Litchfield enquirer., 1860-09-06
PUBLIC ACTS. PASSED MAY SESSION, 1860.

PUBLIC ACTS.
 PASSED MAY SESSION, 1860.
 S 0aAsr.n rIsrtors and Elections in those Ai trs "uu of the State which are divided mo 'o' r s ;t anactad by the Senate and House oi nep'o-
 sentatiyes in General Assembly oun. ast;r,,,s hold
 Sa, Tn warning the electors meetings nslu
 seG. i l. n .vns of this state which are divided m. n m s;.t;ots except the towns of Hartford, New mwan@ and Middletown the constaOies Ol sald .orns shall. in addition to the warnings now re on;red by law, give notice therein that ballot boxes will be opened in each of the distrlcss m their respective towns, for the reception of the votes of the electors entitled to vote thertin, ac cording to the provisions of this act.
 Sec g. At the annual electors meeting for the election of state officers and other officers requir cd by law to be voted for at such meetings and at the electors meeting for the election of elect. ors of president and vice president of the United States, the persons qualified to vote shall give in their ballots in the district wherein the names of such person is registered, according to the provl- sions of this act The name of each person who is qualified to vote at any of said meetings snail be registered in only one district at the same time, which shall be the district wherin such Fer, son has his place of lodging at the time o' S''n registration.
 Sec. 8. The selectnen of said towns shall pro vide suitable and convenient place for Voung' at such electors meetings, in each distrct ol 'nei respective towns. and shall give pupiic notlce thereof at least three weeks before the day O. suen meeting. and they shall procure for the use of the electors at such meeting, the necessary ballot boxes for the purpose of receiving the votes oi hef y. Iaistricfs. which boxes
 Sec 4. At such electors meetings the rresid. ing officer who shall be chosen under the provi sion of section sixteen of the "Act relating tu Electors and Elections" shall preside at the place of voting in the first district and the town clerk and selectmen of said town shall designate for his assistance in the duties of his said office an assist ant presiding officer for each of the other dis tricts who shall preside at the place of voting in the district to which he shall be designated. and who shall perform all the duties. aad possess all the powers, within said district, Of presiding of fcer at electors meetings, except as herein oth erwise provided. -g
 Sec. 5. The selectmen and town clerk of each of said towns respectively, shall constitute boa d of registration, who shall have and exercise in addition to the power vested in the board of reg istration by An act to provide for the more per. feet registration of the names of electors of this state" the others powers and duties conferred by this act The town clerk shall be the clerk of said board and in case of his absence or inability to perform the duties, said board may appoint any other elector clerk thereof.
 Sec. 6. The clerk of the board of registration in
 
 of said electors meetings, make and deliver to said board a list for each district in said town as nearly perfect as practicable. of the names of all persons qualified to vote in said town at any of said electors meetings, who have their place of lodging in said district, which names shall be duly arranged in alphabetical order on each of said lists
 Sec. :. The board of registration in each of said towns respectively shall, at least twelve days be- fore any of said electors meetings, deposit the lists thus made. each list being signed by ssid board, or majority of them, in the town clerk 8 twelve days before any of said electors meetin ss post at place of voting in each district in their respective towns and in at least two other public places in each district, copy of the list of said district, giving the boundaries thereof, which list shall be certified by the clerk of said board and the town clerk, upon payment of the legal fees shall furnish to any desil ing it a certified CODY of any of said lists so deposited in his otfice
 Sec. 8. The board of registration shall meet in the first district in each of their respective towns at such convenient place as they may appoint, on the last Monday in March, annually, and on Mon- day Of the week next preceding any election of electors of president and vice president of the Uni ted States, to revise and make corrected lists of the several districts, and also to examine and de- | eide upon all applications to be admitted to the | privileges of an elector. and in the discharge of said duties the board shall proceed in the manner provided in An act to provide for the more per- feet registration of the names of the electors of this state"
 Sec. g. The board of registration in each town shai give notice of the time and place of holding their sessions, to correct and revise the lists of said districts, aforesaid upon each of the lists posted in the several districts as is hereinbefore provided. and also by advertising in one or more newspapers in each town respectively if any are published therein And said board shall be in ses- sion in each town, at the place of voting in the first district on the day when said electors meet ings shall take place, which said session shall be for the purpose of admitting electors only those applicants legally qualified to be so admitted whose right to be made electors shall have ac. crued since the last meeting of the board But the names of such electors so admitted shall not be added to the list of the district in which they have their place of lodging, unless at or before the prior meeting of said board notice shall have been given to the said board of the intention of such persons to apply to be admitted electors and their names shall have been entered on the list of their said district under the head of Intended c applications and it shall be the duty of the r board to give such electors so admitted a certif- cate addressed to the presiding officer of the dis trict wherein such electors entitled to vote, 'tatinS the tact of their admission and the pre- siding officer to whom said certificate is addressed shall on receipt thereof, enter the name of the t person therein mentioned in the list of said dis srict, who shall thereupon be allowed to vote in aid district. b Sec. 10. In each town duplicate copies shall he t made of the corrected list of each district one set of which duplicates shall on or before the We'd aesday of the week next preceding any day of cleo ton as aforesaid, be lodged in the office of the town clerk for inspection, and the town clerk on payment of legal fees, shall furnish certified copy to any one desiring it, and the other of said duplicates shall, on the opening of the polls in each district at any electors meeting. be dis sflo1ted among the presiding officers in the scve- Ial districts, each presiding officer receiving the duplicate list of his own district-and such pre- c idhg ohcer shall cause the name of each elector : to De checked on said list at the time of voting ( Sec Il. The list used in each district nn t5c is lay of election with the marks of checks upon the anne, shall by the presiding officer in the first dis. rict, within twenty four hours after inc ba,lot. ii 'ox is closed in said district be lodged in the office 'f the town clerk, where the same shall be kent on file and carefully preserved s Sec l2. The officer presiding in each district at me electors meetings, shall receive the votes of All persons whose names on the list prepared o 0r lhe dstrlct wherein such officer is presiding s e name ot no person shall be added to the list o any oi sald districts election day except AS e pLoriaeo r Tn the ninth section of this act nor 0 s;aa s any person vote whose name is not on the c ol te oistrlct in which he claims the right to uh!ess ne shall furnish to the presiding off oei oi so ostrct satisfactory proof that his name on the original corrected list of said dis na 'ias i9 was omitted by fraud or clerical a presiding officer. f' o'"'ereo 10 sald Sec. lS. Immediately after the b.l,o+ . closed at any of the electors mcetnrs are vided for, the presiding officer, and his pro presiding in the several districts sh,u sS S'au's