The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-11-01
REGISTRATION NOTICE

To the qualified electors of the City of
Owosso, State of Michigan:
Notice is hereby given that in con-
formlty with Act. 1876, Public Acts of
1917, l, the undersigned City Clerk,
will, upon any day except Sunday and
a legal holiday, or the day of any reg
ular or special election or official pri-
mary election, receive for registration
the name of any legal voter in said
city not already registered who may
apply to me personally for such regis
tration, except that | can receive no
names for registration during the
time intervening between the second
Saturday before any general or spe-
cial election or official primary cleo
ton and the day of such election.
October 10, 1918
last day for general registration for
General Election, Nov. 9Th, 1918.
All electors not already registered
and intending to vote at said Election,
should make personal application to
me on or before the Goth day of Octo-
Der, A. d. 1918.
Notice is further hereby given that
will be at City Hall Oct. IL and Oct.
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o'clock p. m. on each said day for the
purpose of reviewing and registering
such of the qualified electors in said
city as shall appear and apply there
for.
The name of no person but an Actu-
al Resident of the precinct at the time
of registration, and entitled under the
constitution, if remaining such resi-
dent, to vote at the next election shall
be entered in the registration book.
Registration of Absentee by Oath
If any person whose name is not
registered shall offer and claim the
right to vote at any election, and
shall, Under Oath, state that he is a
resident of such precinct and has re-
sided in the ward twenty days next
preceding such election, designating
particularly the place of his residence,
and that he possesses the other quail
fications of an elector under the con-
stitution; and that, owing to the sick
ness or bodily infirmity of himself, or
of some member of his family or ow-
ing to his absence from the city on
public business or his own business,
and without intent to avoid or delay
his registration, he was unable to
make application for registration on
the last day provided by law for the
registering of electors preceding such
election, then the name of such person
shall be registered, and he shall then
be permitted to vote at such election.
If such applicant shall, in said matter,
wilfully make any false statement, he
shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and,
upon conviction, be subject to the
pains and penalties thereof.
Provision in Case of Removal to An
other Precinct
Any registered and qualified voter
who has removed from one election
precinct of ward to another election
precinct of the same ward shall have
the right, on any day previous to cleo
ton day, on application to the City
Clerk to have his name transferred
from the registration book of the
precinct from which he has re-
moved to the registration book
of the precinct in which he then
resides. Such elector shall have
the right to have such transfer made
on election day by obtaining from the
board of inspectors of election of the
precinct from which he has removed a |
certificate of transfer and presenting
the said certificate to the Board or
Election Inspectors of the precinct in
which he then resides.
Women Electors
The names Of all qualified women
electors not already appearing on the
registration list will be registered,
provided personal application is made
in conformity with the foregoing pro-
visions.
Dated October 1, 1918.
HERBERT HAWCROFT,
Clerk Of the said City.