The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-14
Registry Law of Indiana.

A 6iU to provide fo1. the Registry of
Voters and to Declare their Resi-
dence, and to punish fraudulent
practices touching Elections, and de-
timing the duties of certain Officers
therein named, and the form of the
Ballots, and providing Compensation
for the services of such officers.
Sec. 1. BE 1t enacted By the General
assembly of the State Of Indiana, That
no person shall be deemed to have ac-
quired a residence in any Township,
City or Ward so as to entitle him to
vote therein, until he shall have been
a bona fde inhabitant of such Town
n ship, City or Ward at least twenty
days before the day of election at
which such person shall offer to vote.
SEC. 2. The Board of Commissioners
5 of each county shall, Immediately af-
q ter the passage of this act, and annu-
ally at their December term thereaf-
ter, appoint two freeholders in each
township, who. with the Township
Trustee of such township, shall con-
stitute Board of Registry for said
township, and each City Council shall
appoint three freeholders in each
ward who shall constitute the
Board for the registry of the
votes of said city; Provided,
That in each township with more than
one place for voting there shall be ap
pointed three freeholders, besides the
Township Trustee; and the first NAM
ed in the order Of appointment shall
be, the Inspector of Elections in said
second place of voting, aud the one
next named, Clerk of elections in said
second place of voting, and the one
last named clerk in said
place of voting where the said trustee
is the inspector, and in a township
where there is but one place OF vo-
ting, two (2) other members of said
Board of Registry besides said trustee
shall be clerks of the elections; and
provided further, that in making said
appointments by said Board of Com
missioners, they shall choose persons
belonging to the different political
parties, so that each party may have
a representative on said Board, pro
vided, there are different political
parties in each township or ward; and
provided, that the appointment shall
be made from the political parties
casting the highest number of votes
in said township or ward.
The said Board of Registry
shall make the registry hereinafter
provided for said townships and cities,
and when thus appointed by the
board shall file with the Auditor of
the county the following oath: 81,
-, do solemnly swear that [ will
support the Constitution of the
United States, and of the State of In
diana; and / will faithfully discharge
the duties of the Office of Register Of
Elections for Township TO the
best of my ability" And for cities
a like oath shall be filed with the
City Clerk, substituting in said form
the name Of the ward and city in
place of the name of the township.
Said Board of Registry shall meet on
+ the first Monday of February and
August of each year, at nine o clock
A. M at the place in said
township where the largest num-
Der of votes were cast at
the last election, and organize them
selves as a 8 Board" for the purpose
of registering the names of the legal
voters of said township or city. The
Township Trustee shall be the Chair
man of said Board and the Board
shall then proceed to make a list of
all persons qualified and entitled to
vote at the next ensuing election in
SAID township or city: and said list
! when completed, shall constitute and
! be known as the Register of Election
of said district. And the said Board
shall have power to sit for two days
( in making said Register, and shall
have power to employ a clerk at a
compensation not exceeding three
dollars per2day, and shall have access
to the poll books of the preceding
ELECTIONS to aid them in making said
list. No person shall be appointed to
register said votes, (voters) who shall
not have resided in said township two
years, and who cannot read and speak
the English language 'understandingly,
Az Sec. 3. Said registers shall each
contain list Of persons SO qualified
and entitled to vote in said election
Eprecinct, alphabetically arranged, ac-
scording to their respective surnames,
SO as to show, in one column, the
names at full length, and in another
column, in cities, the residence, by
the number of the dwelling, if there
be number, and the name of the
street OF, other location ofthe dwelling
place of each person. 1t shall be the
duty of said Board to enter in said
lists the names of all persons, re-
siding in their election district,
whose name appears on the poll list
kept in said district at the last pre-
ceding election; in cities, the num-
Der of the dwelling and name of the
street or other location, if the same
shall be known to them, or can be
ascertained by such Board and for