Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-02-25
Laws Of KhOllc-Islan d.

In GENERAL ASSEMBLY, JANUARY SESSION,
A. ID. 1886.
AN ACT revising the act entitled can Act
regulating the manner of admitting Free
men, and directing the method Of electing
Officers in this State"
SECTION l. BE Il enacted by the General
assembly, and by the authority thereof 1t is e',-
acted, That the treemen of each town in this
State, at any Of their town-meetings, or any
City Council Of any city therein, shall, ant
they hereby have full power granted them, to
admit so many white male persons, of the age
Of twenty -one years and upwards, inhabitants
Of their respective towns or cities, freemen
therein, as shall be qualified according to this
act.
! SEC. 9. find be II further enacted, That no
person shall be permitted to vote or act as 4
freeman in any town meeting or ward meet
ing in any town or city in this State, but such
only, who is an inhabtant thereof, and who
is, and who shall have been, at least for the
space of three months next preceding the
time Of such his voting and acting, an nhabi
tant Of the town or city in which such town
or ward meeting shall be holden, and who is
really and truly possessed in his own proper
right Of real estate within said town or city,
to the value Of one hundred and thirty -four
dollars, or which shall rent for seven dollars
per annum; being an estate in fee simple, fee
tail, or an estate in reversion or remainder,
which qualities no other person to be free
man, or at least an estate for persons own
life; or the eldest son Of such freeholder
and freeman: Provided. ho,Deuer, That the
yearly value Of such life estate shall exceed
the amount of the rent reserved tif'any) by
the sum of seven dollars per annum: Proui
ded, also, That any person whose estate lies
out of the town or city where he lives, shall
be admitted to vote for any general Officer in
the town or city where he lives, provided he
shall have resided therein for the space of
three months next preceding the time of such
vote: and shall at the time of his voting pro-
duce n certificate (Which shall be lodged with
the town clerk, and which shall be returned
to and lodged with the city clerk by the re-
spective ward clerks of any city,) bearing
date within ten days Of the town or ward
meeting at which he votes, under the hand of
the town or city clerk Of the town or city
where his estate lies, setting forth that he
hath freehold estate therein, sufficient to
qualify him to be freeman agrceaby to this
act and that he has been regularly admitted
freeman in said town or city, upon an es-
tate other than any such mentioned in the 9Th
section Of this act, and that no town or city
clerk shall give any such certificate to any
person applying therefor, unless the deed or
other conveyance Of his estate (if his title be
by deed) shall have been acknowledged, and
also shall have been recorded in said town
or city at least forty five days: Prorided, also
That the eldest son (being twenty-one years
Of age) Of freeholdcr and freeman, shall be
entitled to vote as aforesaid, upon producing
certificate that the father is possessed Of Q
freehold estate in said town sufficient to quail.
ify him as n voter according to the provisions
of this act; that the said father has been ad
mitted freemaa in said town or city upor
an estate other than any such mentioned "
the fifth section Of this act-ond that such
eldest son has been duly admitted freeman
in such town: and that no town or city clerl
shall give any such certificate to any sucf
person applying therefor, unless the deed Of
ether conveyance Of the fathers estate, (if tho
title be by deed) shall have been acknow
lodged, and also shall have been recorded IL
said town or'city at least forty-five days.
SEC. 3. Ind be II further enacted, Tba
whenever any person shall offer TO vote in an,
town or city upon any such certificate, hi
vote shall be liable to be challenged eithe
for insufliciency Of estate, or for fraudulen
practices in procuring himself to be qualified