161ORDINANCE NO. /
N ORNANCE in reference to general and
special Zections in and at the Town of titlantic
Beach, Florida; Providing for the registration
of Electors; Establishing the office of Regis-
tration Officer; and Repealing Ordinance No. 49
Entitled:
AN ORDINANCE in Reference to General and
Special Elections in and _t the Town of
Atlantic Beach, Duval County, Florida;
Providing for the Registration of Electors;
Outlining their Qualifications for and
Prerequisites to Voting; Formally Establish-
ing the Office of Registration Officer; and
Revealing Ordinance No. A-6, Entitled
I AN GRDINANCE Providing for the Registration
of Voters in the Town of Atlantic Beach "1..
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE i•"_AYOR iii D TOt%,N COUNCIL GF THE
TOWN OF ATLAATIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Any person who is a qualified elector
in the State of Florida and is a freeholder of said Town of
Atlantic Beach, and has resided therein thirty days, or who
is not a freeholder but has resided therein ninety days, during
the calendar year in which an election is held, is eligible
to register with the Registration Officer herein orovided for
when the registration books are open. No person shall be en-
titled to vote in any election in said Town unless registered
as herein provided.
Section 2. A person making application for regis-
tration as an elector shall take 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 21
years old and have resided in the State of Florida
for one year; that I am a citizen of the United
States and a qualified elector in the State of
Florida; that I am (a) a freeholder of the Town of
Atlantic Beach, Florida, and have resided therein
thirty days during the calendar year of 19 ; or
b) I am not a freeholder of the Town of :atlantic
Beach, Florida, but have resided therein ninety days
during the calendar year of 19 .
He shall also give a sufficient description of himself as
to reasonably identify his person.
Section 3. The Registration Officer shall require
every person registering to state under oath or affirmation
whether he is a freeholder, and record it opposite his name
in the registration books.
Section 4. The Town Clerk of the said Town is hereby
appointed ex officio registration officer for all general and
special municipal elections. The office of said Clerk shall
be at the Town Hall of said Town. Said Clerk shall have
exclusive charge of the registration of electors, and for
said nuroose 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 regis-
tration book of the said Town open at said officeevery day
and legal holidays
in the calendar.week save Sunday/, from 9 o'clock ti. to
12 M., and from 2 o'clock P.i'i., until 5 P. "., for the reg IX7K
tration of electors; and such registration book shall be kept
open Bor at least thirty (30) days and closed five (5) days
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prior to the holding of any election.
Section 6. The said registration of.f-icer 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 Townselec-
ted by the said registration officer, 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 qual-
ified 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 close , and
shall not again be opened for registration until after the
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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 cu9todian of the books of registration, and
shall have the exclusive control and management of all matters
pertaining to the proper registration of electors at all times.
Section 9. Ordinance No. 49, entitled:
SAN ORDINANCE in Reference to General and
Special Elections in and at the Town of Atlantic
Beach, Duval County, Florida; Providing for the
Registration of Electors; Outlining their Qualifi-
cations for and Prerequisites to Voting; Formally
Establishing the Office of Registration Officer;
and Repealing Ordinance No. A-6, Entitled 'AN
ORDINANCE Providing for the Registration of Voters
in the Town of Atlantic Beach ', t'
and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with, are hereby repealed.
Passed by the Town Council of the Town of Atlantic
Beach, Florida, on first reading April /3 211 1954; passed
by said Town Council on second reading April 1 1954;
passed by said Town Council on third and final reading
1954, and presented to the Mayorlt 4t, 1954.
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Examined and apgr ved this -e-d-day o ' 1954.
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