the declaration two witnesses of age appear who can swear to the truth of the facts to be stated. RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE LAW OF CIVIL REGISTRY. * * * * * ART. 74. In all cases in which the inscription in the civil registry of an act by virtue of which the Spanish nationality is acquired, recovered, or lost, the birth certificate of the interested party should be presented, also his marriage certificate, if he should be married, and those of the birth of his wife and children. * * * * * ART. 77. In all the inscriptions of the registry referred to in the preceding articles the following circumstances, mentioned in Article VI of the law, shall also be stated, if possible: 1st. The last residence of the interested party. 2nd. His name and surname, place of birth, residence and profession or trade of his parents, if same can be stated. 3rd. The name and surname and birthplace of his wife, should he be married. 4th. The names and surnames, birthplace, residence, profession or trade of his wife's parents, should he be able to state same. 5th. The names, age, birthplace, residence, and profession or trade of his children, stating whether any of the children support themselves. Whenever any of the foregoing questions can not be answered, the reasons therefor will be stated. * * * * * APPENDIX TO THE ELECTORAL LAW. For the purposes of this law, a number of residents equal to ten times the number of councilmen of the respective ayuntamientos shall be considered as "largest taxpayers," and who appear as the heaviest taxpayers in the lists of the ayuntamientos. Fifteen days after the promulgation of this law, the ayuntamientos shall publicly post a list containing the names of those paying the largest amount of taxes and of the residents who know how to read and write. The lists thus prepared shall be exposed publicly for ten consecutive days, during which the claims for exclusion and inclusion may be presented at the ayuntamiento by the residents of the municipality, which claims must be decided within the following five days. Those who are not in conformity with the resolutions of the ayuntamiento may take an appeal before the audiencia of the province within five days following that of the notification. The audiencia, without further action than the report of a "ponente," shall decide within a period of time not to exceed eight days. After the audiencia has rendered a decision in connection with the appeal, same shall be returned to the ayuntamiento, with all the documents of the case, in order that it may publish within the three days following its receipt the final lists, taking into consideration in preparing said lists the decisions rendered in connection with the claims. The provincial boards shall publish the general lists of the electors of the province. Section of...... FORM A. Electoral district of.. College No. In conformity with the provisions of Article XIX of the electoral law, Mr. is hereby informed that in the election held yesterday to select the persons who are to constitute the board of registry of this electoral college, the aforementioned gentleman was elected by votes for the office of aforementioned board. ...... on the And in order that, according to the provisions of Article XIX of the law in question, the board of registry may be duly constituted by eight o'clock to-morrow morning, he is hereby informed of the fact this date. In the elections for Senatorial electors which were held in the Electoral College, the following-mentioned electors voted: Names. Names. Names. Names. Names. Wecertify that the present list contains the exact names of electors of this college, who have voted in the aforementioned election. Date... 1901. Member of the Electoral Board. Member of the Electoral Board. President of the Electoral Board. FORM NO. 1. Electoral district of Section of.. College No............. CERTIFICATE. In.... on the day of... 1901, the admission of voters to elect the board of registry of this Electoral College being ended at five o'clock p. m. on the receipt of the last vote, the scrutiny of same, as provided in Article XIII of the electoral law, was commenced. The ballots being examined, there were found: Votes in excess With unintelligible writing...... Folded together. All of which were annulled by the board and attached to the record of proceedings, in accordance with Article XV. The ballots being recounted and the count verified and the votes placed to the credit of the candidates, the result was as follows: Mr.. votes: Mr -votes; Mr. votes; Mr. votes; Mr. votes; Mr. votes; the first three having been designated as members and the other three as alternates. At the conclusion of the counting, the president ordered that the recapitulation should be read in a loud voice, which was done, in compliance with Article XVII of the law, and he proclaimed as members of the board of registry the first three, and as alternates the remaining three aforementioned individuals, who obtained the greatest number of votes. Everything having been executed in conformity with the law, the scrutiny was terminated and the election concluded, the president ordering that the interested parties be informed for the purposes of Article XXI. All of which we certify to. President. Secretary. Secretary. (Then follows a form giving name and surname of the elector, his birthplace, age, profession, condition, residence, whether he knows how to read and write, the taxes he pays, the date on which he was refused, and the cause of his being so rejected.) We certify that the persons who appear as registered in the present form have to tell the truth in their declarations, and that in conformity with these and in the presence of each of the interested parties the corresponding inscriptions have been made. And in compliance with article 26 of the electoral law, the present certificate is issued. The undersigned, a registered voter in this college, solemnly before the electoral board of the same, that Mr. unqualified to exercise the right to vote is Therefore he enters his protest, in the presence of two electors, who with him sign the present as witnesses of his declaration. Date, Witness: Witness: 1901. Signed: Registered voter. Registered voter. We further testify that at the request of Mr. said he did not know how to sign, Mr. Fecha ut supra. who did so. Declared and attested before us: Witness: President of the Electoral Board. Member of the Electoral Board. Member of the Electoral Board. |