New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-19
nONRAT VOTING.

Orr late Legislature passed an important u'iu
,rho,esome net "to ascertain by proper proofs
the citizens who shall be entitled to the Right
of Suffrage" which Gov. Fenton, alter
tal-inr time for careful scrutiny and conSidera-
ton. signed last Saturday This act affects
only the Registration and Elections in cities
and incorporated villages because the residents
in the rural districts are so widely known to
each other that Illegal Voting is there difficult
and infrequent. In cities and large villages,
however it is otherwise hundreds appearing at
their polls who are utterly unknown to the
challengers of the party opposed to them. With
regard to these, the new act provides
/. -Four Inspectors of Registry and of Elec-
tons and two Canvassers are TO be appointed
for each Election District in this City by the
Police Commissioners, and in Brooklyn by a
two-third vote of the Boards of Supervisors.
.. No poll is to be held in a rim-hole, or
place which has been used as such wi'hin 'Ho
preceding sixty days
3. Registration is to he made much rs at
present. save that there is to be perfectly ne'c
registration annually IN this City and Brooklyn
and that the Boards of Registry in every city
shall remain in session on the days OF regiS'ra'
ton from A. NJ. to9P.M. Adopted citizens
offering to register must show their Naturallza'
ton papers or show cause for not producing
them. A voter already registered Ill one
district must see that his name is stricken OIL oil
the rerister of that district before il can be en-
tered upon another. In voting, the name OF
each voter is to be checked on the register as he
votes.
4. Sec. expressly provdes+hat
"No ro,e aR be rec,ired NJ any annual election IN his
STATE unless ;be name Of the person oguirR 70 rofe DC
on he said rtgisy made and completed, as h@.a0J''e
groridCi, preceding tae eltciion.'
challenged and the oaths shall be put rs are now
prescribed by law. 7His section shan DC taken ana heI
erg judicial or oAr tribunal as mandatory dS hoi as
dirscfoy And any vote which shall be received by the
said inspectors election in conraYeiton oil ths sec
ton Shall be void and shall be rejected from the conut
in any legislative Judicial scrutiny into any result Oh
5. Sec. Ia comes down on fraudulent regis
tration as follows;
"Any person who shall cause his name to be regis,
cred in more than election district or who shall
cause his name TO be registered knowing that he Is not
qualified voter in the ward district where said reg
stry is made who shall falsely personae any regis
tered voter and any person causing any such aci OF
aiding or abettng any person. in any manner IN either
of said acts shall be punished for each and every or
Tense by imprisonment IN the State PRISON Tor Lol less
than one year. go ,.,...,
IAN false swearing before said Board Of Registration
| shall be deemed wiiul aud corrupt perjury. ana On
| convection punished as such. ,.r. -
IF any member officer of said Board shall williuiy
violate any OF the provisions OF this net or be guilty OF
any fraud in the execution Of the duties Of bis Office, he
shall be punished for each and every ofcnSe by I'M
prisonnent in tho State prison for not less than one
year.
6. With regard to Soldiers, sec. II proride'
that
"Nothing in this act tanned shall be held to apply
to any vote offered 10 be cast to any voter
under by virtue Of the provisions of any law enacted
to enable the qualified electors OF this state, absent
herefrom In the military service OF the United States
in the army navy thereof to vote
The Secretary of State is required to print
I sufficient copies of this act to supply every in
spector, canvasser and poll-clerk copy, and t
( transmit them to the County Clerks for dstri
button.
We entreat that the provisions Of thi
righteous act be everywhere studied and obeyed
IL will prevent vast amount Of illegal voting