Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-11-29

An Act to repeal so much Of Chapter fifteen Of
the General Statutes as relates to the election
of Sealers Of Weights and Measures.
II IS hercby enacted, &c.
Sec |. SO much Of Chapter fifteen Of the Gen
era Statutes, asreates to the election of Seaers
Of Weights and Measures " is hereby repealed
Approved, Nov %, 1864.
An Act to prevent illegal voting and in addition
to Chapter fifteen of the General Statutes.
IL IS hereby enacted, de-
Sec. |. At any annual March meeting in any
town, any person may present to the officer, who
IN pursuance of the Statute shall call said meet
log to order, demand in writing signed by at
least twenty legal voters in the following form,
to wit We demand a ballot with a record Of
the names OF the persons voting" and thereupon
vote shall be ordered by ballot for moderator,
and record shall be made Of the names of the
persons voting by the Town Clerk, or any one
OF the Selectmen or civil authority present desig
mated by said Town Clerk
Sec. 2 After ballotng for a reasonable time,
the presiding officer shall make proclamation
that the polls will be closed in fifteen minutes
thereafter, and at the expiration Of that time
the balloting shall cease, and the Selectmen and
civil authority present, shall sort and count the
votes, and the person having the greatest number
OF votes, shall be declared to be the moderator OF
that and all future town meetings during the
year ensuing,
Sec. 3. Should no person receive the greatest
number Of votes for moderator, further ballot
may DO bad under the provisions of this act, or
IN the ordinary method as now regulated by
statute, until a moderator shall be elected
Sec. 4. When a moderator shall have been
elec.ed under the provisions OF this act, or in the
ordlnary method as now regulated by statute,
any person may present to the moderator de-
mand in writing signed by at least twenty legal
voters in the following form, to wit We de-
mRnd ballot with record OF the names Of the
persons voting for the following town officers, to
wit:
One Town Clerk,
Three Seleclmen,
One Town Treasurer
One oyerseer Of the Poor
One first Constable (who shall be collector Of taxes,
Three Listers OF Assessors,
Three. Auditors,
One Trustee Of Public Moneys,
Three Fence Viewers
Three Grand Jurors
One Inspector Of Leather,
One Town Agent and
One Superintendent OF Common Schools"
And thereupon the moderator shall order a bal
lot with such record, and the names of the per-
sons voted for shall be written or printed on one
ballot under the designation Of the Office they
are intended to Gil.
Sec. D. After giving reasonable time to the
voters to deposit their ballots, the moderator
shall proclaim that the balloting will cease in f.
teen minutes, and at the expiration Of said fifteen
minutes, if any voter shall demand additional
time to depcs sit ballots, the moderator shall pro-
claim that balloting will Ieremptorily cease in
fifteen minutes, al the expiration OF which time
the moderator, selecmen and civil authority |
shall procee to cut apart, sort and count the
votes given for the respective Offices, and the
person receiving the greatest number Of votes
tor the respective named Offices shall be declared |
elected, and their names shall be recorded in
the Town Clerks Office, as the persons elected 10
their respective Offices for the year ensuing
Sec. @. Should there be an equal number of
votes for any Of the officers mentioned in section
four Of this act, further ballot may be had
under the provisions Of this act, or in the ordin-
ury method as now regulated by statute, until
such Office shall be filled by an election.
Sec. 7. Any vacancy in any of the above
named Offices during the year may be 6 led at
any legal town meeting named for that purpose
under the provisions OF this act.
DtC. q. IHC ItUOIu VI tnt Dblnts VI tuo per
sons voting shall be fled in the Town Clerks
office, and the original record or duly certified
copy thereof shall be treated in all courts in this
State at legal evidence of the fact, that the per-
fons whose names appear upon said record did
cast their ballots as indicated in said record and
all the provisions Of the General Statutes in r.,
gard to the rights, duties, and powers of town
officers shallapply to the officers elected under the
provisions OF thls act, and all penalties for fraud
ulent and illegal voting, or attempt to vote, or
the disturbance OF town meetings. shall apply to
such persons as shall commit any OF the crimes
or misdemeanors above specified.
Sec, 9. This act shall notapply to towns hay-
ing less than three thousand five hundred inhab
itants by the last United States Consul Report,
and the provisions of this act shall not be en-
forced in any town, until said town shall vote
TO accept the same, at the town meeting regu
larry warned and holden for that purpose.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect from it's
passage.
Approved, Nov. 81, 1864.