Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-02-20


iect To the same penalties for wilful violations
or neglect of duty. Should the moderator
not attend any meeting, the clerk shn'I pre-
side until n moderator shall pro iempore DO
chosen. Should the clerk not altend any
meeting the moderator shall call for an cleo
tlon OF clerk pro temporc. and shall dlscbsrge
the duties of clerk until such election. The
clerks shall keep record oi the proceedIngs
Of the meetings iu their several districts. a0d
after a choice Of officers in their several DIS
rcts, shall, in writing, duly certified, no.iI2
the town clerk thereof
Sec z. The said voters in the said districts,
ut the annual meetings, on the first Wednes.
day Of April, shall fix upon the place OF thelt
future meetings, aud the district clerks shall
seveially give notice to the town clerk OF tho
places thus appointed.
Sec. s. Whenever any election OF any
officer mentioned in the first section OF this
act, shall be prescribed by law, 1t shall be
the duty of the town clerk TO cause notice
! To be given to the voters IN each of SAID dis
trlcts by issuing his warrant to the town ser
gennt or ono of the constabes of said town,
directing him To post up notifications OF Inc
time, place and purpose al such meetings, in
two or more public places in each OF sad
districts. seven days previous 10 the time mp
pointed therefor And the officer charged
with the service Of said warrant, shall return
to the district clerks, severally, a certificate
OF his dongs upon said warrant in each seve-
rol district. previous to said meeting.
| Sec. Q. The muderators in their several
districts shall in the district meetings, re-
ceive the votes Of all persons whose names
are upon The lists OF voters, SO to them de-
llvercd and certified as aforesaid /; and they
shall reject the votes Of all persons claiming
to vote whose names are not on said lists.
Provided, that if any voter whose name is
upon any district list IN said town shall have
removed after the lists shall have been made
out, or # the name of ony voter shall have
been placed on the wrong list, every such
such voter shall be admitted TO vote in
the district in which he resides, upon
producing the certificate # the town clerk,
that his hume il upon another list, duly Ger.
tiied for the election in which he claims 10
vote.
Sec. 10. In all elections the votes shall be
received by the moderator, and by no other
person, aud the electors shall, one by one,
personally deliver their votes 10 the modera.
tor, who shall forthwith declare the name ot
| the person voting, and cause his name To be
checked on the district list. The district
clerks shall keep n true register of all per-
sealed up, care fully compare the votes with
the list So taken, aud on the copy Of the list
which at each election is forwarded to tho
authority degisnaled by law to receive tho
same, he shall certify the number Of votes
! tor each of the candidates. The orginsl
lists shall be returned and kept in the town
clerks office.
Sec. II. AT the close Of each election tho
moderator shall return 10 the town clerk tho
lists of those entitled 10 vote at each elcc-
liop, and the town clerk shall place the same
on lie in his 1flice 10 be there kept al least
one year
SEC. l2. All district meetings, holden as
aforesaid, shall be opened at nine O'Clock in
the forenoon, and be kept open at least until
three o'clock in the afternoon.
| Seer l3. The votes for Governor, Leuten-
ant Governor, Secretary Of State, Genera!
| Treasurer and Attorney General shall be
sealed up in open distinct meetings by the
moderators and clerks. who shall certify tho
same and deliver or send them To- the Spcrc-
lary Of State, and the district clerks shall lot-
ward the copy of the list VI persons voting
for ganerai officers tn the General Assembly
on or before the first day of The next May
| session the votes for representatives. to
Congress, after being scaled up aud certified
thereof, be returned or sent 10 the General
Assembly 0, their next session /; and the votes
| tor electors of President and Wee President,
| ltcr being sealed up and certified as ufore-
and, shall, together with the copies Of the
| tr>ts thereof, be returned to the Governor
wIhin five days after such election; The
votes for Senator and representatives to the
icneral Assembly, for town clerk, towp
council, town treasurer aud justices Of tho
peace, after being scaled up and certified as
aforesaid, shall. with the certified copies OF
he lists thereof be returned 10 the town
I clerk the next day after they were polled
| Sec. II. The town council shall within two
lays from the day Of election, count the
votes for senator, representatives, town clerk.
| Town council, town treasurer and justices ot
IN" peace, and publicly declare the result
Ind II no election shall have been made of
the said officers, or Of any ore or more of
them, upon the day appointed by law for any
such election, the town council shall order n
new election to be held not more than ten
days from the day Of the first election, and
so on until the election shall be completed.
Sec. ID. The district clerks shall receive
from the town the same compensation as
town clerks are entitled to receive for simi.
lar services.
Sec To- Ihe town Co1nclI OF SAID town
shalt and may hereafter, at the next meeting
after their annual election, choose and elect
so many town officers as by the laws of tho
State are or shall be required, excepting
such as are directed by this act to be other-
wlsn elected.
SEC. H. No town meeting shall DC holden
in suid town on the first Wednesday of April
next other than the district meetings as
herein before provided The annual election
OF town clerk, council, treasurer, and jus.
tees Of the peace shall be held on the first
Monday Of Juno. No town meeting shall
hold IN said town on the first Monday Of June
next, other than the district meetings as
herein before provided but n town meeting
OF SAID town shall and may hereafter be hold.
en- annuity on the second Tuesdoy Of June,
for the transaction Of such general business
of the town as may legally come before said
meeting and all business Of said town IN
town meeting which was postponed to the
first "Wednesday of April next, is hereby
postponed and continued until The second
Monday Of June next
Sec ls. Tho town council, elected ss
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