Litchfield enquirer., 1857-07-16
CHAPTER xv An Act to prevent Frauds in the City Elections of the City of Hartford

CHAPTER xv.
 An Act to prevent Frauds in the City Elections o the City of Hartford
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
 tatives in. General Assembly convened
 SEC. l. The City clerk of the city of Hartford shall during the week next proceeding the time of hold ing any annual city eeting for the choice of city officers of said city, prepare list as nearly perfect practicable, of the names of all persons entitled t. vote in each and every ward of said city at the city meeting, and of the rect in which such person resides and the number Of location of his residence in such street; which names shall be duly arranged in alphabetical order for which service said clerk shall be paida Q reasonable compcnsati from the city treasury and any elecfor of such city shall be entitled to demand and receive of such city clerk copy of any list so made as aforesaid, on paying therefor the fees town clerks are by law en- title l t. receive for copies of rsc rds.
 SEC. ,. The presiding officer of every ward meet ing may receive the votes of all persons whose names arc on the ward list prepared as aforesaid unless the right of any such person to vote at said ward meeting is challenged and if any person whose name is not on sai list, shall offer to vote at said meeting, such person shall thereupon be required t inform the pr sding officer of said ward meeting of the street in which he resides, and the number or location of his residence in such street. and the sai presiding Cc.r if he is of the opinion that the per son offering to vote is legally entitled so to do shall thereuron see that the name of such person and of said street and said number or location is
 
 teunless therght of stch persons 50 to vote is cha hanged.
 SEC B. If the vote of any person shall be chal]en- ged as aforesaid it shall be the duty of the presiding officer before receiving the such vote if thereto re- quested by the challenger to administer an oath to the person ing to vote and make due inquiry into the right Of ich person to vote and to hear and deter mine such challenge and if of the opinion that such person entitled to vote at said ward meeting to cause his name and residence to be registered as ecffV a lis tofo
 SEC 4 Such presiding officer sfall check or causc to be chekcd. the name of each person votng at such ward meeting. at the time his vote shall bc re- ceived and shall erase or cause to be erased from lid hst, the name of every person who shall lb. found not entitled to vote at such ward meeting in manner aforesaid and within twenty fomr hours after the final adjournment of said meeting. inc sail list with the marks and checks thereon shall by such presiding officer be lodged in the ofcr of the city clerk, where the same shall be kert on l and carefully preserved.
 SEC. 5. Any person who shall he guilty of wil,fu, false swearing, when examined as aforesaid by any presiding officer. shall be liab. to the penalties Inf perjury; aniif any person not under oath, shall give u false name or statement when 50 exau,ined by the presiding officer relative to tlfe right of him self or any person to votc he shall forfeit the snm of fifty dollars to tine treasury of the State
 SEC. 6 No person shall be entitled 10 vote in any ward meeting held for the choice of eity officers of said city, unless he shall have residSfn the ward whcrchs offers to vote at least twenty days before so offcri to vete; butsesery person who may have removed te any ward within twenty days before any anhua c.ty election of said ety. if otherwise quall.icd to vote in city meeting, may vote in the ward whore he Last rcsidei before his removal and the IT siding officer of the meeting wrere such pcrsen is entitled to vote shall cause some proper woli mark, or sign to be affixed to his name denot- ing that su h person has within twenty days rcmoy- el from tle ward where hissrote is SO received
 SEc. q In case any person o1Issing to vote at any sucl ward meeting shall have refused to furnish to