Year: 1866

CItiAciis vi tuis State, ana the enrolment III


the several election districts of all the legal


voters thereof, and for the prevention and pun


ishment OF frauds affecting the elective fran


chise.


The People Of the State of California, represen-


ted in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol


lows:


Section l. Each of the County Clerks of thu
several counties of this State, including the city
and county of San Francisco, shall, Immediately
after the passage Of this act, be provided with a
suitable book or books, strongly bound, with the
necessary ruled columns and appropriate head
ings and labels. for the registration as hereinaf-
ter provided, of all the citizens of this State res
ident in their respective countless who are or may
be within six months, by reason Of continued res
idcnce, legal voters thereof which book shall be
designated, entitled and known in law as the
"Great Register"


Sec. 2. In the Great Register the County Clerk
on application or on return of the Assessor, shall
register every domiced lnhabitant of his county
who, by virtue OF the citizenship, lawful age, and
ather qualifications prescribed by the Constitu-
tion. is or may be within six months, a qualified
elector and legal voter thereof; and every per-
son registered in one county, on removing to
another county in this State with intent to reside
there, shall apply to the County Clerk of the
county where he is registered. for certificate Oi
such registration, which shall be given him on





the respective register aforesaid, and certifying
that it is given for the purp ose of canceling the
| registration therein. and authorizing the regis
tration Of the applicant in airy other county
where he next may become resident; on produc-
tiOn oil which certificate to the county clerk OF
the county to which he shall have removed, and
the filing and cancellation thereof, and not other
wise, he shall be entitled 10 be there registered
And every person not producing such certificate
shall, to enttle him to registration in any county
be required to make oath before the county CLERK
assessor, as the case may be- that he is not reg
istcred in any other county; and whenever an,
certificate Of registration shall be given to any
person in the form and for the purpose in th
section expressed, the county clerk shall at the
same time cancel the registration OF such person
by entering in the proper column the word ''re
moved"


| Sec. 3. The manner of registration shall be as
follows Clear and distinct entries shall be made
in said books. setting forth in separate columns
the name at full length (without the use of ini-
tials Of the person registered; his age omitting
fractions Of years; the country Of his nativity;
his occupations the particular city, town, town.
ship, ward or district of his residence; il q natu-
rallied foreigner, when where and by what court
he was admitted to become citizen of the Uni
ted States; also the date Of legistry and mum.
ber affixed to each name, which numbers shall run
su .cessively in the order OF registration and TO
the truth of the facts stated in such entries the
person registered shall be duly sworn which
shall also be noted and verified by the word
"sworn," to he entered in q separate column Op-
posite the name.


Sec 4. In the Great Register aforesaid there
shall also be provided and left u blank column
for the cancellation Of the registration when re-
quired, by entering in said column opposite the
name Of the person registered, the word "dead F"
when authentic information shall be commu-
nicated to the County Clerk of the decease of
| such person, and the word removed" when such
person shall remove from the county, the word
"insane" when the insanity of the person shall
have been legal, established, and the word "in-
famous" when such person shall have been duly
convicted of any infamous crime. And any COM
petent court before whom any person shall have
been duly found insane, or adjudged guilty OF
bribery, perjury, forgery or other Infamous crime
shall at the same time, or, if it be then omitted.
may afterwards order that such person, until duly
restored to his rights, be excluded from the right
of suffrage and registrat on of the Great Regis
ter, orif he be already registered therein, that
| his registration be Cancelled. Insane persons
shall recover their rights on becoming of sound
| mind and persons convicted of any of the afOre
| said offenses may he restored to their rights by
| pardon.


Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty of the Assessors Of
the several counties, personally or by such per-
sons as they may depute for that purpose, to en-



from time to time the same shall come TO their
knowledge, the names of all unregistered inhabi-
t,nts Of their counties who, by this Act. are re-
qured to be registered together with the partic-
ulars required to lie entered and set forth in the
registration OF such persons as provided in section
three. to the end that such persons be registered
| in the proper book as therein required; and the
| Assessors shall ex mine on oath each person so
enrolled and returned in relation to the facts and
particulars so required to be set FORTH and in hit
returns shall note the fact of such examination
and sworn verifcation by the word "sworn,
with the date of administering the oath. The
County Clerk, finding the returns sufficient fol
| the purpose, shall register the names returned
| accordi Ugly. Any defects in such return shall
the errors or defects may be corrected when prac-
ticable, and that persons entitled to registration
may suffer no prejudice or unnecessary delay
thereby. The County Clerk and the Assessor
shall lie allowed for their services afor said, pay
able out of The County Tle'sury such compensl-
ton as the Board of Supervisors shall fix not ex-
ceedng twenty-five cents to the County Clerk
for each name registered. and twenty-five cents
to the Assessor for each name duly aud properly
| returned as aforesaid


Sec. 6. No person. having been an alien. and
claiming to have been naturalized conformably to
the laws of the United States shall be entitled to
| be registered in the Great Register unless he
shall produce to the County Clerk as the only evil
dencc Of such naturalization, certificate thereof
in due and proper form, under the seal of the
Court before which the same took place. or in
case his certificate be lost or destroyed, shall by
the testimony of at least two registered citizens,
being house holders and legal voters of this State
prove to the satisfaction of the County Clerk and
the County Judge that he has resided in the Uni
ted States FIVE years, and in this State one year
at least next preceding his application, and dur.
ing that time he has behaved as man OF good
moral character, attached to the principles oi the
Constitution of the United States, and we'll dis
posed 10 the good order and happiness OF the
same, and that be is reputed to be naturalzed
citizens of the United States, and is such accord
ing to the best of such deponents knowledge, In
formation and belief; in which case, and such
proof being made, the applicants own affidavit
shall be received to establish the fact OF natnrili
zation az we'll as the existence and loss or des
truction Of his certificate; provided, that unless
it appear. by such testimony, examination afiida
Wit. or otherwise, to the County Judge, that the
records Of the Court before which the naturaliza
tion took place are destroyed, the applicant shall