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scribed such^oath. enter his name on a separate list 

 of persons rejected as voters ; and in connection with 

 such entrjr they shall also note every appeal from 

 their decision by making an entry of tlie fact opposite 

 the name of the party taking such appeal. The Board 

 of Registration, or any member thereof, shall have 

 ower to administer oaths to all parties appearing be- 

 tore them for registration or as witnesses. 



"On the six secular days next preceding 

 the tenth day before the general election," the 

 supervisor of registration of each county, in con- 

 nection with the Board of Registration of the 

 county, are required to meet as a Board of Re- 

 view tp revise the lists previously made. " If 

 such Board of Review shall be satisfied that 

 any person applying to be placed on the list 

 of voters could not have appeared before the 

 Board of Registration in his election district, 

 without great inconvenience, they shall so 

 place his name, if entitled to be registered as a 

 voter, on the list of the election district in 

 which he resides. If the Board shall be fully 

 satisfied, from the testimony brought before 

 them, that any person has been rejected by 

 the Board of Registration wrongfully and with- 

 out sufficient cause, they shall place the name 

 of such person on the list of voters of the elec- 

 tion district in which he resides ; or if it satis- 

 factorily appears to the Board from their own 

 knowledge, or testimony brought before them, 

 that any person has been placed on the list of 

 voters of any election district of said county 

 who has done any of the things named in the 

 constitution as disqualifying a person to be a 

 voter, they shall strike from the list of voters 

 the name of such person. Objections to per- 

 sons whose names have been registered by the 

 Board of Registration may be made on the 

 first, second, third, or fourth day of the sitting 

 of the Board ; and the name of no person pre- 

 viously registered shall be stricken from the 

 list of registered voters unless such person 

 shall have had two days' previous notice of the 

 time and place when such objection would be 

 heard and considered. Such notice shall be 

 given in either of the following methods : 1. 

 At the time such person is registered by any 

 citizen, and if such notice be then given, it 

 shall be the duty of the officer of registration 

 to mark opposite the name of such person the 

 words ' objected to,' and the name of the ob- 

 jector. 2. By notice in writing, signed by 

 the person objecting or by a member of the 

 Board, to be served as ordinary summons is 

 served. 3. By posting up such notice con- 

 spicuously in the office of the county clerk, 

 and at the voting precinct in the election dis- 

 trict where the person sought to be affected 

 resides, signed by the party objecting, or by a 

 member of the Board of Review." 



The Board of Registration is required to 

 elect three judges of election for each district, 

 and to deliver to them the completed registra- 

 tion lists. Very strict regulations are made 

 with regard to transferring names in case of 

 the removal of qualified voters from one elec- 

 tion district to another, and heavy penalties 



are attached to all attempts at fraudulent vot- 

 ing or registration. When any person has 

 voted, the word "voted" is required to be 

 written opposite his name, and, in case a vote 

 is rejected, the word "rejected" is placed 

 against the name of the person offering the 

 vote. Severe penalties are imposed upon any 

 member of a Board of Registration who " shall 

 knowingly enter upon the register of qualified 

 voters the name of any person not entitled to 

 registration, or shall wilfully and corruptly 

 exclude therefrom the name of any person 

 applying for registration and lawfully entitled 

 thereto." On the other hand, extraordinary 

 powers are given to the Board of Registra- 

 tion and Board of Review by the following 

 section : 



SECTION 20. The Boards of Registration and Eeview, 

 while discharging their duties, shall have and exer- 

 cise the powers of a circuit court for the preservation 

 of order at and around the place of registration, and 

 may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses 

 for the purpose of ascertaining the qualifications of 

 persons registered or applying for registration, and 

 to that end may issue subpoenas, attachments, and 

 commitments to any sheriff or constable, who shall 

 serve such process as if issued by such court, and 

 shall receive the same fees therefor as allowed by 

 law for such services in State cases. All papers, 

 writs, etc., issued by said Board, may be signed by 

 either member of the Board, and shall have the same 

 force and effect as if signed by the whole Board, but 

 no fee shall be charged bv said Board for any process 

 so issued ; the serving of subpoenas to be paid out of 

 the county treasury, and attachments and commit- 

 ments by the person against whom they are issued. 



Special precautions are required in the city 

 and county of St. Louis, and printed lists of 

 the qualified voters are to be used in place of 

 the registration books. In that city, "the 

 judge to whom any ticket shall be delivered 

 shall, upon receipt thereof, pronounce in an 

 audible voice the name of the voter, and, if the 

 judges shall be satisfied that the person offer- 

 ing to vote is a legal voter, his ticket shall" be 

 placed in the ballot-box, without inspecting 

 the names written or printed thereon, or per- 

 mitting any other person to do so ; before such 

 ticket is placed in the ballot-box, such judge 

 or clerk of election shall number it to corre- 

 spond with the number opposite to such voter's 

 name on the printed list, as herein provided ; 

 and the clerks of election shall check off such 

 voter's name on -the list, by writing opposite 

 the same, in the column of remarks, ' voted,' 

 with red ink." 



The political campaign was opened in Mis- 

 souri by a convention of the Democratic 

 party, in St. Louis County, which issued an 

 address to the people of the State, arraigning 

 the Republican party for the policy on which 

 the administration of the State and of the coun- 

 try generally had been conducted since the 

 close of the civil war. A series of resolutions 

 was adopted by the same convention, embody- 

 ing the substance of the address in condensed 

 form, and closing with a recommendation that 

 a thorough organization be effected in all the 

 towns and wards in the State, and that meet- 



