Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-30
DUTIES OF LOCAL
 BOARDS OF REGISTRATION
On and After Registration Day Next
 Wednesday, June :.

ReSlSLrdCon regulations pefIa1nlnE to the duties Of local boards on Reg istration Day, June :. deal principally with the matter of making returns The hours for registration will be from z a. m. to D. m. at the offices of the local boards unless otherwise designated bp notices posted previous to Registration Day. On Wednesday, June ,. every male person who reach ed 21 years of age between that date and the last registration day. June 5, 1917, must present himself for regis tration in obedience 70 an act Of con gfess and the proclamation Of the president of the United States.
 The board will hold the registration card of every absentee or sick per- son until the day of degistraticn when it will be delivered to a registrar. The latter will file the card with the oth- CTS and in case an addressed stamped envelope had been enclosed, will mail certificate of rezt trati0E to the per- son registering.
 Used and unused registration cards and remaining registration certificates will be given into the custody of the chairman of the local board by the chief registrars As soon as the To- cal board by the chief registrars. As soon as the local board closes it's of 
 | convene and check the total number of used cards received from each chief registrar against the total number of cards called for by his report of the persons registered under his super vision and will see that every card and certificate supplied to him is ac- counted for.
 l To Deal Cards in Three Groups. ! 1 groups for counting and recording in 1 the telegra phic report. These groups are:
 Group A. CD Citizens not of Ali rican descent and CD declarants not of African descent from countries with which the United States is not at war.
 Group B O Citizens of African descent. and (2) declarants of Afri- can descent from countries with which the United States is not at war, Group c. O All aliens. not de- 1 clarants. from countries with which 1 the United States is not at war CD ! All aliens from countries with which the United States is at war, irrespec- tive of whether or not such persons have declared their intention to be- 1 come citizens. and (3) non-citizen In 1 dians
 The completed report will be sent by telegram to the governors office by the chairman of the board At the close of the meeting of the loca board, the chief clerk of the board will receive all registration cards ant will see that they are property se. cured and safeguarded.
 After registration day each loca board will register persons who fol
 
 June ,.
 "SeriaI" and "order" Numbers.
 Registration numbers will be af. fixed to the registration cards by thu chief clerk of the local board begin ming on the day following registra l tion Subsequently, regulations vii be issued prescribing the method ant manner of determining the order numbers to be assigned each card "SeriaP' numbers will not be pre- scribed.
 After the order numbers have beer assigned the chief clerk will hay made one set of exact copies of al cards. This completed set he vii forward to the governors office fo transmission to the proper distric board.
 Copies will also be prepared in fiv 1 identical lists of the names of all per sons whose registration cards are i the possession of the local board. On 1 copy will be retained by the boar for it's records, one copy will be con spicuously posted in the o&ce of tn local board, one copy shall be pre- pared for the press with request fo its use and one copy each will be sen
 to the governors office and to tn provost marshal general. Similar dis tribution will be made for copies ( registration cards received or mad out each day thereafter.
 Alphabetical lists of all registrani
 and their registration numbers will prepared in duplicate and posted
 the office of the local board. Or
 copy will be presented to the pres
 with a request for it's publication
 addition to the list previously refel
 red to.