AUSTIN L. CROTHERS, GOVERNOR. 11

have prepared new books of registry for use in all of the dis-
tricts or precincts of the said several counties for the transcrib-
ing of the names of the qualified voters residing therein from
the registration books in use. The said transcribing shall be
done in the offices of the Boards of Supervisors of Elections by
four (4) clerks, to be selected, two by the Supervisors repre-
senting the majority party and two by the Supervisors repre-
senting the minority party as the said parties are now consti-
tuted in this State. The transcribing shall be done by the said
clerks and the new books after being transcribed shall corre-
spond in all respects, and if they do not correspond at the con-
clusion of the work, or if any error in transcribing be alleged
to exist, either or any one of said clerks or any citizen or voter
in any one of said counties may file a petition in the Circuit
Court within ten days after said work is finished naming said
four clerks and the Board of Supervisors of Elections as defend-
ants, and the said Court shall have the power to make such
order for the correction of said books as may be proper. Any
political party that polled more than one per cent, of the votes
cast at the last election may, through its political committee
if it has one, or by citizens representing said party, if there be
no political committee, name a watcher and substitute watcher
who shall be permitted to attend at the transcribing of said
names and have power to examine the said books during the
sittings of said clerks for the said work and for a period of
five days thereafter in the presence of said Board of Super-
visors. In the books of registry so provided for to be used in
transcribing said registered voters in each and every county of
the State subsequent to the passage of this act there shall be
provided a distinct column headed "Party Affiliations", and
the Board of Registers shall enter in this column the name of
the political party, if any, to which the voter is inclined and
with which the voter desires to have himself recorded as affil-
iated. It shall be the duty of the Board of Registry to explain
to each voter that the statement of such party affiliation, does
not bind him to vote for the candidate of such party at any
given election; also that he has the right to decline to state any
party affiliation; but that no one who is not recorded upon the
register as affiliated with a particular political party will be
qualified to vote at subsequent primary elections of said politi-
cal party. Whenever a voter declines to state his party affilia-
tions, the word "Declined" shall be written opposite his name
in such column so that there shall be written in such column
opposite the name of every registered voter, either his party
affiliations or the word "Declined". Each and every voter as