Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-09-07

, as unqualified, On the ground that he ha
= not resided in this state for one year i'm
} medialely preceding the election, tn
S Judges, or one Ofthem, shall put the fol
lowing questions:
, LIST. Have you resided in this STATE
. for one year Immediately preceding hi
elecionH
/ 2nd. Have you been absent from thi!
) state within the year Immediately prece
dang this electioni If yes, then,
3cd. When you left, did you leave fol
a temporary purpose, with the design o
returning, or for the purpose Of remain
ing away2
9TH. Did you, while absent, look
upon and regard this state as youI
home?
5lh. Did you, while absent, vote in
anv otherstate2
Third: f the person be challenged as
unqualified, on the ground that he is moi
a resident Of the county, township, OF
w"rd, when he offers to vote, the Judges,
or one Of them, shall put the following
questions:
lst. When did you last come into this
county,
2nd. When You came into this coun-
ty, did you come for temporary purpose,
merely, or for the purpose Of making it
your home?
Bird. Did you come into this cuun
ty for the purpose Of voting in this coun-
y?
4th. Are you now an actual resident
OF this township, or ward2
Fourth' If the person [BEl challenged
is unqualified on the ground that he is
not twenty one years of age, tue judges,
or one of them, shall put the following
question: are you twenty one years Of age
TO the best Of your knowledge and belief?
TIE Iudgos Of the election, or one of
them, shall put all such other questions
to the person challenged, under the re.
spective heads aforesaid, as may be ne.
cessary 10 test his qualifications as an
eleclor at that election.
SEC. ID. If the person, challenged as
aforesaid, shall refuse to answer, fully,
any questions which shall be put to him
as aforesaid, the judges shall reject his
vote.
SEC. Is. If the challenge be not
Withdrawn after the person offering to vote
shall have answered the questions put to
him as aforesaid, one ofthe judges of the
election shall tender to him the following.
oath: "You do solemnIy swear (or af-
frm) that you are a citizen Of the United
States, of the age of twenty one years;
that you have been an inhabitant o. this
state for one year next preceding this
election; thai you are now an actual
resident of this township or ward, and
that you have not voted at This elec.
ton"
SEC lG Efany person shall refuse to
take the oath, or ait rmatiOn,so rendered,
his vote shall be rejected: provided, that
after such oath shall have been taken
the Judges may, nevertheless, refuse 10
permit such person TO vote. if they shall
be satisfied, from record evidence, or 9th.
er legal testimony adduced before them,
that he is not legal voter; and they are
hereby authorized to administer the ne
cessary OalhS or afirmatOns to all wit
uesses brought before them, to testify
to the qualifications Of person offering
to vote.
SEC. II. Whenever any PERSONS vote
shall be received after having taken the
tn prescribed in the fifteenth section
of this act, it shall be the duty ofthe clerks
of the election to write on the poll book,
at the end of such persons name, the
word "swOrn."
SEC, iS. 1t shall be the duty Of each
Judge of the election to challenge every
nerson offering to vote, whom he shall
know, OF suspect, n OF TO be duly qualified
as an elector.
SEC. 10. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Judges of the election, or one Of them
Immediately before proclamation is made
Of the opening of the polls, to open the
ballot boxes in the presence of The peo-
ple there assmblsd, and tnrn them upside
down, so as TO empty them of every thing
that may be in them, and then lock them,
and they shall not be re-opeDed until for
the purpose of counting the balloth there
in, at the close Of the polls.
SEC. 90. Any person, who shall, az
ter proclamation made, Of The opening of
the polls, FraudulentIy put ballot or tick
ct into the ballot box, shall, on conviction
thereof. be imprisoned in the peniten-
tiary, and kept at hard labor, not more
than three years nor less than one
year.
Sec. 81. Anyjudge of the election
who shall, after proclamation made, of
the opening Of the polls, put ballot or
ticket into the ballot box, except his own
ballot, or such as may be received IN the
regular discharge of his duty ,shalI,o con.
viction thereof, be msrisoned in the
penilentiary, aud kept at hard labor, not