Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-05-12

| prT-ona 30 qudllneu AMI entitled to vote said
elect on district, alphab etcaIiy arranged accord
ing to their respective surnames, to show in
| one column the name at full length, and 10 anoth-
er column, in cities and incorporated villages the
residence by the number of the dive ling. If there
be number, aud the name of the street other
location Of the dwelling place of each persou Il
shall be the duty oil said inspectors to eut ter ia
sad lists the names OF ali persons residing in their
election district whose appear the poll
list kept in said district, at the last preceding
RAJ electlo and in cities incorporated will ges
the number of the dwelling and name of street or
other location, if the same shall be known to or
can be ascertained by such inspectors; and for
TINS purpose, said inspectors authorized TO take
from the office in which they hied the poll lists
made and filed by the inspectors of such district at
the general election held next prior to the making
OF such register. In making said list, the board
shall enter thereon, in addition to the names
on the poll list, the names OF all other per-
sons who are we'll known to them TO be electors in
SAID district; and the names OF all in said
poll list who have died removed from the
| district, shall be omitted from said register The
said inspectors shall complete, as far as practical
DE- the SAID register on the day of their meeting
aforesaid, and shall make four copies thereof, and
certify the register and each OF The copies to be
true list OF the voters in their district, far
the same are known to them. Within two days
thereafter, the said original list, toge her with the
lists taken from the Office aforesaid shall be filed
by said inspectors in the Off ee of the town clerk of
the town in which such election district may if
such election district is village then they shall be
hled in the office of the village clerk, or if such
election district is a in city then it shall be lied in
the office of city clerk of said city: and one
copy of said list shall be kept by each of said in
spec ors and carefully preserved by him for their
use on the day or days hereinafter mentioned fer
the revision and correction of the same. One copy
of said list shall Immediately after it's completion
De posted IN some conspicuous place in the room
| IN which such meeting shall be held, and be
slble to any elector who may desire to examine the
same or make copies thereof. The inspect rs may,
IN their discretion, cause printed copies Of SAID
list to be posted up in such places they may di
rect, and may cause the same to be published in
some newspaper in the county in which such dist
rlct is situated, at any expense not exceeding
cent for each name said list.
Sec. ;. In case new election district shall be
| formed by the organization of new town, or by
| the division OF any town ward, the incorpora-
ton OF city village, the inspectors of ele elton
| In tue new district thus formed, may make their
registry of electors on the days prescribed by this
act, IL such manner majority OF the inspectors
may direct and for that purpose, may make list,
or cause to be made certified copy of the pol Hist
orists of the district or districts in which such
dlsrlct is situated; Or they may dispense with such
list or lists and proceed to make register CT cleo
! tors from the best means at their command. Said
list shall only embrace the of such persons
as are known to them to be electors in their dis
trict, and shall be posted up, and copies thereof
| made as prescribed in the preceding section, and
| shall be corrected in the manner that other
lists corrected.
| Sec. 4. The said board shall meet on the Tuesday
of tue week ceding the general election, in their
respective election districts at the place designated
for holding the polls of election, for the purpose
of revising, correcting and completing said lists;
and for this purpose in cities, they shall meet at
until nine O'Clock P NJ OF that day and the day
following; and in other districts. they shall meet
at nine O'Clock in the morning, and remain in ses-
sion until seven O'Clock 2. NJ of that day.
Sec. 5. The proceedings Of said board shall be
open and all persons residing and entitled TO vote
in sal district, shall be entitled to be heard by
said Inspectors in relation to corrections or addi-
tons to said register. One of the lists so Ike pt by
Inspectors aforesaid, shall be used by them on
the day or days for making corrections additions
for the purpose OF completing the registry for
such district.
Sec. g. 1t shall be the duty of said inspectors a,
their meeting for revising and correcting said lists
to therefrom the name of any person insert
ed therein who shall be proven by the oath of two
legal voters OF said district, the satisfaction of
said inspectors to be nonresident of said district
otherwise not entitled to vote in said district at
| the election then next to be held. Any eIector
residing in said district, aud entitled to vote there
in, may appear before said board of inspectors and
require his to be recorded said tic
al list. Any person quiring his TO be en-
tered on said list shall make the sam statement
to the street and number thereof, and where he
resides required by the provisions Of this act of
persons Offering their votes at the election and
shall be subject to the same penalties for refusing
to give such information, for falsely giving the
same and shall also be subject to challenge either
by the inspectors, or either of them, by any
other elector whose name appears said alphabet,
cal list, and the same oaths may be administered
by the inspectors as now provided against persons
offering to vote election; az in case 10 chal.
lenge IS made of any person requiring his name to
be entered said alphabetical list, or in ease of
challenge, if such person shall make an oath chat
would entitle him to vote in case of challenge at
an election, then the of any such person
shall be added to the alphabetical poll list of the
last preceding year.
Sec. 7. After sadlist shall have been fully COM
pleted the said inspectors shall, within three days
thereafter, cause four copies of the same to be
be made, each of which shall be certified by them
to be correct list of the voters Of their district
of which shall be filed in the Office f the town
CLERK of towns, in the office of village clerk of vii
lagcs and in the office of city clerk of cities and
one of which copies shall be delivered to each of
! tIa sajI ms ma he In h,,ty ofo
spectors, receiving such list, carefully to pre-
the said list for their election day and
designate two of their number at the opening of
the polls to check the name of every voter voting
in such district, whose name is on the register. No
vote shall be received at any annual election in
this state, unless the of the person Offering
to vote be the sid registry, made the Tues,
day Wednesday preceding the election, unless
the person offering to vote shall furnish to the
board of inspectors his affidavit in writing giving
his for not appearing the day for correct
ing the alphabetical list, and prove by the oath of
a householder of the district in which he offers his
vote, that he knows such person to be an inhabi-
of the district, and if in any Incorporated vii
lage or city, giving the residence of such person
within said district. The oath may be administered
by any one of the inspectors of election, at the
poll where the vote shall be offered. or by any
other person authorized to administer oaths but
no person shall be authorized to receive compensa.
ton for dministering the oath. Said oath shall
be preserved and filed in the office of the town. vii
lage city clerk. Any person whose name is on
the registry, may be challenged and the oaths
shall be put as or hereafter may be pre-
scribed by law.
Sec s. The clerks of each poll, in addition to the
duties now prescribed by law, shah enter on the
poll list kept by Them in col umns pared for that
purpose, opposite the name of each person voting
the same statement or minute as hsreinhefore re-
CURED of inspectors in making the registry: but
such entry is not be made by them, if the
try contains correctly the name and residence of
such voter, and in all the said clerk sha en-
ter in a column, opposite the name OF each person
not rrgistered, the words "not registered" Every
|
state the street in which he resides, and if the
! house. lodging or tenement in which he esdes is
| numbered, the number thereof, and the clerks of
the polls shall truly enter in the appropriate col
umn of the poll list, opposite the name of the cleo
tor the street in which the elector resides and the
number in case the house, lodging teneme MT is
| numbered; and if the same is not numbered, then
the clerks shall enter "not numbered in the col
umn OF the poll list for entering the number. In
of refusal to make the statement aforesaid,
the of such elector shall not be received ANY
person. who shall willfully make any false state.
ment in relation thereto, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemea amor, AID shall, upon conviction, be pun
shed with fine of fifty dollars or by Imprisonment
in the county Jail for period of ten days, or by
| both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 8. After the canvass OF the yotesone of said
poll lists and said registers kept aud checked
aforesaid shall be attached together and shall, on
the following day, be filed in the town, village,
city clerks office Cor the case may beg in which
said district may be, to be used by the inspectors
in making the list of voters at the next general
election The other of said poll lists and registers,
kept and checked, shall be returned to tie Office
of clerk of the board of supervisors of the county
| in which such district may be, at the time
| the returns of the election made.
| Sec. 10. The said board may, if necessary,
| the day days Of the making and of the
ton of such lists appoint clerk to assist them in
the discharge of the duties required by this act and
the same oath shall be taken by such clerk as is
required by of clerks of the polls, OR of cleo
! tons.
Sec IL. The registers shall at all times, be open
to public inspection, at the Office OF the authori