Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-30
WHOLE NO. 537.

4 A. az. -S,, VI nr' busey, the Board proceeded
70 tne special order being the consideraon n the
Dill TO provide for the registration Of an ner.ons
/ IN the city oil Washington subject To .La scbooJ
tax, and for other purposes - 'ie '0noO'
Tne SAID Dill was considered and so,,5oa -
| the further consideration thereof nostnonad n,ii
Monday next, and ordered to ha nnhI;sha5 -
is as follows: '"0 Do''u'
An , mof en..ea an act provide for the reci.,,,
;ect 10 tha pchaI ,a u the city of Washington sub
Juo' " ne Sonoo' ta (, and for other purposes
Bs - enacted 6y ~ Board Of 1fzLeyms,' 'aoJ r.,
4 .baii ~ Goa"~ Of no Ciy Of WaSliaoton. Thai
nos sns., al DC .ne duty Of the assessors mmada,nr
list Of all pcry &c 80 81 TINS act TO proceed and make
20 sah W - ons In the several Wards and precincts
onS sFi IN this city subject 10 the school tsr
anu iney Sall make like list annually tbcreafter =
the "a H h hney assess and value and make return Of
~, .oic property OF the inhabitants of this cty.
mat "a to say they shall ascertain tbe corract 49,
ora cry free white male citizen of the United States
- ne age OF twenty-one years and upwards who ~.
ho ~ MI, lnls rs c, ~ inc tno OF mnking said list or
M VIII DC Oh that age prior 10 the thirty-frst dav
oI december next preceding the day of election md
snail carefully prepare, make ont and return tn tbc
hegster true and alphabetical lists Of all such per
Oon. ~ eac "ard ana precinct Of each Ward and
Sec 2. Ind u t,0yaer enqctcd, That tho assess-
In carrying out the provisions Of the first section
o. this act shall not enter rpon said list The af
any person whom ho or they do not know n ha oe
dents Oh "a city, or upon evidence under OATH that
said person persons reside in this cv NJ tbat ,;
anu ina. tney snail not enter said list the name Of
any person or persons by proxy excelt ON the ootb
OF the person presenting such name or names tba.
tne person or persons whose name or names NAV be
presented ior registration is resident of the CITY t
| that time. aaset 'N 80 N''9 -
Sec. o. Ind be 10 fa,fher eqqcteg That tbo .soss-
ors shall have all oaths which may be required under
this act administered by Justice of the peace
competent person. and shall file all such affidayits
with the Register whose duty it shall be to carefully
preserve the same.
Sec. 4. And be IL further eaqcted, That il is hereby
madeSthe duty of the Assessors annually 10 meet at
some proper place in their respective ward dav from
ten o'clock A. NJ to three o'clock T. nj. from ibe III
teenth to the thrtyirs day Of December inclusive
(Sundays and Christmas day excepted for the mr.
pose OF oorrectng such errors as may be brought TO
tneir hotce ana adding thereto the names Of such
persons as may have been omitted therefrom; which
said lists after the said corrections and additions If
any, shall have been made by the said board, shall
on the said thirty-frs day of December then nre
sent be returned by the said Assessors 10 The Regis
ter; and the said lists corrected and added TO and
returned, shall be- and they are hereby declared 10
pc, the true and correct return of al persons in
this city subject to the school tax for the year ending
on the said thiry-frst day of December after which
1t shall not be lawful for the Board of Assessors
nor Tor any Assessor, nor any other person whatev
er, ~ strike any name from the said lists or to add
thereto the name OF any person. except as hereinafter
provided, or to change or alter the names ON said
lists In any respect; and it is hereby made the duty
OF the Register to carefully prese w said lists
to prevent any such interference with them and any
person who shall violate this section by striking
FROM adding to, or altering the names on said lists
shall DC liable to fine OF not less than twenty nor
more than fifty dollars for every offence to be recoy
cred and applied other fines of this Corporation
are recovered and applied; and if the said Assessors
or either of them. shall refuse willly neglect to
make return OF any person subject to the school tax
as required by this act they, the one so Offending
shall be liable to fine OF not less than twenty nor
more than fifty dollars TO be collected and applied as
other fines of this Corporation collected and ar-
Sec. s. And be IL tu1tAer eaaeted, That il shall be
the duty of the Assessors to return said lists to tho
Register or before the first Monday in November
annually and it shall then be the duty Of the Regis
ter immediately to cause two hundred and fifty CO
pies OF said lists, for the respective wards and pre-
cincts to be correctly printed in handbill FORM with
the following heading: A list Of the names of all
persons in the -- precinct of the 49, ward re-
turned by the Board Of Assessors as subject 70 the
school tax for the year ending the thirty day
of December, -. No person can vote at the next
election In the city whose name is not returned by
the Assessors subject TO the school tax for this
year; ; therefore every free white male citizen of the
age OF twenyonc years and upwards residing in this
precinct Of the --- ward whose name is not on this
list, and all other persons, hereby notified that
the Assessors will meet daily ut some proper place
in their respective wards Ito be designated by them
hereafter by advertisement at least five days prior
to the fifteenth of December) from ten O'Clock A. NJ
to three o'clock p NJ, from the fifteenth to the thir-
ty-frst day of December, inclusive Sundays and
Christmas days excepted,) for the purpose of revi-
sing said lists, and of adding thereto the names Of
such persons as may have been omitted, and of ma
king corrections in the same; at which time and
place they are hereby invited TO attend" And il shall
be the duty Of the Register deliver each Assessor
hundred and twenty-five of said printed copies of
the lists for their respective wards (one-ha of said
copies for each precinct) whose duty it is hereby
made to distribute the same among the citizens there
Of; and the residue of the said printed lists the Reg
lister shall distribute among the police magistrates
and police officers of the different wards and citizens
and It is hereby made the duty Of all officers Of this
Corporation, in their respective wards to their
best exertions to distribute among the citizens said
printed lists and Of the Assessors for each ward to
see that the said lists posted in conspicuous
places In their respective wards the said lists to be
printed and distributed by the fifteenth day of No
vembcr annually
Sec o. and be IL further enacted That it is hereby
made the duty of the Register to have prepared at
least ten days prior to every regular annual election
day and tive days prior to any special election day
fair and correct copies Of the lists Of all persons sub
ject to the school tax in each Ward and precinct in
this city for the year ending the preceding thirty
first day Of December as returned by the Board Of
Assessors under this act for the use Of the Commits
sioners Of Election and to be by him delivered to
them before six o'clock the morning Of the day of
election and if the Register shall fail or omit to pre-.
pare and deliver to the said Commissioners fair and
correct copies OF said lists alphabetically arranged,
for ecn precinct Of each Ward as herein provided,
me shall for every such failure omission, be liable
10 fine OF not less than twenty-five nor more than
fifty dollars to be recovered and applied as other
fines of this Corporation recovered and applied
Sec. 2. And BE- u further enacted, That no part of
this act shall be so construed as TO prohibit the Regis
ter from transferring the name of any person the
list OF any Ward ora precinct of Ward from that
10 another Ward he making entry on the list to
what Ward or precinct Of the Ward said person may
be so transferred and il is hereby made his duty to
make the said transfer, and upon bis refusal TO do
so he shall be liable to fine of not less than twenty
than fifty dollars provided it shall be done
FIVE days prior to the day Of election.
Sec. 8. And be II further enacted, That nothing in
this act shall prevent any peron from voting at any