Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-12-07

i city, town or freemen's meetingf for the sew
eral Offices to be elected at such meeting
or meetings, and shall Immediately there
after, cause a copy or copies thereof to be
posted in two or more public places in such
city or town. and copy to be filed in the
office of the clerk thereof.
Sec. 2 The mayor and aldermen Of such
city, and the board of civil authority of
such town, shall hold a meeting at some
convenient place therein, within ten days
of such annual city, town and freeman's
meeting, and shall be in session reasona-
able time TO hear and determine all alter
atons TO be made in such list of voters,
and may examine upon oath all persons
claiming the right to vote; and they may
require the production Of the naturaliza-
tion of papers Of all naturalized persons
claiming to be naturalized citizens. And
it shall be their duty TO insert upon said
list left in the city or town clerks office as
aforesaid. the name of every legal voter
omitted, and erase therefrom 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 aldermen
and selectmen, by attaching such notice to
the copies Of said lists by them posted up,
and lodged in the clerks office as aforesaid.
Sec. g. The list of voters left in said
city or town clerks Office as provided in
tie first section of this act, shall be cor
rtcted as aforesaid at said meeting of said
mayor and aldermen and board of civil
authority previous TO the hour at which
said city. town, or freemen's meeting is
| called, and shall be taken and deemed the
corrected list of voters, and no alteration
shall thereafter be made thereon, except
to add thereto the names of such persons
as shall at such city, town or freeman's
meeting become qualified to vote therein.
And no person shall be allowed TO vote at
such meeting or meetings, whose name is
not upon said list as corrected, and the
vote of no person whose name is upon
said list shall be rejected, if resident or
inhabitant of said city or town on the day
on which said election is held. Provided,
that persons not residents of such city or
town, may vote for State officers, members
of Congress, and for county officers, if
residents of said State, district or county.
as now provided by law, upon making oath
if required by any legal voter in such
meeting, that he is legal voter in the
town in which he resides, when a list of such
voters shall he made and KEEP. by the city
or town clerks aforesaid.
! Sec. A. Said list of voters corrected as
| aforesaid, shall be returned TO the city or
town clerk aforesaid, who, or in his absence
one of the aldermen of such city or select
men Of such town, shall have present said
corrected list, and shall check thereon the
names of all persons voting at such city,
| town, or f eemen's meeting, and whose
names may be thereon, by making mark
opposite such name for tach vote cast in
such manner as 10 indicate for what officer
or officers said person voted and no other
check list of such voters whose names are
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 copy thereof duly certified, shall be
treated in all courts in this State as legal
evidence of the fact, that the person there
inreferred TO, and whose name is checked as
aforesaid, voted as indicated by said check.
Sec. 5. If any person, shall, directly or
the name of any person to be inserted on
said list of voters, knowing such person
not to be legal voter in the city or town
for which said list is made, or shall aid
therein, he shall forfeit and pay sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars to the use of
such town.
Sec. 6. If any person shall, directly
or indirectly, procure or cause to be pro-
cured, the name of any person to be erased
from said list, knowing him to be 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 Z. IF any person shall knowingly
falsely swear or affirm 10 any fact or mat
ter which may be the subject of inquiry
under the second section of This act, he
shall be deemed guilty of perjury and pun
ished accordingly.
Sec 8. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov. 10, 1866.