Litchfield enquirer., 1868-09-17

charge of the box in which such candidate IS to be voted for, or take part in the count ot the votes of such box, and any violation of this section by any candidate for office to render the vote cast for him void.
 Sec. 12. All meetings of selectmen anC town clerks in this state for the admission of electors and all puhlic meetings of reg lstrars, shall be held between the hours ot eight o'clock in the forenoon and and five o'clock in the afternoon.
 Sec. lo. The selectmen and town clerk o every town In this state shall hold session for the pur pose of examining the uualifica tlons of electors and admitting to the cleo tors oath those who shall be found quail fled, on Monday of the second week before any electors meetings from nine o'clock ir the afternoon, and they may publicly ad journ said meeting from time to time. i necessary, until Saturday of said week; anG unless all on the first list as 'sto be made shall have been admitted or rejected by them, they shall be in session on said Sat- urday, for said purpose, from nine o'clock III the forenoon until five o'clock in the af- ternoon, and not at any time after the hour of five o'clock on said Saturday, except, that Ii 1t appears that the rights of any person on the first list under the title '''~ be made will mature after said Satui
 on or before the day of said electors n.o.,. Ing, they shall meet on the day Of said meeting, from nine o'clock in the forenoon tlll twelve 0 clock noon, If necessary, and not afterwards, for the purpose of admltting g such persons and for no other purpose They shall give public notice of the times and places of such meetings on Monday, Saturday and the day of election, by pub llcatlon Ill newspaper in said town or by ! 0OSf1nU ba cio ! town at least three days before such meet ! ing.
 Sec. 14. Said board shall not admit any person to examination or to the electors oath unless he shall have been registered on the first list; as required by this act, un- der the title 'to be made." Every person who shall present himself before any board for the admission of electors, to bo admit ted to the electors oath shall first be sworn to tell the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, touching his right to be made voter; and he shall under such oath, state now long he has continuously resided Tn this state and in such town, and he shall state whether he is an alien or na- tive born, and when he became twenty one 1 years of age: and before his admission he shall read at least one line of the constitu- tion or statutes of this State, in such man ner as to show that he is not prompted and IS not prompted and is not reciting it from memory, except that those who shall prove to said board that they were admitted elec- tors of this State before October, 1865, shall not be required to read If the applicant requires naturalization paper, he shall present such paper to said board and state under oath, that he is the identical person to whom the same was issued. Such pa | hnf 1>.>1I other qu,vas ssstlons of the candidate, shall be endorsed with the word approved" OF ''dls approved" as the case may be, and with the date of ofappl1cation and the signa- ture of the clerk of said board. Upon the request of any elector of such town they shall require the applicant to prove his identity or requisite age and residence, by the testimony of at least one elector, under i oath. Those admitted on the day of cleo tlon shall deliver to the registrars a certi- ! ficate of such admission before voting
 Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the sever al registrars to be present during the talk ing of any vote in their town or district. They shall employ one of their deputies or some other meet person to check the list of voters. No vote shall be received until the name of the person is found and checked on said list Immediately after the vote they shall certify to the list so used and checked, stating the number of names thereon checked and the number not checked, and they shall deposit the same Tn the office of the town clerk on or before the following day, and said list with the marks on it, shall be carefully preserved by said town clerk, without alteration, and open to the inspection of any elector
 Sec. 16 The compensation of the regis trars deputy registrars and inspectors shall be fixed by the selectmen of the several towns, but in no case shall such compen- sation be computed upon or reg ulated by the number of names reg istered; and all expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties shall be al- dited and approved by the selectmen and paid by the treasurers of the respective towns
 Sec. IT. Any member of a board of se- lectmen and town clerk, and any regis trar, may administer any oath required by this act or the act to which this act is in addition. touching any matter brought be- fore them, and the moderator of any poll may admister the oaths required in cases of challenge. Any person wiilfully testify ing falsely under such oath shall, on con- viction thereof be punished as is provided by law in care of perjury. Any person who shall fraudulently procure or assist in pro- curing himself or any other person to be registered as provided in this act shall, on conviction thereof, for each offence, h0 punished by fine not exceeding one r
 dred dollars or by imprisonment in com mon jail not exceeding thirty days, or by such fine and imprisonment both.
 Sec. IS. If any person shall, without just and reasonable cause, neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties required of him by this act or by the provisions of the act to which this act is in addition; or if he shall be guilty of fraud in performing such duties; or if any person shall make any al- iteration by addition, erasure, or otherwise, in the lists herein provided, except as pro- vided in this act; or if any person in charge of ballot box shall neglect or refuse to receive and deposit such box any vote du- ly offered; or shall receive and deposit, or suffer the voter to deposit any vote not du- ly offered, he shall for each and ever offence he punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dallars, or by imprisonment in 8 common jail not exceeding three months or by such fine and imprisonment both.
 Sec 19. The provisions of the eighth sec- tion of an act in addition to an act relat- ing to electors and elections, approved Jnne 3Oth, 1866, are hereby extended to