Year: 1866

uralized more than fifteen years previous to his
application, and is unable to produce the proper
certificate Of his naturalization, If he shall by
the oatbs Of two registered householders and e-
gal voters of this State. prove to the satisfaction
of the County Clerk and County Judge that he
has resided in the United State fifteen years. and
in this State five years next preceding, and that
during said five years he has behaved as a man
Of good moral character, attached to the princi-
Piles of the Constitution Of the United States
and well disposed to the good order and happi-
ness OF the same and that he has been during said
five years reputed to be citizen of the United
States, and is such according to the best of the
knowledge, information and belief of such house,
holders,i then and in such case his own affidavit
shall be received as evidence Of his naturalization
and Of the existence and loss Of his certificate.
and thereupOn he shall be admitted to permanent
registration without further proof.


Sec. g. Persons born without the limits of the
United States who may claim TO have become
citizens thereof by virtue Of the naturalization OF
their fathers while they were under twenty-one
years of age. and dwelling within the United
States SHALL to entitle them to registration, pro.
duce certificate in due FORM under the seal of
the proper Court. showing that their fathers were
so naturalized; and make proof of their resi-
dence and minority at the time, or being unable
to produce such certificate shall make the same
proof of residence, character md reputed citizen
ship as is required in section six, and thereupon





house holder or citizen. deposing to such natural
ization OF the father and the residence and minor
ity of such persons at the time, according to the
best Of depOnents knowledge, information and
belief, shall be received by the County Clerk and
Judge as evidence of the fact, and in such case
the applicant shall be admitted to permanent
registration without further proof


Sec. 9. In all cases. other than those provided
for in the three preceding sections the Assessor
and County Clerk shall require satisfactory proofs
OF citizenship on the part of all persons not per-
sonally known to them to be natural born citizens
OF the United States, before admitting them to
registration. Such proof may be given by au-
thentic documents. or by the testimony on oath
OF any registered citizen and inhabant of the
county, and common repute may also be received
as evidence in such cases. The County Clerk
Assessor and County Judge shall each of them
have power to administer Oaths and examine any
person on oath touching the right of such person,
or of any other person, to registration. Upon
every certificate or document presented and ac
cepted as evidence OF naturalization. in pursu-
ance of which registration in the Great Register
shall be accorded the County Clerk shall. at the
same time, indorse the fact, date and purpose of
such presentation, and sign his name thereto; and
similar Endorsement shall be made by the Clerk
OF Elections whenever any such certificate or
document shall be presented to the Board OF Reg
stratlOn, or Board Of Judges of Elections. and
accepted as evidence Of naturalization in the
cases hereinafter required or allowed.


| Sec. TO- Persons entitled to registration, whose
registration shall be refused by the County Clerk,
may proceed by mandamus, before any Court hav
| ing. jurisdiction, against such Clerk 10 procure
| their registration. but no costs shall be allowed
in such proceeding. In cases not otherwise pro-
vided for in this Act, the registration Of any per-
| son not duly qualified therefor may be cancelled
whenever the fact shall be made to appear in
| proceeding in the nature Of quo warranto which
may be instituted against such person in the
County Court OF the county where he is register.
ed. ON the sworn complaint ofany registered citi-
zen thereof setting forth the material facts OF the
case. The party interested shall be duly sum
moned, and may appear and answer as in ord-
nary actions in the District Courts; and the Court,
upon hearing, at such time as may be appointed
for the purpose, the parties having due and rea-
sOnable notice. shall proceed to render such judg-
ment as the law and the facts shall require. II
such judgment be for the cancellation of such
registration, an appeal may be taken to the Su-
preme Court by the party agreved, in the same
manner as other appeals are taken 10 the Supreme
Court from the County Court.


Sec. ii. Persons duly registered in the Great
Register shall be deemed citizens of the State OF
California, and on application TO the Secretary o.
State, and production under the hand and seal Of
| the proper County Clerk, of certified abstract
of their registration and making affidavit or
other satisfactory proof of continued residence
in this State and in the county where registered,
and payment of the same fee as is allowed for
certificate and seal OF State in other cases, shall,
il they desire it, be entitled to receive certf-
cate Of their citizenship, under the great seal,
signed by the Governor and Secretary OF State.


Sec. II. During the month Of July, 1867. and
during the month OF July every four years there
after the County Clerk except when and as may
be otherwise ordered by the Board of Supervis.
ors) OF the several counties OF this State, shall
make out and certify a general list, and during
| Al T..t.x - tI,n s,kn .li,tn
years. a supplementary list, alphabetically arran-
ged according to surnames, OF all persons who
then stand registered upon the Great Register
(Omitting those whose name are Cancelled by the
proper entries) with the entries opposite each
name. and the register NUMBER as they appear
in said book and shall cause to be printed and
transmitted to the Clerk of Elections of each
election precinct in his county at least ten printed
copies thereof; provided that each supplementary
list, unless otherwise ordered as Aforesaid, shall
contain only the names of persons registered
after the making out OF the general or supple
mentary list next preceding it,


| Sec l3. The Board OF Supervisors of each
county throughout the State including the city
and county of San Francisco, are empowered,
and Immediately after the passage Of this Act
shall proceed to establish 4 convenient number
OF election districts in their respective counties,
and to define the boundaries thereof, which they
shall have power to alter from time to time, as
the convenience OF voters may require They
shall also have power to establish and designate
the precincts or places Tor holding the polls in
each district In all the counties, except Anna
dor, Tuolumne, Siskiyou, Butte, Placer Ell Dora
do, Shasta, Trinity, Nevada, Calaveras, Sierra,
Maripusa, Merced, Del Norte, Klamath. Yuba.
Contra Costa, Humboldt, Napa, there shall be
one, and only one, precinct or place of holding
the polls in each election district aforesaid. In
the said excepted counties, should the Board of
Supervisors find it necessary, in consequence OF
the condition of he country or population, to lay
off election districts OF such great extent as to
require more than one precinct therein for the
convenient accomodat on OF the legal voters, they
shall in that case have power to establish one or
more and as many such precincts as shall in their
judgment be necessary for the purpose; but event.
ually, and whenever practicable in the Judgment
Of The Boar. the extent Of such large. districts
shall he so reduced that one precinct will be sui-
icient therefor; provided, that every election
district throughout the State shall be so contruc-
ted ~ not in any ca 60 IN embrace IT. ora than one