Show C F NO 49 A BILL IN RELATION TO THE OF VOTERS AND OON OF ELECTIONS AND AMENDING ag SECTIONS MOTIONS OF THE COMPILED LAWS OF UTAH 1888 RELATING TO REGIS AND chapter I 1 section 1 I be it enacted by the got governor and As aa of the territory terr of utah that section of the compile 1 laws of utah of 1888 la Is chereb amended by striking put out of ahat the line of said section the words first monday of august and inserting in lieu thereof the words tuesday next after the first monday in november sec 2 that on or before the first day of august in each year th there ere shall be ampol appointed anted a registration ofner for each county in this territory and a registrar for each eleo tiou tion precinct in the several counties thereof before entering upon the discharge of his duties each of said officers shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties of his office and he shall enter into a bond to the territory of utah with two or more good and sufficient sureties to be approved by and with said oath filed with the clerk of the probate court of the county in which his bis official acts are to be performed the bond of the county registration officer shall be in the sum of one thousand doll arsand the bond of the precinct registrar shall be in the sum of five hundred dollars conditioned for the faithful performance for mance of his official duties see sec 8 3 there shall be an annual registration of voters ineich in each election precinct in this territory the boundaries of which in whole or in part rt are within the limits of any incorporated city in this territory and it shall be the duty of each pre registrar therein self with an office which shall besita abed in some public and convenient place in the precinct and be open to the public every week day during the first fifteen days of the month of september in each year during the following hours from 9 am till 12 in from 2 pm till 5 pm and from 7 pm till 9 pm during during which time he shall attend and an register at his said office and at no other time or place all persons entitled to vote in said election pre who shall appear before him at his office an and there take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation nia tion or OF UTAH county of 1 J be BB I 1 being duly sworn or affirmed depose and say that I 1 am over twenty one years of ago age that I 1 have resided in the territory of utah for six months last passed and in this election precinct or in the election precinct from which has been created within the thirty days last past this election precinct as the case may be for one month immediately immediate lv preceding the date hereof and that I 1 am a native bom bornor or naturalized as the case may be citizen of the united states that ahat my full name is I 1 that 1 I am years of age that my place of business is that my place of residence is that I 1 am a single or married man that the name or of my lawful Is awful wife is and that I 1 will su support aport the constitution ution of the united states and will faithfully obey the laws thereof and especially will obey the act of congress approved march entitled an act to amend section of tha revised statutes of the united states in reford reference nee to bigamy and for other purposes and that I 1 will also obey the act of congress of march 3 1887 entitled an act to amend an act entitled an sot act to amend section 2 of the revised statutes of the united states in reference to bigamy and for other purposes approved march 22 1882 1 V in respect of the crimes in said set act defined and forbidden and that I 1 will not directly or indirectly aid or abet counsel or advise any other person to commit any of said crimes defined by acts of congress Cong tess as poly pamy gamy bigamy unlawful cohabitation incest adultery and fornication that I 1 am not a bigamist living in unlawful cohabitation associating or cohabiting ha biting with persons of the other sex and that I 1 have not been convicted of the crime of bigamy polygamy unlawful cohabitation incest adultery or fornication Subscribed Subscribe Land dand sworn to before me tola this day of A D 18 registrar for precinct in county upon receipt of said oath or affirmation the registrar in the presence f voter shall place his name upon the registry list of the voters of the election precinct in which he resides and all of such oaths or affirmations and the registration list shall be delivered by the precinct registrar to the clerk of the probate court of the proper county at least thirty days prior to any election for which they ma may have lieen been taken and prepared and they shall be public records therein and subject to inspection and examination by any person applying to see them during usual business hours see sec 4 objections to the right to vote of any person registered shall be heard and determined by a board of three persons who shall be appointed annually in the same manner as the registration officers none of whom shall have acted as registration officers or bf precinct registrars during the registration immediately preceding the filing of such obi objection ec or be candidates for any office to be filled at the next ensuing election not more than two of the members of such board shall belong to the same political party if there be more thau one political party in such election precinct and one of them shall be of the political party which was in the minority at the last preceding election if any such party there he in such election pre and where there are three political parties therein one member of such board shall be selected from each of such parties the objection 1 0 n shall be in writing and shall at specify 1 f y the grounds of disqualification and the burden of ef proof to sustain the objection shall rest u upon pa n the objector decision shall be rendered and announced on each objection within forty eight hours after the hearing thereof and a list of the names ordered stricken off shall sh 11 be b poetee ted at the same place the registry regi list is posted at least eight days immediately preceding the election see sec 6 5 section of the compiled laws of utah 1888 is hereby amended by striking out of the fourth line of said section the word 11 fifteen and inserting in lieu thereof the words twenty five see sec 6 section of the compiled laws lawa of utah of 1888 is hereby amended by striking it out tace the theford word fifteen in the tent tenth line of said section and inserting in lieu lien thereof the words twenty five and by striking out the word fifth in the sixteenth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word tenth sec 7 each precinct shall constitute ana an election lection precinct for county and territorial general elections and the boundaries of no election precinct shall be changed within seventy days prior to any such general elections election unless it shall appear to the county court of the county F in which such election precinct ia situated that there are more than five hundred legal voters residing therein in which ewe case the county court shall proceed ed to create within and for such preci precinct net two or more election precincts as hereinafter in this section provided whenever Wb enever it shall appear from the registration lists being prepared for any election precinct that such election pree precinct Anut contains more than five hundred legal voters the registration officer having the custody of such lists shall immediately report the fact to the probate judge judie and clerk of the county dourt court of the county in which such election precinct is situated and to the secretary of the territory and such probate judge and clerk shall forthwith notify the members of the county court and such county court shall immediately meet and create within and for such precinct two or more election precincts and make such election precincts as compact in form and equal in population as may be so that there shall not be more than five hundred voters in any one election precinct and no election precinct shall be made out of parts of any two or more precincts nor shall the boundaries of any election precinct be changed within thirty 30 days prior to any general election within in ten days after the creation cre atin of any new election precinct and prior to the first ensuing en saIng general election the registration officer for such new election precinct if such officer shall have been appointed and if not then the registration officer of the election precinct from which the new election precinct was created shall prepare a registration list for such new election precinct and place thereon the names of all the registered voters residing in the new election precinct and strike the names of all such persons from the registration list of any other election precinct cluce from which the new election precinct may have been ceased there there shall be but one polling place in each election precinct and but one ballot box used at any election therein and the voters shall vote in the election pre cinet in which they resift reside sen bee 8 any person offering to vote may be challenged at the polls by an any registered voter upon any of the following g grounds I 1 that li he e is not a citizen of the united states 2 that he is not the person registered and upon whose name he be is offering to vote 8 that he has not i resided in the territory for the six months immediately preceding the date of his registration 4 that he be has not resided in the election precinct in which he offers to vote or in the election precinct from which was created the election precinct in which he offers to vote for one mouth month dimmed ilmi Led lately preceding the date of his bis registration or that he does pot not at the time of the election reside in the election precinct in which he offers to vote 5 that he has received or agreed to receive or for an oth othor r any money reward or otner valuable consideration for ids his vote at such election if a person offering to vote is cb challenged al as unqualified by any elector one of the judges of the ele tion shall in a district voice administer to hini him the follo following whig oath or affirmation I 1 I 1 you do solemnly swear or affirm that you will fully and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you tou touching ehing your place of residence and qualification as an elector at this election first if the person is challenged as unqualified on the ground that beis he is nota not a citizen the judges or one of them shall distinctly put to him the following questions I 1 are you a citizen of the unite 1 states 2 are you a native or naturalized citizen 3 have you become a citizen of the united states by reason of the naturalization of your parents or one of them 4 where were your parents or one of them naturalized if the person offering to vote claims that he is a naturalized citizen of the united states he shall state under oath where and in what court he was naturalized second if the person is challenged on the ground that he is not the person registered and upon whose name he is offering to vote the judges or one of them shall distinctly put to him the following questions I 1 what is your name 2 what is your age 3 are you married or single 4 when were you registered 5 by whom were you regis regi registered ered sered 6 do you reside in this election precinct 7 how long last past have you resided in this precinct 8 state the street and number thereon if any numbers there be oia on such street at which you reside third if the person is challenged as unqualified on the ground t that at he has not resided in this territory ory for the six months immediately preceding the date of his registration the judges pr pir oue one of them shall distinctly put to him the following questions I 1 dilyou did you reside in this territory for the six months immediately preceding the date of your registration 2 if so state where you resided 3 have you been absent from this territory within the eight months immediately prece proceeding eding this elec election tiou 4 if so ao when you left was waa it for a temporary purpose with the design of returning or did you intend remaining away 5 did you while absent look upon and and regard this territory as ab your home 6 di did ld you while absent vote in in any other state or territory fourth if the person n is challenged as unqualified ou reground le the ground that he be has not resided in the ele election tion prec precinct luct where he offers to vote or in the election precinct from which was created after the voter registered the election precinct in which be offers to vote for one month immediately preceding the date of his registration or that he be does not at the time of the election reside in the election precinct in which be offers to vote the judges or oue one of them shall distinctly put to him bim the following questions I 1 are you a resident of this election precinct 2 if so when did you come into this election precinct 3 when you came into this election ti on precinct did you come for a temporary purpose or for the pur pose of making it your home 4 were you for the thirty days immediately preceding your registration gi and are you still an actual and bona fide resident of this election precinct or were you for the thirty days immediately preceding re your registration an actual actual and bona fide resident of the election precinct from which has been created since your registration this election precinct fifth if the person is challenged as unqualified op on the ground thet he has received or has agreed to receive for himself or for another any money reward or other valuable consideration for his vote at such election the judges or oue one of them shall distinctly put to him the following questions 1 have you received or have you vou agreed to receive either for yourself or for any other person any money reward or other valuable consideration for your vote at this election 2 if so state what you received or agreed to receive 3 from whom did you receive or agree to receive it 4 for whom did you receive or agree to receive it the judges of the election or one of them shall put all such other questions to the person challenged under the respective heads beads aforesaid as may be necessary to test his qualifications as an elec elector or at that election sec 9 if the person challenged as aforesaid shall refuse to answer fully any question which shall be put to him as aforesaid the judges shall reject his vote sec 10 if the challenge be not withdrawn after the person offering to vote shall have answered the questions put to him as aforesaid one of the judges of election shall in a distinct voice administer to him the oath or affirmation set out in section 3 of this chapter sec bee 11 if any person shall refuse to take the oath or affirmation so tendered his bis vote sh shallie allbe shall be rejected provided that after such oath have been taken the judges judge may nevertheless refuse to permit such person to vote if they shall be satis fled from record evidence or other legal testimony adduced before them that he is not a legal voter and they are hereby authorized to administer the necessary oaths or affirmations to all witnesses brought before them to testify to the qualifications ficat ions of a person offering to vote sec bee 12 it shall be the duty of each judge of election to challenge any person offering to vote whom he be shall know or suspect not to be qualified as an elector see sec 13 if any person challenged as unqualified to vote shall be guilty of wilful false and corrupt swearing or affirming in taking any oath or affirmation prescribed by this act such person shall be bead ad judged guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall suffer the punishment attached attached by the laws of this territory to perjury sec 14 if any judge of the elec tion shall knowingly receive or satiation |