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be by him safely kept and preserved among the records of
said court, subject to the dispositions hereinafter provided.

Sec. 8. Whilst discharging the duties imposed by this
Article the said officers of registration shall have and exer-
cise the powers of a Justice of the Peace for the preservation
of order around the place of registration; may compel the
attendance of witnesses for the purpose of ascertaining the
qualifications of persons applying to be registered; they shall
have power to issue summons, attachments and commitments
to any sheriff or constable, who shall serve such process as if
issued by a Judge of the Circuit Court or a Justice of the
Peace, and shall receive the same fees and in the same man-
ner as allowed by law in State cases; but the officers of reg-
istration shall not charge any fee for the issue of such pro-
cess, or receive any fee or emoluments for this or any other
service they may perform in the proper discharge of their
duties, except that provided in the first section of this
Article.

Sec. 9. For the purpose of correcting the lists of qualified
voters after any election, and as subsequent elections from
time to time occur, by the addition of names of persons hav-
ing come of age, acquired legal residence, been naturalized,
or applying to be registered, and by striking therefrom the
names of such persons as may have removed from the county,
or State, or may have died, or become disqualified under
the third and fifth sections of the first Article of the Consti-
tution, it shall be the duty of the said clerks to hand over
said lists and books to the officers of registration, who shall
proceed to correct the same by making the additions and cor-
rections above mentioned so that the names of all persons
entitled to vote shall appear thereon; and they shall give
notice and hold sessions for this purpose as directed in sections
five and six of this Article; and when they shall have com-
pleted their work, they shall dispose of said lists and books
as prescribed in the preceding sections of this Article.

Sec. 10. If any person who has been registered as a legal
voter in one district or precinct shall remove into another, he
shall take from the officer of registration, or the clerk of the
court in which said lists or books may be deposited, a certifi-
cate of the fact of his registration in such district or precinct,
and it shall be the duty of the officers of registration to noti-
fy each other of such removals and certificates and registra-
tion, and unless the provisions of this section are complied
with, such person shall not be registered as a legal voter in
the district or precinct to which he may remove; and such
certificates shall be filed with the lists of votes or book of reg-
istration in the office of said clerk.

Sec, 11. In case any county or city shall be divided so as