The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-07-02
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aniigSs igSshssr hsssr the former shall be considered aud
,e to be the place OF his residences Eight--Tht
n. re iutent on to acq ire new residence without
he fact of removal. III all avail not ing; neither
shall the fact of removal without the intention; 9th
If person shall go into another State and while
there exercise the right of a citizen by voting, he
shall be considered aud held to have lost his resi-
dence in this State.
Sec. 9 That section number four Of said act be
so amended as to read as follows: Any person
who shall wilfully vote in any township or ward
in Which he has not actually resided for twenty |
days next preceding the election. shall, on con |
viction thereof, be impris med in the Jail OF the
proper county not more than six months nor less
than one month
Sec. ,. That section number five Of said act be
so amended as to read as follows: Any person be-
ing a resident Of this State who shall go or come
into any county, and vote in such county not be-
ing an actual resident thereof for thirty days next
pre- eding the election shall on conviction there
Of be imprisoned IN the penitentary aud kept at
hard labor not more than three years, nor less
than one year
Sec A. That section thirteen of the act to which
this is an amendment be amended as to read as
folio VS.: Sec. l3 If person. offering to vote is
| challenged as unqualified by one o. the judges OF
the election or by elector one of the in iges
shall tender to him the following oath or atfrma
| ton "you do swear (or aff ny that you Will fully
aud truly answer all such questions as shall be
put 10 you touching your place of residence, and
tqualhcau ms as an elector at this election /
| 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 question: lst.
| Are you citizen of the United States 2t. Arc
you native naturalizsd citizen2 If the per
son offering to vote claim be natur ilizhd citl-
zen of the United States h. shall before his vote
shall be re e.ved pr duce for the inspection Of the
Judges of the election cert hcate of his naurali-
zatlon, and also state under oath or affirmation
that he is the Identical person 'med therein, pr
yided that It. production of said certificate shall
te dispensed wi h, if the person cff'ripg TO vo c
r shall state under oath affirmation when and
where he was natura!ized, that he has had cer-
f tfcate of his naturiliZ uion, aud hat against his
will the same is Il ST. destroyed or beyond his pow
er to produce To the judges OF t1e election; pro-
vilad, furth r. that if he shall state under on h or
affirmation that by of the natural cation OF
his parents or one Of them he has become citizen
of the U. S a,cs, and when and whnrr his parents
were naturnizel the certitic 1t" of said a'utaZa'
tOn need not be Produced Second. IL the per-
son be challenged a, unqualified IN the ground
that he has not resided in this State for one yea
mme iaely preced NJ he cecti9A, the judges or
one of theiu shall put the following q Ie>tiOu>:-
>, 1T. Have you re,ileI in this State for one ear
iumadatuly preceding this election 2l. Have
yoa been absent from this Sta e within The year
. Immediately preceding this election If yes then,
. 81. When you left did you leave for temporary
purpose with the desi5 IN of returning or for the
! dlrp0se Of remaining away2 An. Did you while
absent look upon on regard this State as your
home 5th. D d You while ab.ent vote in any
r other Slate Thrill the person be challenged
"a unq lalifed on the ground that he IS not resi-
dent of the coun y, township or ward where he
Oif vote, the judges or one of them III Ill pu
the following questions: l. Have yon resid ii in
thl, county lOr thirty days last past? 2 Havr
you resided in this township (or wdrd) for twenty
days last p ST ? 3. When aid you last come I'M o
this county When you came into III county.
did You come for a temporary purpose merely or
Iut the purpose OF making II your homer Did
you come into this county for the pIrpose of vo-
ling in this couuty g. Are you now actual
, re idenL of the township or ward Fourth Ii
r the persons be challenged as unqualified the
ground that he is not tweDty.o years of age, thr
i Judges, or one of them, shall put the following
, questions: Are you twen y-one years of age. to
the best of your knowledge and belief? The
u iges of the election, or one Of them, shall put
all such other questions to the person challenged
r under the resp ct We heads aforesaid may
be necessary to test his qualifications as an elec.
: tor at that election.
! Sec S. That section sixteen Of the act to which
this is amendment be amended as to read as
| follows: Sec l6. If any person shall refuse to
f take the oath affirmation rendered, his vote
shall be rejected: Provided, that after such oath
j, shall have been taken the Judges shsll new
ertheless refuse to permit such person to vote, il
they shall be satisfied from record evidence, the
,stim ny adduced b,fI:e them, that h. is not a
legal voter: and they are hereby authorized to ad-
minister the necessary Oaths or atrmatiunS TO all
witnesses brou 5ht before them to testify to the
, quail .ations of person Offering to vote.
Sec g. Nothing in this act contained far as
the sam. lela.e, o the length of time required OF
the voter to reside in the sG~nship or ward where
he offers to vote, shall be held, taken "a construtG
to apply any voter who is the head Of a family
who shfll bona fide remove wuh his ftmily from
one ward TO another within the corporate limits OF
any city within thi- stat, who shall remove
from one township to another within the same
county
Sec. I. That original sections number two four,
FIVE, thirteen and sixteen Of the act to which this
is an amendment be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Il THOMAS II FORD.