Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-05-15
LAWS OF IOWA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
CHAPTER. III,

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CHAPTER. Ill. @a
AN ACT for the registry of electors
and to prevent fraudulent vot-
ing.
q SEC. 1. BE IL enacted by the Gen
erat assembly of the State Of Iomo,
That 1t shall be the duty of the town
ship assessors at every annual as
sessment to record in q separate book
of suitable size, to be provided by the
board of supervisors of the county,
the tull name and place of residence
of every resident voter I'm the town
ship who Is or who may become, a
qualified elector previous to the next
general election. Said list, properly
certified, shall be delivered to the
township clerk OH or before the first
day of July i'm each year, after the
year A. D., 1868. $3.50
SEC. 2. The township trustees and
clerk shall constitute board of reg
istry for their respective townships,
and shall meet after the year 1868,
annually, ut the Office of the town
ship clerk on the first Monday in
September, at 0 O'Clock, A. NJ, for
the purpose of making list of all
qualified electors i'm their respective
townships. This list shall be called
and known as the register Of cleo
tions.
SIC. 8. The register of elections
shall contain the names in full, al
phabetically arranged, according to
their surnames, SO Us to show In one
column the name at full length, and
in another column opposite, In cities
and Incorporated villages, the resi-
dence by number of dwelling, if there
be a number, and the name of the
street or other location OF the dwell
ing place of each pcrscn. The regis
ter shall be made from the assessors
list and from the poll books of the
next previous election. Said regis
ter shall be kept by the township
clerk, who shall, within two days
after the adjournment or the board,
cause certified copy of said register
to be posted up in a conspicuous
place In his Office, which shall be nc
cessible to any elector of the town
ship who may desire to examine the
same. ffia
SEC. 4. The board of registry shall
hold q meeting at the place where the
lust general election was held, or, IL
from any cause IL cannot he held at
such place, then at some place 10 be
designated by notice published in at
least one paper printed I'm thetown-
ship, or posted in at least three pub
lie places therein, on the Tuesday
preceding the general election ofeach
year, at which they shall revise, cor
rect and complete the register ofclec.
tions, and they shall hear any evil
denee that may be brought before
them In reference to such correction.
They shall be I'm session for this pur-
pose from 3 O'clock, A. NJ, until 5 p.
NJ, and from day to day thereafter
and until the shall deem the register
properly completed.
SEC. 5. In cases of corporation
elections, ii shall be the duty of the
clerk of the city or town. to prepare,
from the poll-books of the last pre-
ceding annual election of said corpor-
alton, an alphabetical register of the
electors as provided In section 3 OF
this act, and shall post up one copy
thereof in each ward at the place
where the last preceding election,
and furnish the original to the board
of registry at their next meeting.
The board of registry for said cities
and towns shall consist of the mayor,
assessor, clerk aud marshall, who
shall meet, for the purpose ofcorrect-
ing the registry, one week beforesuch
at the usual place Of meet
ing Of the city council or trustees,
and after having corrected the regis
try of voters i'm each ward, rs con-
tempiated in the general provisions
or this act, said board shall cause a
certified copy of said registry for each
ward In said town or city, 10 he de-
livefed to sile election board or such
ward Mt or before the time ofopening
the polls. After the canSsssing Of