Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-11-28

Approved Nov. 2, 1866.

passage.
Approved Nov. 2, 1866.
An Ac- providing tor a cn7ck list OF voters
>. h-r-hY s,.ncisd, f.
Sec. L. y petition IN writing, lined by the
legal voters OF any town or city, IN number noI
less than one-LenLu OF the vot5s cast Tor town
representative At the last annual tree men :
meetIu- IL any CITY or Town IN TINS State, the
BOARD of aldermen oi sucn cIty, the e,ec,-
men of such town, at least thirty days b=ioTe
any annual cuy, town, treemen's meeting,
shall mike aa Alphabetical list oi The names OF
all persons egaliy quahned 10 vo.e III sucn
city, town or treemens' meeting for the several
otflces to be elected u suc1 meeung OF meet
logs, ami shall i'm ned!atrly thereafter, cause a
copy or copies in=reot TO oe posted ia two or
more pubic places IN sucn c,ty or tJwn, and a.
copy To be fled In tie office OF the cierk there
OF.
Sec. 2. The mayor and aldermen Ct such
city, and the board OF civil aItHOrty of sucn
| towl, shall mold meeting al some cOnvenIen [
| D ace Inslein within ten days OF such annual
city, town and freemen's meeting, and shall De
| 10 session a reasonable TINS TO and de-
| termlne all sltera ions TO be m.de IN sIca list
| of voters, and IN y exlmne upJI oath al pS.-
J sons Claiming tns rIg1t to yo.e; and they may
| require the production OF the naturalization
| papers OF all naturazed persons Gaining tc
| ue u.turalizsd citizens. Aud 1t shall De their
duty 10 insert upon said list left in the city or
| town Clerks otics aforesaid, the name OF
| every legal voter omitted, aad erase thsreIrom
the name OF every person not legally entitled
| 10 vote. Aad notice of the lIme ana place o
their meeting shall be gwen by said aldermsn 4
and seectmen, by attaching sucn notice to the
copies of said lists by them posted up, and
| lodged IN the clerks office a. atoresaid
Sec. . The list OF voters left In said city
or town clerks office as provided IN the hrs
section OF this act, shall be corrected as afore-
| s.id at said meeting of said mayor and alder
| men and board OF civil authority previous to
the hour at winch said city, town, or ireemcn's
! meeting is called, aad snail be taken and
| d,emed the correctel list OF v)ters, and NJ 3.
| teratIon shall thereafter oe mti- thereon, ex-
cept TO add thereto the names of such person
as shall at such city, town or freem ms m eetin,
become QuilIneI TO vote therein And Nc
pe, son shall be allowed To vtte at such meet
ing or meetings, whose name is not upon saI(
list as corrected, AMI the vote OF 40 person
whose name is upon said list shall be rejected
If a resident or inhabiiaDt of said city town
| on the day on when SAID election Is he'd
| Provided that persous not residents OF sucn
CITY or town, may vote tor state officers, mem
bers of Congress, aud tor county ofhcers, L
| residents or said State, district or county, q
now provided by law, upon making oath,
required by any legal voter IN such meeting
| that he is a legal voter in the town In which b
| resides, when q list of sucn voters shall b'
made and kept by the city or town clerks afore
| said.
Sec. f. Said list of voters corrected a
aforesaid shall be returned TO the city or tow
. | clerk aforesaid, who, or IN his absence one o
| the aldermen of such city or seiectmen OF sue
town, shall have resent said correc ed list, ant
shall cheek thereon the names OF Ii person
voting at sucn city, town, or ireemens meeting
ami whose names may be thereon, oy making
mark opposite such name tor each vo.e cast
in such manner as to indicate for what officer g
, | officers said person voted, and no other Chec
list OF such voters whose names are on sad lis
shall be required to BE- made; aud the said chec
! st shall be hled IN said City or town clerks
} Office, und the original or copy ther eof dul
certified shall be treated Ia all courts IN TIL
J State as legal evidence of the fact, that tn
= person therein referred to. and whose nam
:, Is checked as aforesaid. voted as Indicated b
: said check.
Sec. 8. II any person, sh all, directly OF il
= directly, procure or cause 10 be procured 10
y name of any person to be inserted on said iis
of voters, knowing such person not 20 be a l.
:. gal voier in the city or towD for which said Ii
y is made, or shall aid therein. he shall forte
y and psy q sum not exceeding one hundred do
lars to the use of such town.
'e| Sec &. If any person shall, directly or ind
- reotiy, procure or cause to be procured, It
y, name of any person to be erased from said lis
y knowing him 10 be legal voter in such cl
or town, or shall aid therein, he shall be su
50 50 iect to the penalty provided in the prscedin
~ = section Of this act.
Sec. I. If any person shall knoWingly tai: