The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-02-10

Tor ward,) and that he possesses the 9th
er qualifications under the Constitution
-and shall further swear that, owing
to sickness or bodily infrmity of him
self or some near relation residing in
the same household, giving the name
of such relation,) or, owing to his alb
sence from the town Tor ward) on pub
lie, official, or private business, and
without intent to avoid or delay his
registration during the then last session
of the Board, he has been prevented
from previously registering his name, -
and if, furthermore, some freeholder
and qualified elector, not a candidate
for office at that election, shall swear
that the applicant has resided in the
town Tor ward) in fact for the preced-
ing ten days. and that he has good rea-
son to believe, and does believe, that
the statements Of such applicant are
true, the Inspectors may, In their dis
cretion, register the applicants name.
The applicant or freeholder swearing
falsely in this matter, shall be guilty Of
the crime of perjury. e5s
Sec. IA provides that any person of
fering to vote, whose name is not on the
proper register, may be challenged by
any elector, and if the name is found
not registered, the vote shall not be re-
fused. The rights of challenging shall
be the same, in all respects, as now ex-
ist.
Sec. Is provides for the punishment
of persons voting or offering to vote as
in section 13, and on the trial of any
such person the presumption shall be
that he knew his name was not regis
tered
Sec. 16 provides that no persons
name shall be registered in any town
or ward where he does not actually re-
side, and a violation of this section
shall be punished as prescribed in sec.
II.
Sec. II provides that in case of the
death or removal of any person whose
name is on the register, at any session
of the board of registration (whose
duty it shall be at every such session to
review their list) such name shall be
stricken from the list by placing the
letters ID. or r. after the name of the
person So deceased or removed, when
the fact is known by any member of
the board. After the letters shall be
placed the date and the initials of the
member upon whose information the
name was stricken out In case this
should be enormously done, the person
thus deprived of his vote can have his
name restored, as provided in the last
half of Sec. Is. In case the name was
maliciously stricken from the list, the
persons SO offending shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and the person
aggreived shall receive treble damages
and costs in an action on the case, the
record of criminal offence duly authen-
ticated being allowed as prima facie
evidence of the liability of the offend
er. JH f1E
Section Is provides that any clector
may require of any city or town clerk
correct copy of the list of names, on
the tender of his fees for making it out,
which shall be so cents for each 100
names. The application cannot be
made, however, on election day or any
day which the Board is in session.
Section 10 provides for the punish
ment of any one who shall mutilate,
destroy or conceal the list of names, to
prevent it being used, or who shall alter
any names therein. ..,.:s,t;.
Section 20 provides for the making
out by the town clerk two certified
copies of each list, within 20 days after
election, to be transmitted and filed in
the town treasurer's and county clerks
office. He shall receive for making out
such list SO cents per 100 names. 80 !.
Section 2l provides that the Trus-
tees Of any village election register
from the clerk of the town or towns in
which it may lie, and they and the reg
lister which they shall thus obtain, shall
have all the powers and liabilities and
provisions conferred upon towns for
elections. 0EHao asa 18F s4ft
Section % provides for the punish
ment of any person voting under an
others name on the register or entering
a fictitious name upon it and voting
| thereon. 2a ff5s 5.ti''t
Section % provides that the Record
er's Court in the city of Detroit shall
have jurisdiction in all cases arising
under this act in that city. The Circuit
Court shall have similar jurisdiction in
-every county, except where the fine and
imprisonment, one or both, are such as
to bring them within the jurisdiction
/ of Justices Court. Tr -
Section "a provides for the punish
ment of wilful violations or neglect
of duty under this law in any case not
specially provided for; and tits made
the duty Of the Judge to charge every
Grand Jury to inquire touching offenses
under this law; and it shall be the duty
of every prosecuting attorney to pros
ecute every such offense when he shall
have credible information that it has
been committed
Section 25. provides that every city
or town clerk shall forward annually to
the Secretary of State, in the month of
November, the number of registered
voters, not deceased or removed appear
ing on the lists kept by him and the
Secretary of State shall keep record
of the number of votes by towns and
counties. T - ~.a ...s