The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-03-02

den thereof, and to insist that his vote be
not received, unless the person suspected
shall first purge himself by oath or affir-
nation of and from such suspicion and
that the said oath or affirmation be ad-
ministered by the moderator, warden or
person presiding at such meeting, accord
ing|to the form the oath in the tenth Sec
ton of this act, namely, the same which
is directed to be taken by such person as
shall be prosecuted for receiving frau
dulent deed, with such variations thereof
as may be necessary for the purpose: and
if any person SO suspected and challenged
shall refuse TO take the said oath o- sffir-
mstion, his vote shall not be received:
Prouided horepsr, That no person shall
be required to make oath or affirmation,
as aforesaid, more than once in town or
ward meeting in respect to the same con-
veyance.
Sec. IL. And be IL further enacted,
That no person Except the Oldest sou of
any freehold and freeman) shall be ad-
mittted to vote for any State, city or town
officer or officers, unless he be possessed
of an estate in the town or city where he
lives, sufficient to qualify him sgrecably
TO this act, the deed or conveyance where
of shall have been duly executed and ac-
knowledged, and shall have been recor-
ded therein, at least forty five days next
before the time of such his voting: ex-
cept as is provided for in the second see
ticn of this act
SEC. I3. And be IL further enacted,
That if any person shall remove from one
town or city, and settle in another, and
shall produce certificate from the town
or city clerk of the town or city from
whence he removed, setting forth that he
had been duly admitted n freeman ic said
town or city upon an estate other than
any such mentioned in the fifth section of
this act, he shall be entitled To all The
privileges of freeman in the town or city
to which he hath removed without being
propounded anew Prorided, he hath
resided three months in such town or city,
and hath a freehold estate therein, sufli-
cient to qualify him to be freeman, the
deed or conveyance whereof shall have
been duly recorded as aforesaid.
SEC. IA. And be 1t further enacted,
That if any dispute shall arise concerning
the value of any freehold or other estate
under this act. the same shall for that
time De determined by the Oa,is aDlr-
nation of the person claiming TO vote,
such oath or affirmation TO be admins
tered by the moderator or warden: and
such person shall not be allowed TO vote
afterwards thereon, unless the value there
of shall have been determined by three
persons, or any two of them (under oath
or aflirmation) to he annually appointed
by the town meeting or city council of
each town or city for that purpose and
in case of dispute as aforesaid, the clerk
Of the town, or of the ward in any city,
shall make record of the same, and how
the value of the same was determined.
SEC. Is. And be IL further enacted,
That if any person shall fraudulently put
IN vote for any general officer or Off
GERS, or shall vote for any other officer in
any town or city in this State, not being
qualified according to this act, such per-
son so voting or putting in his vote shall
forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred
dollars for each and every offence: and
all such votes, if returned to the General
Assembly shall be rejected and not coun-
ted.
SEC. I6. And be IL further enacted, That the
moderator warden or other person appointedto
receive the votes at any town or ward meeting,
who shall receive the vote or vote Of any person
or persons suspected Of having fraudulcntly
qualified any person or persons TO be a voter or
or bn of nrv vnte of nv nef nr nfr-
sons " no shall be suspected Of fraudulent prac-
tices in procuring himself or themselves 10 be
qualified in manner herein before mentioned,
after he or they shall have been publicly chal-
lenged by freeman Of said town or city with
out first administering 10 him or them the oath
or affirmation herein before prescribed, shall for
felt and pay the sum Of one hundred dollars for
each and every offence by him committed; and
/; shah be the duty Of every town or ward clerk
TO certify on each a. every vote 30 challenged,
the cause of the challenge, and that the same
was received without oath or affirmation ns
aforesaid and that all such votes given in and
20 received for any general officer or officers,
shall be thrown out by the Grand Committee al
the gene raj election.
SEC IL. And be IL further enacted, That any
moderator, warden, or presiding officer OF any
town ward meeting, who shalt frauduleDtIy
reject the vote Of any qualified voter, whether
the shall be publicly challenged, or not,
shall forfeit and pay the SUN Of one hundred
dollars for each and every offence and that II
shall likewise be the duty Of the town or ward
clerk TO cause to be sealed up, and transmitted
to the General Assembly all rejected votes,
whenever any freeman shall request the same
and to certify thereon, that the same were re-
jected. 10 the end that the General Assembly
may determine ifthe saWie ought TO be received
or rejected and IL any person really qualified
10 vote shall fraudulently put IN more than one
vote, all the votes put IN by him sh al bc thrown
out by tho Grand Ccnmii,ee and suc, person
shall forfeit and pay the sum Of one hundred
dollars and be excluded from voting for any
officer in this State for the space Of three years
from the tune Of conviction.
SIC. Is. And be- IL (urfhsr enacted, That Ifany
moderator, warden or presiding officer Of any