and if either or both of the parties that cast the highest and next highest number of votes at the last preceding general election have no paper of general circulation printed and published in the county that advocates the principles of such party or parties, then the Auditor should publish such notice in the paper selected by the chairman of such party or parties, and shall deliver to each Inspector fifteen printed notices ten days before the session and the inspector shall post at least eight days before the session notices in at least five public places in his precinct. Sec. 6 of the act provides what the notices shall contain. The act contemplates five posted notices.

Registration Officers.

The Registration Board consists of an Inspector and two Clerks for each precinct. The Inspector is appointed by the Board of County Commissioners at its August session. He must be at the time a voter and resident freeholder of the township in which is situate the precinct for which he is appointed, and must have resided in the township continuously for at least one year immediately prior to his appointment; or else, he must be a voter and resident householder of the precinct for which appointed and shall have resided in the precinct for at least two years immediately prior to his appointment.

After the Board has made its order appointing such Inspector, the County Auditor must immediately notify each Inspector so named of his appointment, and he must qualify within ten days after receipt of such notice by taking a written oath required by Sec. 27 of this compilation and filing the same in the Auditor's office. Failing to qualify within such time, his office becomes vacant and the vacancy in the office of a Registration Inspector is filled by the County Auditor.

The Registration Clerks are appointed by the Inspector not less than five days before the session of the Registration Board, upon nomination by the chairman of the two parties casting the second highest and third highest vote in the county at the last preceding general election. The county chairman must nominate such Clerk at least ten days before the session of the Registration Board. If such nomination be not made, or the person so nominated fail to appear and qualify, the Inspector must nevertheless appoint such Clerk, and such appointee shall be of the political party to which the chairman failing to appoint, or Clerk

failing to appear and qualify, belongs. If a Registration Clerk resigns, dies or removes, the chairman having the original appointing power may nominate his successor if he do so before the convening of the session of the Board. If the Clerks have not already made oath before some proper officer, at the organization of the Board, they should take oath in writing before the Inspector, his power of appointment being deemed to include this power to administer such oath. These oaths are returned by the Inspector with the other papers to the Auditor. (Sec. 27.)

The Inspector and Clerks of the registration boards may serve in a like capacity upon the General Election Board.

Pay and Meals.

The law provides that each member of the Registration Board shall be paid for his services at the rate of $3.00 per day for the time necessarily engaged in the discharge of his duties as such member, and the Inspector shall furnish members of the Board with good, plain and substantial meals during the time they are in session, the expense of which shall be paid out of the county treasury. The pay is for each day of twentyfour hours or fractional part thereof spent in the discharge of his official duties. Inspectors also receive $2.00 for the day on which he secures the supplies from the County Auditor and a like sum for the day on which he makes return of the same, and five cents per mile as mileage, provided that he actually perform such services in person. (Sec. 39.)

Books and Blanks.

Registration books and blanks shall be prepared by the County Auditor, and he shall, ten or more days before the session of the Registration Board, deliver to each Inspector two blank forms of registration books, blank applications for registration, fifteen notices for posting and other necessary stationery, which should contain a blank for the qualifying oath of the Inspector and Clerks. The Inspector should before registration day, place a portion of the application blanks in such place or places and in such hands in the precinct so that the voters generally may have access to such blanks before the day of registration, retaining a sufficient number to supply all voters of the precinct who may apply for them on registration day. These blanks may be printed or written by any one. (Sec. 30.)

Each registration book shall be covered with tag, have a proper caption with blanks to adjust it to any precinct, and be ruled in ten columns, headed respectively: Number; Name; Residence; Age; Where Born; When Came to United States; When and Where Naturalized; When and Where Declared Intention; Where Resided Since October Last; Remarks. Each registration book shall contain a sufficient number of leaves to allow for registration of all voters in the precinct, also an alphabetical index in the back of the book of the names registered, with a reference to their numbers respectively.

If a partial registration is held in a precinct the Auditor must deliver to the Inspector the registration books of the last preceding general election and must also deliver to said Inspector the two blank registration books as above prescribed.

Who May Register.

The object of the registration law is to provide for and require registration of all voters who may be qualified and desire to vote at the next general election. The present qualifications fixed by our constitution have not been changed, and any one who may be qualified to vote at such general election is entitled to registration therefor.

In other words, on election day the act requires that, in addition to his constitutional qualifications, he must be registered. Registration alone does not qualify one to vote, but if a citizen is otherwise qualified and not registered his vote can not be accepted.

All persons appearing to cast a vote at the general election must have been legally registered; and so one not of age at the time of registration, but who will be 21 years old on or before the election, and is otherwise qualified, should register in order to vote. (Sec. 31.)

How to Register.

The voter must present himself in person to the Board for Registration and announce his name and present his application. Before the voter presents himself to the Board, he shall make, or cause to be made, in writing, or partly in writing and partly in print, his registration application, signed by him. If he cannot write his name in English he may write it in any other language, and if not able to write in any language he may procure some

resident of the township to write his name for him, and he shall make his mark, and the person so writing the applicant's name shall also write his name on the application as an attesting witness. It is made unlawful to write the name of an applicant to an application unless the other party writing it is personally acquainted with such applicant.

If a voter fills out the necessary registration blank, the Clerks must register him. Should one of the Clerks, however, decline to register the voter, the other Clerk should register him, and should make a note of such refusal in the "Remarks" column, opposite the voters name. Both Clerks should endorse their initials on the back of every application for registration; should one of the Clerks, however, decline to endorse his initials on the back of such application the other Clerk should, nevertheless, endorse his own initials thereon, and make a reference of such refusal in the "Remarks" column.

If a foreign born applicant for registration, at the time he makes such application, has not been naturalized but has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably to law, he is entitled to be registered. If wrongfully presenting himself for registration, the applicant can be prosecuted, also challenged when he undertakes to vote. All first papers (declarations of intention) taken out after June 29th, 1906, are good for seven years thereafter and no longer, and by operation of law become void, and a new declaration or first papers, must be taken out, or the person is not qualified to vote. (Sec. 35.) Foreign Born Children Who Were Minors When Their Fathers Naturalized Are not Required to Naturalize.

When a foreigner has been naturalized having a minor child or children this operates of itself as a naturalization of such minor child or children who came to this country. If the father has been naturalized, but the son does not know when and where this information can be procured from the Bureau of Naturalization, Washington, D. C. The mere fact that the son does not know the place and time of his father's naturalization does not disqualify him from registering, but might be a serious impediment if such person is challenged when he presents himself to vote. It would, of course, 'be advisable for a person in this condition to secure this information so that he could fill out his registration blank properly; or he could declare his intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably to the laws thereof, and thus avoid any possible question.

Since the last registration I have resided at the following places:

I was born in..

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*If the residence is situated outside of a town or city, give the name of the owner or reputed owner of the real estate on which the applicant resides; if inside of a town or city that has street numbers give the street number and name of the street, also the name of the town or city; if inside of a town or city that has no street numbers give the character of the house, whether frame, brick or other material, one or more stories, on what street or alley, and on which side thereof and the nearest cross streets between which it is situated and the name of the town or city.