Register office

Definition and stakes

Charles C. Cook,  The Negro and the elective franchise…

“ A roll containing the names of all persons thus registered, sworn to and certified by the officers of registration, shall be filed, for record and preservation, in the clerk's office of the circuit court of the county, or the clerk's office of the corporation court of the city, as the case may be. Persons thus enrolled shall not be required to register again, unless they shall have ceased to be residents of the State, or become disqualified by section Twenty-three. ”
Source: Gutenberg

Portrait of Stephen A. Douglas Puter Stephen A. Douglas Puter,  Looters of the Public Domain (1908)

“ When a new township is thus thrown open to entry, it is always an easy matter to get the selection list into the hands of the Register of the Land Office ahead of the homesteaders, as we generally had the list mailed the day before, which would bring it to the attention of the Land Office officials on the morning that filings were receivable, thus giving the State a huge preference. ”
Source: Wikisource

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