Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-21
'LANp HER A ID,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IA, 1867.
Repatriation of voIers.

40 tnH lASb ecsSlou VI tuC NCutldl AS
sa-nhly Of Vermont, law was passed
fos providing q check lisy of voters,
which may not be generally understood,
aud az the time has arrived when public
attention should be called to the inn
portauce of every freeman ascertaining
personally If he has been properly enroll.
ed by the board of clvilauthority prepar-
arorv 20 me annual town meetings on
the hrs. Tuesday in March, otherwise
,he5- vo., will be rejected, however long
thew may have been resident in the
tow
Tho ilw provides that on the petition
o. the legal voters of the town, not less
in number thon one.tenth OF the votes
CHS. r1r town representative AZ the last
annual rreemcn's meeting, the selectmen,
a. leas- thirty days be.orc any town or
reancn meeting, shall make an alpha
betical lis. Of the names Of all persons
.aclllv qualified to vote, for the several
officers 10 ba elected and on the compile
10. u. the check list, shall post the same
IN two or more public places, and file
COPY ia TIE Office Of the town clerk.
within zen days Of the meeting the
oo..3 u. civil authority shall hold
nes,ins -g some convenient place and
-.na.p In session reasonable time to
msas all alterations to be made IN the
lis. voters. At thai meetiu" they
ma insert upon the list lett with the
LOWE c.rg: ,hr uame Of every voter they
,an2l 3. be- omitted aud erase 'Ae Iame
q. every person not legally entities to
vote.
Tar SINE and place o. the meeting oI
-oa naard should be attached to the
cones o. tnc list posted, and the one on
r,e IN the own clerks Office. The list
IS subject 10 correction up to the nour
named in the warning for any town or
.reemen's meeting to cOuveLe, and no
alteration can be made after that time
excep. Of persons who AT that
LOWE @. lreemens meeting become
qualified to vote. No person whose
name Is not on the list, shall be
allowed to vote, and no person whose
name is on the list as corrected can be
rejected. II q resident Of the town on the
dav on which the election is to be held.
This, however does not prevent any per-
son not resident from voting for State
officers in any town in the State, Mem
Der o. Congress in the district or for
county officers, as now provided by law,
with the exception that he may be
required to make oath TO the place Of
residence, if required so to do by any
leagal voter present.
This list of voters, as corrected, shall
be IN the possession of the town clerk at
the town meeting, and the names of per-
sons voting shall be checked for each
vote cest in such manner as to indicate
fo- what officer he voted.
any person who procures the name OF
any person to be inserted upon the list,
knowing him to be not legal voter, or
erased from 1t knowing him to be legal
voter, is subject to a rne not exceeding
one hundred dollars.
As this is a new system migrated
upon the statutes Of our State and is a
matter OF great importance to ell legal
voters in the several towns, we have
thus taken the liberty of calling the at
tentlon OF the people to it, that they may
know their rights in the premises. 1t is
the dusy otcvery freeman to see to it
thai he is properly enrolled. Especially
80 IN p0pulous towns like Rutland,
where conflicting interests and views
are liable to arise as TO the policy of the
management Of town affairs. We are
aware objections may arise to tAis meth.
Cd because it is out OF the usual Gus
TOR OF conducting elections in Vermont,
bu5 on reflection and trial no citizen can
hut acknowledge its justice and that the
rights OF every legal voter are fully and
fairly protected. We trust that our
voters will at once learn If they are en-
rolled and not lose their votes, as ....v-
ters Of great interest may come up at
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