Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-08-31


such member not appearing at eight CLOCK In
the morning of said day may be temporarily sup
piled by any qualified voter OF the precinct, 10
be appointed by the member or members inca IN
attendance the appontee TO act until tue arri-
val of the absent member whose place he sup
plies. The Board of Registration before the
opening of the polls, and the Board OF Judges VI
Elections afterwards, shall have power 10 ap-
point the necessary clerks, not exceeding two, to
aid them in the discharge of their duties "hich
clerks shall be by some member OF ire
Board faithfully to discharge their duties accord
ing to law. The Clerk of Elections shall be
Chairman of the Board of Judges OF Elections,
and shall have power to appoint Tor the uay il
qualified eector to BILL any vacancy occurring y
the Board by the absence OF any member aIter
the polls are opened And if the Clerk OF Elec-
tions be himself absent, his place may be tempo
rarIy supplied rs aforesaid by the other mem
ber members present. All persons appointed
to fill vacancies shall before entering upon their
duties take the proper oath Of office. ACT OF
March 81, 1866, S2.
l48 In order to provide more fully for filing
vacancies which may occur either In the Board
of Registration or the Board of Judges OF Elec-
tions by temporary disability or absence OF the
Clerk either of the judges of Elections, the
Board of Supervisors of each county, by an or
der to be duly entered on the records. shall ap-
point for each precinct therein, from among the
qualified electors of the election district, (and to
hold office for two years, unless sooner removed
or superseded by said Board, not less than three
nor more than five alternates, to be designated
in such appointment as first, second, third,
fourth, and fifth alternate, (according to the
number appointed,) y each to have and take pre-
cedence accordingly in filling any such vacancy
as aforesaid. At any stated meeting required
by law to be held by the Board of Registration,
and at the polls on election days, the place of
any member of the Board of Registration or
Board of Judges of Elections who shall be alb
sent may be filled by one of the said alternates,
each taking precedence, if more than one be
present and offer to in any vacancy, ac-
cording to the aforesaid number and precedence
designated in their appointment. The mode of
hling vacancies prescribed in the preceding sec
ton two, and that prescribed in the thirty ninth
section of the Registry Act, shall apply only to
such vacancies as may exist when there is no
alternat- present and conSenting to supply it.
Every alternate before officiating in place of IL
member Of the Board shall take the same oath of
office as is required of such member The pro-
visions of this section shall not he deemed to
modify or interfere with those of the fourteenth
section of the Registry Act about permanently
filing vacancies in the cases therein mentioned.
Act OF March 81, 1866, S3
SEC. 30. No person shall be allowed to vote
except ut the polls held in the election district
rolled on the poll list where he offers his vote in
such district, nor for local or representative Of
ictrS, unless he shall have had his residence for
thirty days next proceeding. within the terrific
rial limits prescribed for the election of such Of
h,ers. If any person enrolled on the poll list.
whose vote shall he objected to on the day OF
election by any qualified elector, shall be proved
to the satisfaction of the Board of Judges, either
by his own oath or by the oath of any o:her
qu ihcd elector and householder of the district,
or by other clear and competent evidence, not to
be lie I,lly qualified and entitled to be enrolled
said poll list, or if it be proved rs aforesaid
that he is enrolled on more than one poll list
when he offers his vote, or otherwise not legally
qualified to vote al such election his vote shall
be rejected. The Bo ,rd Of Judges and Board OF
Registration, and each member and officer there
of, shall cause to be carefully taken down and
preserved in the office of the Clerk of Elections
all the affdavts and a brief statement or record
of the substance of the oral testimony taken be-
fore them or either Of them, either in relation
to the right and qualification of any person to
vote, or to have his name enrolled on the poll
list.
l49. At all elections the polls shall be opened
at eight o clock in the morning, and shall con-
time open until sunset, at which time the Judges
shall close the polls proUided, that the Judges
of the Election may take IA recess of one hour
at any time they may think proper during the
day before three o'clock in the afternoon
Amendment, April 90 1851. 20, p. 1901
l4o. The Board of Judges, before they COM
mence receiving ballots, shall cause it to be pro-
claimed aloud at the place of voting that the
polls are opened. Act March %, 1850, S23
p. l0l.
I5l The voting shall be by ballot. The bal
lot shall be a paper ticket containing the names
of the persons .or whom the elector intends to
vote, and designating the Office to which each
person named is intended by him to be chosen
Act March %, 1850. s24.
l52. Whenever any person presents himself at
the polls and offers to vote at any Election au-
thorized by law, the Clerk of Electious or one
of the Judges shall pronounce his name in an
audible voice so that it may be distinctly heard
by the other Judges and the Clerks present, and
if his name be found enrolled on the poll list
and his vote be not rejected on objection made
and proofs taken for one or more of the causes
prescribed in section twenty of the Registry
Act shall receive his ballot, and in the presence
of the other Judges put the same, without being
opened or examined, into the ballot box. Act
March 81, 1866 al
l53 The Board of Judges of Elections, and
each officer and member thereof, shall have
power in the discharge of their or his functions
! to administer oaths and take and certify d,i-
Wits and to examine on oath any person touch
ing such right or qualifications of any other per-
iected who shall refuse to be sworn or to answer
any pertinent questions touching his own right
! and qualifications TO vote as aforesaid and any
person refusing to be sworn or to answer any
! pertinent questions affecting the right and quail
! fications OF any other person to vote when law
/ fully required by said Board of Judges, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor. Act March
IL, 1866, S5.]
| l5+ At every election, and at each precinct
the Board of Judges of Elections shall cause to
be kept, separately and distinct from the poll list
a list of all persons who shall have actually
voted at such election, which list shall be Sc,
down the name of all voters successively as soon
as they shall have been admitted to vote and
their ballots have been received, the names be-
! ing numbered with successive numbers placed
at the left hand, and placing in column direct
ly opposite and to the right of each name the
proper number prelixed to such name as it stand:
enrolled on the poll list. This list shall be
known as the q List of Voters" and shall be at
tached to the duplicate poll list with the tallie:
! and other papers constituting and known in law
as the " Election Returns" to be returned to the
County Clerk of the county in which the election
is held as now provided by law; PROVIDED, thai
ne State Board Of Registry shall have power tc