The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-07-18
PUBLISHED AND EDITED By
HENRY NJ. WHITNEY.

who may not have been previously registered by
the Assessor or Collector the assessment regis
ter, as provided in sections 3 and Of this Act
and who may claim right 10 vote and also for
the purpose OF correcting, when necessary, the al
phabeticl lists of voters provided for in section
OF this Act. Notice Of the time and place of hold
ing such sessions, respectively, shall be given by
the Inspectors of Election upon the alphabetical
lists posted, provided in section of this Act :;
and at such sessions any one offering testimony
against the right Of any person To- vote. whose
name may appear on the aforesaid alphabetical
lsts, shall be reasonably heard and If the Inspec-
tors aforesaid shall be satisfied, such hearing,
that the name Of such person should not have
been placed ON the register, they shall ut once
ernsc the tlerefrom.
SEC. y. Any Assessor or Collector who shall
fail neglect to make such register as in section
and OF this Act provided, shall forfeit and pay
dollars and every Assessor or Collector who shall
make any false entry In respect TO any point Of the
said register, shall forfeit and pay for every such
false entry the sum Of 10 dollars
SEC. o. Every Collector who shall fail or neg
eet TO return To the Inspectors Of Election OF his
district an accurate list, provided in section
Of this Act, OF all the persons in the district who
may have paid their taxes within the time pre-
scribed by law, and whose names may appear
upon the A-ss--or's assessment register, shall for
felt and pay for every such failure neglect tile
sum Of 100 dollars.
SEC. 10. For the purposes Of elections, every
Tax Collector shall be supplied by the Minister OF
Finance with form Of blank tax receipt, similar
% those now IN use, or any which may be hereaf-
ter IN use, but which shall bear conspicuously
upon u IN printed letters, the words" qualified to
vote .; and IL shall be the duty OF every Tax Col
lector, upon receiving the payment Of the taxes
due from any person in other respects entitled to
the franchise, under the provisions Of section Of
this Act, To ell out and deliver to every such per-
son one OF the tax receipts 50 impressed.
SEC. H. Ii at any meeting of the Inspectors
OF Election for the qualification of voters as pro-
vided in Section or this Act, it shall be shown
that any person whose name may have been omit
ted from the list returned by the Tax Collector
to the Inspector OF Election, rs provided i'm Sec
ton OF this Act, Possesses the requisite and le
gal qualifications of voter, and shall have re-
quested the Inspectors of Election to insert his
name on the list Of voters returned to them by
the Tax Collector, provided in Section ) of this
Act, the Inspectors Of Election shall require the
Tax Collector to fill out and deliver to the person
qualified by the INSPECTORS n tax receipt of the
description required to be used for electors, rs
provided in Section 10 of this Act the person so
qualified being required to return to the Tax Col
lectOr To be cancelled the tax receipt of the ordi-
nary form first issued to him in exchange for the
one TO be given To him, bearing the impress Of
the words - Qualified to vote
SEc.,l2. The Inspectors of Election I'm case they
shall have duly entered the alphabetical list of
voters, provided for in Section of this Act, the
names of all persons who may have been returned
to them by the Collectors aforesaid as provided
in Section of this Act shall not be held answer
able or responsible for any omission in said list
SEC. IL. The Inspectors of the Election afore-
said SHALL upon the day of Election for Represent
atives, receive the votes Of all persons whose
names may be borne the list Of voters, and
who shall produce to the Inspectors of Election,
ut the polls, on such Election day, 4 tax receipt
bearing upon it in printed letters, the words
qualified to vote" which tax receipt the In
spectOrs shall return to- the owner thereof after
having received his vote and recorded his name
on the list of persons who shall have voted and
in each and every it shall be the duty of the
Inspectors Of Election aforesaid, To cancel or de-
face the words qualified to vote,' before return
ing to any voter his tax receipt SO impressed and
the said Inspectors OF Election shall not be held
answerable OF responsible for refusing the of
any person whose name may not be borne upon
the list os voters, and who does not produce to
the Inspectors Of Election, tax receipt properly
filed and signed by the Tax Collector, upon which
shall be impressed in printed letters the words
- qualified To vote
Sac. II. If any person shall give false name,
any false answer. To the Inspectors of Election
aforesaid, when in session, as provided in Section
of this Act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum Of
fifteen dollars for each Ofcnse.
SEC. 10. For the purpose Of this Act, the term
- infamous crime, expressed in Section , Of
this Act, shall be construed To include murder,
in either degree, sodOmy, arson, perjury, forgery
subornation of perjury, theft, bribery, embezzle-
ment, or other high crime or misdemeanOr, for
which the pardon of the King is necessary To res-
tOrc n subject to his civil rights.
SEC. 10. Any person who shall have been con-
victed Of an infamous crime, AMI who shall have
been pardOned by the King, and shall, by the
terms OF his pardon have been restored to all the
rights of subject, shall before being qualified to
vote, be required to produce to the Assessor, the
Collector, the Inspectors of Election, as the case
may be, n certificate OF such pardon, or duly
certified copy thereof.
SEC. Il. In all cases where n difference of
opinion may arise between the Inspectors Ct Elec-
ton, upon any subject connected with their du-
ties as Inspectors OF Election, the ruling Of ma
jority Of them shall be considered binding and
conclusive.
SEC. Is. Each and every member of any Board
Of Inspectors of Election, required by law to hold
and preside at election for Representative or
Representatives to the legislative Assembly of
the Kingdom, who shall refuse fail To open the
poll at such election at the hour Of eight O'Clock
in the morning Of the day fixed for such election,
or who shall participate in, or he accessory to,
such refusal or failure; who shall close the poll
at any such election before O'Clock in the after
noon of such election day, who shall participate
in, or be accessory To, such closing of such poll,
shall forfeit and pay for every such Ofiense fine
not to exceed $500, 20 be recovered by the At
tOrney General, order To that effect from the
Legislative Assembly next following such election
ana all other penalties PROVIDED Tor IN TINS ACT
shall be recoverable before the several Police or
District Justices of the several districts where the
ofense may have been committed and all persons
informing OF any violation of this law, cognzable
before Police District Justice, shall be entitled
to Onequarter of the amount of the fine recovered
from the convicted offender.
SEC 10. All laws and parts Of laws in contra
rlety To the provisions of this Act shall be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 20. This Act shall take effect and become
a law from and after the date of it's passage.
Approved this 24th day of June, 1868.
KAMEHAMEHA Il.
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