Litchfield enquirer., 1867-11-07
WHOLE NO. eoee.
PUBLIC ACTS.
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1867
CHAPTER xcIx. 'H| An Act dividing the town of Haddam into voting district.

district.
 Be t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened: Sec. 1. That the town of Haddam be divided into district the purpose of accommodating the elec- tors of said town in voting at the electors, meet ings therein to wit: the said town is divided into three districts as follows: that portion of said town comprising the territory on the westerly side of Connecticut River between the towsn of Chester and Kllhngworth, and direct line commencing at at the angle of the line betwenn Haddam and Kill Edgworth, and running to the Connecticut River crossing the Middletown turnpike road at 8 point six rodt easterly of the old house If James c. Wakley shall be and remain in the first district. So much of said town lying westerly of said first district: and bounded southerly and westerly by | the towns of Klingworth, Durham and Middle town, shall be and remain the second district So muchGof said town as hes the northeasterly side | of Connecticut river, and between said river and | the towns of Chatham and East Haddam, called | Haddam Neck, shall be and remain the third dis | trict. | Sec. g. The first registrars of said town of Had dam shall be elected the first Monday of October 1 next There shall also be chosen at said meeting
 and annually theseafter three electors of said town whose duty it shall be to preside whenever rquir-
 ed by thls act at the several places of voting in
 said district and who shall have all the power and perform all the duties within their respective dis trcts of presiding officers at electors meetings, oept as herein otherwise provided said electors
 hosen aforesaid to be residents of the district wherein they are respectively to preside. Sec. 3. The constabies or said town in | warning the said electors meetings herein pro- ] Tided for, shall in addition to the warning l now required by law give notice therein that ballot boxes will be opened in the several dis.
 lricts aforesaid for the reception of the votes of
 the electors of said town residing in said district, according to the provisions of this act.
 Sec. 1. At the annual electors meetings for state officers and other officers required by law, to be | voted for at such meetings and at the electors
 meetings for the election of electors of President | and Vice President of the United otates tho
 electors of said town shall give n their ballots for officers
 for atsuch meetings i'll the several districts where the electors respectively reside.
 Sec. D. The selectmen of said town shall provide suitable and convenient places for voting at such electors meetings i'll each of said districts, and
 Ill tho second district the place for voting shall be either in the second school district in the thir-
 teenth school district of said town, and shall give
 notice thereof at least week before the day of such meetings, and they shall provide the neces- sary ballot boxes for the purpose of receiving the
 votes of the electors n said several districts in the same manner as is now provided by law. Sec. G. Immediately after the ballot boxes are closed, the presiding officers in the second, and third, districts, shall with the aid of the registrars and such other persons as they may se-
 feet, proceed in their respective districts to sort
 and count the ballots which have been given in
 said districts and said presiding officers shall each make true certificate of all the ballots gwen for
 the respective officers in said districts and shall forthwith transmit such certificates together with the ballots received and the ballot boxes contain
 ing the same and the list of voters checked, to
 the presiding officer in the first dstrct and there upon the presiding officer in said district, after
 having ascertaned the result of the ballots in the whole town given in the several districts there l Of, shall declare the same in open meeting; and
 said presiding officer in the first district of said
 town, shall make out the list of votes given in said ! town, and make return thereof.in the manner now
 prescribed by law by presiding officers of electors l meetings. | Sec. 7. That at each annual town meeting held
 tor the choice of town officers in said town of Had ! of chOOSa 1 by general ticket two electors residing in each
 ting district of said town to be registrars of voters
 for the year ensuing for their respective districts,
 out no person shall vote for more than one of said
 registrars for each of said voting districts and the
 two persons having the highest number of votes
 for registrars ot each district, shall be declared
 elected. And said registrars shall, at least four teen days before tho day of holding any election
 for the choice of state and town officers for the
 choice o electors for president and vice president
 )f the United States, prepare & list as nearly per-
 feet as practicable, of the names of all the electors
 who are entitled to vote at the ensuing election in
 the districts for which said registrars respec- lively elected, which names shall be alphabetically arranged, and opposite the name of each person m said list the name of the district in which he tesides, shall be written and sad list shall be published by sad registrars in convenient form lud circulated bp them in their respectivs election
 district and said regirars shall in said written lists
 give notice of the time when and the places where they will hold at least two meetings within the
 twelve days following the publication of said lists l correction by addition, ensure alterations in
 said lists, and at least four days before the day of holding either of said elections, said registrars shall publish corrected lists of all those who already entitled to vote at either of said elections
 said registrars shall publish corrected lists of al
 those who are already entitled to become voters ct the ensuing election and who claim that their legal qualifications will mature subsequently, to the completion of said corrected lists, which last list
 shall be under the title to be made, and they
 shall give copy of either of said lists to any cleo fnT hn mo oT1cn cnn ncit a.kS
 1"d copy of the corrected list i'll the town clsrks off, ice.
 8. It shall be the duty of each registrar im- mediatey after the election, to appoint. deputy registrar whose name and appointment shall be de- posted with the town clerk where said registrar reside and shall be by said town clerk recorded on the town records at the end of the record of the town meeting at which said registrar elected, and in said deputy | registrar shall fer any cause be revoked or un- willing to perform the duties of his office, then the registrar shall remove said deputy registrar and appoint another in his place, which sald removal and new appointment shall be duly recorded on the town records by the town clerk. Sec g. It shall be the duty of the deputy regis
 rar to act in preparing the registry list in case of inability of the registrar to perfect the same and Tn case Of the resignation or death of the registrar then said deputy registrar shall become the regig- trar and shall lmmediately appoint another person to the office of deputy registrar, which said ap- pointment be duly recorded by the town clerk =. Sec; lo. The registrars and deputy registrars
 
 take the oath by law provided for executive officers and lodge certificate of the fact with the town
 Jerk, who shall keep the same on file in his of flee.
 Sec. Il. The registrars and their deputies shall
 have the right to administer oaths or afirmations
 whenever in the discharge of any of the duties of
 their office, they either of them shall deem it | necessary or proper to take the testimony of any
 person whatsoever regarding the right of any per son to vote to b7 made voter, The l form of the oath to be administered by the l registrars and their deputies shall be as fol- 1 lows: $ You solemnly swear that concerning the
 matter now in question you will tell the truth, the
 whole truth and nothing but the truth. so helpyou God" And the said registrars and their deputies
 shall keep record of the names and residence and
 testimony of all persons to whom said oath or af- 1 firmstion was administered, and any person who
 shall swear falsely before said registrars or their | deputies shall be deemed to be guilty of the
 crime of perjury and punished with the penalty 1 thereof
 l Sec 12 It shall be the duty of the registrars to 1 be at the ballot boxes i'll their respective voting districts in each of the elections for state officers presidential electors and town officers in said town held during the pear for which they were elected to hear and decide any question pertaining to them which may arise touching the right of any person to vote, who may offer to vote at either of said elections, and if any person whose name is not on To ok@o, ,,,>AL .