JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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to vote; and in case any county or city be so divided

as to form portions of different electoral districts for

the election of Representatives in Congress, delegates

or other officers, then to entitle a person to be or

remain registered in any particular section, or part

of such county or city, he must have been a resident

of that part or section of the electoral district in

which he claims to be or is registered for six months

next preceding the next election, at which such

registration would be evidence of the right of the

Entitled to
vote.

person so registered to vote; and the residence

necessary to entitle any person to vote or remain so

registered to vote, and the evidence necessary to

entitle any person to be or remain so registered,

shall be an actual bona fide residence within the pre-

cinct or district within which such person may claim

to reside and to be registered; and such actual

bona fide residence shall be established upon the oath

or affirmation of competent evidence to the satis-

faction of the register to whom the application is

made, and to the satisfaction of the judge or judges

to whom any appeal is made under the provisions of

this act; and the neglect or refusal of any person

deeming himself aggrieved by the refusal of any

Officer of Registration to register his name, or by

the striking off of his name from the list of qualified

voters, to appeal by petition from such action, as

provided for in this act, shall be deemed and taken

Rightfully re-

to be conclusive evidence that the said person was

fuseed.

rightfully refused registration, or that the name of

such person was rightfully stricken from the list of

qualified voters of such precinct or election district.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That whilst discharging

the duties imposed by the several sections of .this

act, said Officers of Registration shall have and ex-

Powers.

ercise the powers of a justice of the peace for the

preservation of order, around the place of registra-

tion, and may compel the presence of witnesses for

the purpose of obtaining any information necessary

to an intelligent discharge of the duties of their of-

fice; they shall have power to issue summons, attach-

ments and commitments to any sheriff or constable,

who shall serve such process as if issued by a judge

of a court or a justice of the peace, and shall receive