Litchfield enquirer., 1844-10-31
QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS IN THE
s STATE OF CONNECTICUT

.- STATE OF CoNNECTICUT.sL
There srearequent inquiries with regard to the
qualifications necessary for admission to the privil
eyes Of an electOr. The following will give the
desired information. It should be preserved BY
Committees, and others. ,'' 1i''-.
THE ADMISSION OF ELECTORS.
I. WAC may be admitted an elecsor . .1'sy
ANY white male citizen who shall have resided
IN the State Os'e yeGv-attane the age of 81 wears
resident in the town where he offers to be ad-.
United sir months precedSng-haee freehold es-
tate Of the yearly UGIae Of 81 dollars in this State
or shall have performed military duty for one
year next proceeding the time he shall offer HIM
self for admission or have been ercsssed MerefIOv
by law--or having paid a State tac within the
year next proceeding the time he presents himself
for admission and will sustain good moral char
acter. rsifs aCs esH- ,1oc' H- .E-0 81
| .. When may Gss eleetor Of one to,Un be pev-
| noitted to cote Sn another tOeCss? I'd, ri : r.
On his producing certificate from the town
| clerk Of the town in which he was admitted, Of
such his admission, he may vote for State officers
and electors Of Peside'st and VSee do in the town
where he offers to vote. 'yilGret 50 e. '-.s
1.-The has actually resided in the town where he
| offers to vote four months next before the time
where he shall offer to vote therein, he may vote
| for Representatives. -Four months like residence
in the Senatorial District in the County, and in the
Congressional QlSrlct, Will entlte MN 10 vote Tor
Senator, Sheriff and Congressman az
Once being made voter after four months resi-.
dence in the town, he is ever Afterwards considered
| voter of the town wherein last made. :ar
3. When can osa eleetOT Of another State, COM
i,ag i'tO this Stese be permitted to oOte ~ this
| State. Ut -0 r-- 5sG-
Not until he has resided in this State one veoy,
his situation is in all respects like any person claim
ing TO be admitted to the privileges Of an elector in
this State (See above, ~ q .o
a. Where may be considered the Sc residence" Of
a ooter ?
Generally where HE .tap,iiy reside-if he has no
family, then the town which he makes his home
S. When person has been made voter in one
town, afterwards leaves the State, and again re-
turns to the town in the State where he was made
voter, and resides there, he may vote in the town
where he was made voter, for any candidate, with
out reference to the length Of time that may have
elapsed since his return to this State If he returns
to and resides in another sO,cn in the State, differ.
! ent from that wherein he was made voter he
must be subject to the same qualifications as those
| recited above. (Sce ~ nfaf g5 .-F -
g.. The days provided for admission Of freemen
to the privileges Of elector the last Monday
| in March. and the last Monday in October, 1874.
In Hartford and New Haven from 7 o'clock, A. M.
to o'clock, P. NJ, if necessary. Freemen who
shall come Of age after thelast meeting of the Town
Clerk and Selectmen, may be admitted electors ON
the lst Monday Of April, and where no vote has
been passedto the contrary to the annual toscn
meeting, any freeman may be admttedon this last
mentioned day. .' @'Ns Aa., .4.,
| NATURALIZATION OF FoREleNuRs '..,''
| I. Whel may an alien be admitted to MeSiRhts
Of citizen in the State 'a .''
He shall reside in the United States for the con.
tinued term of five years, and Ia the State Me last
gear he shall declare his Intention to become a
citizen before some proper court the clerk there
Of. at least ttco gears before his application for
| admission. =. 70" 20.
Q. Il declaration Of intention. ,caen not neces-
1 Any alien who being minor, resides in the Uni
| ted States three years nert proceeding his arrival
at the age Of 81 years. and who has continued TO
side therein to the time he may make application
to be made citizen, may, after he arrives at the
age Of 81 years, and after he has resided in the o.
mited States fue years, including the three years
| of his minority, be admitted citizen Of the Uni
ted States toitOa heuiag made the declaration Of
intention rs above. NSee ~ -'" ''sa 'H'T
4 7. Gre the children Of ndtvaLized citizens eit-
liens of the United States, schen they arrive at
the age Of 81 gears If" ~ '9'
The children Of sersons duly naturalized under
any Of the laws Of the United States, or who pre-
vious to the passing Of any law on the subject by
the government Of the United States, may have be-
come citizens Of any one Of the said States under
the laws thereof, being under the age Of 81 gears
at the time Of their parents being naf,~aised OF
admitted to the rghs Of eitfsenap, shall II dwell.
ing in the United States. be considered as citizens
thereof ia i'F' '' t'-ff ~ Ne sa'7c5
8. The requisites Of the law mast he proved TO
the satisfaction ofthe Court by aaore cempe.
! tent witnesses. N44'int 1t1a1 -Av tft -I-T
| y .y.a ~'DH. >--.sil 3. "a. I'rg. uIia .'.'
| More .anti-rent Outrages--The Troy Post 0i
Thursday last says that Mr. Ratts Sandale pas
sed theMountanss on Monday gt last there appear.
ed to him three disguised ruians Of whom pre-.
scented pistol to his breast and demanded his com.
pass and chain, asking him Ut the same time IL he
had been surveying land, to which he answered in
the affirmative, but he had not his tools with him
High words ensued, and he was told that he would
be sorry for what he said before the next morning
he went home and told his family what had occur
or IS ofthose Unlocking devils, all armed and ma.
king for his door. His wife made fast the doors
Of the house and thought her family was toleraby
| secure but they contrived to effect an entrance
seized their victim and dragged him out Of his
house some had hold of his arms, some his collar
and one cinched him by the hair Of hishead, struck
him about the temples, causing the blood to flow,
and in this manner forced him from his dwelling
amid the screams and shrieks Of his wife and chill
dren. They took him some $50 yards from his
house and there, in the public highway, formed a
| ring ar0and him and told him what he might De-
pend upon, nhe did any business for Van Rensel.
aer. They thea dismissed hins "a HA. E"
The Language Of Signs" Mfr. Weld, the
Principal ofthe Asylum Of the Deaf and Dumb at
Hartford, u s. lately arrived at Paris and deliver
ed letter. written in English by Mr.. Clare q deaf
mote Instructor in that establishment, 10 Mr.. Fer
dinand Bsrhier; also deaf-mUte and the Oldest Of
the Professors in the Royal Insitution at Paris Mr.
Weld is not acquainted with French, and Mr.. Ber-
tfier knows scarcely a word Of English how then
can the two understand each other The