The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-12-07

II found satisfactory, may give his certif
1 cate to said applicant in due form of law
which certificate shall be valid for on,
year from date thereof in said town wher,
SAID applicant desires to teach.
Sec. =. This act shall take effect from
It's passage
2 Approved, Nov 2, 1866.
An act providing for a check list of vot
: erS.
1t Is hereby enacted, &c
Sec. |. On petition in writing. signed
: by the legal voters OF any town or city,
: In number not less than one-tenth of the
: votes cast for town representative at the
last annual freemen'S meeting in any city
or town in this state, the board of alder
men OF such city, or the selectmen of such
: town, at least thirty days before any an
nual city, town, or treemen's meeting.
shall make an alphabetical list of the
names OF all persons legally qualified to
: vote IN such city, town, or freemen's
: meeting for the several officers to be elect
ed at such meeting or meetings, and shall
immediately thereafter cause a copy or
copies thereof to be posted in two or
more public places in such city or town,
and a copy to be filed in the office of the
clerk thereof
Sec, =. The mayor and aldermen of
such city. and the board of civil authority
OF such town, shall hold meeting at
some convenient piece therein, within ten
days OF such annual city, town. or free
mems meeting, and shall be in session a
reasonable time TO hear and determine all
alterations to be made in such list of yot-
elS, and may examine upon oath all per-
SONS claiming the right to vote; and they
may require the production of the natu
ralzatlon papers OF all naturalizcd per-
sons claiming To bc naturalized citizens.
And ii shall be their duty to insert upon
sad list left i'll the city or town clerk
office as aforesaid, the name of every leoal
voter omitted, and erase therctrom the
name OF every person not legally entitled
, To vote. And notice of the time and place
of their meeting shall be given by said al
dcrmcn and selectmcn, by attaching such
notice to the copies of said lists by them
posted up, and lodge i'll the clerks office
IL aforesaid.
Sec. >. The list of voters left in said
city or town clerks office as provided in
the first section of this act, shall he cor
rected a> aforesaid at said meeting of said
mayor and aldermen and board of civil au
thorlty previous 10 the hour at which
sad city. town, OF trccmem'S meeting /,
called, and shall be taken and deemed
The corrected list of voters. and no altera-
ton shall thereafter br made thereon. ex-
ccpt /" add thereto the names of such
: persons ~ shall at such city. town. or
irecmcn'> meeting become qualified to vote
therein. And no person shall be allowed
10 vote 1T such meeting or meetings.
whose name l. rot upon SAID list a cor
rectcd, and The vote of no person whu-c
name Is said list shall be rejected. if a rcS-
ldent or lnhabltant of said city OF town
on the day on winch said election i held
Prov lded: that persons not residents of
such city or town, may vote toI state Off
GERS. members of congress. and county Off
GERS. II residents of said state, district or
county. a> now provided 10y law. upon
making oath. if required 10y any lcgal
voter III such Ihcctin", tha; he * lc"al
Voter Ill the town in which he resides.
when list of such voters shall be made
;lmd kept 10y the city or town clerks aiorc-
said.
Sec. 1, Said list of voters corrected
a. aforesaid. shall he returned TO the city
or town clerk aforesaid, who. or III hi,
absence one of the aldermen of such city
or Sclcctmcn of such town. shall have
present said corrected list. and shall check
thereon the names OF all persons voting at
such city, town, or lrecmcn'S meeting.
and whose names may he thereon, bv
making mark opposite such name for
each vote cast, III such manner us to indi-
cate for what officer or officers said Der
son voted, and no other check list of such
voters whose names ale on SAID list shall
be required to be made; and the said
check list shall be filed in said CITY or
town clerks office, and the original or a
copy thereof duly certified, shall he treat
ed i'll all courts in this state as Ieyal cyi-
dcnce OF the fact, that the person therein
referred to, and whose name is checked as
aforesaid, voted as indicated by said
check
Sec. ). If any person, shall, directly
or indirectly, procure Or cause to be pro-
cured the name ofany person to be insert
cd on SAID list OF voters, knowing such
person not TO be a legal voter in the city
or town for which said list is made. or
shall aid therein, he shall forfeit and paw
:; sum not exceeding one hundred dollars
to the use of such town.
Sec. e. If any person shall, directly
or Indirectly, procure OF cause to be pro-
cured, the name of any person to be erased
from said list, knowing him to be a LEGAL
voter in such city or town, or shall aid
therein, he shall be subject to the penalty
provided in the preceding section of this
act
Sec. :. If any person shall knowingly
falsely swear or affirm to any fact or
matter which may be subject of inquiry
under the second section of this act. he
shall be deemed guilty of perjury and pun
lshed accordingly.
Sec. s. This act shall take effect from
It's passage.
: Approved Nov. 10, 1866.