Litchfield enquirer., 1842-07-14
Public Statute Laws OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
 PASSED MAY SRssEoN, loA2.

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 OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
 PASSED MAY sEsnON, lsA2.
 firm Deeds and. other COnveyances of Real
 Estlte.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-, g. natives in General Assembly convened, That all which have been acknowledged before any Notary Public duly appointed and commissioned by virtue of the act passed in lsS3 entitled an authorizing NOtaries Public to administer oaths, on which the Notary Public taking such acknowledgement shall have omitted sO place hs sesl of office, shall not for ERch omission, be NdindXed void but shall be vahd to all InteHts and purposes to the same extent as # said seal had been placed thereon.
 STILLMAN K. WlGKTAAN, Speaker.
 WM. s. HoLAHIRD. Preeident Of the Senate.
 Approved, June g, lSt2.
 An Act repeating part of the seventh section of an
 act entitled an act in addition to, and entitled an
 act tor forming and conducting the Military Force, passed May session, lSSs.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened, That so much of the seventh section of the act entitled an act in addition to act entitled an act for forming and conducting the Military Force, passed May ses- sion, 1889, as sathorses the use of Field Piece in the hands of any military company tor any other pur pose than company exercise review upon the per mission of majority of the Seectmen of the town in which the same Is kept, be, and the same IS hereby
 SrnLMAN K. WleHrMAN, Speaker.
 W. s. HorABRD, President of the Senate
 APp''''O' ''ts CHAUNCEY F. CLEVELAND.
 An Act regulating Elections.
 Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened = towns in this State, on the first Monday in April, in each year, the presiding officer shall cause to be made record of the name of every person deposit ing his vote in the ballot box provided for the recep Controller, Senator, Sheriff and Members of Con gress which said record shall at the close of the election, be deposited with the Town Clerk accord tefation oan act regulating the election of Governor It. Governor, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives Treasurer and Secretary passed at the special session of the general assembly, be- proved December 29, ls36-which last mentioned act as modified by subsequent acts now in force, and not repealed by the following sections of this act is
 Sec ?. Be it further enacted, That the act entitled an act to provide for the registration of the names assembly at their May session, begun and held on lS4O, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Ond, third, fourth. fifth, sixth, seventh. eighth, and electors meeting for the choice of Representa.ves in the Congress of the U s. passed by the General Assembly at their session held in May, lSiO be, and the same is hereby repealed.
 Sec 4 Be it further enacted, That the act entitled an act to provide for the registration of the names of electors, passed by the General Assembly at their session, held on the first "Wednesday of May, iSSs approved June 7sh, lsS9' be and the same is Sec: 6. Be it further enacted, That every legally qualified eector of any town n this state, having re- sided in the state the time required by law, shall be fd NrAkR NynNhn fNNa1 fk1n fnP Governor, It. Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Con troler, and electors ofPresiden and Vice President of the U. S.; and every such eector who may law Congressional District, in which he resdes or who shall have resided four months next preceding in such Congressional Distrct Shall be authorised to vote in any town in this Congressional District in Congress in said District; and any such elector who may lawfully vote for Representatives in any town in the county in which he resides or who shall have resided in such county for the period of four months town in the county in which he resides at any eec- tion for Sheriff for said county. Provided, il such eector offers his vote in any other town than the The shall produce certificate from the Town Clerk of the town in which he shall have been admitted an slector of such his admission and shall be sworn be- fore the presiding officer of the Electors Meeting officer is hereby authorized to administer, that he the identical person named in the certificate produc ed and that he has not on the same day voted in any other town in this State-and false swearing in the matter above specified shall be deemed perjury and punished accordingly, and the certificates required by law to be produced by such electors shall be pla ced in the possession of the Town Clerk who shall preserve the same. Sec. 6. The Town Clerk and Selectmen shall be in ] session during the electors meetings of their respec tive towns, a or near the place where such meeting is held and if the vote of any person is challenged and # in the opinion of the presiding officer of the meeting. delay would arise by the decision of the challenge by himselG then said presiding officer may refer the question whether the person whose vote is entitled to vote. to said Town Clerk and Selectmen, by whom such question shall be i'm. media.ely heard and decided before the baIlotbox is closed, reported to the presiding officer who shall conform to such decision. The Town Clerk and | Town Clerk a majority of the Seectmen, shall con- stituts quorum to act on such question: and quo- rum being present. the decision of majority of those present, shall be binding.
 SrILLMAN K. WIGHrMAN, Speaker.
 WM s. HoLABRD, President of the Senate.
 Approved, June 10, l642.
 CHAuNcEY F. CLEVELAND. An Act in addition to an act relative to the admis-
 sion of Electors