The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-05-12
I Fu0Ilshed April y, I9G4. ]
CHAPTER A45.

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AN ACT to guard against abuses of the elective franchise
ard 70 preserve the purity of elect by
The people the state of Wisconsin repr.serted in SON
and assembly do enact follows
Ssctohl HE persons authorized by as inspect
o.; " ~ any Town ward or incorporated village in
tAl state sh@-i constitute board registry Their
be as follows: The sad board shall proceed TO make list
as ter escrl5ed Of all persons qualified ent-
ed to yose az che ensuing general election the election
district OF Which they inspectors The said inspectors
at !her first meeting Tuesday three weeks preceding
their genera election shall have power If necessary to
wo days Tor be pur?ose Of making said list DoUded that
number Of ia district Of which taey are sne
tors exceeded four huadrod. 'i'' 81 ''''e'
See S'ii registers shall each contain Il Of the uer-
son. 50 qualified and entitled to in said election dis
m J Jlt@n5ea acc ralng 70 their respective
length and ia another column in and Incorporated
dwelling place Of each person it sboi he ne it
sons residing IN her election districts whose nan
on The poll list kept said district, preceding
general election and in cites Incorporated villages the
hunpr OF inc a"slng ana name Of street other
vo 0 s1tl De ho"h 10 or can be ascertained by
sleh Inspectors and for s purpose. said inspectors are
auhorTid to take from he office ia which they are filed
Ie pm slS mace ana hled by the inspectors of dis
trct at he general election held prior maua
thereon, ia 10 tie names on The pg s '. no Set
OF an oter parsons wh0ate we'll known them
Be omi teIrron said register The sla
pete far Practicable the said regi ster on the oy Of
ter meeting said and shall make ar copies thereof
and certify the register and each copies TO be true
sJ Of TIE voters in their district, as the same are
known to them Within two days thereafter the said
mai list, together with the lists from the Office "a
al res" shall be ned ~ said inpecy office OF the
SowE clerk OF n town in whch such election may
in tiq ot.e ~ fGe 80 cia+i, tiey snail De hed
is ward city then il shall be ed in the oee of the
city clerk o sl c:ty and copy Of list shall be
p ~ eaen o. sad inspectors ana carefully preserved by
ed for te reyii and correction Of the same Oae copy
sand list shall Immediately after complexion be
10 some place in in which su CHI meet
ing shall be held ami be accessible any elector VINO NAV
desire 20 examine the make copies thereof The
inspectors in teir discretion cause printed copies OF
10 be posted up IN such places they may direct
per published IN the county in which district is Sit
on said list. 'D' '''-' i'f e''0L name
SEC In case election district shall be formed by
the organization OF new town, by division of any
town or ward or the incorporation Of eUy or village
tne rs Oh eeeon IN the new district thus formed
may make the registry OF electors Us prescribed
Dy act, IN such manner majority the inspectors may
direct al for that purpose, may make LIST or cause to
lreJ " alatgas IN winch such di trcU situated
TO make res Of electors from the best means at their
command said list shall only embrace The names of such
~ ate AoHh 70 the To be electors in their dis
rc ana shall b1 posted and cople thereof made as
in the manner that other lists are Corrected ~
Sec, T. The said board shall meet on the Tuesday of
the week preceding the general election in their res
pcetYe election districts the place designated for
holding the potts Of election for the purpose of revs
ing, correcting and competing said lists and for this
IMPOSE III cities, they shall meet at o'clock in the
morning, aud remain in session until nine O'Clock
OF mat DAY and me DAY following; and in other srics
they shall at O'Clock in the morning and re,si
in session until o'clock P ". of shat day
Sec .. The proceedings of said board shall be open
and all persons residing and entitled to vote in said
ors in relation to corrections additions to said reg
lser OGe Of the lists kept by inspectors as afoIe-
saId sha DC use0 oy them on the other days for ma
KING corrections or additions, for the purpose of COM
pleting the registry for such district.
Sec o. 1t stall be the duty of said inspectors at their
meeting Tor revising and correcting said lists to erase
thererom the name Ofany person inserted tbe Elm who
shall be proven by the oath two legal voters az
district the satisfaction of said INSPECTORS to he
Or Fhar-
vote in said district, at the election then next 10 he
held ANY elector residing in said district and entitled
TO Fole thefeiHi may appear before said board OF in
Spectora ana require his name to be recorded on said
alphabetical list. Any person so recurring his name
to be entered on said lis shall make the Same state
ment as to the street and Number thereof and where
he resides, required by the provisions of this act
persons Offering their the election and shall
be subject to the same penalties refusing to five
such information, or for falsely giving the same and
shall also be subject to challenge either by the insDec,
tors, or either OF them, by any other eector whose
name appears on SAID alphabetical list, and the same
oats may De ADMINISTERED by the Inspectors as now
provided against Offering to vote at an ee ctio
ana Ia case 10 challenge made ofauy person reuuir
ing ms name 10 be entered said alphabetical lt mr.
in case of challenge, if such person shall make Am no fl
that would ente him vote of challenge AT an eiec
ton then the name OF any such person shall be added
to the Alphabetical poll list The last preceding wear
Sec l. After said list shall have been fully comnetad
The said inspectors SHALL within three DAYS therrafr
cause TOUR copies Of the same to be made each which
sha De certhed ~ them 10 be correct list of The yo-
tiers Of their district. Of which shall be fled in he
Office OF he town clerk of towns in the Office F la
clerk oil villages, and in the Office of city clerk OF cities
of the said Inspectors. 1t shall be the dutv of
spectors so receiving such list carefrIII 70 ,s
the sad list for their election dy and to des
ignate two OF their number the opening of the nnIs
to check the name OF every voting in such dis
trct, whose name is on the register No vote shan he
received annual election in this state, unless the
name Of the person offering vote DE on the "a ii
Istry, made on the Tuesday or Wednesday precedi6o
tae election unieSs the person Offering to vote shalt
furnish to the board OF iuspeotOTshs affidavit in wTi
ting, giving has reasons for appearing on the da
for correcting the alphabetical list and 1rovs b ~
oath OF householder Of the district in which he 1frs
his vote, that knows such person to be an in6ab
Jant Of the district and if in any Incorporated VILLAGE
or city giving the residence Of such person within
sara elsulct Tue oalh may be administered by any |
one Of the inspectors OF election at the poH whers ~
De ohered or by any other person authorized
20 mister vds pat no person shall be authorized
70 receive compensation for administering the oqtb -
said oath shan be preserved and fled in the Office of
the town, village city clerk. ABy person hose
is on the registry, may be challenged, and the same
oahs hau be put as now are or hereafter may be pre-
serioed by law.
sec. S. The clerks of each poll in addition 70 the
ties now prescribed by law, shall enter the poll list
kept by them, in columns prepared for that
opposite the name OF each person voting the sane state
htbt or minute as mere ubeiore required OF inspectors
Ia making the regis ny; but such entry is nc, 10 be- mad
by them II The registry contains correctly the name
residence OF such voter, and in cases The sara cfk
shah enter in column, opposite the name of Oh ~
OF reg stored, the words "uot registered -
eeetor at the tim of Offering his vote sb I'M tr,r 80!
the street Ia which he resides, and if the house. lodging
tenement is numbered, thereof and the CLERKS OF the
COILS shall truly in the appropriate column of tb
poll list opposite the name OF The eleetor the street in
which the eector resides ana the number in case the
house. lodging tenement is numbered and If the same
IS numbered, the clerks shall enter mot number
ed, in the eolGmn OF the poll list for entering the num-
Der In case otrefusal to make the afore
said she vote Of such elect0r shah not be received
Any person who shall wjfuliy make any false state
ment IN relation thereto, shall be deemed guilty Of
msdsmeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished
Win hne Of my dollars, by imprisonment in the
county Jail for period OF days. or BY both such
fine and imprisonment. -
Sec. y. After the canvas of the votes erof said
poll lists and said registers kept and checked a.
aforesaid, shall be attached together and shah on the
following day, be filed in the town. village or cit
clerks Office Cor the case may bel in which si5 az