Litchfield enquirer., 1860-07-19

virtue of this act, by having the followin oath previously administered to them. to wit: |" You do solemnly swear, you will faithfully discharge according to law, the. duties of the office of ex- aminers of the qualifications of voters at electors meetings, 10 the best of your abilities: So help you God.''
 Sec. 2. The clerk of said board shall, at least fourteen days before the first Monday in April, annually, and at least fourt cen days before the next and each successiv ve election of electors of prcsidcntland vice president of the United States make list, as nearly perfect as practicable, of the names of all the persons legally qualified to vote in such town at either of the elections afore said which names shall be arranged in alpha betical order and delivered to said board. Sec. 8. The board of registration shall. at least twelve days before the first Monday in April an- nually. and at least twelve days before the next and each successive election of electors of presi dent and vice president of the United States de posit a list of the names of electors thus prepar ed, authenticated by the signatures oi sad Doaiu' or majority of them, in the town clerk s omce' | for public in pection post copies or tne salle' certified by the clerk of said board III the .own clerk office, and on all the PuDlc s,snpo:'s III | inc town. and make such further publication as they deem necessary; and the town clerk, up:n na ment of the legal fees shall furnish unto any one desiring it. certified copy of said list 50 de posted in his office
 Sec. 4. The board of registration in eacl, town
  appoint, on the last Monday in March, annually, and on Monday of the week next preceding any election of electors of president and vice -presi dent If the United States, at ten o'clock in the forenoon on said days, to correct and revise said list; and they shall remain in stssion for that purpose and for the purposes hereinafter pre- scribed till five oc clock in the afternoon of said days, with liberty of any necessary recess during "2id time, and said board may adjourn from time to time, but shall not be in session after Wednes- day of the week next preceding the holding oi the election aforesaid. except as is hereinafte, provided. But said board shall be in St ssion on said Wednesday of the week preceding the hold ing of the elections aforesaid, from ten clock in the forenoon until five clock in the afternoon of said day Said board shall, at such meetings. examine and decide upon all applications to be admitted to the privilege of elector, and to ad minister the oath by law provided to those SO found to be qualified and any person claiming to be an e!cctor ln such town shall have right to apply to said board for the registration of his name, and also for that of any other person or persons omitted in the registry, and may also ob- feet to the registration of the name of any person (eiter inserted by the board, or proposed to be insertetD on the ground that such person is not legally entitled to vote in said town but the name of no person shall be added to such list on certificate or otherwise. unless. in addition to proof that he is legally qualified elector of this state, he shall have resided in the town where he claims the right to vote the period of four
 immediately preceding the day of election. Said board shall also make such erasurcs from such list, and additions thereto, shown to be ncc essary to render the same complete and Ierfect registry of the legally qualified electors of this state who have resided in such town the period of four months as aforesaid prov,ded, that the name of no person shall be erased from the nub- lished posted list until he shall have fair op- portunity to be heard thereon. and, if required. such examination shall be under oath. A nd said board shall, at the request of any clector of the town, examine any person applying for the reg
 stry of his own name or the names ofany other person or persons, and shall require upon the re- quest of any eector of the state beside the person so applying, that said person or persons, whose names are presented to be added to said list, have or will have resided in the town the said perod the request of any elector, the residence of the person so applying, or applied for. and the resi- dence of the elcctor making oath to support such application, shall be recorded by said board by street and number, if the streets of such town are numbered, otherwise by street or school dis trict.
 Sec. 5. The board of registration shall give mo- tice of the time and place of holding their ses- slons to correct and revise the registry lists upon the lists posted published as aforesaid. and by advertising the same in one or more newspapers, if any are published in the same town And in addition to the sessions of the board before named | they shall hold session on the day of electien at the place where said meeting is held, but shall not be in session after twelve clock on said day which said session shall be for the purpose of ad hitting as electors those applicants only, legally qualified 10 be so admitted, whose right to be made electors shall have accrued since the last meeting of the board but the names of sucl, electors so admitted shall net be added to said
 list unlcss at or before the last prior meeting of said board, notice shall have been given to said board of their intention so to apply to be admit ted as electors, and their names shall have been entered on said list under the head of |" Intended Applications ;" and it shall be the duty of the board to register on said list the names of per. sons so applying under such head.
 Sec. 6. When any person exhibits to said board papers of naturalization, issued to him in due by court having jurisdiction if said board is sat- isfed of the genuinness of such papers, and that they were issued to the persons presenting them, they shall approve them by a written endorse mcnt thereon, with the date thereof. signed by the clerk of said board; and if such applicant shall have the other legal qualifications of an 1 eector, they shall admit him in due form, and cause his name to be entered on said list.
 Sec. :. Duplicated copies of said corrected lists shall be made, one of which shall, on or before the Wednesday of the week next preceding any day of elections as aforesaid be lodged in the of flee of the town clerk, for public inspection and 1 the town clerk, upon the payment of the legal fees, shall furnish certified copy to any one de. sring it and the other of said duplicate copies shall. before the opening of the polls on the re- spective days of election aforesaid be delivered to the presiding officer of such electors meetncs except so far as the same may be altered in the manner prescribed in sec of this act And the name of such elector shall at the time of voting, l be checked, by one of said board
 Sec. S. The original official list of voters, as made out by the board of registration, and the list or lists used the day of election with the marks, or checks upon the same shall, by the presiding officer of said meeting, within twenty four hours after the final adjournment of the same, be lodged in the office of the town clerk. where the same shall be kept on file, and care fully preserved.
 Sec. g. The name of no person shall be added to said list on election day except as provided in l sec of this act; nor shall any person vote whose name is not on said list unless upon proof that his name appeared upon the original correct ed list, and that it was omitted from the dupli- cate copy by fraud or clerical mistake.
 Sec. 10. Any person who shall take false oath before said board of registration, shall be liable to the pains and penalties Of perjury. Sec II. If any member of the board of regis tration, any presiding officer or assistant presid ing officer of an electors meeting, or any clerk appointed to perform the services specified in this act, shall without just or reasonable cause re- fuse or neglect to discharge any of the duties herein prescribed, he shall, on conviction be sub. ject to fine of three hundred dollars and said member, presiding officer. assistant presiding off cer or clerk, shall be guilty of fraud in perform
 ing said duties, he shall he subject to fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and to imprison-