The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-11


Ii prove bar 10 illegal and fraudulent voting,
as Ne hope and believe il win, il win wipe out
what little remains of the Locofocc party.
Srcruox /. b y essoad ~ ~ Geseyd A.
.eusny 81 he State Of Iosu, That there shall be
4 public Registry Of the names Of all persons
entitled to vote at elections held in the State Of
Iowa.
SIC. D. That for this purpose, the Township
Trustees, Township Clerk, and Township Asses
sor, il each Township, are hereby constituted
Board Of Registry for said Township, and their
duty shall be as follows:
SIC 8 They shall meet on Tuesday, four
weeks preceding each general election, at
o'clock 4. ~ at the place designated for holding
said election, and organize themselves into =
Board, for the purpose Of registering the names
of the legal voters Of their township. And for
this purpose, they shall choose one Of said Tras-
tees Chairman of said Board, who shall admins
ter an oath to the other members of the Board,
that they will faithfully and impartialy discharge
their duty ~ members Of said Board, and the
same oath shall be administered to the Chairman
by one of the other Trustees.
SIC. A. Said Board shall then proceed to
make . list o. hereinafter provided, Of all per-
sons entitled to vote at the ensuing election, in
their township; said list, when compared as
hereinafter directed, to constitute and be known
as the Register Of Voters in said township.
SIC. 5. For this purpose, said Township
Clerk, or other member Of the Board, il hereby
authorized, reasonable time before the first
meeting Of the Board, to take from the office in
which it was filed, the Poll Lists for said township
Of the previous general election, which they
shall examine and revise and from which, and
from any other information possessed by said
Board, said Register shall be made to contain
the name Of every person known to said Board,
who, if he continues to reside in said township
until said election, shall be entitled and qualified
to vote thereat
SEC. Q. Said list shall be alphabetically
ranged according to the respective snrnames;
sho wing in one column, the name ut length, and
in another, where the residence il In an incor-
poratcd town or city, the local residence other
Identification Of such voter, as far as practicable
Said Board shall then make three copies of said
list, and date and certify -- said ORR
ginal --- and copies under their respective
signatures, that each contains true list OF the
voters Of their township, SO far as the same are
known to them, and none other. One copy, inn
mediately after its completion, shall be posted,
| by said Board, in some conspicuous place in the
| room in which said meeting was held, and one
| retained by the Clerk Of the Board, and the
others by other members of the Board, for use
| at their next meeting, as hereinafter provided.
| SEC. T. Said Township Clerk shall act as
Clerk Of the Board of Registry, and he shall pro-
| cure book, in which he shall briefly record the
| proceedings of the Board which record shall be
1 signed by each member of the Board, at the
| close Of each days session. And when said list
Is revised and corrected, as provided in Sections
and 10 Of this act, he shall copy the same on
said Record, and the list OF names SO copied
shall be known as the Township Registry Of
| Voters, and the same shall be a Township Re
/ cJ ha ~ 49,
able hours. And said Clerk shall be entitled to
charge for copies of said lists at the rate Of Fifty
cents for each hundred names
| SEC 8. On the second Tuesday preceding
each general election, said Board shall meet again
! in their respective townships at the same place
and hour, except that when their place of meet
ing shall be within the limits Of an incorporated
city or town. they shall meet at s o'clock A. NJ,
| and they shall then proceed TO revise, correct
| and complete said list. They shall continue in
session from that hour until six o'clock r. NJ, Of
that day, in townships having not more than
four hundred voters, and for that and the follow
ing day in townships having large number
/ I'll cir proceedings snail be open, aud any person
residing in their township, and claiming the
right to vote, shall be heard in relation thereto
One of the lists kept by the trustees, as afore-
said, shall be used by said Board for the purpose
Of completing the Register for said township
Il GEC. " AZ Siiu SecOHu ulettlnE, safu BOARD
| shall erase from said list, the name of any person
who shall be proved on competent stimony, 70
the satisfaction of said Board, not to be entitled
| to vote the election then next to be held, or who
shall have become known to the Board not TO be
SO entitled, and therefor enormously said list
| and any person, claiming the right to vote may
appear and make satisfactory proof thereof, and,
require his name to be entered on said list -
| Such applicant shall be subject to challenge by
any person whose name is on said list or BIZ any
of said Board; any member of which il hereby
authorized % administer all such oaths nccessa-
~ for carrying out the provisions Of this act
And if such applicant is personally known to
| any member of said Board, and shall make the
oath that would entite him TO vote in case Of
challenge at election, or if not 50 known shall
bring further prOof if 50 required by said Board,
thea his name shall be entered on said township
list. -sa @A
sEo. 10. After said list shall be completed.
| said Board shall cause four copies to be made
each Of which shall be entitled corrected list
Of voters in said township and certified as
aforesaid, and ore Of which shall be forthwith
posted in said room. and be accessible to all
persons interested, until the day Of election
Two Of the copies shall be retained by said Trus
tees for use on the day Of election, and the re-
naming copy. being filed by said Township Clerk,
shall be by him recorded as provided in Section
| Of this act.
SEC II. and be IL further enacted, That said
Board shall again meet at the same place and
hour on Monday preceding each general election,
and shall continue in session until p. m. of said
day, when any person claiming the right to vote,
whose name is not on said list, may appear and
file his written affidavit, which must allege a
| reasonable excuse for not appearing at tie pre-
yions meeting Of the Board And if such ap-
plicant shall then make proof to said Board, in
the manner hereinbefore described in Section q,
that he is entitled to vote at the ensuing election
his name shall be placed on said list, and the
| record thereof.
SEC II. Said list when so completed at such
final session Of said Board, being dated anu GER
titled as aforesaid, shall be taken and deemed to
be the final registry of voters in said township,
| for the ensuing election. And no person whose
name does not appear on said list, shall be per-
mitted to vote at said election, on any preience
| whatever
SEC. IS. The Board of Registry shall possess
and may exercise the same powers in preserving
| order at any of their sessions, as are now given
TO judges Of elections. They shall be paid at
the rate now allowed TO judges Of elections,
for the time necessarily spent in carrying out
the provisions Of this act and also for necessary
stationery as incidental election expenses.
SEC IA. The provisions of this act shall not
apply to any township in this State in which there
Is no township org IMITATION, nor shall it apply to
| any township which, ut the previous general elec
| ton did not poll 100 votes But in such town
ships, the elections shall be governed BY the laws
| heretofore in force.
SEC u. Nor shall they apply to municipal
elections. But the Mayor and Aldermen. or
other authorities Of any city or other incospora-
ted town, may enact by ordinance in the manner
prescribed by their respective Charters that
there shall be registry oil the legal voters Of said
city or town. In which case they shall procure
certified copy Of the last registry Of voters Of
their township and provide BY their said ordi-
nance'for making Ward lists therefrom for their
respective Wards or other electoral divisions
II their city or town i 50 divided, and for re-.
vising, completing or publishing the same, rea-
soaable tino previous to each annual or Charter
election; which lists, when 80 made and revised,
insconformity with sad ordinances, shall be taken
and deemed 70 be the registry Of voters Of said
| Ward or town or city, and none other than those
! whose names are contained therein shall be en-
titled 70 vote at the ensuing annual municipal
! election.
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