The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-03-08
Brief Instructions under the Registry Act
of 1859. by the Attorney General.


u-er will have charge Of the Register and re-
ceive the names Of the electors, as provided IN
section 10. The same section provides that the
Supervisor or other person making ;he assess
ment in the township, shall have the Register
with bin, and receive the names Of qualified cleo.
tors not registered, while engaged in that duty
The provisions OF this section should he careful
II Obseryed.
After 1882, any qualified eector may, under
section Il, enter his name with the township
Clerk, with = view 10 its registration hv the
Township Board. Except on Sundays, the DAYS
OF TIE regular session of the Board, {. Z, the
Sat,r3av, Jefore any general or to,raship ele--
toni, and the day next preceding al election.
After 1859 the Township Board of Reistraiion,
under section II, sits on the Saturday next be-
fore the general Il. e, bienrie) election and eve
~ annual township meeting, from = o'clock 4.
NJ. to O'Clock F. n. and during their sessions
each unregistered qualified elector may be regis
tered bv applying TO them. IL is his privilege in
AZ cases 10 write his own name when he applies,
and every person having the constitutional quail
ihcatlou7 Oh an eiec'or e. Tue e'ec''''' heN' ~
take place, may register his name.
IF the name of az elector has not been regis
tered til the election day, ne NAV on that dag
have L registered But under section Il, ~
must swear that ne ha- re>iued teh uSt ia ''0
township, that ne has ny reason o' the -'cNies-
OF himself or some near Fe'a'Fe III tue same
hou-eholi' OF "i M own absence nom '''N 70"
S"iP on ms own or on "'iic'a' VI Fuo"o DNs'''e
without inten' 20 HeaS i'7 "''''''' 'e'"
vented nom causing Ms "a'''@ 10 oe rcs's'e'.p
and must prove 'v some qu'i'"e" ''e''or 'o' =
candidate Tor ONCE al 'nal elec'io"
the same 'hing' IL shou'' oe borne III i"',''''
however, that 10y onl''nS hlior fes'sli"'lo"
the eiec,or delays me Sotiis ON the e'ec''on
day. ana necessarily runs SOME '''A u 'i''''s -
he registered ana consequently I" E''e' ''ee
section i4j
The ara OF Tue MEMBER 'p'i'e' w. mus IL
all cases question the applicant respecting HIS
QUALIFICATIONS a. an eie'''r under '''e '''''''''-
hon' ana ne must mas" 'f"''i'u' ""s"ei' "''''.
pam OF me ana l'Ipfisoh'Aen'' 'lo"7" ~ '''''
not he sworn 'See section -
"H tdteS, " 1893 III iea-' VEGAS Dei"'e
the lst Monday OF oct. 1919, me '"S BOARD OIL
Registration. q. e., all the Aldermen mHSt, I'M
der section ., publish notice in at least one
city paper, that the Board viii meet on that day.
ms "U' c must name tn" place OF their meet
nc IN each ward ana 'hey must IN ADDITION
post up III al iea'' ~ conspicuous pla'e7 III e"ei
containing, also, a true copy o. section ono o
article seven OF the CONSTITUTION Two or more
OF the Aldermen may act as a board IN any ward
ana IN ui' case "' '''' ABSENCE &C. u any one
OF them' The board OF Aldermen may ~ 'he'f
'ha'riiai' appoint VT ing - Nr''Nso' VI the
ware &c any Justice o' 'lle ie'''e 10 net III "''
stead. Ihe'F sessions III ie''' are '''' 10 DC 'e'7
man nor more VIA" Gays
htch "aih must nave is heS'7''' 1" 'e pro-
cured by the my h'"1''' during inc "'''
day- f"e! are '''' ~ write any h'''l' }" TIE ''''
ls''r unless requested 10y tue applicant, Nt'f
that they NAV insert names ana compie'" The
list. But It J. the privilege Of the applicant d"-
ring tire whole session Il not YET -''-t"red, tn
write ~ own nam' The Board must, "nder
section p and o'H"r provisions M Fca'es, "Te'
non each applicant respecting h'' g'a'iicaii"ns.
Sna ne i bound 10 make To them tFnth'al an
sweTs on pam "i nae ana Imprisonment. IN anal
%; to i''esa' voting - i'oos" ne need not be
s"orh'
i"e name 'Hould oe "'''.eh WIN HA' III iu'i'
70 person ca" ne registered "Ho i u'l All 'cIua
resident "' ''e "@ru' an" i'Iai'hea u"der 'he
,o"7'l'u'io" !" VOC a' INC next sei'ef'' Ut 'Ar
ter election under F" s'in'''r 'eh"''y. l>ee-
ton -
IN cites Gfifr I'39 The Board section b
meet on thursday Fiiay ana Saturday next be-
fore Inc SeherM bleh'la' t'ec''of' ana on ihur7-
day and FRIDAY next preceding the charter cleo
'''n' " places 10 tie designated IN 'neir notices.
10 De pnoHS'eu section - III 'he ci'y newspaper
ana also III hanahih 1'FHi' /" 'eas' TWO "eeS- pre-
VI'usly. Inc hahabih must aso contain 'r'e
St "' the names already on ''e he''ef, l'''' y
""" u1''''s mo session. .'''. u''e'7''''' '1-.''
may ptc'"e y''.eFe" III '.'e '''"''e' ap''' ''@-
~'''''' At me '''S. - '''e i'''- anu "F'o'e
'..s 49, an IL. names Nv.
o'' ''' a',''''' must '' i'''.'''' upon, IT, '''
'he copy mus corrected De s'she1 ~ ''' ''Tfh
ana h''"''S % inc noa'u % ms sc'oFS' ana
n,e1 i'' P'e9'' '"'-ON 81 Tue o'"'" q ''9 county
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