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Proviso.

Books and

registers be.
provided for

Registry
Agents.

Expenses, how paid.

Form of registers.

precincts or districts which are within their respective townships; provided, that the book containing the oath, heretofore subscribed, shall be filed and preserved in the County Clerk's office; and, hereafter, said Boards of Registration shall be discharged from the performance of any duty relating to the registration of the names of electors.

SEC. 3. The County Commissioners of the respective counties of the State shall provide for the Registry Agents of their county, when and where needed, all proper and necessary books to carry out the provisions of this Act, together with the registers (one for each election precinct or district), so prepared that each shall contain a separate list of persons, entitled to vote, residing in each election precinct or district, alphabetically arranged, according to their respective surnames, and to show, in separate columns, the name at full length, the age, the country of their birth, the occupation and place of residence, together with the number and date of registry. All expenses incurred in executing the provisions of this Act, including the publication of the registry lists, shall be audited, allowed and paid out of the county funds of the several counties incurring the same, as other county charges.

SEC. 4. The registers may be in the following form, or in such other form as to most conviently and economically carry out the provisions and intention of this Act-to-wit:

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The registers shall be so prepared as to designate, after the first year of registration, who are registered for any particular year, by writing the word "Registered" under a heading for that year, as above, opposite to and on the same line as that on which the name of the elector is registered.

Registry

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Registry Agents of the Duty of several counties of the State, at any time, when called upon to Agents. do so, between ten o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M., on all legal days, previous to the twentieth day of October prior to the general election, and ten days prior to any special or municipal election provided by law, other than the general election, to receive and register the names, and make a perfect list, as near as may be, of all persons qualified and entitled to vote at elections, and of all those who will legally acquire the right to vote prior to the next ensuing election, in each election precinct or district within their respective townships, entering on the register, under its proper heading, the name, the age, the country of birth, the occupation and place of residence of the elector, together with the number and date of registry; which list, when completed, shall be constituted and known as the Register of Elections of the precincts or districts of their respective townships; provided, that for ten days previous to Proviso. the closing of the lists, before any general or special election, said Registry Agents shall also receive and register names at all times between the hours of seven o'clock P. M. and nine and one half o'clock P. M. of each day. If the elector resides in a city or village, then the residence shall be indicated by the number of the dwelling, if there be any, and if none, an accurate location of the same, and the name of the street, avenue or alley on which, and the ward in which the dwelling stands.

of time for

to be pub.

SEC. 6. At least twenty-eight days prior to any general Notice of election, and ten days before the expiration of the time for expiration registration prior to any special or municipal election, or any registration election provided for by law, other than the general election, it lished. shall be the duty of the Registry Agents to cause to be published, in the several newspapers of their county, if any, and if none, in some newspaper nearest the county seat of their county, a notice to the effect that the time for the registration of the names of the qualified electors in precincts or districts ..... of township No. ........, prior to the ...... election, (specifying the election), to be held on ....., A. D. 18......, for the will expire

No.

the

day of

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county or city (as the case may be) of at six o'clock P. M., on the

day of.....

D. 18...... Said notice shall be published, from day to day, until the expiration of said time for registration.

SEC. 7. In addition to the qualifications which are now, or Qualifi may be hereafter, prescribed by law, each elector, before he cations. shall be entitled to have his name received and registered as a qualified elector, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the Registry Agent; provided, that no elector who has heretofore taken, or who may Proviso. hereafter take, and subscribe said oath or affirmation, shall be required to do so again, or the second time, to wit: I do

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solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will sup-
port, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of
the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or
foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty
to the same, any ordinance, resolution, or law of any State or
Territory, or State or Territorial Convention or Legislature, to
the contrary notwithstanding; and, furthermore, that I do this
with a full determination, pledge and purpose, without any
mental reservation or evasion whatsoever; and that I have not,
since I arrived at the age of eighteen years, voluntarily borne
arms against the United States, or held any civil or military
office under the so-called Confederate States, or either of them;
and, further, I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I am a citizen
of the United States, and will have actually, and not construct-
ively, resided in this State six months, and in the county thirty
days, next preceding the day of the next ensuing election.
"So
help me God," (if an oath); "under the pains and penalties of
perjury," (if an affirmation). The elector shall swear accord-
ing to the forms of his religious faith, and in such manner as
may be considered most obligatory upon his conscience.

SEC. 8. When any person shall offer, or claim to be registered, whom the Registry Agent shall not know to be entitled to vote in the county and precinct in which he claims to reside, or who, at the time of offering to be registered, shall be challenged by any person entitled to vote in said county, stating briefly the grounds of such challenge, it shall be the duty of the Registry Agent to require the person so challenged, or whom he shall not know to be so entitled to vote, to give true answer, under oath or affirmation, to the following questions, and to all such further questions said Registry Agent may deem proper to ask him touching and testing his qualifications as an elector, to-wit: First-Are you a citizen of the United States, not laboring under any of the disabilities mentioned in the Constitution of this State? Second-Are you of the age of twenty-one years and upwards? Third-On the day of the next ensuing election, will you have actually, and not constructively, resided in this State six months, and in this county thirty days next preceding the day of said election? Fourth-Are you now a resident of the election precinct or district in which you propose to be registered? Fifth-Are you registered for this electoral year in any other precinct or district in this county or State, in the name in or under which you now propose to be registered, or in or under any other name? Any person answering any of the foregoing questions in the negative, except the fifth, and that in the affirmative, shall not be registered. And the fact of the name of any person appearing on the register, shall be prima facie evidence that the oath was administered, and that all of the answers to the foregoing questions were in the affirmative, except the answer to the fifth, and that in the negative. If the person offering or claiming to be registered answers all of the foregoing questions in the affirmative, except the fifth, and that in the negative, and the Registry Agent shall still be of the opinion, from the answers given to such further and additional questions he may deem proper to

ask, that such person is not a qualified elector, said agent shall refuse to receive and register his name; otherwise, said Agent shall receive and register his name. Such person may, in case his name is not received and registered by said Agent, apply to any District Court or Judge of his district, for a writ of mandamus, to compel the same; and any elector may also apply to any District Court or Judge of his district for a writ of mandamus, to compel any Registry Agent to take from the list of registered voters the name of any person whom he may deem not qualified to vote.

certificate of

etc.

SEC. 9. When a naturalized citizen shall present himself for Duty when registration, his certificate of naturalization must be produced, naturalizaand stamped or marked by the Registry Agent with his name, tion is lost, and the year and county where presented; but when it shall satisfactorily appear to the Registry Agent, by the oath of, or affirmation of, the applicant (and the oath or affirmation of one or more credible citizens as to the credibility of such applicant, if deemed necessary), that such certificate of naturalization is destroyed or lost, said Registry Agent shall proceed to register the name of said applicant (if qualified in other respects) in said registry of voters, together with the names of the witnesses produced, the time when, and the place where, said applicant was naturalized, with all the important facts sworn or affirmed to on such application.

tered, to be

SEC. 10. On the twentieth day of October (and if that day Copies of falls on Sunday, then on the Monday following) previous to the names regisgeneral election in each year, the Registry Agents of the sev- posted and eral counties in the State shall complete the registry lists for distributed. the respective election precincts or districts within their townships for that electoral year, and after completing said lists, they shall cause such numbers of copies of the names registered, for each election precinct or district within their respective townships as they may deem advisable, to be immediately printed or written, and shall post, or cause said lists to be posted, up in at least five public places in such election precinct or district within their respective townships. The remainder shall be distributed by the Registry Agents among the electors of their respective election precincts or districts. Said Regis- Notice of try Agents shall also give notice on the lists so posted, that time for they will receive objections to the right to vote on the part of any person registered as aforesaid, until six o'clock P. M., on the third day previous to the day of election. Said objections shall be made by a qualified elector, in writing, subscribed and sworn, or affirmed, to by such elector, to the best of his knowledge and belief. A copy of such written objections, together Objections with a copy of a notice requiring the person objected to, to and notice appear before the Registry Agent of his election precinct or district, at a time certain, specifying the same, and answer such questions as may be propounded to him, under oath, by such Registry Agent, touching his qualifications as an elector, shall be served on the person objected to, which copies shall be personally served on such person, or left at his residence, as the same shall appear on the register, for such electoral year; provided, that personal service shall be required, if objected to only

receiving objections.

to be served.

Proviso.

return.

Examination.

Service and on the last day on which objections can be made. Such service, and the return thereof, shall be made by the persons, and in the manner provided by law, for the service and return of subpœna in civil cases in the District Court. And no such objections shall be considered by the Registry Agents, unless it shall appear from the return of some officer, or the affidavit of some person, authorized to serve subpoena in civil cases, that service of a copy of such objections and notice shall have been made as above provided. At the time specified in the notice, or at such further time as the Registry Agent may adjourn the hearing or examination of the person objected to, the Registry Agent, after being satisfied, from the proper return or affidavit, that a copy of such objections and notice has been served upon the person objected to, as above provided, shall proceed to examine such person (if present), under oath, touching all matters specified in such written objections, and respecting his qualifications as an elector. If the Registry Agent shall be satisfied, from the sworn answers of the person objected to, that such person is not a qualified elector; or if such person, after having been duly notified of such objections, as above provided, shall fail to appear and answer such questions as may be propounded to him by the Registry Agent, it shall be the duty of such Agent to strike his name from the register of that electoral year. Any person whose name shall be stricken from the register, as above specified, may apply to the District Court, or a District Judge of the district in which said person may reside, for a writ of mandamus, to have the name again placed on the register, which shall be granted, upon it appearing to such Court or Judge that such person is a qualified elector. Said Registry Agents, during the time they are sitting to hear and determine objections to the right to vote, shall also strike off, or erase, from said registers, the names of all persons who shall be proven to their satisfaction to have left their county with the purpose of remaining.

Mandamus.

Time for

determining

SEC. 11. From the expiration of the time for registration, hearing and previous to any special or municipal election, or any election objections. provided for by law, (other than the general election, as herein before provided for) it shall be the duty of the Registry Agents to hear and determine objections, to the right to vote, on the part of any person registered, until six o'clock P. M. on the third day previous to the day of election, as provided for in the last preceding section, and all the provisions of said section shall be applicable, in all respects, to said municipal election, or special elections, or other elections provided for by law (other than the general election,) as to the general election.

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SEC. 12. After the final completion of the registers for the election precincts or districts, within their respective townships, previous to the general election in November, of each year, and previous to any special or municipal election, or any election provided for by law, other than the general election, the Registry Agents, by or under whom they were respectively made, shall immediately make out certified copies of the names on the registers of each election precinct or district, within their respective townships, so preparing such certified copies as to

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