Chap. 89.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 98 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, relating to the registration of voters, the duties of reg-
istrars and their pay. fH B 115]

Approved March 4, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section ninety-eight of the Code of Virginia, as hereto-
fore amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 98. When voters registered; duties of registrars; their
pay.—Each registrar in the counties, cities, and towns of this State shall
annually, thirty days before the day fixed by law for every regular
primary election and every general election to be held therein, at his
office or voting place, proceed to register the names of all qualified voters
within his election district, precinct, town, city, or ward, as the case may
be, who have not previously registered in said registrar’s jurisdictional
area, who shall apply to be registered and shall on said day complete the
registration of voters for the succeeding primary or general election. He
shall give notice of the time and place at which he will sit for said pur-
pose for at least ten days before each sitting by posting written or printed
notices thereof at ten or more public places in his jurisdiction, or by pub-
lication in a newspaper of general circulation therein. The registrar
shall, at any time previous to the regular days of registration, register any
voter entitled to vote at the next succeeding election who may apply to
him to be registered; and he shall receive as compensation ten cents for
each name so registered on days other than the regular days of registra-
tion, the same to be paid out of the county or city treasury ; provided that
in counties having a population less than thirty thousand the registrar
shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents for each name registered on days
other than the regular days of registration, the same to be paid out of
the county treasury; and provided, further, that, if the registrar be com-
pensated by a salary by or pursuant to a statute dispensing with the pay-
ment of any fees to him, he shall not be paid any fee. It shall be the
duty of the registrar within five days after each sitting to have posted at
three or more public places in his jurisdiction written or printed lists of
the names of all persons so admitted to registration, and at the same time
to also certify to the clerk of the circuit court of the county, or the cor-
poration court of the city a true copy of such list, and to have a list posted
on the day of the election at each place of voting in his jurisdiction,
showing the names of such registrants residing in that precinct.

And it shall be the duty of the clerk, upon receipt of such list, to
forthwith record in a suitable book, to be kept in his office for that pur-
pose, the names of the registered voters so certified, in alphabetical ar-
rangement.

For making and certifying such lists the registrars, unless otherwise
compensated therefor, shall be allowed three cents for each ten words,
counting initials as words, and the clerks for recording the same shall be
allowed two cents for each ten words, counting initials as words, the
same to be paid out of the treasury of the county, city or town.

Whenever the name of any registered voter shall have been changed,
either by marriage or order of court, the registrar in whose jurisdiction
such voter is registered shall, upon the written request of such voter,
enter the change upon the registration books and certify the same to the
clerk of the circuit court of the county or the corporation court of the city,
as the case may be, who shall record the change upon the books kept in
his office.

After the completion of the registration on the day fixed therefor
as herein provided, no additional persons shall be registered until after
the day on which the succeeding primary or general election 1s held.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to send
by mail to each registrar in the State a copy of this act as soon after its
passage as is practicable.

All acts or parts of acts, general or special, inconsistent with this
act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.