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UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
Michigan formerly had two land offices, the lower peninsula district being represented by an office at Grayling, but in July, 1898, they were consolidated into one district, the Grayling office being discontinued and merged into that at Marquette, of which Thomas R. Scadden is register and John Jones receiver.
INTERNAL REVENUE DISTRICTS OF MICHIGAN.
The first district comprises the counties of Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Cheboygan, Clare. Clinton, Crawford, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Huron, Ingham, Iosco, Isabella, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Midland, Monroe, Montmorency, Oakland, Ogemnaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, St. Clair, Sanilac, Shia- wassee, Tuscola, Washtenaw and Wayne. Collector, Charles Wright, of Detroit.
The first district of Michigan is subdivided into seven divisions. Each division is in charge of a deputy collector, residing in that division. Eleven deputies and clerks are employed in the Detroit office.
The fourth district comprises the counties of Allegan, Alger. Antrim, Baraga, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Cass, Charlevoix, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Eaton, Emmet, Gogebic, Grand Traverse, Houghton, Ionia, Iron, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Keweenaw, Lake, Leelanau, Luce, Mackinac, Manistee, Marquette, Mason, Mecosta, Menominee, Missaukee, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana. Ontonagon, Osceola, Ottawa, Schoolcraft, St. Joseph, Van Buren and Wexford. Collector, S. M. Lemon, of Grand Rapids.
The fourth district of Michigan is subdivided into five divisions. Each division is in charge of a deputy collector. Three office deputies are located at Grand Rapids.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES.
Taxes on articles mentioned are as follows :
On beer, $1.85 per barrel of 31 gallons; manufactured tobacco, 12 cents per pound; manufactured snuff, 12 cents per pound; cigars, $3.60 per thousand; weighing not more than three pounds per thousand. $1.00; cigarettes, $1.50 per thousand. Circulation of the state banks, 10 per cent.
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GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN MICHIGAN.
The following special stamp taxes are also levied under the provisions of an act of Congress adopted June 13, 1898: Medicinal proprietary articles and prep- arations, essences, spirits, oils, and all medicinal preparations or compositions sold under letters patent or trademarks, perfumeries, cosmetics, dentifrices, etc., where the retail price or valuation does not exceed five cents, one-eighth of one cent, and one-eighth of one cent additional for each five cents or fraction thereof added to the retail price or valuation. Wines bottled for sale, one cent for each pint or less; exceeding one pint, two cents.
Stamp duties are also required on the following documents and instruments : Bank checks, drafts, certificates of deposit or money orders (not drawing interest), two cents each. Inland bills of exchange, drafts, or certificates of deposit or money orders (drawing interest), promissory notes, money orders (not payable at sight and for each renewal, two cents for each $100 or less and two cents for each additional $100 or fraction thereof. Foreign bills of exchange, four cents for not exceeding $100, and four cents for each additional $100 or fraction thereof Bills of lading issued by express companies or public carriers, one cent for each, and one cent for each duplicate thereof. Deeds conveying lands, tenements, or other realty, value over $100 and not exceeding $500, fifty cents; each additional $500 or fraction thereof, fifty cents. Telegraphic dis- patches, one cent for each message. Leases or contracts for hire or use of lands, one year or less, twenty-five cents; not exceeding three years, fifty cents; exceeding three years, $1.00. Mortgages, trust conveyances, etc., exceeding $1,000 and not exceeding $1,500, twenty-five cents; on each $500 or fraction in excess of $1,500, twenty-five cents. All assignments or transfers the same. Power of attorney to sell or rent real estate, twenty-five cents. Protests of checks. drafts, etc., twenty-five cents.
THE CUSTOMS DISTRICTS.
The first customs district in the State is the district of Michigan. It comprises all the waters and shores of the State lying west of the principal meridian and south of the straits of Mackinac, except the territory bordering on Green Bay, and including Bois Blanc island. Grand Haven is the port of entry and of immediate transportation; Cheboygan, Manistee and Ludington are sub-ports of delivery. George A. Farr is collector.
By a special act passed in June, 1888, Grand Rapids was made a port of delivery only, of which James A. Coye is now surveyor. Grand Rapids is also a port of immediate transportation.
The second district, the district of Huron, comprises all that portion of the lower peninsula which lies east of the principal meridian and north of the southern boundary line of Lapeer and St. Clair counties, including all the waters and shores of St. Clair river, Saginaw bay and Lake Huron. Port Huron is the port of entry and of immediate transportation. Alexander R. Avery is collector.
The third district, that of Detroit, comprises all the waters and shores of Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, and the waters connected therewith, from the Miami river to the mouth of the St. Clair river. Detroit is the port of entry and of immediate transportation. John T. Rich is collector, and James H. Stone. appraiser.
The fourth district, the district of Superior, comprises the whole upper penin: sula of Michigan. Marquette is the port of entry, Sault Ste. Marie, Mackinaw. Michigan, Superior and Ashland, Wisconsin, are sub-ports of entry. Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie are ports of immediate transportation. Michael C. Scully is collector.
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GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN MICHIGAN.
WEATHER BUREAU.
There are eight United States Weather Bureau offices in Michigan for the observation and report of storms for the benefit of agriculture and commerce. The following is a list of the offices with the officials in charge:
Alpena, F. H. Duff, observer; Detroit. B. S. Pague, local forecast official; Grand Haven, W. H. Fallon, observer; Houghton, R. B. Harkness, observer; Marquette, H. R. Patrick, observer; Port Huron, W. J. Olds, observer; Sault Ste. Marie, A. G. Burns, observer; Escanaba, George B. Wurtz.
At Lansing is located the central office of the Michigan Section, climate and crop service of the Weather Bureau. C. F. Schneider, observer, is Section Director.
These stations, besides taking the regular observations at 8 A. M. and 8 P. M., eastern standard time, display cold wave and frost warnings, and, with the exception of Lansing, storm warnings for the benefit of the lake commerce.
The following are special display stations and display wind signals only :
Bay Mills, Charlevoix, Deer Park, East Tawas, Frankfort, Grand Point, Au Sable, Houghton, Glen Haven, Mackinaw City, Manistee, Middle Island, Oscoda, Pequaming, St. Joseph, Saugatuck, Thunder Bay Island, Bay City, Cheboygan, Detour, Escanaba, Grand Marais, Gladstone, Holland, Ludington, Menominee, Manistique, Muskegon, Point Au Barques, Rogers City, Harbor Beach, South Haven, Ship Canal, White Fish Point.
MICHIGAN WEATHER SERVICE.
This service, co-operating with the U. S. Weather Bureau, was established Feb- ruary 3, 1887, for the purpose of collecting and publishing the meteorological features of Michigan; to aid the U. S. Weather Bureau in the accurate and rapid dissemination of weather forecasts and frosts and cold wave warnings and for publishing the weather crop conditions for the benefit of the agricultural, com- mercial and scientific interests of the State. The Central Office is located at Lansing with Voluntary Observers' stations in nearly all counties of the State. Observations relative to temperature, precipitation, wind and cloudiness are taken daily and a monthly report furnished the Director at the Central Office for compilation and publication. Besides these, daily weather forecasts are tele- graphed, telephoned or mailed to about 4,574 addresses in the State. The service publishes weekly during the planting, growing and harvesting season a bulletin which gives in detail for each county of the State the conditions of the various crops as affected by the weather. The State furnishes the instruments and pub- lishes the reports, and the U. S. Weather Bureau furnishes all blanks, franked envelopes for transmitting the reports to the Central Office and the services of the Director. The service is conducted under the control of the State Board of Agriculture. C. F Schneider, Section Director, is in charge. The following are the observing stations, arranged alphabetically by the counties in which they are situated.
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GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN OBSERVING STATIONS.
County.
Station.
County.
Station.
Alcona
Harrisville.
Kent
Grand Rapids.
Alcona
West Harrisville.
Lake
Baldwin.
Alger
Wetmore.
Lapeer
Thornville.
Alger
Grand Marais.
Lapeer
Lapeer.
Alger
Chatham.
Leelanau
Northport.
Allegan
Allegan.
Lenawee
Adrian.
Alpena
Alpena.
Lenawee
Madison.
Antrim
Mancelona.
Lenawee
Clinton.
Arenac
Omer.
Livingston
Annpere.
Baraga
Baraga.
Luce
Newberry.
Barry
Hastings.
Mackinac.
Mackinac Island.
Bay.
Bay City:
Mackinac.
St. Ignace.
Benzie
Frankfort.
Macomb
Romeo.
Berrien.
St. Joseph.
Macomb.
Mt. Clemens.
Berrien.
Berrien Springs.
Manistee
Manistee.
Branch ..
Coldwater.
Marquette.
Marquette.
Calhoun
Battle Creek.
Marquette.
Ishpeming.
Calhoun
North Marshall.
Marquette.
Humboldt.
Cass
Vandalia.
Mason
Ludington.
Charlevoix
Charle voix.
Mecosta
Big Rapids.
Cheboygan.
Mackinaw.
Menominee
Powers.
Cheboygan
Cheboygan.
Midland.
Midland.
Chippewa
Detour.
Missaukee
Lake City.
Chippewa
Whitefish Point.
Monroe
Dundee.
Chippewa
Sault Ste. Marie.
Monroe.
Grape.
Clare
Harrison.
Montcalm
Stanton.
Clinton.
St. Johns.
Muskegon
Muskegon.
Clinton.
Ovid.
Newaygo
White Cloud.
Crawford
Grayling.
Oakland.
Highland Station.
Delta
Lathrop.
Oakland.
Ball Mountain.
Delta
Escanaba.
Oceana
Hart.
Dickinson
Iron Mountain.
Ogemaw
West Branch.
Eaton.
Olivet.
Ontonagon.
Ewen.
Emmet
Petoskey.
Ontonagon
Ontonagon.
Genesee
Flint.
Osceola
Reed City.
Gladwin.
Gladwin.
Oscoda
Luzerne.
Gogebic
Thomaston.
Otsego
Gaylord.
G'd Tra verse
Old Mission.
Ottawa
Grand Haven.
G'd Traverse
Traverse City.
Ottawa
Waverly.
Gratiot
Alma.
Roscommon
Roscommon.
Hillsdale
Hillsdale.
Saginaw.
Saginaw.
Hillsdale
Somerset.
Sanilac
Carsonville.
Houghton.
Calumet.
Sanilac
Valley Center.
Houghton
Houghton.
Schoolcraft
Manistique.
Houghton
Sidnaw.
Shiawassee
Owosso.
Huron
Port Austin.
St. Clair
Jeddo.
Huron ..
Hayes.
St. Clair.
Port Huron.
Huron.
Harbor Beaclı.
St. Clair.
Berlin.
Ingham
Agricultural College.
St. Joseph.
Mottville.
Ingham
Williamston.
St. Joseph
Wasepi.
Ingham
Lansing.
Tuscola.
Vassar.
Ingham
Fitchburg.
Tuscola.
Arbela.
Ionia
Ionia.
Van Buren
South Haven.
Iron.
Iron River.
Washtenaw.
Ann Arbor.
Iosco.
East Tawas.
Washtenaw
Ypsilanti.
Isabella
Mt. Pleasant.
Washtenaw
Fairview.
Jackson
Hanover.
Wayne
Detroit.
Jackson
Jackson.
Wayne
Eloise.
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo.
Wayne
Plymouth.
Kalkaska
Ivan.
Wexford.
Boon.
THE JUDICIARY.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
The court holds annual sessions at Washington, commencing on the second Monday in October. The annual salary of chief justice is $10,500, and of asso- ciate justices, $10,000.
Chief Justice-MELVILLE W. FULLER, of Illinois, appointed April 30, 1888.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
Name.
From what state.
When appointed.
John M. Harlan.
Kentucky.
November 29, 1877.
Horace Gray.
Massachusetts
December 19, 1881.
David J. Brewer.
Kansas
December 18, 1889.
Henry B. Brown.
Michigan
December 29, 1890.
George Shiras, Jr.
Pennsylvania
July 26, 1892.
Edward D. White.
Louisiana
February 19, 1894.
Rufus W. Peckham
New York
December, 1895.
Joseph McKenna.
California
December 16, 1897.
Retired Justices-William Strong, Pennsylvania; salary, $10,000. Stephen J. Field, (a) California; salary, $10,000.
James H. McKenney, clerk, $6,000; J. C. Bancroft Davis, reporter, $4,500; Chas. B. Beall, deputy clerk; J. M. Wright, marshal, $3,500.
CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
First Judicial Circuit-Mr. Justice Gray, of Boston, Massachusetts. Districts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Circuit Judges-Le Baron B. Colt, Providence, Rhode Island, and William L. Putnam, Portland, Maine.
Second Judicial Circuit-Mr. Justice Peckham, of Albany, New York. Dis- tricts of Vermont, Connecticut, Northern New York, Southern New York and Eastern New York.
Circuit Judges-William J. Wallace, Albany, New York; E. Henry Lacombe, New York City, and Nathaniel Shipman, Hartford, Connecticut.
Third Judicial Circuit-Mr. Justice Shiras, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Dis- tricts of New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
Circuit Judges-Marcus W. Acheson, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; George M. Dallas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and George Gray, Wilmington, Delaware.
(a) Died April 9, 1899.
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Fourth Judicial Circuit-Mr. Chief Justice Fuller, of Chicago, Illinois. Dis- tricts of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Circuit Judges-Nathan Goff, Clarksburg, West Virginia, and C. H. Simonton. Charleston, S. C.
Fifth Judicial Circuit-Mr. Justice White, of New Orleans, Louisiana. Dis- tricts of Northern Georgia, Southern Georgia, Northern Florida, Southern Florida, Northern Alabama, Middle Alabama, Southern Alabama, Northern Mis- sissippi, Southern Mississippi, Eastern Louisiana, Western Louisiana, Northern Texas, Eastern Texas and Western Texas.
Circuit Judges-Don A. Pardee, New Orleans, Louisiana; A. P. McCormick, Dallas, Texas, and David D. Shelby, Huntsville, Alabama.
Sixth Judicial Circuit-Mr. Justice Harlan, of Louisville, Kentucky. Districts of Northern Ohio, Southern Ohio, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Ken- tucky, Eastern Tennessee, Middle Tennessee and Western Tennessee.
Circuit Judges-William R. Day, Canton, Ohio; Horace H. Lurton, Nashville, Tennessee, and Henry F. Severens, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Seventh Judiciul Circuit-Mr. Justice Brown, of Detroit, Michigan. Districts of Indiana, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Eastern Wisconsin and Western Wisconsin.
Circuit Judges-W. A. Woods, Indianapolis, Indiana; James G. Jenkins, Mil- waukee, Wisconsin, and Peter S. Grosscup, Chicago, Illinois.
Eighth Judicial Circuit-Mr. Justice Brewer, of Leavenworth, Kansas. Dis- tricts of Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Southern Iowa, Eastern Missouri, Western Missouri, Eastern Arkansas, Western Arkansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah, Central, Northern and Indian Territories and Territories of New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Circuit Judges-Henry C. Caldwell, Little Rock, Arkansas; Walter H. Sanborn, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Amos M. Thayer, St. Louis, Missouri.
Ninth Judicial Circuit-Mr. Justice McKenna, San Francisco, California. Dis- tricts of Northern and Southern California, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Washing- ton, Idaho, and Territories of Alaska and Arizona.
Circuit Judges-William B. Gilbert, Portland, Oregon; Erskine M. Ross, Los Angeles, California, and William W. Morrow, San Francisco, Cal.
· Annual salary of circuit judges, $6,000.
UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS.
Chief Justice-CHARLES C. NOTT, New York.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
LAWRENCE WELDON, Illinois JOHN DAVIS, District of Columbia - Indiana
STANTON J. PEELLE,
CHARLES B. HOWRY, - Mississippi
Chief Clerk-ARCHIBALD HOPKINS, $3,000. Assistant Clerk-JOHN RANDOLPH. Bailiff-STARK B. TAYLOR.
Salary of judges, $4,500 annually. 1
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONERS.
Martin A. Knapp, Chairman,
New York
Charles A. Prouty,
Vermont
Joseph W. Fifer, Illinois
Judson C. Clements, James D. Yeomans,
Georgia
Iowa
Secretary-Edward A. Moseley.
THE ARMY.
MAJOR GENERAL NELSON A. MILES, COMMANDING.
Aides-de-Camp-Lieutenant Colonel Francis Michler.
Adjutant-General-Brigadier General Henry C. Corbin. 1
Inspector-General-Brigadier General Joseph C. Breckenridge. Judge-Advocate-General-Brigadier General G. N. Lieber. Quartermaster-General-Brigadier General M. I. Ludington. Commissary-General of Subsistence .- Col. John F. Weston (acting).
Surgeon-General-Brigadier General George M. Sternberg. Paymaster-General-Grigadier General A. E. Bates.
Chief of Engineers-Brigadier General John M. Wilson.
Chief of Ordinance-Brigadier General A. R. Buffington.
Chief Signal Officer-Brigadier General A. W. Greely.
THE NAVY.
ADMIRAL-GEORGE DEWEY. (a) REAR ADMIRAL-WILLIAM T. SAMPSON. (a)
REAR ADMIRAL-WINFIELD S. SCHLEY. (a)
Bureau of Ordnance-Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil.
Bureau of Equipment-Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford.
Bureau of Navigation-Rear Admiral A. S. Crowninshield.
Bureau of Yards and Docks-Civil Engineer Mordecai T. Endicott. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts-Paymaster-General A. S. Kenny. Bureau of Steam Engineering-Engineer-in-Chief and Rear Admiral George W. Melville.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery-Surgeon General W. K. Van Reypen. Bureau of Construction and Repair-Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn. Judge-Advocate-General-Captain Samuel C. Lemly. Board of Inspection and Survey-Rear Admiral Frederick Rogers.
Hydrographic Office-Commander Joseph E. Craig. Superintendent of Naval Observatory-Captain Charles H. Davis.
Colonel Commandant U. S. Marine Corps-F. H. Harrington. Naval Examining Board-Rear Admiral John A. Howell.
Naval Medical Examining Board-Medical Director Joseph B. Parker.
(a) The 55th congress advanced Dewey to the rank of admiral and Sampson and Schley to that of rear admiral.
CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENTS.
Apportionments of representatives in Congress and ratio of representation by the constitution and at each census.
.
Representatives to which each state was entitled by-
States.
Admitted to the Union.
Constitution, 1789-
1st census, from March
2d census, from March
4, 1803-ratio, 33,000.
4, 1813-ratio, 35,000.
4, 1823-ratio, 40,000.
5th census, from March
4, 1833-ratio, 47,700.
6th census, from March
4, 1843-ratio, 70,680.
7th census, from March
4, 1853-ratio, 93,423.
4, 1863-ratio, 127,381.
9th census, from March
10th census, from March
4, 1883-ratio, 151,911.
11th census, from March 4, 1893-ratio, 173,901.
Alabama ..
1819
3
5
7
7
6
8
8
9
Arkansas
1836
1
2
3
4
5
G
California
1850
2
3
4
6
7
Colorado.
1876
(a)1
1
2
Connecticut.
5
7
7
7
G
6
4
4
4
4
4
4
Delaware
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Florida
1845
3
2
4
G
7
9
8
8
9
10
11
Idaho
1890
(a)1
1
Illinois
1818
1
3
7
9
14
19
20
22
Indiana.
1816
3
7
10
11
11
13
13
13
Iowa. .
1846
2
6
9
11
11
Kansas
1861
1
3
7
8
Kentucky
1792
2
6
10
12
13
10
10
9
10
11
11
Louisiana ..
1812
3
3
4
4
5
6
6
6
Maine.
1820
7
8
7
6
5
5
4
4
Maryland.
G
8
9
9
9
8
6
6
5
6
6
6
Massachusetts ..
8
14
17
20
13
12
10
11
10
11
12
13
Michigan
1837
Minnesota.
1858
(a)2
2
3
5
7
Mississippi
1817
1
2
4
5
5
6
7
-1
Missouri.
1821
1
2
5
7
9
13
14
15
Montana.
1889
(a)1
1
Nebraska.
1867
(a)1
1
3
6
Nevada.
1864
(a)1
1
1
1
. ..
4
6
9
11
12
3
1
1
2
2
2
Georgia.
8th census, from March
4, 1873-ratio, 131,425.
ratio, 30,000.
4, 1793-ratio, 33,000.
3d census, from March
4th census, from March
(a) These states admitted subsequent to the apportionment.
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CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENTS.
CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENTS .- Concluded.
Representatives to which each state was entitled by ---
States.
Admitted to the Union.
1st census, from March
2d census, from March
3d census, from March
4, 1813-ratio, 35,000.
4, 1823-ratio, 40,000.
4, 1833-ratio, 47,700.
6th census, from March
4, 1843-ratio, 70,680.
4, 1853-ratio, 93,423.
8th census, from March
9th census, from March
10th census, from March
4, 1883-ratio, 151,911.
11th census, from March 4, 1893-ratio, 173,901.
New Hampshire.
3
4
5
6
6
5
4 3
3
2
New Jersey.
4
5
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
7
7
8
New York
6
10
17
27
34
40
34
33
31
33
34
34
North Carolina.
5
10
12
13
13
13
9
8
7
8
9
9
North Dakota
1889
(a)1
1
Ohio
1802
6
14
19
21
21
19
20
21
21
Oregon
1859
Pennsylvania.
8
13
18
23
26
28
24
25
24
27
28
30
Rhode Island.
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
South Carolinia
5
6
8
9
9
9
6
4
5
7
South Dakota.
1889
(b)1
3
6
9
13
11
10
8
10
10
10
Texas
1845
2
4
6
11
13
Utah.
1896
(a)1
Vermont
1791
2
4
6
5
5
4
3
3
3
2
2
Virginia
10
19
22
23
22
21
15
13
11
9
10
10
Washington.
1889
2
West Virginia (c)
1863
3
4
4
Wisconsin.
1848
3
6
8
9
10
Wyoming ..
1890
1
Whole number.
65
105
141
181
213
240
223
237
243
293
332
356
(a) These states admitted subsequent to the apportionment.
(b) Representation fixed by act of admission June 1, 1796.
(c) Partitioned from Virginia by congress in 1863.
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Constitution, 1789 --
ratio, 30,000.
4, 1793-ratio, 33,000.
4, 1803-ratio, 33,000.
4th census, from March
5th census, from March
7th census, from March
4, 1863-ratio, 127,381.
4, 1873-ratio, 131,425.
1
2
(a)1
1
1
(a) 2
2
Tennessee
1796
(a)1
(a)1
2
QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES.
Except as indicated, all the states and territories limit the suffrage to males of 21 years or over and other qualifications are exacted as noted below.
States.
Requirements as to citizenship.
State.
County.
Voting Precinct,
Registra-
tion.
Alabama
Citizen, or declared intention; must exhibit poll tax receipt. Citizen . . .
1 year .. 1 year ...
10 days . 6 mos .. .
10 days . . . 30 days . . .
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Convicted of treason, embezzlement of pub- lic funds, larceny or other prison offense. Idiots, insane or convicted of infamous crime. Idiots, insane and convicts not pardoned.
California
Citizen, or declared intention; must exhibit poll tax receipt. Citizen by nativity, naturalized for 90 days or treaty of Qua- retaro.
1 year ...
3 mos. . .
30 days . . .
Chinese, insane, embezzlers of public mon- eys, convicts.
Colorado
Citizen, or alien who declared intention 4 months before
6 mos .. .
3 mos. ..
10 days .. .
Yes.
Persons under guardianship, insane, idiots, prisoners.
Connecticut.
Citizen able to read; woman suf- frage on school matters.
1 year .. .
6 mos. . .
6 mos .. . ..
Yes.
Convicted of felony or other infamous crime.
Delaware
1 year ...
6 mos ...
10 days . . .
No ..
Idiots, insane, paupers, felons.
Florida.
Citizen paying tax within two years ; limited woman suffrage. Citizen, or declared intention and paying poll tax; woman suffrage on school matters.
1 year.
6 mos ...
None .....
Yes.
Insane, under guardianship, convicts.
Georgia .
Citizen who has paid all taxes since 1877.
1 year ... 6 mos. ..
6 mos ... 30 days .
None ... . .. None ......
(a) Yes.
Convicts, insane, delinquent taxpayers.
Idaho
Citizen, woman suffrage on school matters.
Illinois
Citizen, woman suffrage on school matters.
1 year ...
3 mos .. .
30 days . . . 30 days . . .
Yes. No. .
Convicted of crime.
Indiana
6 mos. ..
2 mos. . .
Citizen, or declared intention; limited woman suffrage.
Residence in-
Persons excluded from suffrage.
.
1 year .. .
3 mos .. .
30 days . . .
Arizona . . . . Arkansas
election ; suffrage.
unlimited woman
Convicts, insane, under guardianship, big- amists, polygamists. Criminals unpardoned.
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Kansas .
Citizen, women vote at munici-| 6 mos ... | 2 mos ... | pal and school elections. . Citizen, or declared intention; 6 mos ... 1 month women vote at municipal and school elections.
None ... . . . ] 30 days . . . (b)
Idiots, insane, convicts. (b)
Insane, persons under guardianship, con- victs, bribers, defrauders of the govern- ment and persons who have borne arms against the United States.
Insane, idiots, persons convicted of treason, felony, bribery.
Louisiana.
Citizen, or declared intention ...
1 year ...
6 mos ... 6 mos .. . 3 mos ...
60 days . . . 30 days . . . 3 months. None ......
(c) Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Insane, idiots, all crimes punishable by im- prisonment, embezzling public funds.
Maine ..
Citizen
3 mos. ..
Maryland
Citizen
1 year ...
6 mos ... 6 mos. ..
6 months.
Paupers (except U. S. soldiers), persons under guardianship.
Michigan
Citizen, women vote at school elections.
6 mos. ..
20 days . 30 days .
20 days .. . 30 days . . .
Yes. (d)
Indians under tribal rules, duelists and abet- tors.
Minnesota
Citizen, women vote at school elections.
6 mos. . .
Treason, felony unless pardoned, idiots, in- sane, uncivilized Indians.
Mississippi. Missouri.
Citizen .
2 years .. 1 year ..
1 year .. 6 mos. . .
1 year .. 6 months.
Yes. (e)
Insane, idiots, felons, delinquent tax-payers. U. S. soldiers or sailors, paupers, convicted of felony or violating right of suffrage un- less pardoned.
Montana
Citizen, woman suffrage on school matters and questions of taxation.
Nebraska
Citizen, or declared intention ...
6 mos ...
1 month
10 days . . .
(b)
Lunatics, persons convicted of treason or felony unless pardoned, U. S. soldiers and sailors.
Nevada . New Hampshire ...
Citizen .
6 mos. .. 6 mos ...
1 month 6 mos ...
10 days . . . 6 months.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Insane, idiots, convicted of treason or felony. Paupers, persons excused from paying taxes, convicts not pardoned. Paupers, insane, convicted of crime unless pardoned.
New Mexico.
Citizen
6 mos .. .
3 mos. . .
None .... . 30 days . . .
Convicted of crime, soldiers, removed from office for detaining public money.
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