The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-02-13

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ship clerk on or before the first day
of July of each year.
Sec. 2. The Township Trustees
and Clerk shall constitute Board of
Registry for their respective towr-
ships, and shalimeet annually, at the
office Of the Township clerk, on the
first Monday in September, at 8 o.
clock, a. M, for the purpose Of ma.
king q list of all qualified electors in
their respective TOW nships This list
shall be called and known as the Reg
lister OF Elections.
Sec. 3. The register OF elections
shall contain the names in full, alpha
betically arranged according to their
urnames, SO as to show in one column
tho name at fulllength, and in anoth-
er column, in cities and incorporated
villages, theresidcnces by the NUM-
ber of dwelling if there be number
and the namo Of the street on either
location ofthe dwelling place Of each
person, This register shall be made
from the Assessors list and from the
poll-book of the previous general cleo
ton. Said register shall be kept by
the township clerk, who shall within
ten days after the adjournment of
the Board, cause a certified copy of
said register to be posted up in a con-
spicnous place in his Office, which
shall be ACCESSIBLE to any elector Of
the township who may desire to ex-
anime the same.
Sec. f. At their regular meeting
on the first Monday in October the
trustees shall revise, correct and com
plete the register of electors, and
they shall bear evidence that may be
brought before them in reference to
such correction. They shall be in
session for this purpose from ] o'clock
p. m, till 7 o'clock p. m, and until
they shall deem the register properly
completed
See. 5. The names of residents
shall be stricken from the register,
and any person may appear before
the Board and require his name to be
recorded by taking an oath that he is
a qualified elector in the township
and giving his place of residence.
See. 6. The register of elections
shall at all times Be open to inspec-
tion at the Office of the township
clerk, without charge:
Sect. The board Of registry may
appoint clerk, administer oaths, and
preserve order, the same asiudges of
election.
See. s. 1t shallbethe duty of judges
of election to designate one of their
number to check the name of every
person voting, whose name shall be
on the register. No vote shall be
received from any person whose
name does not appear upon the reg
lister, unless she person offering the
vote shall furnish the judges of elec-
tion his affidavit showing proper
reason for not appearing before said
board on the day for correcting said
register, and prove by the oath as a
resident elcctor of said township that
he. knows such person to be a resi-.
dent of such township, and if in a city
or Incorporated village, giving the
place of residence in the manner re-
quired to be entered on the regis
ter.
Sec. 3 The members of the Board
OF Registry shall raneive tho same
compensation as is allowed by law
for judges Of election for each day
actually employed in making, COM
pleting and footing said register
The necessary blanks and material
to carry out the provisions Of this
act shall be provided the same as 9TH
er election blanks and material.
Sec. 10. Any person who shall
cause his name to be registered in
more than one township at the same
time, or who shall cause his name to
be registered knowing that he is not
a qualified voter in the township
whore his name is registered, or who
shall falsely personate any registered
voter, and any person causing, aid
ing or abetting any person, in any
manner, in either Of said acts, shall
be punished for each and every off.
ense by Imprisonment in the State
prison for not less than one year.
All false swearing shall be deemed
willful perjury, and, on conviction,
punished as such.
Sec. IL, After the canvass of the
votes at each election, one of the poll
books and the register of elections
shall be attached together and kept
by the township clerk for the use of
the Board of the Registry at their
next annual meeting,
Sec. II. This law shah take effect
and be in force from and after its pub
hcation IN the State Register and Ma
tional Platform newspapers published
al Des Moines.