One of said registry books shall be denominated "public register" on the outside or on the first page. 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 each of said 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: so help you God. 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 article, and one of the judges shall ask the questions as to qualifications, and after he is through any of the judges may ask questions. 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 book, and all the facts shall be therein stated, as hereinafter provided, whether he is entitled to vote or not. If it shall be determined by the board of registry 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." Unless a majority of the judges shall determine the applicant is a qualified voter, he shall be entered as not qualified; in case of a tie the board of commissioners shall decide, subject to the applicant's right of appeal to the circuit court as hereinafter provided. Fourth Only such male persons, of the age of twenty-one years, residing in such precinct, as apply personally for such registration, shall be entered in such register; but every applicant who would be twenty-one years of age on the day of the next election, or, if foreign born, whose declaration of intention to become naturalized will have been made one year before such election, if otherwise qualified, shall be entered on such registers. Every applicant who has commenced to reside in such precinct at least twenty 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 twenty full days in such election precinct, he cannot vote therein, although otherwise qualified. Fifth The headings to the registry books 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 residence of such person shall appear in the first column. The register shall be ruled, and one name shall be written on each line, but no name shall be written between the lines. The entries shall be as follows: I. 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 rearevery floor below the level of the street or ground being designated as the basement, the first floor above the level being designated as the first floor, and each floor above that as the second or such other floor as it may be. 2. Under the column "name," the name of the applicant, writing the surname first, and given or Christian name after in full. 3. Under the column "nativity," the state, county, kingdom, empire or dominion, as the fact stated by the applicant shall be. 4. Under the column "color," the word "white" or "colored," as the fact is. 5. Under the subdivision of the general column "term of residence," the periods, by days, months or years, stated by the applicant. 6. Under the column "native," the word "yes;" under the column "naturalized," the word "yes," according to the fact stated. If the applicant be of foreign birth, and has not been naturalized, but has made a declaration of intention to become a citizen, then under the column "declaration of intention," the word "yes." 7. Under the column "date of papers," the date of naturalization, if naturalized, or of the declaration of the intention, if made, or about that date. Where the applicant is of foreign birth, the board of registry shall require him to produce his naturalization papers or declaration of intention, as the case may be, unless the applicant shall make affidavit that they are lost or destroyed, and that he is unable to procure certified copies of them, with the reasons why he cannot procure them. 8. Under the column "court," the designation of the court in which, if foreign born, such naturalization was had or declaration of intention made; and if the name of the court cannot be had with certainty, then the name of the place in which such court was located. 9. 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. 10. Under the column "qualified voter," the word "yes," or "no," as the fact shall appear or be determined by 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, or, if foreign born, whose declaration of intention to become naturalized will have been made one year before such election. II. Under the column "date of application," the month, day and year when the applicant presented himself and was adjudged a qualified voter in the election precinct. 12. Under the column "signature," in one of the registers, not the public register, the applicant shall write his name. If he is unable to write, he shall make his mark after his name is written for him. 13. Under the column of "remarks," whenever any member of of the board of registry shall be in doubt about registering the applicant, said board shall require the applicant to give the name of three residents of the city who know that said applicant resides at the place from which he offers to register, which names shall be entered under the column headed "remarks." (Laws 1895, p. 5, Extra Session-d.) SEC. 7291. Attestation of each day's registration lists.-At the end of each day's registry or revision of registration, each of said judges shall 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 three registers so kept, and cause any differences to be corrected, and make the same agree in all respects; and said judges shall then attach a certificate at the end of each register, in substance in the words and figures following: We, the undersigned judges of election in ward of the city in the state of Missouri, 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 said election precinct the names which in this book are entered, and the number of registered and qualified voters was and is the number of Dated 1. (Laws 1895, p. 5, Extra Session.) precinct of the SEC. 7292. Public exhibition of registry lists-proceedings when applicant for registration is rejected.-Said boards of registry shall, on or before noon of the day following the completion of such registry, after providing for proper protection of same, hang up the register, which shall be known as the public register, at the place of registration, so that it shall be accessible to the public during all business hours; but the two other registers shall then be returned to the board of election commissioners at once. Any voter of the precinct shall be permitted to be present at the place of registration in said precinct, and shall have the right to challenge any applicant who applies to be registered, but he shall be examined, under oath, touching the cause for such challenge; and when challenged, the applicant for registration must make an affidavit, in writing, setting out the facts which constitute him a voter in such precinct and file it with said board of registry, and if it shall be deemed sufficient, and if the board is convinced that such person is a qualified voter, then he must be admitted to such registry as qualified. Whenever, any person claiming to be an elector of any election precinct in such city has, upon application, been denied the right to be registered as a qualified voter in such precinct, if two of the precinct judges favored registering him at the time of his application, he may, within three days after the day on which said boards of registry sit for revision of the registration, make and sign an application, in writing, under oath, to said board of commissioners, in substance in the following form: did on, make application to the board of registry of the 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, at No.street, am a duly qualified voter and entitled to vote in said precinct at the next election. I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I, ——————, And if such person shall, at the time of making the said affidavit, file with said board of election commissioners a statement or certifi(d) 135 Mo. 207. cate signed by two of said precinct judges of opposite politics, to the effect that they believe such person is entitled to registration, the board shall examine into the facts, and if said board believe that such person is a qualified voter and entitled to registration in such precinct, said board shall enter his name on the proper register as is here and after provided, and thereon note the manner of is registration, and shall file and preserve said affidavit and certificate in the office of the board. All of the proceedings before said board of commissioners in examining such application shall be public and the orders of said board shall be published from day to day in the newspapers having the city printing in such city. The boards of election commissioners shall furnish to the board of registry in each precinct twą blank books, which shall be named "verification lists," each page of which shall be ruled into four columns, and those on the left hand side shall be marked thus: REGISTERED NAMES. Street number. Name of street. Names of voters. Register No. Remarks. And the pages on the right hand shall be marked thus: NAMES NOT REGISTERED. Street number. Name of street. Names of voters.. Remarks. Such books shall each contain pages sufficient for each street, avenue, alley and court in the precinct. During the progress of registration, or immediately thereafter, the clerks of said board shall transfer all the names upon the register to the left hand page of such "verification lists," arranging them according to the streets, avenues, alleys, or courts, beginning with the lowest residence number, and placing them numerically, as nearly as possible, from the lowest up to the highest number. They shall first write the name of such street, avenue, alley or court at the top of the second column and then proceed to transfer the registered names to the page of such "verification lists," headed "registered names," according to the street number as above indicated. On the opposite page, headed "names not registered," the name of the same street, avenue, alley or court shall be written in the second column. If, during either day of registration, a registered voter of the ward shall come before the board of registry and make oath that he believes that any particular person upon said registry is not a qualified voter, such fact shall be noted; and after the completion of such "verification lists," such board, or one of said judges, shall make a cross or check mark in |