Litchfield enquirer., 1840-07-02
LAWS OF CONNECTICUT,
 pAskrp MAY SESSION, 164Q.

PASSED MAY SESSkONS AOHV"
 An Act to provide for the Registration OG he names
 OG the Electors of this State. -n
 Sec ]. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House 0 He- presentatiUes General Assembly conUened, lhnt e SelecImen and Town Clerk of each town m Ihs slae' shall constitute hoard to make registration or He names "f the electors in such iown and [" ascer'@n and determine rho entitled 10 vote 'heFein' TOT all the officers to be elected the first Monday 0 Apl annually, and alrO oi al! who are entitled to vote al each successive election Of electors Oi Fres"e aud Vice President of the United States, commencing the first Monday of November next s"H s"'o board sha be called the board of rcg'siratIo".
 Sec. 9. The Towu Clerk shall oAiciaie as cle' ot said board and in Ot his absence, sad hoaro May appoint any other person clerk thereof who shall oe sworn a faithf0 discharge Ot duty; and tue mem- bcrs of the board, before they euler upon the d"l'eS herein prescribed, shall take the following Oa'h You each of you SOiemnly swear, tor aInr'n' as tue case may be) thai you will faithfully, imPhrl'ay. ana according your best judgment perform the duties o
 member of the board of registration tor the current year, in conformity with the laws ot the st"'e' So help you God.
 Sec 3. lt shall he the duty of the board in each ,own ,D meet by the first Monday of March annually am proceed forthwith by dllgent inquiry, io ascertain the names of all the electors in such i"wR who are legally qualified to vote for all the officers to he eh"- sen al the next state election, aud also ot those '" h are entitled 10 only for portion ot them; ana they shall complete separate alphabetical lists ni such names, and lodge the saDe authenticated by the sg- natures of the members of said board or majority q" them, in the office of the town reik, for pubic 'n- | month.
 Sec. 4. h order tn ascertain who are legally en'i' tied vote al the election of electors Of President and Vice President 0t the United States n November next, and at each succe eding one, said board shall meet in each n, the Tuesday next following the first Monday of October, 1840; and on 'he Tuesday mex. ollowing the first Monday oi October q"anL'en- make on, alphabetical list of all the electors wh" ae entitled such elections, which I's shall he authenticated in Ihe manner naned D the prectd- lNdu rod in hn nf1 on 0 before The third Monday of the same month
 Sec. 5. True copies of said lis aes,rd hy 'he clerk of the board, shall. on or efore sad thh moh- day o( March, and said third Monday of October, be posted up in such places as the inhabitants "f the town, at any lawful mee;ing may direct knd ID case of failure designate such places, the board shall cause copies of such lists to be posted upon three or more public places, in their respective towns.
 Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the board in each town, 10 meet at such convenient place as they may appoint, 0" the last Monday in March annually, and the last Monday of October. 1840 and on the las, Monday of October quadrennially thereafter, at lo o'clock, A. M said days 10 correct and revise such
 ss, and they shall reman in session for that purpose and for the purpose hereinafter prescr'bed t'il nSe o'clock, F. M of the said days, with hc liberty fany necessary recess during said time and sa'd board may adjourn from time time, hut shall be ID session April and November, fro,n ten o'clock, A. NJ '' two o'clock, F. M and longer II necessary io nrrIect saul list, and examine and decide upon all appi aI'"ns to be admitted 10 the privilege ot e'ec'"I' and 'e au
 
 to he qualified. Any person claiming to be an elec- tor in such town, shall have right [" apply 10 sa'h board for registration of his name and also "r that any other person persons omitted 10 the reRis'fy and may laO object the registration 0f the ""Me "l any person. (eilher inserted by the board, or ps"o' sed io be nsered) the ground that such pefso" l.. not legally entitled 10 vote in said town Siu& board shall make such lrom and such al'i'''"ns to the lists, ns they shall fmd O be necessaEX Ia render the same complete and perfect registry ol me e'ec of such lowu, entitled vote a those elections utnlI AS Provided. that the name of no person shall be erased Ir"m the lists, Jill he s!a have had fair opportunity To be heard thereon.
 Sec. 7 The Loa,d shall give notice of the time and place of holding their sessions correct a"d revi'e the registry lsts, upon the lists posted Wp as hei"re directed, and by advertising the same in one or more newspapers, it any are published. in the same town. And n addition lo the sessions of the board before named, they shall hohl a session on the day "t rer- ,on, before the "renng of the eeciors mee'ing and ai the pnce where saId meeting is held; and "hen- adjourned meeting Of the eiecnIs Of any town shall be held for the choice oI representative or re- preseMiatives 10 the General Assembly, said board shall asO at said place. hold session "n the day "t election previous to the opening of the meeting; which ani,l session shall be "nly for the purpose "i admitting and registering electors nt such towns, those applicants legally qualified ." he &" admitted, who have attained the age Ul weny-one, since the last session "f the board.
 Sec. 8. Duplica,e copies rf said correct lists, shall be made, one of which shall, the Saturday nr>, preceding the said first Monday of April and N"ve"-
 
 clerk for public inspection; and the other shn be- lore the openng of the polls on the said first Monday of April tor al any adjourned electors Meeng) and on aai.l first Monday of November. be delivered |" the presiding officer nf such electors m-engs N ho shall conform thereto in receiving the votes Tor ai "hcers in be elected al said meeiings ar at my adjourned neetg of the clrciDrs for choice nt rri ss"ntaves, excep; far the may he altered in the man- ner by ths prescribed. And said presiding officer shall receive the o all persons wh"se names said lists Of voters certified hy said board. and ha shall vniA nt name is said lists. The name oi each Hlrrior, the time of voting shall be checked hy the town clerk ol the seeclmen, or by any one or more persons appointed hy them.
 ; Sec. 9. The original oficia! list of voters made ont hy the bonrh and the list lists used the day election, with the marks checks upon the same, shall, by the presiding officer of said meeting, whi" twenty four hours after the final adjournment of the same he lodged i" the office oi the clerk where the same shall he kep, file and carefully preserved.
 Sec TO- Ifany member oi the board of registrations. or iG presiding officer "t an electors meeting, ar any clerk, appointed 0 perform the Eerv,re spec'heh in this act, shall, without just or reasonable cause, rec fuse negec, [" discharge any of the duties hefe" prescribed, he shall, convcti"n he subject [" fine of two hundred dollars, payable to the Treasury uI the County in which said officer resides an't fl said member, presiding officer Or clerk shal be guihy q" fraud in performing said duties, he shall he subject tO fine of five hundred d"ars payable 10 the treasury of this state 10 imprisonment in the county gao, for term time exceeding six months, or to such fine and Imprisonment, both, al tho discretion of the Court having cosnizance of the same.
 Sec. II. lf any pOrsoN shall witluliy give false name or any false answer the board ui regislra. lion, when iM session, he shall forfeit the sum O fifty dollars o he paid into the treasury of the sa'e and any person whose nnme is not the regis'ry list, shall vote attempt O Vote at either "I the elections named in this act the assumed name Of any Othe: person whose name is said list, he shall. con- vciion, be subject fine oc hundred dollars, payable to the treasury Oi this s'aie aud lO cue years imp, sOnmenl in the county gaol.
 Sec. i2. The seiec,men and clerk of the