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049 vOrdinance No. Ai •% . AN ORDINANCE in Reference to General and Special Elections in and at the Town of Atlantic Beach, Duval County,Florida ; Providing for the Registration of of Electors; Outlining their Qualifications for and Pre- requisites to Voting; Formally Establishing the Office of Registration Officer; and Repealing Ordinance No. A-6 , Entitled WAN ORDINANCE Providing for the Registration of Voters in the Town of Atlantic Beach". Whereas , there has by the governing authority of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Duval County, Florida , been no formal appointment of a registration officer to super- vise and direct the registration of prospective voters for general and special elections held in and at the said Town, and Whereas in and by Section 1 of Chapter 2034, Laws of Florida , Acts of 1874, it is provided that "the . . . Town Council shall have full power to establish rules, regulations and fees, for the registration of voters . . . for such . . . municipal elections as may be authorized by lain" , and Thereas , it is the wish and intent of the Town Counci in and for the said Town of Atlantic Beach,Florida , to promulgate a r,rl rNacQ analncr4 ,71nr, ac n1 lir ac maty ha thrl caul Town's future system of qualifying and registering electors with that prescribed by the general laws of this State ; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ATLANTIC BEACH, DUVL COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT: Section 1: Every person of the age of twenty-one years and upwards that shall, at the time of such person's registration for any general or special election proposed to be had and held in the Town of Atlantic Beach, Duval County, Florida , be a citizen of the United States , and that shall have resided and had his habitation, domicile , home and place of permanent abode in Florida for one year and in the County of Duval for six months, and who is either a freeholder of said Tcwn of Atlantic Beach or a qualified elector in the State of Florida who shall have resided in said Town ninety days during the calendar year in which a general municipal election shall be held, and who shall register as herein provided, shall be deemed a qualified elector at all aforesaid general or special elections. Naturalized citizens of the United States at the time of and before registration shall produce to the registration officer hereinafter appointed his or her certificate of naturalization or a duly certified copy thereof, and shall make oath that they are the identical persons named in such certificate: before they shall be allowed to register. Section 2: The following classes of persons shall not be entitled to register for or vote at any general or special municipal election hereinafter held in the said Town of Atlantic Beach; viz: a) Persons not duly registered according to law. c) Persons who are insane or idiotic . d) Persons who may have been convicted of any felony by any court of record. e) Persons who may have been convicted of bribery, perjury, or larceny, or of any infamous crime in any court of this State , or any other State, or interested in any bet or wager, the result of which shall depend upon any election, or that shall hereafter fight a duel, or send knowingly, carry or accept a challenge to fight ,or that shall be a second to either party, or that shall be the bearer of such challenge or acceptance ; but the legal disability shall not accrue until after trial and conviction by due form of law. f) No person shall be permitted to vote , or shall such vote be counted, unless the person registers to vote at the Town Hall in the said Town of Atlantic Beach ,Florida. Section 3: Every elector shall at the time of his registration take and subscribe to the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida; that I am twenty-one years of age , and have been a resident of the State of Florida for twelve months and of this County for six months; and I am qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of the State of Florida. I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States; that I that I am (a) a freeholder of said Town, or (b) a qualified elector in the State of Florida and have resided in the Town of Atlantic Beach in Duval County in said State ninety days during this calendar year in wihich a general municipal election shall be held ; and that I am qualified to vote under the law of the said Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida". The registration officer hereinafter formally appointed is hereby authorized and required to administer this oath and the elector shall also be recuired, under oath to be administered by the said registration officer, to give such description of himself or herself as will be sufficient to clearly identify his person .i_th the act of registration. Section 4: The Town Clerk of the said Town is hereby appointed ex officio registration officer for all general and Ld special municipal elections. He shall keep his office at the Town Hall in said Town; shall have exclusive charge of the registration of electors ; and for this latter purpose shall open and keep books suitable for such registration of electors. Section 5: The said registration officer shall, for every general and special municipal election, keep the registration book of the said Town open at -s office every day in the calendar week save Sunday, from 9 o' clock y.N. , to 12 M. , and from 2 o' clock P.M. , until hX 5 F.M.., for the registration of elctors ; and such registration bock shall be so kept open ,from the twenty-fifth day to the sixth day, both inclusive , before thedate of the holding of such general or special ejection a_ Section 6: The said registration officer shall have published, by posting at the said Town Hall, at the post-office in said Town, and at one other public place in said Town selected by the said registration officer acting in the reasonable exercise of his discretion, and on the day after the closing of the registration book for any municipal general or special election, a certified list of the registered and qualified electors of said Town entitled to vote in such election. Section 7: At the end of the time provided by this Ordinance for the registration book to be kept open by the said registration officer the said book shall be closed, and shall not again be opened for registration until after the general or special election because of which it was opened; and then only in the manner provided in and by Section 5 of the Ordinance , supra. Section 8: The said registration officer shall be the official custodian of the books of registration, and iit.e shall have the exclusive control and management of all matters pertaining to the proper registration of electors at all times. Section 9: Ordinance No. A-6 , entitled "A'T ORDINANCE Providing for the Registration of Voters in the Town of Atlantic Reach" , is hereby expressly repealed. Passed by the Town Council of the Town of„Atlantic Beach , Duval County , Florida , on first reading August 0-- 1939; passed by g4/ the said Town Council on second reading August 1939 ; passe by the said Town Council on third and fin l reading, , 171979; i / 1- edr r/erig 4 Town erk,To of Atlantic : ch,Duval County, Flor' , a. ) Examined and approved this It day of f_,‘1939. Mayo ,Towo . lantic Beach,Duval County, Flori'a. II 1011 issort i ile"