Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-23
PUBLIC ACTS. PASSED MAY SESSION, 1860.
CHAPTER Lxvil


 Al act relating to Electors and Elections In tho
 .z Town of Norwich.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- scntativcs in General Assembly convened :. Sec l. That the town of Norwich is hereby am, shall hereafter Dc divided into four districts, for tine purpose of accommodating the olcctols of said town in voting ut the electors and town meet ings iti said town as follows: viz: All that part ot the terrtoryof the city of Norwich lying cast cry of the westerly margin of the covc and north erly and e;lstery of the Yantic River and all that part of the territory of the town without the lln- its of the city of Norwich lying c,stcrly of the River Thames, and of Said city known Laurel Hil, shall be an'l remain the first district.
 All that part of the territory of the city of Nor wich not included in the first district, and all that part of the territory of the town without the limits of the city of Norwich lying westerly of the rl9er Thames and of s.f city, and soutllcrly of a straight line, running from the northwest coraer of said city. ut Hnbbard's upper paper mill dam, to a point ten feet north of the house of Chas. H. Naples and thence due west to BOzrah line, shall be ard remain the second district.
 All. that part ot the town lying oasterly of the rEicn and rom tho northca.t cornoI line of said city northcry to the Ox Hill road te point cast of and nearly opposite the dwelling house of Ebcnczcr Iathrop, aud thence northcrly 10 the centre of the Canterbury turnpike road OF. poste and near the house of Joseph A. Ycrring- ton. and following the centre of said turnpike fGa't, including all cast and south of said turn pike road to Lorctt's bridge, shall bc and remain the,thir,i distrcts a fE4. sk
 See. The constablcs of the town of Norwich, in warning tic electors meetings horein provided for, shall, in addition to tho warning now reauir- cd by law, give notice therein that ballot boxes will dicncd in each of the several dstri afore- said for the reception of tho votes of tho electors entitled to vote in said districts according to the provisions of thisact. Sec. 5. At the annual electors meeting for tho election ot state officers and other officers rcquir- ed byslaw to be voted for al such nicetings; and at thc'electes meeting for the election of elect "rs'ofPrcsidcnt and Vice President of the United States ;iand at the annual town meeting hold for theciioce of town officers, the persons qualified to vote in said town of Norwich shall give in thoir ballots in the district wherein the namo of each prlson.is registered, according to the pro- visions 6f this act.
 vote at any of said meetings. shall be registered in only one district at the sumo time, which shall be the district wherein such person has his place of lodging at the time of such registration
 sec. A. The secctmen of said town of Norwich shall provide suitable md convenient place for voting, ut such electors and annual town meet ings in each district. and shall give public notice thereo at ieast thrco weeks before dsy Of such meeting, and they shall procure fer the uso q electors, at such meetings, the necessary ballot boxes fort tho purpose of receiving tho votes a thcseleetors the several districts in the sam, malner as is now bylaw provided '4sh's.@'
 Suci 5..At such electors and town meetings the presiding officer, who shall he chosen undc thesproxisioisof section sixteen of the Act rcla tinglto Electors and Elections, | shall preside n c-placc vf voting in the first district and tl town cufk and 'selectmat of said town shall de siypate for his assistance in the duties of his xa office, an assistant presiding officer for each of tn otlicr districts ,who shall preside at the place Q voti1gen the district to which he shall I've lesig hated, and who shall perform all the duties an, possess all the powers within said district of pre- sidnigs officer Ut electors meetings, except a herein otherwise provided. See 6. At the several electors meetings name in thissact tho ballot boxes shall be opened fo the hereception of votes at nine clock In tho morn ing. in each of snid districts, and shall romai until ike O'clock in the afternoon, at which tim said ballot boxes shall sbe closed.
 B Andatthc annual town meeting held for tn choice of townothcc,s in said town, the hallo boxes snail be qpen for the reception of votes a seven o'clock in the morning in cnch of sad dis tricts, and sh.tl rcman open in tho second. thir, and fourth districts till twelve clock at noon and in the first district till two o'clock in tho .f tornoon, at which times said ballot hoxcs xbol be seyerllly closed.
 At said annual town meeting, after the l,ol,o boxes arc closed in the several districts ns bo,;,
 
 quircd ivy law, or . vote of the town, to bc cho sen by ballot, shall be chosen at the place of vni ing in the first district, by the voters of tho tow of Norwich then present.
 Any and all business proper to come before th town meeting shall be transacted at the place ( voting in said first district: prorided thai on tn day of the annual town meeting, no such bus .- ness shall bu transacted nnti aftcr the halle boxes arc closed in the several districts, us herr inbcfora provi,iel.
 Sec. ,sIhe selectmcn 6nd town clerk of sai town shall constitute Il Board of Registration, w shal! have and exercise in addition to the pow, vested in the Board of Registration by An a, 10 provide for tie more perfect Registration the names of Electors in this state,' the oths powers and duties conferred by this act. The tow clerk shall be clerk of stid board, and in case his absence or inability to perform the dutic said bossftl may appoint any other clcceor clei thereaf. SfllAisa
 Scc.S. Tho clerk of the Board of Registratio shall, ,at lcast fourteen days before any Of sal electors meetings, make and deliver to the Boa, of Registration separate list for cac district. nearly perfect ns practicable, of the names of q ,,ersons qualified to vote in said town, who ha, their nlacc of lodging in said district, wbc si,:nncs shall I,c lnly arranged In aiphabt ttieal O < .t,r .,,t s.sfii of s;lfd lists