want
ed-How Those Absent From Home
and the Sick Must Proceed.
In concise statement recently is-
sued by the war department the proce-
dure following the signing Of the con-
scnption bill is outlined simply and to
the point. The statement follows:
There was a time In the country's
history when military enumerators,
backed by bayonets, went out among
the people to take compulsory serv-
Ice census. Today under the principle
Of universal liability to service the ex-
ecution of the law Is put into the hands
Of the people.
THE approval Of the new national
army bill and the presidents proclama-
tton hereunder will be cofncident. All
persons within the age limits prescrib-
ed will be required to present them
selves for registration at the customary
voting places In the voting precincts
In which they have their permanent
homes on a day which the president
will announce. The probability Is that
from ten to fifteen days will elapse be-
tween approval Of the bill and regis
tration day.
1.-THE governor Of each state will be
the chief of registration therein. The
| machinery of registration In each
county is to be in charge Of the sheriff,
the county clerk and the county physi-
clan, acting ex Officio, unless different
board shall be announced by the gov
ernor. In cities containing populations
of more than 10000 the registration
| will be under the control Of the mayor
and selected boards Of registration. In
order that the designated county and
city officials and the people generally
can get clear understanding of the
census methods the following brief out
line is given:
l 'The sheriffs or other designated of.
f1cials, Immediately upon receiving no
t1ce from the governor, shall appoint
registrars for each voting precinct.
The Apportionment Of Registrars.
'The proportion of registrars shall
be one for each 10 persons to be reg
istered. Each age to be registered
will comprise about l per cent of the
population.
If, for instance, all men between
nineteen and twenty-five years Of age,
inclusive, are to be registered the reg
tstrar would have to enroll about Z
per cent Of the precinct population.
1T is desirable to accept the serv-
ices Of competent volunteer registrars
to serve without compensation. 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 proc
| hmahon
In Cities of Over 10000 Population.
1.-THE mayor Of city containing
| more than $4,000 inhabitants or the
officials designated by the governor
therein shall, with approval of the
| governor, appoint for each ward or
convenient minor subdivision contain
| ing about 10000 people one registra-
ton board and shall designate one off,
Ger Of each board to perform duties
similar to those imposed on the sher-
III, as heretofore outlined.
] "On the fifth day after the president
| has issued his proclamation clerks of
| counties and cities Of over 10000 must
secure a supply Of blanks and copies
| Of the registrations from the sheriff
or from the mayor. Absentees and
the sick will apply to such clerks to
have their registration cards filed out.
In no case shall such persons be given
registration certificates.
Absentees and the Sick.
persons absent from their home
counties may be registered by mail.
| If so absent, man should go to the
! clerk OF the county where he may be
staying on the sixth day after the date
| of the presidents proclamation. 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 register, but he must mail his
card in time to reach his precinct by
registration day.
Persons too sick to present them
selves for registration must send . CON-
petent person to the county or city
clerk on the sixth day after the issuing
Of the proclamation. The clerk win
give instructions for registration.
"Offlci e Of educational. charitable
and Oth.-r Institutions should apply for
instructions tc the county or city clerk
on the sixth day after the date Of the
proclamation for instructions as to q
convenient method of registration.
"The wardens of 5ails, penitentiaries
and reformatories should apply to the
county or city clerk for instructions on
the sixth day.
Five days after the date Of the pres
ident's proclamation complete regula-
tions will be in the hands of all sheriffs
and Of tha officials of cities