Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-24

..,,.r nerson to the office of deputy registrar
 1i hich said appointments shall be immediateiy' senosited with said town clerk, and by mn De
 duly Ee pefS The registrars and deputy registrars ahaiI. before entering upon the duties oi .nelr office, take the oath by lay provided TOT eAecu.ite t 9ce9s een aea cierI who shall keep the same on le and note the fact on the town records ,,
 SEc. le The registrars and their deputies shall have the right to administer oaths or afilrma- .tions. whenever in the discharge of any of the dntes of their office they or either of them shall deem it necessary or proper to take the testimo. nv of any person whatsoever regarding the right G of any person to vote or to be made voter The form of the oath to be administered by the regis ! trarss and their deputies shall be as follows E WYou solemnly swear that concerning the matter now fin question you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God" And the said registrars and their depu' dence and testimony of all persons to whom said nath or affirmation was administered; and any nerson who shall swear falsely before said regis trars or their deputies. shall be. deemed to be guilty of the crime of perjury, and punished with sFc' i9 It shall be the duty of the registrars to be at the ballot boxes in their respective voting districts in each of the elections for state, town and city officers, and the elections for presiden. tial electors in said town, held during the year for which they were elected, to hear and decide any questions pertaining to them under this act. and to keep list of the names and residences of all persons voting at their respective districts, and to check the names of all such persons so voting on said corrected registry list which said thereon, together with said record of names shall be certified by said registrars immediately on the closing of said ballot boxes, and deposited in the office of the town clerk in said town and be open to the inspection of any elector of said town and if any person whose name is not on the registry list shall vote, or attempt to vote, at any of the elections named in this act, on the name of any other person whose name is on said list, he shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars and be impris- oned one year in the county jail
 SEC. 20. If any ferson, otber than the regis trars, shall make any alterations by additions, erasures, or otherwise, in the lists prepared by said registrars, or if the officer presiding at any of said districts, at any of the elections named in ballot box at any of the districts aforesaid, at any of the elections aforesaid, shall allow any person to deposit his vote therein, whose name is not on the registry list of such district or shall refuse to allow any person to vote whose name is on such registry list of such district, he shall be punished by 8 fine of not less than fifty dol lars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by inn prisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or by such fine and imprisonment both
 SEC 2l The compensation of the registrars lectmen of said town of Bridgeport, and all ex- penses incurred by the registrars for printing lists of electors and all other necessary expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties having been first audited and approved by said selectmen, shall be paid by the treasurer of said town. s5-'"'
 SEC. 22 The board of selectmen and town clerk of said town shall meet at such convenient place to said town as they may appoint, on the Monday of the third week preceding the week on which the elections in this act mentioned are hal fnr fho nm nf linn ona cations to be admitted to the privileges of an elector, and hearing such appeals as may then be taken from said registrars as aforesaid, and on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the second week preceding the week of such election, and on said last mentioned day of such cleo tion, journ to the Tuesday preceding the week of such election which shall be it's last session, for the purpose only of hearing and deciding upon all appeals that may, up to the day for the compile tion of the corrected list as aforesaid, be taken to said board, and shall continue in session from nine o'clock in the forenoon till five in the after noon, and no longer, on each of said days and said board at their said last session shall not ad init any person to the privileges of an elector, except those who have taken an appeal as afore- are on the corrected list under the title ''to be made." And it shall be the duty of said regis trars, on the day after the last mentioned meet ing of said board, to attend at the office of said town clerk, and then and there finally correct said lists, together with said lists certified by them in said office, in accordance with the ac- tion of said board at their said last mentioned meeting --->------------
 SEC. 23. When any person exhibits to the said board at any of their said meetings, prior to of naturalization issued to him in due form by a court having jurisdiction, if said board is satis fled of the genuineness of such papers, and that they were issuedto the person presenting them %1A, cIn khAxn = ment thereon, with the date thereof, signed by the town clerk of said town, and if said appli.
 cant shall have the other legal qualifications for an elector, they shall admit him in due form
 SEC. "A. Whenever the town clerk of said town shall give 8 certificate to any person that he was to keep record of the name of said elector, the date when such certificate was granted, to whom given and the name of the town where such cer- tifcate is to be used.
 without just or reasonable cause refuse or neg. lect to discharge any of the duties herein pre- scr1bed, he shall on conviction, be punished by fine of three hundred dollars or if any officer named in this act shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this act or if the town clerk of said'town shall give false certificate to any person, such officer or town clerk shall be pun ished by a fine not less than three hundred dol lars nor more than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the common jail not less than uEcc uOuGLS uuu uOb eACeeuluS ulue mOQClS.
 SEC 26. The said registrars and deputy regis trars of the second and third districts aforesaid shall so separate their said lists required to be made by them under this act, that said lists re- spectiyely shall show the names of the electors of said town residing in said respective districts within the limits of said city, distinct and sepa- rate from the electors of said town in said dis tricts outside the limits of said city And any person whose name is not on the said list as an eector in such district within the limits of said city. who shall vote or attempt to vote for any ofcer of said city, and any presiding officers who shall, in either of said last mentioned districts allow any such person to vote for any city officer shall be punished by fine not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprison ment in the county jail not more than three months, or by such fine and imprisonment botb
 SEC. 27. It shall be the duty of either of the grand jurors of said town to prosecute any viola. tion of this act '-'-"
 SEC. 28 The next annual town and city meet. lngs for the choice of all town and city officers of said town and city of Bridgeport, provided bv section sixth of this act, including registrars of voters, shall be holden on the first Monday of October, A. D., 1865, all of which said officers then elected, shall hold their respective offices til others are elected in their stead, as provided bv section six of this act And the selectmen of said town shall on or before the first dav Tofi August, A. D., 1865, appoint two registrars of voters in each of said districts who shall he re. sident in the districts to which they are resnect. ly appointed; and said registrars SO to he an. pointed in each district shall be selected one from each ofthe two now existing political parties. And said registrars shall proceed to make reois, try lists and do and perform all the duties pro. vided for registrars of election in this act and said elections in this section provided shall pro