Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-03-07
AN ACT to regulate the election Of CvlI
Officers.
MS enacted by the General .'ssrmby as

\ Section :. The town councils Of tho sever
nj towns siisll be- bnnrds OF canyassers o
= voters ~ their respective towns, NJ herein
alter provided aud the tnwn clerks of th'
several towns shsil act a. clerks .of saI
boards, ~ their respective towns. and shal
produce 20 their respective councils Surh re-
turns, otnmeniS, aud records ~ lh" r0uncll
may REQUIRE for The performance OF their dn
ties hoT"InBlter SET forth.
7 Sec. 2 II my person claims right I,
vote on account Of having done military duty
M thn m'illa, or IN any chartered ar legally
nnhorzed volunteer company, not attached
/ to IA regImental company or regnncGt under
the militia law of tins State, the proof there
of shall be a certificate from the rGlUnel o'
commanding officer of th" reginsnial compa-
. ny or regiment, To which such person be-
l"ug0 or Is arlHched, or from the cnp'ain or
comm tndIun officer ot The chartered or le
gnlly uulhrtIZrd volunteer coHpauy. not a.
iHch"d - aforesaid, that he has w1hIn the
year noi, preceding his claim and on or be-
tor" ,r" :}lst day of December nf sand year
been rurOllrd, aud IN what company, aud
that he has done duty therein Tor at least
one duy, and been equipped according 10
law; and every commanding officer 0t n
rrgIn"nial company or regiment. or captain
or commanding officer of chartered or le
gally authorized volunteer company not at
laChcd bs aforesaid hu shall wllhily refuse
10 grant such certificate 10 any person prop
erly demanding aud entitled =" the snme, or
-hnll knnwlngly grant any such certificate To
one not enlll"d thereto. shall for each and
every such uti''ncc, forfeit the sum of one
hundred dollars.
/ See. 3 Every colonel or commanding off
Ger of rcgImental company or regiment.
nnd every captain or Commanding officer Of
chartered or legally aulhnrlzpd volunteer
company, not attached as aforesaid. shall on
or before the las, Monday Of February. in
every yeaI, make return, by hnn certified
aud sworn to DE before some Judge. jrstice
Ot The peace, or public notary. of all parsons,
arranging their nuG"a alphabetically. .h-long.
my or attached 10 hs rrglm"Ltal Complny
or regiment, or belonging to hlS chartered or
legally authorized volunteer company not
attached ~ Aforesaid. as the case may be-,
qualified To vote by military srrvires ~ siore.
SAID To the clerks Office of tho several lGwns
IN winch such persons reside, and every colu-
mel or cOmmandant of r'gImenal company
or regiment, captain or commanding officer
Of n chartered or legally nu'huri2"d volunteer
company who sha! wI!hly neglect o. re-.
fuse 10 make such returns or shall know ing
~ make a false or imperfect return, shall for.
fit not less than twenty FIVE, nor Gorc than
five hundred dollars.
Sec. 1. The colonel or commanding cEi
GERS OF the several rcglmcntai companies,
and regiments shall have fall power, aud It
shall BE- their duty. to require from the cap.
tnns, and other officers and prlvatcs under
their command, all such returns and evi-
drnccs under oath, as may be necessary 10
enable them to comply with the provisions of
the coHstliuilon aud of this act; and every
captain, or other uiIiccr ~ private, refusing
to make such returns, or tn give such oyi.
dcnce when 'hcreunto duty required, or will
fully making false returns, or giving false
evidence, shall forfeit not less than twenty.
fv" dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars.
Soc. , ~ registry md other taxes shall
be paid 10 the collector of iaKes unly ; PrUui
ded, h0m,cer, that in case Of highway TAX
where by law the same may bc paid IN labor
or nancy lo a surveyor of highways The re-.
cc'p' at such surveyor Of such payment, shall
be sufficient evidence iharro! on. seth nient
with The collector. No person who claims
night to vote upon the payment of a tax or
taxes assessed, for any other officer than
III" city of Providence, or upon any other
proposition than one Ia impose tax, or for
the expenditure Of money ~ any town or
Guy. shall by the boards Of cauvasscrs be ad-
miteG Ia vote, unicss upon Tho production OF
n certificate from the collector Of taxes of
some town in tins State, that on or before
the last day "f December in the year next
preceding. he has paid such taxes assessed
for md within such year, at least to the
amount Of one dollar. II he claims a rrgh,
10 vote upon the payment of 4 registry tax.
such payment shall be- certified nv aiuresald
by The officer al the town In winch he re-
sided at the time such tax was assessed, m
th ,rlSed To- receive the sam",S u h5 name has
been registered Tor more than one year, two
registry taxes Tor the two years next prcC"d
ing the canvass having been assessed against
hrm, and he claims n right to vote upon the
payment ui hiS registry tax, the certificate VI
III" officer OF the town ~ which he resided
Ht The time such tax was assessed authorized
to receive the sane, shnll hr produced bciutr
tho CanvnssCrs, that on or eiorc the last Gay
o' December next preceding the canvass, he
has paId such registry tax for each of the
two years next preceding ih' tImr ut voting;
or that one oi the sumc u Ihr other has been
paid has hr"u r"u'uCd by the town council
oi lhc town ~ which he resided ri the time
"' lr" 17~v. sIucut Of snld t"N, ~ conformity
with aIiclc 81. sec. 30. OF the Constitution.
Sec. g. No person claiming n RIGHT to vote
upon the payment ut n property tax, IN the
election Of the Cry Council cf the cry of
Providence, or @! any mombrr at the same,
or upon nny proposition to impose t0N, ~
Tor the expenditure ot money ~ any town.
shall, ~ such case be admitted by the can.
vas.cfs tu vote unless upun ccriIfcHtc
lrum the COLLECTOR of taxes 80 such town thal
hp has go or before the last day ut Drccm
brr, ~ the yrar next preceding. paid tax
a,scss'd frr aud within such year rp'n his
property therein. valued vt least at one hur-
drrd aud lhItty-iour dollars.
. Sec. Z Any collector of tnS's, or Other
officer aulhuulod to receive the tsXcs IN enh
ct ui the two preceding sections mentioned.
who -hall " liiully refuse io grBut the crrtlf-
cate therein prescribed 10 any person d.
mnudlng the same, and legally entitled there
To-, or shall grant such ccf,lica't To- one not
cntul, d thereto, shni hrtirii ihr SUN II one
bundled dollars fer each and every of.ucc.
Sc, E. Every town CLERK shall provide o
-uiiab," bnnk fur the registry oi the nanrs ol
~ persons who, ~ order 90 vote, are required
by the Constitution 10 be- registered which
book shall b. kept iu The oilic. uf The town
clerk for The purpo,c of such registry only.