The New York herald., 1870-05-16

Thursday preceding the ensuing election the
said registers shall eg meet mo a. sours e s,oresad &
Al sucn meeting II shall be the rght ol any eector
OF the district to examine SAID registry, ana 70 re-
quire that the registry shall, and 10 shal pe their
duly to- place the words ''to be challenger oppo-
site the name OF any person on the list wnoin ne
shall declare not to be- in his opinion, qualneu
voter And upon the person opposite whose mo mans
THESE words are placed Offering ms voe .hu geno,"
oah as TO qualifications shall be adainissrea' S AM
II ne shall refuse take the oath aforesald ne shall
not b6 permitted TO VOTE
SEC. 10. AT every election for ward. district, city
county, State, judicial officers, each political party
snail nave the right Of challenge at eacn pace 0i
Young, who shall be assigned such position as wi
and who shall be protected in the discharge OF his
duty by the police.
SEC. II. An Inspector OF election or register who
shall Violate any Of the provisions cf section nine
shall be deemed guilty OF felony, ana. upon convc-
ton, shall be punished by Imprisonment In the state
Prison for period not less than one nor more than
fve years and shall be forever Thereafter disqualified
from holding any Office OF honor or emolument In this
state And any person convicted Of improperly In
terferlnH With any challenge, any person desig.
mated as above provided to scrutnlze the canvass,
shall be deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction, shall be punished by Imprisonment, not
less than Six months nor more than one year.
on Sso and A. no sa S e o " o eiec
each days service al the election, which compensa.
ton shall be paid by the Comptroiler on The voucher
for the service; but no payment shall be made 10 any
inspector OF election or poll clerk who shall not have
taken and subscribed The oath or affirmation
CURED hy law. And the acting OF any Inspector OF
election or pol clerk without having taken and sub
scribed the oath or affirmation required by law,
shall be deemed 10 be and pe punished Us msde.
melnOT.
SEC l3. II shall be the duty OF the several boards
OF inspectors or election To fully complete the est
maze OF the votes IN eacn box, in the order described
by this act, and TO make proclamation OF the result
and To complete the returns and certlcaies OF the
votes or the said box, IN the manner prescribed by
this act, before proceeding TO the estimate and can
OF the box boxes 10 be next thereafter
vassed. At the complexion or the canvass OF each
box the Chairman oil the Board OF Inspectors OF
whole number OF votes in such box, and " the Whole
number given for each person with the name OF the
Office 10 which such person was namei on the
ballots. IL Inspector OF election shall decline TO
sign any return, he shall state his reasons therefor
IN writing, and copy of such stitement signed by
hIm, shall De enclosed and fled witn each return
The due public announcement by The inspectors OF
election of district oil any result snail b. Yriftd
tdcie evidence OF the fact thereof
SEC IA. The Board OF Supervisors OF the County
of New York is directed TO establish Bureau OF
Elections In connection WI Tie office OF their clerk,
and 10 Ak the salaries OF chief ana clerical
OF said bureau, when salaries shall be paid as other
| county salaries paid. The cnoi OF said bureau
! shall be appointed 10y the Mayor o the city oi New
YORK, and shall hold his Office Tor five years. He
shall appoint tine cerca force necessary for the busl-
! ness OF tle bureau, OF SUCH number as ma} be de-
teraiined by the Board OF supervisors. lie shall pre-
pare all the necessary forms blanks ana instructions
for the Of the Boards OF Inspectors 0. Election,
| aud also Of the Board OF County Canvassers: have
charge of the fitting up OF polling places, provide FOR
| furnishing said Board with all supplies Tor all eicc
tions, and nave the custody OF the ballot boxes be-
longing 10 said city and county, and see that the same
|
\ polls on the morning Of election. On the organi
zaion of the Bureau OF Elections, AS provided for
in this section all the records fled in the Bureau OF
Elections heretofore established shall he transferred
| 10 the custody OF the newly organized bureau ana
| filed therein; ands on such organization the Bureau
OF Elections heretofore established by authority OF
OF the act, chapter 5l2 OF the laws OF lsG5.
entitled "An act aneldatory OF anu supplementary
to chapter 7i0 OF the laws of 1858 entitled An act
ascertain by proper proofs the citizens VINO shall be
entitled to the right OF suffrage. passed May l3 1861
shall be abolished, ana section OF the act chapter
Opffh ha In WA nc
SEC. l5 There shall be furnished to said Bureau OF
Elections, by the Boards OF INSPECTORS OF Election
copy OF the returns OF elections, which shall be
| filed therein and which may be used TO canvass
from by the Board OF County Canyassers, In case
either OF The other returns Is lost. II shall also be
the duty Of the chief of sad bureau 10 make provi-
sion for the Keeping OF tally check OF the votes re
corded at any county canvass. c,..,a,
Of the city OF New York or before the lst day o
September in the year 1870, and IN each year there
after to redstrct the city that each election dis
trict shall, near may be, contain not more thar
four hundred electors, taking the vote OF the pre-
| cedng election as basis II the Common Counci
snail any year, negectso to redistrict the city, til
Mayor shall on or before the 10th day OF September
| by proclamation. establish the boundaries OF tn
| election districts as above prescribed.
SEC. IL. The Common Council shall not chang
the boundaries of any election district after the Is
day OF september in any year, ana snail desilynat
the places in the several election districts where tn
polls OF election are TO be held after the 10th day o
September, and before the hrst Monday IL OctoDe
In ea,h year; but no poll shall be held at any pac
where liquor Is sold.
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lighting cleaning and sale keeping OF polling places
OF furnishing, repairing and caItng ballot boxes
and OF all supplies FOR all elections sha.l be county
charge ana shall be PAID by the Comptroller upoI
proper vouchers IN the same manner as the compen
sation Of inspectors OF election and poll clerks 4
paid. The Board OF SUPERVISORS Of the county o
| New York shah yearly levy upon the estates, rea
ana personal, OF the said city and county, th'
Of the elections which may be held In said city
county during the year.
SEC. 10. Allnspectors OF election and poll clerks
| sUc
| herein provided for shall be elected or appointed
shall be appointed a. now provided by law.
SEC 20. This act shall he deemed port on OF tn
Electoral law oil the STATE and any violation taereo
shall be punished In the same manner provided II
| the general statutes regulating elections.
| SEC. II. Chapter 5l3 OF the laws OF 1856 entitled
IAN act to regulate the number OF ballots and ballo
and the mode OF canya-sing votes throughout TIL
SIate' Is hereby repealed 80 Far as the same relate
to the city and county OF New YORK. Section of th
act chapter 70 OF the laws OF 1885, emitted IAN ac
prescribing the order in which the votes received al
general elections. except In shc city OF New York
shall be canvaSsed, the manner OF electing schOo
officers in said city, and directing a republication o
the election laws" is also hereby repealed And al
other acts parts acts inconsistenI with the pro
visions of this act are hereby repealed go lar as IN,
same AFFECT the city aud county Of New York. AND
all appointments In the oi and county OF New Yorl
under such acts or parts OF acts, or under The pro
vision Of chapter Sl2 Of the laws OF 1865 entitled Ar
act amendatory of and supplementary To chapter IA
o the laws OF 1865, entitled 'An act to ascertain by
| proper proofs the citizens who shall he entitled t.
tile right or suffrage" passed May 49, 1865, are
| neteDy dnnuiIcu
SEC. ~. Any person who shall knowingly register
or cause himself to be registered a. voter any
election district IN which he Is not al the tinea quail
fed voter, and in which he is not legally emitted
TO vote, shall be adjudged guilty Of lciony.
SEC. 70. Amy person who Shall knowingly vote Of
offer 10 vote at any general charter election, II
any election district In which he is not at the tInt
egaly entitled TO vote VINO Shall vote more than
once at any such election, or who snail personal,
any other person. or pretended or fictitious person
and vote offer TO vote IN ths OF such pers
or In any assumed Or fictitious name, shall be al
judged guilty OF felony.
SEC. "a. II any person snail, upon pretense OF
| inducement whatever, cause or procure be III
| any manner instrumental III causing or procuring
any person TO be fraudulcntly registered a.
voter in any cccon dis rlct lii which such person
| Is not at tue time legally qualified voter, OF
who shall cause Or procure, or be IN any manner in
strumental III procuring, any person TO vote or tc
Offer TO vote, in any election district In which sucl
person Is not at the time q legally qualified voter
therein, or who shall advise or In any manner incite
any person 10 vote oner TO vote at any such cleo
tion in an assumed or fictitious name, shall be al
| Judged guilty Of felony,
SEC. 20. Any person duty convicted Of either of the
| foregoing offences shall upon convection, be mprs