The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-07


to-day, we present the following synopsis of It's pro-
vsions:-
II is made the duty of the Board Of Registration,
which consists OF all the aldermen in commission in
the city, to meet the first Monday i'm June Of every
year ior organization. They are TO elect three can
NasserB OF every division Of ward in the clty ana
also, before the third Monday in September In every
year. TO appoint election officers for every division in
the CITY, The canvassers are to be chosen in such
manner that the poticaI party which has majority
IN the Board OF Aldermen shall secure two out OF the
three OF them II is provided that the Judge, one in
spect0r and one return inspector, shall belong TO the
party which had the majority in the division at the
preceding general election one inspector and one
return inspector shall belong to the party OF the
minority. The inspectors and the return inspectors
each appoint their own clerks Provision is also
made Tor revision Of the acts Of the Board OF
Aldermen IN the appointment of canvassers and
election Officers, on petition TO the Judges OF the
Court OF Common Pleas by five reputable house
holders and qualified electors Of any division, setting
forth the reason why such revision Is demanded;
ana in case the petition is sustained by the facts as
they appear, the Court is empowered TO appoint new
officers.
The law provides that the regular assessment shall
be made before the 1st day of June in each year.
The qualified electors are to be divided into three
classes. First. Private househoders.' Second.
private residents" who are defined to be qualified
electors residing actually at the time with private
hOusekeepersr Third. "HOtels taverns, and restau-
rants" under which head are to be classed the
names OF all qualified electors keeping hotels
taverns, sailor bOarding-houses, and restaurants, in
each division also all persons who are qualified cleo
tors boarding thereat. Two copies OF these lists
which are called "AssessoTs Division Transcripts
duly verified are to be deposited with the City
Commissioners on or before the 3Oth OF
June in each year, and one copy given to
the Receiver of Taxes. Ten printed copies of the
transcripts to be pasted up in each division on or
before the 2Oth OF August in each year, with notice
of the time Of making extra assessments. Extra
assessments are to be made at the times and places
fixed by the Board OF Aldermen. The assessors are
to sit for five days. from seven O'Clock in the morning
to five O'Clock p NJ. The extra assessments must
be made before the goth day of September in every
year. The person claiming the extra assess
ment must prove his right by his affidavit, set
ting forth his name, birthplace, occupation,
residence, citizenship of the State, and his residence
in the division. He may be called upOn Also at the
option OF the assessors, to prove his right by the
afdavit of two qualified electors of the division who
assessed private householders, declaring that
he is personally known to them, that he is bona
de resident Of the division, and that they verify be-
leve he will be qualified voter, and entitled to vote
at the next general election.
In the case OF an alien by birth, who claims to be
naturalized, he shall prove his right by the proper
documentary evidence, and his residence by two
qualified electors, as in the case of native citizen.
The assessors are to compel person making appli-
cation for extra assessment to make affidavit in
gard to his claims, and they shall assess him forth
with fifty cents for county tax. These papers he
must take to the Receiver of Taxes pay the tax and
get a receipt; and without such receipt he cannot
vote
The division canvassers are to meet on the tenth
day before the general election, and remain in ses-
sion from 10 O'Clock A. NJ. until O'Clock p. NJ They
have power to administer oaths, to issue subpmnas
to witnesses and to persons whose names are on the
assessment lists, and TO examine witnesses in re-
gard to the qualifications of persons claiming the
right to vote; and they can add the names of per-
their original canvassng list, nor upon the
extra assessments. These latter names are to
be placed upon what is to be called the extra Can
vassers' List" No person can be placed on this
extra list unless he produces receipt for the pay
ment of State or county tax within two years Of
the day appointed for the election and also gives
satisfactory evidence by his own oath atfirma-
ton, or by the oath or affirmation of qualified
elector, that he has paid sHch tax. No person who
claims to be registered in any division ON age can
receive that favor unless he makes oath or atirma-
ton that he does not intend to remove from the
division before election
Foreigners claiming to be naturalized citizens are
objected to the following ordeal:-
Section 35. Every person Of foreign birth claiming
right to be assessed. or to have his name regis
tered on the canvassers list SHALL in addition to the
proof OF residence, prove that he has been natural
lied cOnformaby to the laws of the United States,
and, evidence thereof, he shall produce Certih-
cate OF naturalization, under the seal of the Court in
which said naturalization took place, duly attested
by the signature of the PrOthonOtary or Clerk of
the said Court, in his own proper handwriting;
and shall prove, by the oath OF a qualified
eleCtOr OF the division, that he is the person
named in the said certificate, and the person TO
whom it was issued; and shall further answer upon
oath to the satisfaction of the assessors or can
yassers before whom the said certificate may be pro-
duced when and where he was born, and when and
where he obtained the said certificate, and from
whom and the said certificate shall not be evidence
that the person presenting 1t Is naturazed citizen
unless his answers be consistent with the facts GER
tfed and the proof of his identity be satisfactory
the canvassers; and upon such proof being made to
the satisfaction OF the canvassers but not otherwise,
they shall register the name OF the claimant on the
canvassers list and shall stamp on the said certh-
cate OF Naturalization the WORD 'Regstered," with
the number ana DIVISION OF the ward and the date
of the registry.
The next section gives the division canvassers full
power to nuliify the work OF the assessors and OF
themselves to strike from the list the names which
have been placed thereon. Eight days before the
election the division canvasSers may meet and eX-
anime the assessors transcripts, and they can strike
thererom the name OF every person whom they shall
decide is not entitled to vote in such division 1t ia
generously provided, however, that his name shall
not be thus erased in his absence except on the
testimony Of at least two reputable citizens" pri-
vate householders of the division, who shall testify
that such person Is not resident OF the division or
shall swear that he s otherwise disqualified by law
from voting at the said election.
The law further provides that the registry thus
made shall be the only evidence that the person
whose name is found thereon has resided in the
division for ten days preceding the election; but he
must besides producing his receipt for taxes prove
his identity. Persons Of foreign birth are to produce
their NATURALIZATION papers, ana are not to be allowed
to vote without them, unless in case of naturalized
citizen who has resided in the division ten years
Tax receipts and certificates of naturalization are TO
be stampted at election with the word "Yoted" the
date, and the ward and division
1t is also provided in the act that at all general
elections hereafter the names of all the candidates
which shall have upon the outer side the number Of
the ward and the division. The return judges are to
meet two days after the election.
The validity and meaning OF the sections concern
ing the registration of bOarders at hotels restau
rants and tayerns were recently brought before the
Court OF Common Pleas, by which tribunal it was
fully sustained and explained in a decision rem
dered on the 9th Of May
The Board of Aldermen and Registry
is made up of the following members seventy-three
in number:-
i-Samuel Lutz, i9~Charles Sinex
Jesse 5. Bonsall. William II. Haines,
2-Joseph c. Tittemary, William Neil.
Hugh Collins. I2O--francis Hood,
3-RiChald MCCloskey, Chalkley Kemble
Francis A. Dewitt. James l. Allison.
4-George Moore, l2l-Olverson Ramsdell,