Litchfield enquirer., 1857-07-30

1n each Of said districts respectively to be registrars of electors for the year ensuing their cleo tlon for their respective Districts but no person shall vote for more than of said registrars and the two persons having the highest number Of votes m each district for registrars aforesaid shall be declared to be elected. And said registrars of each district shall at least two weeks before the day ot holding auy such electors meeting prepare A list as nearly perfect is practicable of the names of all the electors entitled to vote in the district in which said registrars elected respectively which names shall be alphabetically arranged and opposite the names of each elector, the nane ot the street in which he resides, and the number of his place Of residence in said street or its location therein nearly may be shall be written: and said list shall be published in one newspaper in said town, or any pamphlet to be cir cuated by the selectmen through said city as shall be deemed best by said selectmen
 SEC. $. The officer presiding in each district at such electors meeting shall receive votes of all per- sons whose pames are on the list, prepared for the district wherein such officer is presiding unless the right of such erson or persons to vote in such dis trict at such election is challenged and if any per- son whose name is not said list shall offer to vote
 in said district, said presiding officer may receive such vote he is of the opinion that the person off ering the is legs voter of said town and en. titled to vote in said district unless the right of such person so to vote is challenged.
 SEC. g. It the vote of any person shall be chal-
 enged as aforesaid, the officer presiding in such dis trlct may and upon request of any elector present. oiiti eAoiDiie person NnOSC rlgnt to vote is challenged, on oath, touching the question arising upon such challenge, and may also hear other testi- mony, and receive other evidence material to such question and upon such challenge, the presiding o1hcer IS oi opinion that the person whose right vote Is challenged is legal voter in the town of New Haven, and entitled to vote in said district his vote snail be received. but otherwise not Prouided that if any person shall be aggreved by the decis lon of such presiding officer, in refusing to receive any vote offered as aforesaid, on the ground that the Otttrlnp the is ta p,ral If sad toWn the presiding officer shall refer the ques- tioa so arising to the selectmen and town clerk by whom the same shall be immediately heard and de- cded, before the ballot boxes closed and if sald Selectmen and town clerk shall decide such person to be a legal voter of said town the town clerk shall therenpon give him certificate of the tact on presentation ot which to the officer presd ing in the district wherein he resides his vote shall be received.
 SEC, lG Immediately after the ballot boxes are closed the presiding officer and his assistants presi ding in the several districts shall with the aid of the civil authority then present. and such other persons as he may select proceed in their respective districts to sort asd count the votes which have been given n in said districts, and the several as sisEant presiding officers, shall each make a cert cate of the true result in their respective districts and shall forthwith transmit such certificate togeth CT with the votes received and the list of voters as checked to the pTesging officer in the first district and thereupon the said presiding officer after having ascertalned the result of the votes in the whole town given n in the several districts as aforesaid shai declare the same in open meeting. And said presiding officer shall make the list of the votes given in said town and make return thereof in the manner now provided by law for the presiding off cers, of the electors meeting
 SEC. l. An Act entitled |" An Act in addition to and in altelatonJo an Act entitled An Act rela- ting to electors and elections passed May session. 1852, and approved June 18th, 1852 is hereby re- pealed, and all acts and parts of acts far the same are inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pcalel. And an Act entitled An Act regarding publication of Registry Lists passed May session, 1856 shall not apply to the town of New Haven
 Approved, June ? l157.