Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-23

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 each and also in at lcsst two other pub tiic places each district, copy Of tho list in
 shid district giving tho boundaries thereof which
 list shall be certified y tho clerk of said Board and the town clerk, upoi payment of the legal fees slAli furnish any ono desiring it. certified
 copy of any of said lists deposited in his office.
 ssaSec. 10. Tho Board of Rcgistmtion stall meet in the ffk ktstfict, at such convenient place aS they may ssppoint, op the last Monday ill March.
 annually alid Oil Monday of tie week! next pre- fceJiiig any election electors 0f PTesdclt and Vice President of tho United States to revise and
 make corrected lists of the several districts and ialsoto examine and decide upon all ayplcsslonss
 to bc ,lnittcdto the privileges ot an e,eca .,,.il
 in tho .lischarge of said duties, the Board sn.n proceed in the manner provided 1T 'sAn act .o provide for tic more perfect Registsation q so 1 names of Electors in this State. 1 Sec H. The Board of Kcsistratioh Slal! ! si'10 s',
 notice of the lime and place of hoiding TIT ses-
 sion. to correct and revise the lists of said dls.
 tri:ts an aforcsaid upon each of the lists posted
 in inc several districts is lersfibefore proyid.
 ell and also i,y advertising in ono or morc ncws- napcrs published in said town of Norwich
 And said Board shall bc in session, at the place of voting in tho first district on the day when said electors meetings fake rlaco which said session shall bo for the purpose of admitting a. electors only those applicants legally qualified to be so adTnitted whose tight to bc luadc elect rs shall llayo accrued since tie last meeting of tie Board but the names of1such electors 70 adlnl -- tod shall not bo added to the list of tho distTict In which they have their place of lodging, unless, at or before the last prior needing of said Board, notice shall have been given to said Board Of the intention of such persons so to apply to be admit ted electors, and teir nanies sh4i hasc been en-
 terod on the list of tleir snid district, under tlv
 head of | lntepdcda Applications and it sliaH
 be the duty of the Bossss t. give such electors so admitted, a certificate, addfcssed to the presid- ing officer of the district wherein siich clecorsare entitled to vote stating the fact of their atInis
 sion and the presiding officer to whom said ccr tilicatc s addressed sall on receipt thereof. en- l ter the name of the person thercinincntone.l. the list of s;lid district who shall thcretpon be allowed to vote in said district.
 Sec. i2. Duplicate copies shall he made of the corrected lists of c.ch district set of which shall on or before the Wednesday of the week next preceding any day of election IS aforesaid, be lodged in tho office of the town clerk for pub lie inspection, and the town clerk, on tho payment of the legal fees, shall furnish certified copy 10 any one desiring it, and the other of said dnpi- Gates shall, before tcopcnng of the polls in each district at any electors meeting be distributed among the presiding officers in the several dis tricts, each presiding officer receiving the dupi cate list of his own district; and such presiding officer shall cause the naine of each elcctor to bc checked on said list. at the lime of voting.
 Sec 13' The li,t used in ,caeh district on the day of election, with the marks or checks upon the same, shall. by the presiding officer in tho. first district within twcnty-four hours after the baliot-bnx is closci in said district, bo lodged in the office of the town clerk where the same shall be kept on file and carefully preserved.
 Sec. If. The presiding officer in each district at tho electors meetings, shall receive tho votes of all -pcrsons whose names arc on tho list prepared for the district wherein such officer is presiding. The name of no person shall be ultlcd to the list of any of said districts election day. except as provided in tho eleventh section of this act nor shall any psrson vote whose name is not on tho list of the district in which he claims the right to vote, unless he shall furnish to tho presiding cff- of said district satisfactory proof that his name appeared upon the original corrected list of said hstpict and that it was omitted by fraud or elcri cal mistake from tho duplicate copy delivered to said presiding officer.
 Sec. 15. The town clerk of said town shall, at least two weeks before the day of holding oach annual town meeting held for tho choice of town officers prepare list for ench district. as nearly perfect as practicable, of the names of all lcrsors entitled! to vote n'such district, which names shall be alphabetically arranged in each list. and written or printed copy. or copy part printed or part written, with the boundary of said district given therein. certified by said town clerk, shall be posted hy tho sccctmen at tho llac" of voting and one other public place in each district. at
 least six days hcforc the day of holding such aniiu. Al town meeting and to tho lists prepared said town clerk shall add the names of all other persons residing in tho respective districis, who arc hy law qualified to vote at tho annual town meeting. -.--
 After the several lists arc thus perfected tho town clerk shall make copy of the list of each district, to be used hy the presiding officer Of such district. the day of said annual town meeting: and said lists. with the marks or checks upon the same, shall, within twenty four hours ,.ftor the ballot box is closed in the frst district bo lodged by the presiding officer of said first district in the office of the town clerk, and thcro kept on file and carefully prescrved. . 7
 And for his services in preparing said lists, said town clerk shall be paid reasonable compcnsa- tion hy the town of Sorwich and any voter Of said town shall bc entitled to don,and and receive of said town clerk, copy or copics of Aaii lists 80 prepared, on paying therefor tho same fees as town clerks are by law entitled to reooive for copies of records t
 Sec. 1G During every annual town meeting, the sclcctncn and town clerk shall Dc and remain in session in the first district from the opening of the ballot boxes to the closing of the same, at such convenient place as they may appoint. for the pur- pose of examining and deciding upon all appica- tions to be admitted to tho privilege of voting at such annual town meeting. And every person so admitted during said session. shall be entitled to receive certificate of admission from the Board of Sclcctmcn, and on his presenting the same to the presiding officer of the district where such vo ter has his place of lodgings, before the ballot box Is close shall be permitted to vote III said district
 Sec. IT. The presiding officer of each district Ut such annual town meeting. shall receive the bal lots of all persons whose namss are on tho lists prepared by the town clerk for the district where In such officer Is presiding, unlsss the right of such person to vote at such election is challenged And II any person whose name is not on said list shall offer to vote in said district said prcsid- ing otscr may receive such votc if lie is of opin ion that the person offering the same is a legal 1 voter of said town and entitlca to vote in said ! district, .nlcsx the right of such person to vote
 is challenged. aF '7f+
 Sec. IS. 1.-the right of any person shall be chal. lcnged US aforesaid, the officer presiding in such district may, and upon request of any legal voter
 present, shall examine the person whose right so
 to vote is challenged. on oath touching the qucs-
 ton arising upon such challenge, and may also
 hear other testimony, and if upon such challenge,
 the presiding officer is of opinion that the person
 whose right to vote is challenged. is legal voter
 of the town of Norwich, and entitled to vote in sa dis strict, his vote shall be received but other
 wise not. Prouided. That if any person shall be
 aggrcvei by the decision of such presiding off cer. in refusing to rcccive any vote offered as
 aforesaid, on the ground that the person offering
 the same is not a legal voter of said town, the
 presiding officer shall refer the question so arising
 to the sclcctmen and town clerk, by whom the l d. I,.S ,k>1,, Al