The border vidette., 1927-03-19
ORDINANCE NO. "a

AN ORDlN ANCE PROVIDING
FOR THE REGISTRATION
OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS
OF THE CITY OF NO.
GALES, AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
Be IT ORDAINED BY THE MA
YoR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF NoGALEs:
Section l. Every qualified
elector of the City of Nogales
shall be entitled to register for
the purpose of voting at all elec.
tions which are now or may be
hereafter authorized by law or
by the City Charter.
Section 2. Iti is hereby made
the duty OF the City Clerk to
procure sufficient supply of
blanks and of all books required
by this ordinance and to register
all qualified electors in the city.
Section 8. There shall be one
or more volumes of the reuistra
ton book, we'll bound, sufficient
to contain the names of all quail.
fed electors ia the city called the
"THE GREAT REGISTER OF THE
CRY OF NOGALEs, ARIZONA. !"
Said registration book shall be
suitably ruled and printed and
shall show the following:
(D. The name in full of each
registered voter.
~. The sex of the voter and
that he or she is 81 years of age
or over.
81. Place of nativity.
az. Place of residence by
street and number.
l5). If not q native of the
United States, the time and place
of naturalization.
(6). Whether on the tax roll
of the city or not.
(7). Date of entry on the re.
gister.
Section 4. It shall be the
duty of every qualified elector in
the City of Nogales between not
later than twenty days before
the first primary election to be
held under the City Charter and
three days before said primary
election, and biennially there
after between not later than
twenty days before and three
days before any said primary
election, to register with the
City Clerk.
Section 5. It shall be the duty
of the city clerk to open the
registration books of the city
not later than twenty days be.
fore the first primary election to
be held under the City Charter
and to close the same at the hour
OF 500 o'clock P. M. on the
third day before said primary
election, and to open and close
the same biennially thereafter
not later than twenty days be
fore and three days before any
said primary election; provided.
however, Ia the event it is me-.
cessary to hold 9 general cleo.
tion after any said primary cleo
tion, as provided for in the City
Charter, it shall then be the duty
of the City Clerk to reopen said
registration books ten days after
any said primary election and to
close the same at the hour of
500 o'clock P. M. on the third
day before any said general elec
ton, during which said period
any qualified elector who has not
registered between the dates set
forth in Section 4 hereof shall be
entitled to register and vote at
the general election.
Section 6. In so far as the
same may not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this ordin
ance, the manner of registering
electors and the forms or blanks
to be used by the City Clerk
therefor shall be the same as is
prescribed by the general laws
OF the State of Arizona.
Section z. The City Clerk is
hereby authorized to appoint a
sufficient number OF deputies, to
be known as deputy registration
officers, to carry out the provi.
sions of this ordinance. Said
deputy registration officers shall
have power to administer oaths.
and shall receive such compensa.
tion as may be fixed by the Board
of Aldermen.
Section 8. All ordinances
and parts of ordinances in con.
tlict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
WHEREAS, an early opera.
ton of this ordinance is neces