Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-05-29

70 preserve uie purify OF ElectlonS pass
cd March 90, le41.
SEo. /. BE IL enacted 5y Me General as
sembly of the State of Ohio, That Section
number two Of the act entitled "An act TO
preserve the purity of elections" passed
March 90, ls4l, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Section
1. No person shall bo permitted to vote Mt
any election unless he shall have been an
actual resident Of the county for thirty days
next preceding the election, and an actual
resident Of tho township or ward twenty
days next proceeding the election, and the
Judges Of the election, in determining the
residence of person offering to vote, shall
be governed by tho following rules, so far
ms the samo may be applicable: First
That place shall be considered and held to
bc the residence of a person in which his
habitation is fixed, without any present
intention of removing therefrom, and to
which, whenever he is absent he has the
intention of returning: Second-A person
shall not be considered or held to have lost
bis residence, who shall leave his home and
go into another State or county of this
State, for temporary purposes merely with
an intention Of returning: Third-A per
son shall not be considered or held to have
gained residence in any county of this
State into which he shall como for tempo.
rary purposes merely, without the intention
of making such bis home, but with the in
tention of leaving the same when he shall
have gotten through with the business that
brought him into it. Fourth-If person
remove to another State, with an intention
to make it his permanent residence, he shall
be considered and held to have lost his res
idence in this State: Fifth-If person re-
move TO another State with an intention Of
removing there for an indefinite time, and
rs place of residence, he shall be consd-
cred and held to have lost his residence in
this State, Notwithstanding he may enter
tain an intention to return mt some future
period: Sixth-The place where married
man's family resides shall, generally, be con-
sidered and held to be his residence; but il
it is place or temporary establishment
for bis family or for transient objects it shall
be otherwise: Seventh--If married man
has his family fixed in one place, and he
does his business in another, the former shall
be considered and held to be the place of
his residence: Eight-The mere intention
to acquire new residence withoul the fact
of removal, shall avail nothing; neither
shall the fact of removal without the inten-
ton: Ninth-If q person shall go into
another State and while there exercise the
right of a citizen by voting, he shall be con-
sidered and held to have lost his residence
in this State.
SEC. Q. That section number four of said
act be so amended as to read as follows:-
ANY person who shall wifully vote in any
township or ward in which he has not actu-
ally resided for twenty days next preceding
the election, shall on conviction thereof, be
imprisoned in the Jail Of the proper county
not moro than six months nor less than one
month.
SEC. 8. That section number five of said
act be so amended as to read as follows -
Any person being a resident of this State
who shall go or come into any county, and
vote in such county, not being an actual
resident thereof for thirty days next preccd-
ing the election shall on conviction thereof
be imprisoned in the Penitentiary and kept
at hard labor, not moro than three years,
nor less than one year.
SEC. 4. That section thirteen of the act
to which this is an amendment be so amend
ed as to read as follows: Section Is. If a
person offering to vote is challenged as un-
qualified by one of the Judges Of the cleo
tion or by an elector, one of the Judges shall
tender to him the following oath or allirma-
ton: "you do swear Tor affirm) that you
will fully and truly answer all such questions
as shall be put to you touching your place
Of residence, and qualifications as an elector
at this election" First, If the person be
challenged as unqualified on the ground
that he is not citizen the Judges, or one
of them, shall put the following questions
1st Are you citizen of the United States Z
I'd. Arc you native or a naturalized citi-
zena If the person offering to vote claim
to be q naturalized citizen of the United
States, he shall before his vote shall be re-
ceived, produce for the inspection of the
judges of the election a certificate of his
naturalization and also state under oath
or affirmation that he is the identical person
named therein, provided that the produc-
ton of said certificate shall be dispensed
with, if the person offering to vote shall
state under oath or affirmation when and
where he was naturalzed, that he has
had a certificate of his naturalization and
that against his will the same is lost, de-
stroyel or beyond his power to produce 20
the Judges of the election; provided furth-
er that if he shall state under oath or affir-
nation that by reason of the naturalization
Of his parents or one of them he has be-
come a citizen of the United States, and
when and where his parent or parents were
naturalized, the certificate of said naturali-
zation need not be produced. Second, II
the person be challenged as unqualified on
tho ground that he has not resided in this
State for one year Immediately preceding
the election, the Judges or one of them
shall put the following questions: 1st Have
you resided in this State for one year imme-
diately preceding this elections I'd. Have
you been absent from this State within tho
year Immediately proceeding this election 2
If yes, then, Sd. When you left did YOU
leave for temporary purpose with tho de-
sign of returning or for the purpose of rc-
naming awayY 4th, Did you while absent
look upon and regard this State AS your
homei 9TH, Didsyou while absent vote in
any other Statel Third, If the person be
challenged as unqualified on the ground thai