Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-05-28

e.--5Sl 1. Be L enadef b. he GeaeSdi rs
Ne SdEs Of Ohio, That Section number
. set entitled IAN act to preserve The puri-
Is Of e.ectiOnA' passed March 20, 1911. be and the
ssIc 5 hereby amended 50 rs to read rs follows:
SesioD2. No person shall be permitted to vote
at sny slectOn unless he shall have been an ae
tual resident Of the State 6y one year Dext pre-
-cseliag he election aud an actual resident OF the
county for thirty days next preceding the cleo
ton. and an actual resident Of the township or
ward twenty days next proceeding 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, 50 far as the
same may be applicable; First-TbaI place shall
be considered and held to be the residence Of
person in which his habitAtiOa is fixed, without
any prcsest inteutin Of removing tberefrOm, and
10 which, whenever be is absent he has the inteu-
ton Of returning; Secondv-A person shall not be
eoasiderel Or beld to have lost his residence who
shall learo his homo aud 60 into another State, or
countyof this State, for temporary purposes
merely, with an intention Of returning; Third
a person shall not be considered or he'd to have
gained residence in any county Of this State
into which he shall come for temporary purposes
merely, without the Intention Of making such
county his home, but with the intention Of leave
ing the same when he shall have gotten through
with the business that brought him into it; Fourth
II 4 person remove 10 another State, with an in
teutionr to make it hs permanent residence
he shall be considered and held to have lost
his residence in this State: Fhh-If a per-
am remove to another State with tho in-
tenGou Of removing there for an indefinite
time, and as q place 0 fpresent residence, he
shall be considered and held to have lost his resi-
dence in this State, Notwithstanding he may en-
terrain an intention 10 return at some future peri
od; sixth-The place where a married mans
d, family resides shall, generally, be considered and
held to be bis residences but if it isa place or
Temporary establishment for bis family, or for tran.
sient objects II shall be otherwise; Seventh-If a
married man has his family fixed in one place.
and be 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 nothing; neither shall The fact of removal
without the intention: Ninth-If a person shall
90 into another State and while there exercise the
right Of a citizen by voting, he shall be considered
and held To have lost his residence in this State.
Sec. z. That section number four of said act
be so amended rs to read as follows; ANY person
who shall wilfally vote ip any township or ward in
which he has not actually resided for twenty
days next preceding tho election, sLalL on con-
vietiOu thereof be imprisoned in the Jail of the
proper county not more than six months nor less
than one mouth.
Sec. ). That Section nuUber five of said act
be 20 amended as TO real as follows; Any person
being a resident of this Stale who shall go or come
into any county. and vote 10 such county, not be.
ing an actual resident thereof for Thirty days next
preceding the election shall on conviction thereof
be imprisoned in the PeniteRtiRry and kept at
hard labor, not more than three years nor less
less than one year.
which this is an amendment be so amended "a to
Tesdss follow; Section 10. If person offer
ing 10 vote is challenged o. unqualified by one Of
che Judges Of the election or BY an elSctoE one of
the Judges shall tender to him the following oath
or affirmation; "you do swear Tor AFFIRM that
you will fully and truly answer all such questions
g as shaIlbe put to you touching your place Of resi-.
'denee. and qualifications as an sleCtOr ct this cleo.
tion." First; II the person be challenged as un
qualified on tie ground thst he is not a citizen,
the Judges OF one Of them shall put the following
questions. LIST. Are you a citizen Of the United
States? end Are you ma i've or naluraIized !
%eitissni II the person offering 10 vote claim to
be a nataralized citizen Of the United States, he 9
shall before bis vote be received, produce for the t
inspection Of the judges Of the election a cortif. J
cate Of bis naturalization aud also state under 4
oath or affirmation that he is tho identical person |,
named therein, provided that the production of
said certificate thai be dispensed with, il the per
son offering TO vote shall state under oath or ac
f~irnaliOu when and where he was naturalized.
that he hAsbal a certificate Of his n lturalization aud
that against his viii the same is lost, DESTROYED or
beyoa9Ah power 10 produce to The Judges Of the
election; provided fasher that if he shall stale
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