Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-10-31

the Board of Judges of Elections to be at the
place where the polls of his precinct are TO pe
opened from eight O'clock in the morning until
sunset on the day when any election Is 70 oe
held by authority of law; and the place OIL any
such member not appearing at eight CLOCK III
the morning of said day may be temporarily sup
piled by any qualified voter OF the precinct =.
be appointed by the member or members tneh ia
attendance the appontee to act until the arri-
val of the absent member whose place he sup
niles. The Board of Registration before the
oneninr of the polls, and the Board of Judges OF
Elections afterwards, shall have power to ap-
noint the necessary clerks, not exceeding two, to
aid them in the discharge of their duties which
clerks shall be sworn by some member of the
Board faithfully to discharge their duties accord
inc to law. The Clerk of Elections shall be
chairman of the Board of Judges of Elections,
and shall have power to appoint for the day a
Qualified elector to fill any vacancy occurring in
the Board by the absence of any member after
the polls are opened And if the Clerk of Elec-
lions be himself absent, his place may be tempo
rarily supplied as aforesaid by the other mem
her or 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, z2.]
l4S In order to provide more fully for filling
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 or 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 land 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or superseded by said Board not less than three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 each to have and take pre-
cd pc1v in
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 abb
sent may be filed by of the said alternates,
each taking precedence, if more than one be
present and offer to serve in any vacancy, ac-
cording to the aforesaid number and precedence
designated in their appointment. The mode of
filling 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
alternate present and consenting to supply it..
Every alternate before officiating in place of a
member of the Board shall take thesame oath of
Office as is required of such member The pro-
visions of this section shall not be deemed to
modify or interfere with those of the fourteenth
section of the Registry Act about permanently
| filling vacancies in the cases therein mentioned.
| TACT of March 81, 1866, %.
Sec. 20. No person shall be allowed to vote
except at the polls held in the election district
| where he resides nor unless his name Is en-
rolled on the poll list where he offers his vote in
such district, nor for local or representative Of
fcers, unless he shall have had his residence for
thirty days next preceding within the terrific
rial limits prescribed for the election of such of
fcers, If any person enrolled on the poll list,
whose vote shall be 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 other
qualified elector and householder of the district,
or by other clear and competent evidence, not to
| be legally qualified and entitled to be enrolled
on said poll list, or if it be proved as aforesaid
that he is enrolled than poll list
when he offers his vote, otherwise not legally
qualified to vote at such election, his vote shall
be rejected The Board 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 affdayits and 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-
tinue open until sunset, at which time the Judges
shall close the polls pro0ided, that the Judges
of the Election may take recess of one hour
at any time they may think proper during the
day before three o'clock in the afternoon
Amendment, April 26, 1851. 20, p. 1901
l40. 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 90, 1850, S23,
p. l0l.]
l5l. The voting shall be by ballot The bal
l1ot hall h.,
of the persons aor 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, S24.1
l52. W heneYer any person presents himself at
the polls and offers to vote at any Election au-
| thorzed by law, the Clerk of Elections 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 more of the causes
prescribed in section twenty nine 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. fact
March 81 1866, a..
1873. The Board of Judges of Elections, and
each officer and member thereof, shall have
power in the discharge of their or his functions,
Wits, and to examine on oath any person touch
ing such right or qualifications of any other per-
son and the vote of every person shall be
lected 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
hcations of any other person to vote, when law
fully required by said Board of Judges shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Act March
81, 1866, s5.]
1874. At every election, and at each precinct,
the Board of Judges of Elections shall cause to
kept separately and distinct from the poll list,
list of all persons who shall have ACTUALLY
voted at such election, which list shall he set
DOWN, the name of all voters successfully as soon
as they shall have been admitted to vote and
!helr ballots have been received, the names he
ing numbered It. with successive numbers placed
at the left hand, and placing in column direct
~ opposite and to the right of each name tho
proper number prefxed to such name as it stands
enrolled on the poll list. This list shall he
known as the List of Voters" and shall he at
taehed to the duplicate poll list with the TALES
and other papers constituting and known in law
as the u Election Returns To he ra+,r,oa a. =,