131 Clark St.Anschul- Germany 3 mos. 3 yrs. 6 yrs. 6 yrs. 6 yrs. 26 yrs. Yes July 1,1863 (Baltier, C.

Yes Oct. 12, 1885 First Reg.

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Said board of registry shall then proceed as follows: .

First:-They shall open the registry at eight o'clock a. m. and continue in session until nine o'clock p. m. on registration days. One of the judges shall administer to all persons who shall personally apply to register the following oath or affirmation:

"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching your place of residence, name, place of birth, your qualifications as an elector, and your right as such, to register and vote under the laws of this State."

Second: Each of said clerks of election and one of said judges of election shall have charge of the registry books, and shall make the entries therein required by this Act, and one of the judges shall ask the questions as to qualifications, and after he is through, either of the judges may ask questions. As many questions may be asked by any judge as may be deemed necessary to fully determine the qualification of the applicant. to register, and any answer that is deemed material and that is not in response to a question provided for on the register, may be stated in the column headed "Remarks". One of the judges of election may, when necessary, relieve one of the clerks from time to time as necessity may seem to demand, in making entries in said book.

Third: The name of every applicant shall be entered in such registry books, and all the facets shall be therein stated, as hereinafter provided, whether he be entitled to vote or not. If it shall be determined by the board that he is not a qualified voter in such precinct, then an entry shall be made in the appropriate column, "No," and if qualified, an entry shall be made in the same column "Yes.”

Fourth-Only such male persons of the age of twenty-one years, residing in such precinct, as apply personally for registration, shall be entered in such registers; but every applicant who would be twenty-one years of age on the day of next election, if otherwise qualified, shall be entered on such registers. Every applicant who has commenced to reside in such precinct at least thirty days before such election shall be entered in such registry and shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified," as the case may be; but unless on the day of election he shall have resided for thirty full days in such election precinct, he can not vote therein, although otherwise qualified.

Fifth-The headings to the registry book shall be so prepared that the registry shall be made alphabetically, according to the surname of each person applying, but it shall be arranged so that the residences of such persons shall appear in the first column. The register shall be ruled, and one name shall be written on each line, but no names shall be written between the lines. The entries shall be as follows:

First-Under the column "Residence" the name and number of the street, avenue, or other location of the dwelling, if there be a definite number, and if there shall not be a number, such clear and definite description of the place of such dwelling as shall enable it to be readily ascertained. If there shall be more than one house at the number given by the applicant as his place of residence, state in which house. he resides. And if there be more than one family residing in said

house, either the floor on which he resides, or the number, or location of the room or rooms occupied by him, whether front or rear; every floor below the level of the street ar ground being designated as the basement; the first floor above that as the second or such other floor as it may be. If there shall be a flat building or an apartment house at the number given, state the number of the flat or apartment, as the case may be, in which he resides.

Second:-Under the column "Name," the name of the applicant, writing the surname first, and given or Christian name after.

Third-Under the column "Nativity," the State, country, kingdom, empire or dominion, as the fact stated by applicant shall be.

Fourth-Under the subdivision of the general column "Term of residence," the periods by days, months or years stated by the applicant respectively, as to "At present address," "Precinct," "County," "State," and the "United States."

Under the subdivision headed "At present address," the term of applicant's residence at the street and number given, and if that period is less than thirty days prior to the day of election, then the applicant shall state at what location in the same precinct he resided immediately prior thereto, and the length of time, which statement shall be entered in the column headed "Remarks."

Fifth-Under the column "Age," the age of the applicant. Under "Naturalized," the word "Yes," according to the fact stated.

Sixth-Under the column "Date of papers," the date of naturalization, if naturalized, or about the date.

Seventh-Under the column "Court," the designation of the court in which, if naturalized, such naturalization was had; and, if the name of the court can not be had with certainty, then the name of the place in which such court was located.

Eighth-Under the column "By Act of Congress," the word "Yes," in case such person, though foreign born, has been made a citizen by Act of Congress, without taking out his naturalization papers.

Ninth Under the column "Qualified voter," the word "Yes," or "No," as the facts shall appear, or be determined by a majority of the board of registry, it being, however, required of them to designate as a qualified voter any male person who, if otherwise qualified, shall not. at the time of making application, be of age: Provided, the time when such applicant shall be of the age of twenty-one shall be subsequent to the date of his application and not later than the day of election immediately following such time of applying; but no applicant shall be designated as a qualified voter who having been challenged has not filed with said board of registry his affidavit of qualification, according to the provisions of this Act.

Tenth-Under the column "Date of application," the month, day and year, when the applicant presented himself and was adjudged a qualified voter in election precinct.

Eleventh-Under the column "Residence when last registered," the name and number of the street or avenue from which applicant was last registered, in the same city, village, or town, and the month.

and year in which the election was held for which such registration was made. If the applicant has not previously been registered in said city, village or town, state "first registration.'

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§ 4. At the end of each day's registry or revision of registration, said judges shall each sign his name at the end of the list on each page, so that no new name can be added without discovery, and shall also sign a certificate, as hereinafter provided, but before doing so, the said judges and clerks shall compare the registers so kept and cause any differences to be corrected, and to make the same agree in all respects; and said judges shall then attach at the end of each register in substance in the words and figures following:

"We, the undersigned judges of election in......precinct of the ..ward of the city of.. ..., in the State of Illinois, do jointly and severally certify that at the general registration of electors in said election precinct on the......day of..... ..., there were registered by us in the said election precinct the names which in this book are entered, and that the number of registered and qualified voters was and is the number of.

....

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§ 5. Said board of registry shall, by noon of the day following such registry, return the registers to the board of election commis

sioners.

Any voter of the ward, village or town shall be permitted to be present at the place of registration in said ward and shall have the right to challenge any applicant who applies to be registered. And when challenged such applicant must make oath and sign an affidavit in writing as follows:

"I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States, am years of age, and that I have resided in the State of Illinois for the period of... in the county of....... .for the period of....

in the.

in the city of.....

period of...

and at No.....

.....

precinct of the.

...ward

said county and State, for the period of ..street, in said precinct, for the and that I last registered in said city for the ..election of......from No....

..street, and that I have never been convicted of any crime (or if convicted, state the time and when pardoned by the Governor of any state)."

This affidavit shall be signed and sworn to before one of such board of registry, and it shall be preserved and returned to the office of said election commissioners immediately. If said board of registry shall deem such affidavit sufficient, and if the board is convinced that such person is a qualified voter, then he must be admitted to such register as qualified. Blank affidavits of the character aforesaid shall be sent out to the judges of all the precincts, and the judges of election shall furnish the same on demand and administer the oath without criticism. If any judge of election, poll clerk or other person, when such applicant has been challenged, shall designate such person upon any of the registers as a qualified voter before he has made and filed with the board of registry the affidavit of the character aforesaid, such judge of election, poll clerk or other person shall, upon conviction there

of, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall by [be] punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

And any person claiming to be an elector of any election precinct in such city and who, upon application, is denied to the right to be registered as a qualified voter in such precinct, may make and sign an application in writing, under oath, to said board of election commissioners in substance in the following form:

did on...

"I do solemnly swear that I,. . . . make application to the board of registry of the........precinct of ....ward, of the city of.... ....and that said board refused to register me as a qualified voter in said precinct, that I reside in said precinct, am a duly qualified voter and entitled to vote in sa precinct at the next election."

All such applications shall be presented to the board of election commissioners by the applicant, in person, between the hours of nine o'clock a. m. and five o'clock p. m. on Tuesday or Wednesday of the second week prior to the week in which such election is to be held.

Immediately following the first day of registration and up to and until noon of the day before the second day of registration, any voter who shall make affidavit before the board of election commissioners or its clerk authorized to administer oaths, that he was unable to go to his polling place on the first day of registration and that he expects to be by reason of absence from the city or sickness, unable to go to the polls on the second day of registration, may file with such board an application for registration. Such affidavit shall be in the following form:

"I,

voter in the.

do solemnly swear that I am a legal .ward in the city of

.precinct of the....

....I was unable

Illinois, and that by reason of... to be present at the poling place in said precinct on the last day of registration, and will, by reason of... present on the next day of registration.

Signed....

be unable to be

After making such affidavit, said board of election commissioners, or its clerk, shall administer to him the oath required of applicants for registration in section 3 hereof and shall require him to answer the same questions required in section 3 and shall receive his answers on a blank provided by said board for that purpose. Said question [questions], with the answers thereto, shall be upon the same blank and immediately following the oath as above provided for and shall be signed and certified to be correct by the applicant.

All such affidavits required in this section, together with the ques tions and answers certified to as above required in the office of the election board, shall be enclosed and sealed in envelopes by precincts and be delivered by them to the judges of the respective precincts, together with the registers on the day before the second day of registration and said judges during their session on said second day of registration.