Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-10-02
April Il, 1857,
AN ACT.

| AN All,
Further amend the entitled "n act TO preserve the
| purity of elections" passed March 20, 1871
Sect on BE eaacted BY The General 4ssem6ty oftAe
State # Ohio, That section number of the act cni-
tied can act TO preserve the purity OF elections" passed
March 20 1884, he and the is hereby amended
to read ms fooNs Sec 2 No person shall be permit ed
vote any election unless he shall have been actual
resident OF the State for next preceding the cleo
next preceding the election and actual resident of the
township ward twenty days next preceding the election
and the judges Of the election in determining the residence
of per Offering to vote shall be governed by the fol-
lowing rules far as the may appiicable first
That place shalt be considered the residence Of person in
which his abton is fixed without any present intention
of removing therefom and TO which, whenever he is alb
sent he has theintenton of returning; SecondA
shall not be considered held to haye lost his residence
who shall leave his homo and 60 into another State, or
county Of this state Tor Temporary purposes merely with
considered held to have gained residence any
ty of this State into which he shall for temporary
purposes merely without the intention of making such
county his home but with the intention of leaving the
same when he shall have gotten through With the bust
that brought him into it, fourth--lf person
move to another State, with an intention to make 1t his
permanent residence he shall be considered and held to
have lost his residence in this States Ff'hIf person
remove TO another State with the intention of remaining
there for indefinite time and place of present
dence he shall be considered and held to have lost his
residence in this State notw hsandng he may entertain
intention TO return future peiiod SxthThe place
where married mans family resides shall generally ,Le eon-
dered held to be his resdence lift place for
temporary establishment for his family, for transient
Objects 1t shall be otherwise Seventh Ii 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 Eighthrhe mere
intention to acquire residence without the fact Of
removal shall avail nothing neither shall the fact of
nova without the intention; Niuthlf person shall
go into another State, and while there exercise the right
of citizen by voting he shall he considered and held to
have lost his residence In this State.
SEo. 2. That section number four of said act be 80
amended as to read follows; Any person who shall
wfully vote in amy township ward in which lie has not
acualy resided for twenty days next ding tile eee-
Of the proper county not more than six months less
4 than one MONTH
ded as to read as olowei Any person bcnga resident
this State who shall Into any county, and vOtt
in such county not being actual resident thereof fol
thirty days next preceding the election, SHALL eonYic
ton thercof be Imprisoned in the peientlary and kept
at hard labor not more than three ears nor less than
year.
SIC That section thirteen Of the which this
Is an amendment, be so amended to read as foows-
Section 13 II person offering to vote il challenged as n
quled by one Of the Judges If the election or y nm eec-
tor OF the Judges shall tender to him the following
oath or Affirmation: "You do swear (or ahrm) that ou
will fully and truly all such questions shall be
put touching place Of residence aud quad
cations an eleclor at this election" Frstif the per-
be challenged unquaid tho ground that he Il
not citizen the judges Of Them shall put the fol-
lowing questions; lst Are you citizen Of the United
states. 2i. Are you natye or naturalizod dtizen
If the person Offering to claim be naturallzrd cit
zen OF the United States he sha before his vote shall be
eleeon acercate Of his naturalization, and Also state
nnderoath OF affirmation, that he Is the identical person
PANIED therein provided that the production of sadcc
icate sallbe dspensed WITH Il the person to vote
shall state under oath airmation when and where he
was natuaizd that he has had certificate of his
raliaaon. and TINT against his will the lost de-
sroyed beyond his power to produce the judges
the election; provided further that IL lie shall state un-
der oath affirmation, that by reason o the nsiuraliza
tou of his narenta 81 them lie has become citi-
zen Of the United States and Aen and where his paeni
parents were natuaized the certificate Of said nntura
iLatlon need not he produced. secondI the nerson
chsengedas uDqua iHedon the ground that he has
resided In this State for year immediately preceding
the election. the judges or them shall put the fa
lowing questions; 1st-Have YOU resided in this State
for yearimmsdiatelv preceding this eectioni 3D.
laan
ately preceding this electon1 II yes then Sdwen you
tft. did YOU leave for temporary purpose with the de-
sign OF returning for the purpose OF remaining away,
h-Dd white absent look upon and regard this state
~ bnmef 5th-Dd you, while absent In any
other satei ThirdIf the person be challenged the
ground that he s not resident Of the county, township
or ward where he oae vote ths judges ofths