The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-03-02
NEWPORT, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2 1886.

nuai town and ward meetings in April next.aro
hereby declared incapable ofvoting thereon for
any officer, notwithstanding such deeds. and
conveyances remain on file in any town or city
clerks office, and not recorded, or lodged to be
Recorded in conformity hereto.
SIC. 30. Aad be 10 further enacted. That il
shall be the duty ofthe ssveral Town and City
Clerks in this State TO receive all deeds, which
may from time TO time be presented 10 them
respectively. and TO record the same At length,
by transcribing the same into the book or books
of land evidence in said town 81 city, In the or.
der in which they may be received. and he shall
also certify ON said deod the time when tho
same was recorded. And if any Town or City
Clerk shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform
his duty in this resp, CT, or shall deliver or
suffer to be delivered, out Of his possession any
deed received by him, TO any person whomso-
ever. before such deed shall have, been duly re-
corded, he shall be fined for each cfence,upon
conviction thereof the sum Of ono hundred
dollars. Provided horerer, that il shall he law
ful fo- any Town or City Clerk TO refuse 10
receive any deed for record, whenever payment
Of the legal foe for recording the same shall be
actually demanded in advance and shall bo re-
fused.
SEC. 81. And BE- IL further enacted, That If
any person shall, directly or indirectly, give, or
offer or agree TO give, 10 any frecman,o or to any
Of money, or other valuable consideration, for
the purpose ofinducing such freeman TO give in
his vote at any election in this State,o or by way
of reward for having voted; or il any person
shall, directly or indirectly, accept or receive,
or offer or agree 10 accept OF receive, any sum
ofmoney, or other valuable consideration, or
any promise, obligation or security for the pay
ment or delivery ofany sum ofmoney,or other
valuable consideration, as I'm inducemont 10
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rs a reward for having given in his vote such
person SO offending shall. on conviction thereof,
be fined the sum Of fve hundred dollars, and
shall bs forever thereafter legally incapable ~
voting at any election in this State.
SEo. %. And be IL further enacted, That tho
town and ward meetings in this State, for choos.
ing representatives for May Session, and for
electing General Officers. be holden on tho Sd
Wednesday in April annually and for choosing
representatives for Octob,r Session, on the last
Tuesday OF August annually and that no votes
for Gcneral-Oficcrs be put in on any othor day
than tho aforementioned third Wednesday IN
April and that besides The General Officers d.
rected by charter TO be chosen annually at the
General Election, there shall be also annually
chosen at said election, one Secretary, one At
torney General, and one General Treasurer; and
the frcemen at said town and ward meetings in
April may put in their votes for such Officers,
as well us for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
and Senators.
SEC. %. And for the better regulating tho
several town and ward meetings TO bc holden
on the third Wednesday Of April annually-Bs
u uiesr sHsssfs Sa j That the or War
shall receive in open town or ward meeting all
the votes of the ffeemon legally qualified, and
no other person shall receive any votes ON that
day ;and that person in any town meeting
shall vote for General Officers until the choice
Of Representatives be over, and in ovcry town
or ward meeting the freemcn shall, ono by one,
in their own proper persons, deliver their votes
10 the moderator or warden, who shall forth.
with publicly declare the name of the person
voting and shall cause the town or ward clerk
TO enter and keep fair register of the names Of
all persons who shall vote for General Officers;
and that the town or ward Clerk, shall before
the sealing up Of the votes, carefully compare
them with the liat he hath taken and the town
Clerk shall return a true and exact copy ofthc
same TO the next succeeding general election;
and the ward Clerk shall return true and ex-
act copy ofthe same 10 the City Clcrk-ccrtify-
ing also what number Of votcs were rut in for
each Of the candidates for the Office of Cover
nor and the said original list shall bo lodgcdin
the town or City Clerks office, and copies tberc-
of shall be granted TO any freeman IN this State
who shall desire the same, paying therefor MS
for other copies taken out Of said Office and the
town or city clerk shall examine the records
for any frceholder desiring the same,and certify
the estate or qualifications ofany Of the persons
who voted or put in their votes in said election,
being paid therefor by the persons desiring the
same,a for searching the records,and granting
certificates upon any other occasion and thatif
any town, ward or City Clerk shall wilfully neg
lcct or refuse TO do bis duty herein,be shall for
tI,.e ff hu utr ed an m
shall upon conviction thereof, upon bill OF In
dictment, be rendered incapable for ever there.
after of sustaining any Office in this State and
that all and each ofthe forfeitures and penalties
mentioned in this act may be recovered by an
action Of debt. or upon indictment IN any court
of record in this state, proper TO Try the same
one hafwhcrcof shall be TO and for the use Of
him who shall inform or sue for the same, and
the other half thereof TO and for the use OF tho
State Pyorided ainays, that all informatiops
and prosecutions for any forfeiiurcs orponalties
sccruing under this act, shall be commenced
within one year next after such forfeiture or
penalty shall have accrued, and not afterwards.
SKc. ~. And be IL further enacted, That every
pereon who shall vote for any general offceru,
shall have his name written at length on the
back Of his vote, al the time OF bis deliverlngin IN
the same and that the names OF all the officers
voted for, shall be put upon one single piece Of
paper g. all the votes sotaken shall DC ~ open
town or ward meeting sealed up by the town or
ward Clerk, and by him delivered to Senator
or one Of the Repr ssentatiges of such town OF
city, except is herein before excepted, aud cx-
cent AZ may be otherwise provided in any city
charter; aud shall be by him delivered TO the
Governor, or in his absence 10 the Lieutenant.
Governor, or person officiating in the office Of
Governor,in open Assembly, before the election
proceeds, :,
SEC. 25. ,Aad be IL further enacted, That all
business of the annual general election shall be
done and transacted by the General Assembly in
Grand Committee, and not in Sc ,srate houses.
sEc. 26. And be IL further enaeied, That all
general officers shall take the following en-.
gsgemout before they act in their respective
ofiicss,to wit, You-- being by the free vote
of the frccmen OF this State OF khode-l,land a.
Proyidence Plantations, elected unto the place
Of 40 so.emnly swear lcf shinn) 10 be true
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