The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-03
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

ed March 90, lS4l.
SECTION /. BE ii enacted By the General
Assembly of the Stale of Ohio, That section
number two of the act entitled "An act to
preserve the purity of elections" passed
March 90, l84l, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Section
2. No person shall be permitted to vote at
any election unless he shall have been an
actual resident Of the State for one year next
preceding the election, and an actual resi-.
dent of the county for thirty days next pre-.
cedng the election, and an actual resident
Of the township or ward twenty days next
preceding the election, and the Judges of the
election in determining the residence of a
person Offering to vote, shall be governed
by the following rules, so far as the same
may be applicable: Frst-That place shall
be considered and held to be the residence
of person in which his habitatioh is fixed,
without any present intention of removing
therefrom, and to which, whenever, he is alb
sent, he has the intention OF returning
Second-A person shall not be considered
or held to have lost his residence, who shall
leave his home and 90 into another State,
or county Of this State, for temporary pur-
poses merely, with an intention of returning.
Thira@~A person shall not be considered or
held to have gained residence in any coun.
ty of this State into which he shall come for
temporary purposes merely, without the in'
tention of making such county his home
but with the intention of leaving the same
when he shall have gotten through with the
business that brought him into it. Fourth
If person remove to another Stare, with
on intention to make it his permanent resi-
dence, he shall be considered "nd he'd to
have lost his residence in this State. Fhth
If person remove to another State, win
an intention of removing there for an jndeE-
mite time and as place of present residence,
he shall be considered and held to have lost
his residence in this State, notwithstanding
he may enter tain an intention to return ut
some future period. SiX|h-.I'he place
where married mans family resides shall,
generally, be considered and held to be his
residence; hut if it is place for temporary
establishment of his f.mi!y, or for tran ,ien;
objects, it shall be otherwise. SeVentil--it
married mpn has his family fixed in one
place, and does his business in another, the
former shall be considered and held to be
the place of his residence. Eighth-The
mere intention to acquire a new residence,
without the fact Of removal, shall avail no.
thing; neither shall the fact of removal
without the intention. Ninth-I a person
shall 60 ino another Stuto and while there
exercise the right Of q citizen by voting, he
shall be considered and he Id to have lUsl his
residence in this State.
Sec. ,. That section number Our of said
act be 50 amended as to read as follows:
ANY person who shall wiiGu!y vote in any
township or ward in which he has not actu-
ally resided for twenty days next preceding
the election, shall, on couvi&tion tn reoi, be
Imprisoned in the jril Of the proper county,
not more than six montl,5 nor less than one
month. = g..
Sec. 3. That section number Eve cf said
oct be SO amended as to read as follows:
Any person being g resident of this State
who shall 90 or come into any county, and
vote in such county, hct bong an actual re-
;sident thereof for thirty days next preceding
ihe election, shall on conviction thereof, be
imprisoned in the penitentiary and kept at
hard labor, not more 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 l3. If
person offering to vote is challenged as an
qualified by one of the Judges of the elec-
ton, or by an elector, one of the Judges
shall tender to him the following oath or at.
firmotion: "You 40 swear Cor afirn) that
you will fully and truly answer all such
questions as shall be put to you touching
your place of residence aud qualifications as
al of al
person be challenged as unqualified on the
ground that he is not citizen, the Judges,
Or one of them, shall put the following ques.
lions: lst. Are you citizen ofthe United
States? End. Are you native or q natural
lied citizen! If the person offering to vote
claim to be naturaIized citizen of the
United States, he shall before his vote shall
be received, produce for the inspection of
the Judges of the election, certificate OF his
naturalization, and also state under oath or
affirmation that he is the identical person
named therein, provided that the production
of said certificate shall be dispensed with, II
the person offering to vote shall state under
oath or affirmation when and where he was
natura lized, that he has had Il certificate OF
his naturalization, and that against his will
the same is lost, destroyed or beyond his
power TO produce to the Judges of the cleo
tion; provided further that if he shall state
under oath or affirmation that BY reason OF
the naturalization of his parents or one O
them he has become citizen of the Uuited
States, and when and where his pareot or
parents were naturalizcd, the certificate of
said naturalization need not be produced
Second-If the person be- allenged as un
qualified on the ground that he has not'resi'
ded in this State for one year immediately
preceding the election, the Judges or one of
them shall put the following questions: lst.
Muse you resided in this State for one year
Immediately preceding this election! End.
Have YOU been absent from this State within
the year Immediately preceding this elections!
lives, then Sd. When you lett did you leave
for temporary purpose with the design of
returning, or for the purpose of remaining
awava 4th. Did you while absent look up.
on and regard this State as your home! 9th.
Did YOU while absent vote in any other
State? Third--If the person be challenged
as unqualified on the ground that he is not
resident of the county, township or ward
where he offers to vote, the Judges or one OF
them shall put the following questions: lst.
Have YOU resided in this county for thirty
days last past! 2nd. Have you resided in
this township Cor ward) for twenty days last
past! Sd. When did you last come into this
county! 4th. When you came into this
county, did you come for temporary. pnr'
uose merely, or for the purpose Of making it
vour home! 9TH. Did you come into this
county for the purpose Of voting in this coun-
tv1 9Th. Are you now an, actual resident of