Litchfield enquirer., 1857-07-23
CHAPTER xXXIX. An Act in addition to Act relating to Electors and Elections

An Act in addition to an Act relating to Electors
 and Elections.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
 tatives in General Assembly convened:
 SEC l. That the town of East Haven is hereby and shall hereafter be divided into two districts for the purpose of voting, follows Sc much of the said town as lies southerly Of line commencing at a point in the dividing line of the towns of New Haven and said East Haven four rods north of Tom linson's Bridge, and running thence easterly to point Tn the middle of the highway midway be- tween the ho;1ses of David s. Fowler and Joseph GFanns, and thence due east to the eastern boun- diary of said own, shall be and remain the First District
 So much of saii town as lies norther;y of said line. shall be the Second District
 SEC ? The eonstablcs of said town of East Ha- ven. in warning any and all meetings herein provi- ded for, for the election of any officer whatever by said town, the electors thereof by ballot shall in addition to the warning now required by Law, give notice erein that b,IIot-boxes will be opened in both said districts tperfying the place designated for that purpose, by the seiectmen of said town in each district.i for the reception of the votes of the eiectors esng i'll saii district according to the pTOvsi of tine Act .f which this Is in addition. SEC } At all the annual electors meetings for the election of state officers. and other officers quircd by law to be voted for at such meetings as the electors meeting for the election of President and Vice President Of the United States and all town meetings at which any town officer officers shall b elected by hllot the electors of said town Oi East Haven shall giye in their ballots for such of ficeEs required by law to be baIlHted for at such meetings in the district wherein said electors seSeTaly reside the day O such election residence for this purpose bei where the elector has his place Of lodging And if any person shall vote for any O[cer to be yotri for in sGch meetings in district wherein he is not entitled to vote by fIis at he shal, forfeit the If fifty dollars the treasEry of the >aii town to be recovered in any proper ticn by the of said town i'll his name as treasurer.
 Spc- i. The selectmen of saii toxn Of East Haven shall provide a suitable and convenient place for voting in each of said districts viz in the house n said Tst district and in the village of Fair Haven in said second district, and shall give public notice thereof by causing such notice to te insert ed in the regular warning for sal meeting. and they shall procure for the of the electors at such meetings tho ballot-buxeS for the purpose of rereiving the votes of the electors in said dis tricts respectively which boxes shall De used in said districts In the same manner Is provided for in sections 2O and 25 of the of which this is iu | addition
 SEC ). At such electors meeting. the presiding officer who shall be chosen under the provisions Of section l6 of the to which this is in addition shall preside at the place of voting in the first dis i tTict. and the town clerk and selee;nen of said town shall designate for his assistance in the duties of his said office, assistant presiDg officer for said second district. who shall preside at the place of voting in said second district. and who shall per form all the duties and possess all the powers with
 in said second district of presiding officer at cleo | tors meetings. except as herein provided SEC G. The town clerk of said town shall at least week before the day of holding any such electors meeting prepare for each district list as neariy per- feet practicable Of the names of all electors ent tied to vote in said district and of the officers for whom they may vote, which names shali be duly ranged in alphabetical order and copy thereof with the boundaries of district thereon shall De posted
 in at least three public places within said district at least six days before the day of holding the eec ! tors meeting and to the lists 30 prepared, said town clerk shall add the names of all such persons residing in the respective districts shall have been admitted electors to the privilege of voting un- der the provisions of the act which this is in ad diIion And for his services in preparing said list said town clerk shall be paid reasonable coHpen- sation by the town, and any efector of said town shall be entitled to demand and receive of said town clerk copy or copies of said lists prepared as aforesaid on paving therefor the same fees as town cerks by law eItIed to receive for copies Of cords.
 SIC. [ The officer presiding in each district at