Show A sound opinion 1 in the following correspondence will be found the views of district attorney secor of cassis cassia county idaho on the duties of registrars in regard to 4 mormon I 1 applicants for registration H b GOOSE august mr II 11 A secor dear sir I 1 should like instruction from you as regards my duties as registrar I 1 find upon applying to the attorney general that the county attorneys are the proper advisers in these matters what I 1 wish to know more particularly is my duty regarding the registry of persons known to me to belong belona to the association known as th the mormon church should like your opinion at once as I 1 am unable to perform my duties without it yours truly GEO CHAPIN I 1 ALBION idaho aug 28 aw dear sir iu in answer to your in registry of persons kaoud by you to belons belong to the association known as the mormon have this to eay that I 1 refer you to the communication of ofru R Z johnson to toD D abennett HB H bennett ennett in answer to questions propounded by ibbe e latter to him covering the same subject matter dated august all 1 from which it will appear to you that the electors oath required by revised statutes see sec is conclusive on you as to an applicants membership in any of the prescribed organizations and to whether he teaches or encourages any person to commit the named crime or an I 1 cannot hope to improve on the opinion given in that communication by the attorney general bat at will say bow however edew that 19 la u no cue case when disqualification to 10 register or vote is made to depend the commis slon sien of crime can the registrars or election officers be made the of 0 the 0 sense offense the registrars are not in a position to adjudicate these matters and they are not authorized to do so they may determine who are citizens but they cannot adjudge and d declare as an original adjudication th that lt an applicants citizenship his has been forfeited by the commission of arv offense you fou as a registrar however can receive as evidence such an di cation made b by a court of competent j tion tin an and give effect to its provisions by rejecting the application and thus deprive rive the person of the right to register res lster gut but to do chisho wever we vernot nothing bins short 0 of I 1 the record of 0 the applicants condic dionot some of the prohibited offenses offen Bes or a certified copy thereof will warrant warran t you in refusing him registration in other words you must have legal evidence of 0 the applicants conviction of said offenses before can his application the qualifications of an elector in this territory are prescribed by the revised statutes of 1887 and none other neither the registrars or election officers can go outside in search of additional qualifications or make inquiries or hear bear evidence relating thereto As tu yourd aties regarding the regis try of persons known to you yon to belong to the association known as the mormon church I 1 have to say that the law recognizes no BO mormon church as such nor any other church or religious bation or association the elector oath is conc conclusive lusi e a t to 0 this respect respectfully t u il H A dist atty |