Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-10-07
AN ACT
TO PRESERVE THE PURITY OF
ELECTIONS.

PROVISIONS oil this acL snail nave Teter-
ence and be- applicable 10 all elections
hereafter TO be holden for Governor,
Sheriff, Coroner, county Auditor, coun.
~ Assessor, county Commissioners,
county Treasurer, county Recorder,
county Surveyor, Prosecute Attorney,
all township officers, Senators and Rep.
Iesentatives to the General Assembly,
Representatives TO Congress, and EIec.
tors Of President and Vice President of
the United States.
AS TO Fl RESIDENCE OF A VOTER.
Sec. 3. The judges of the election in
determining the residence Of a person
offering to vote, shall be- governed by
the following rules, so far as they may
be applicable.
FIRST: That a place shall be consider.
ed or held to be the residence OF a per-
son in which his habitation is fixed,
without having any present intention Of
removing therefrom, and 10 which,
whenever absent, he has the intention oil
returning.
I'd: A person shall not be considered
or held 10 have lost his residence, who
shall leave his homo and 60 into anosh-
er Stale for temporary purposes merely
with an intention OF returning,
Third: A person shall not DO cousid-
cred or held TO have gained a residence
in any county Of this State, into which
he shall have come for temporary pur.
poses merely, without the intention oil
making such county his home, but with
the intention Of leaving the same When
he shall have gotten through with the
business that brought him into it.
Fourth: II a person remove to anoth-
err Slate, with an intention to make il
his residence, he shall be considered and
held 10 have lost his residence in this
Stale:
Fifth: If a person emove 10 another
State, with on intention Of remaining
there an indefinite time, and as o place
Of pleasant residence, he shall be con
sidered and held TO have lost his resi-
dence in this State, Notwithstanding hi
may entertain an intention 10 return a
some future period.
Sirth: The place where a married
mans family resides, shall generally b.
considered and held 10 be his residence
but if It is a place Of temporary eslab
Iishment for his family, and for translen
objects, it shall be othe rwise.
Serenth: II a man has his family fix
ed 10 one place, and does his bushes
in another, the former shall be consid
cred and held 10 be his residence.
Eighth: The mere intention to &C
quire a new residence, without the FAC
Of removal shall avail nothing nett he
shall the fact Of removal without tn
intention.
Ninth: liza person shall 60 into an
other Stale,and, while there, exercis
the right Of a citizen by voting, he cha
be considered and held TO have lost h
residence in this State,
PRESENTING A BALLOT.
Sec, 3. Each ~elector shall in full vie
Of the people ssembIed al the poll
where he offers to vote, deliver in pc
son 10 one Of the judges of the election
single ballot or piece Of paper, O
which shall be written, or printed, III
names Of the persons voted for, with
permanent designation Of the ofic
which he or they may be intended
fill; but no elector shall vote except
the township or ward in which he hi
his residence.
PENALTY OF ILLEGAL VOTING,
Sec. 4. Any person who shall Wilt
ly vote in any township or ward,
which he does not actually reside, viii
townShip or ward shall be in the coun
Of which he is q resident, shall, on CO
viclion thereof, be imprisoned in /
county Jail of the proper county, 4
more than six months nor less than o
month.
Sec, s. Any person, being a reside
OF this State, who shall go or come, il
any county, and vote in such coun.
not being a resident thereof, be impr
oned in the penitentiary, and kept
hard labor, not more than three yea
nor less than one year.
Sec. 6. Any person who shall VI
more than once at the same Eclectic
shall, on conviction thereof, be- impr
oned in the %penitentlary. ard kept
hard labor, not more than FIVE yel
nor less than one year.
Sec. s Any person who shall VIC
who shall not have been a residen ut
this State for one year Immediately p
csding The election; or who, al 10 eli