plication blanks shall be of such form as are suitable for their purposes under the provisions of this act.

6977d3. Rooms, notice of time and place of registration.-7. The county commissioners of each county in the state shall, at least fifteen (15) days before the session of the board of registration provide for and secure in each precinct of the county a suitable room in which the board shall sit during its session, and if practicable, they shall secure the same room for both sessions of the registration board and also the same room in which the election is to be held. The auditor of each county shall given ten (10) days' notice of the time and place of the session of the board of registration by one (1) publication in each of two (2) newspapers of general circulation representing the two (2) political parties which cast the highest vote respectively in the county at the last preceding general election printed and published in the county, if such there be, and he shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each of the inspectors or to the clerk in charge of each precinct in the county, at least ten (10) days before the session of the board of registration, at least fifteen (15) printed forms of notice of the time and place of such session, with blanks therein as to the township, precinct and place of the session, so that by filling the blanks the printed notices may be suitable for any precinct in the county. The inspector or clerk in charge of the precinct shall fill the blanks, in writing, properly for his precinct and at least eight (8) days before such session of the board post the same in at least five (5) public places in the precinct and in as many other places as he may deem proper, or cause them to be so posted. The notices so posted shall have for caption: "Important notice to voters of registration." In the body of the notice shall be stated in effect among other things: "Every voter of the precinct is required to register either at the September session of the registration board held on Saturday, the 59th day before the election, or on Monday, the 29th day before the election. If any such voter fails to register, he will have no right to vote at the November election." It shall be the duty of the inspector and where no inspector is appointed of the registration clerk representing the party in his precinct which cast the highest vote for secretary of state in the county at the preceding general election, to go to the office of the county auditor at least ten (10) days before the session of the board, and receive from the auditor the registration books and the registration blanks and other stationery for each precinct. When he has received the registration blanks, he may place portions of them at such place or places and in such hands in the precinct so that voters therein may conveniently obtain them before the day of registration. He shall retain a sufficient portion in his own hands to deliver to voters who may apply

for them before such date, and shall retain till the day of registration, and have at the place of registration on that day, a sufficient portion to supply all voters of the precinct that may apply for them there. The inspector or clerk in charge shall cause to be furnished good, plain and substantial meals during the time the board is in session, which meals shall be charged as a part of their necessary expenses at not to exceed seventy-five cents (75c) each and shall be paid for like other election expenses.

6977e3. Who entitled to register.-8. At the session of the board of registration held in September or October in the year in which a general election will occur, every person who, at the time resides in the precinct in which he applies for registration, and who will be of the age of twenty-one (21) years or upward at the next ensuing November election, and is a citizen of the United States, or if not a citizen of the United States, who, if he continue to reside in the precinct till the next following November election, will at that time have resided in the state of Indiana during the six (6) months and in the United States during the one (1) year immediately preceding such election, and who shall have resided in the township sixty (60) days and in the ward or precinct thirty (30) days before such election, if he continue to reside in such precinct until such election, shall be entitled, upon proper application, to be registered in such precinct. No other person or persons shall be entitled to be so registered. Nothing in this act shall be construed as qualifying or attempting to qualify any person to vote at any election, even though registered, who would not be so qualified if there were no registration act in force in this state; the purpose of this act being to provide for and require registration in addition to the requirements of the election laws and the constitution of the state of Indiana.

[Acts July special session 1920, p. 38. In force July 21, 1920.] 6977f3. Hours for receiving registration.-9. The board of registration shall be in session for receiving applications for registrations and registering names from the hour of eight (8) o'clock a. m. till the hour of nine (9) o'clock p. m. When the board closes its session for the receipt of applications, it shall remain in session until it has fully completed its registration books and signed up and certified the same, and done the other things required in this act. When the board opens its session for the receipt of applications, each clerk of the board of registration shall take one (1) of the registration books and register therein the names in the order of application, and other things required by this act. The names of male and female

voters shall be recorded in separate parts of the same registration book, or if on account of the large number of voters in separate books. This section amends section 9, Acts 1919, p. 736.

See section 6977i3 for section 2 of the above act, also see sections 6977z3 and 6977a4 for sections 3 and 4 of the above act.

[Acts 1919, p. 736. In force May 15, 1919.]

6977g3. Form of applications.-10. Before any applicant shall present himself or send his application to the board of registration, he shall make, or cause to be made in writing, or partly in writing and partly in print, in the English language, an application showing the following: His name; that he resides in the precinct in which he desires to be registered; his age on the last preceding anniversary of his birthday; if born in the United States, in what state, territory or district he was born; if not born in the United States, in what country he was born; if foreign born, whether he has been naturalized under the laws of the United States, and, if so, when and where naturalized; if foreign born and not naturalized, whether he has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably with the laws thereof on the subject of naturalization; if so, when and where; if foreign born and not naturalized, when he came to the United States; at what place or places he has resided during all the time since the last day of the preceding registration, and the length of time he has resided in each place, if more than one. In such application, it shall be a sufficient showing, if situate outside of a town or city, if it show the postoffice address of the applicant, and, if inside a city or town, if it show the street and street number of the house in which he resides. If a native-born applicant or a citizen of the United States, by reason of the naturalization of his father, residing outside of a city or town, a form of application after the manner of the following shall be sufficient:

19....

My name is John Doe. I reside in precinct No. 2, Warren township, Marion county, Indiana, postoffice address R. R. No. 1. I was fifty years of age on the 10th day of January, 1912. I was born in the State of Ohio, (or my father was naturalized as a citizen of the United States when I was a minor).

Signature.....

If a foreign-born applicant, who has not been naturalized, but has declared his intention, and resides in a town whose houses have no street numbers, the following shall be a sufficient form:

My name is John Doe. I reside in precinct No. 2, ward No. 3 in the

town of .. in Hancock county, Indiana, 125 Spruce street. I was fifty (50) years of age on the 10th day of January, 1920. I was born in France. I arrived in the United States on the 4th day of September, 1918. I declared by intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably to the laws thereof touching naturalization, at Columbus, Ohio, on the 15th day of September, 1918. I have resided in the United States continuously since October 31st last at the following places: From October, 1918, to January 1, 1919, at Columbus, Ohio; from January 1, 1919, to February 1, 1920, at Cincinnati, Ohio; from February 1, 1920, until the present time at the place where I now reside.

Signature..

6977h3. Signature of applicant.-11. Every application for registration shall be signed with the name of the applicant in his own handwriting and in the English language, if he be able to write his name in the English language, and, if not, then in any language that he may be able to write. If he is not able to write in any language, he may procure some resident of the township to write his name for him, and he shall make his mark. But the person so writing his name shall also write his own name on the instrument as attesting witness. It shall be unlawful for any person to write the name of an applicant to an application unless he is personally acquainted with such applicant, and if he writes the name of an applicant to an application, he must write his own name in attestation.

[Acts July special session 1920, p. 38. In force July 21, 1920.] 697713. Registration by mail.-12. Any person entitled to vote at such election, and who is required under the provisions of this act to register, in order to exercise such right, instead of registering in person as provided herein, may make an application similar to what would be required of him, if he were applying for registration in person. Such application shall be signed and sworn to by such applicant, before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths and having an official seal, or if two (2) voters residing in said precinct shall certify on said application, that they are personally acquainted with such applicant, and that he is the person he represents himself to be, and that the statements in his application are to their personal knowledge true, it shall not be necessary for such application to be sworn to by said applicant. Said application when so sworn or certified to may be delivered to the board of registration of the precinct in which said applicant resides, by any voter of the precinct on the day and during the time said board is in session for the purpose of receiving applications to register, or said application may be mailed to the auditor of said county who shall deliver the same to the in

spector or clerk in charge of said board, either on or before the day of said registration. If such board finds that such application conforms to the provisions of this act, they shall place the name of such applicant on the registration books of said precinct in the same manner as if said applicant had appeared in person. Any person who shall make a false statement in his application as to his qualifications as a voter in said precinct, and any person who shall certify to the statements contained in said application, any of which statements are false, or which are not personally known to said person to be true, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not less than one (1) year, nor more than two (2) years and fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) and disfranchised for any determinate period.

This section amends section 12, Acts 1919, p. 736. See section 6977y3.

See section 6977f3 for section 1 of the above act. Also see sections 6977z3 and 6977a4 for sections 3 and 4 of the above act.

[Acts 1919, p. 736. In force May 15, 1919.]

6977j3. Pay of registration officers.-13. The inspector of registration or clerk in charge shall receive for each registration period for his service in and about said registration performed including the services required to be performed by him both before and after the day or days of registration, the sum of nine dollars ($9), together with a sum equal to five cents (5c) per mile for each mile of the shortest distance between his residence and the auditor's office, but such inspector or clerk shall be entitled to such per diem as aforesaid for procuring and returning such registration books, only in the event that he actually performs such services in person. The clerks of such board shall receive for all services performed by them the sum of six dollars ($6) each for each registration period.

6977k3. Male and female voters.-14. The words "voter", "applicant" and "elector" and the personal pronouns used in connection with the terms "voter", "applicant" or "elector" as used in this act shall mean any person, male or female, who shall, by any law of the state of Indiana, have the right to vote at any election. Any voter who shall have registered with the registration board as herein before provided and whose name shall have been changed by marriage or divorce or court decree subsequent to such registration and prior to the date on which such election shall be held, in order to be entitled to vote at such election shall file with the election board, on the day of such election, and before receiving her ballot, a certified copy of the court decree or certificate of marriage which shall entitle such person to vote, if otherwise qualified and which shall be preserved by the registration board and returned to the county auditor with the other papers returned by such board.