The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-02

lregistered. may be added. The registrars
Ishall give notice of the time and place of
nil registrations for at least ten days before
each sitting. by posting written or printed
notices thereof at five or more public places
lin their townships, wards, and election dis
ltricts. It shall be the duty of the regis
ltrar within ten days after the completion
of any general registration of voters under
this act, to have posted at three (3) or more
public places in their townships, wards, and
election precincts, written or posted lists OF
oil persons admitted by them to registration.
8. BE 1t further enacted, That the clerk
OF the county and hastings courts shall OF
each registration after the first, deliver 10
each registrar in his county or city, list
of oil voters who have died or have been
convicted of felony since the last registra-
ton, and it shall be the duty of the regis
trar to correct his list in accordance with
the list thus furnished before proceeding
with the registration.
9. Whenever q registered voter changes
his place Of residence from one voting dis
trict to another, it shall be lawful for MIN
to apply for, and it shall be the duty OF
the registrar of his former voting district,
whether it be in township, ward, or
voting place, to furnish O certificate tha1
he was duly registered, and that his name
has since his removal been erased from the
registration books Of said voting dls'ricI )
which shall be sufficient evidence to entitie
him to register; and tho name OF every
such person shall be entered upon the regis
tration book of the township, ward, or
votine-placc to which he has removed.
10. If there be no county or hustlngs
Judge, or if from any cause it be improper
for him to make the appointment OF regis.
trar, or hear and determine the causes OF
onncal providcd for i'll this act, all the
mowers and duties herein conferred on SAID
| Judge shall he discharged by the Common
wcalths attorney for said county, CITY, or
town. =,
| II. When any vacancy shall occur IN the
Office of registrar the judge of the county
or hastings court shall have the power, at
any time, to fill the same; and if from any
cause the registrar shall be unable to dis
charge the duties of his Office, the said
Judge shall have power to appoint one pro
tempore in his stead.
-. Ii any person shall offer to register
and shall be rejected by the registrar, he
may take an appeal to the Judge of the
county or hastings court CT his county, city,
or town, in term time or vacation /; and any
elector may challenge the RICH Of any per-
son offering to register, and if the regis
trar shall allow such challenged person to
register, the said elector may appeal, in
like manner, to sad judge. And it shall
be the duty of the registrar, on applica-
e last onnpal
to transmit to the judge of the said court,
having jurisdiction over the said voting
place. a written statement of the ground
relied on by the appellant, and the rea-
sons relied on by the registrar for his &C
ton.
1t shall be the duty of said Judge to
hear evidence offered blythe said appellant
and appellee; but in case the appeal is by
nm elector contesting the right of any per-
son so registering, such person shall have
reasonable notice of the time and place OF
hearing said appeal; and the said judge
shall at least five days previous to any
election, transmit to the registrar from
whose action such appeal was taken his de-
cision, which shall be entered by the regis
trar on his registration books.
The registrar at each place Of voting
shall deliver to the commissioner of cleo
ton his registration book previous to any
election to be held at said votiHg-placc
and after each election the commissioners
of election shall deposit tho registration
hooks with the clerk Of the respective
townships for safc-kccping; and the said
REGISTRATION books shall al al times be
onen to inspection.
l3. Every registrar shall preserve order
at and in the vicinity Of the place of re-
cistration: and to enable him to 10 so he
Shall be clothed with all the powers of
conscrvator Of the peace whilst engaged in
the discharge of lis duties.
II. Any registrar who shall wlfully or
malcously reject from registration or cor
ruptly register any person contrary to the
provisions Of this act shall be deemed
guilty of misrlcmeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall lie fined not less than fifty
nor more than one hundred dollars, and
shall be confined in the county or city Jail
not less than three nor more than twelve
months; but no registrar shall be held
liable for any error of Judgment in the dis
charge of his duties.
Is. Any officer or other person who shall
illegally ehange, alter, amend, or destroy
any books or lists Of registration. shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and on
conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay
fine Of not less than fifty nor more than
five hundred dollars, and shall he imprison-
ed in jail not less than three nor more
than twelve months.
lG. Any person who shall wlfully, know
ingly, and corrurtly swear falsely in any
matter connected with registration, shall be
deemed to be guilty of perjury, and liable
to fine Of not more than one thousand dol
lars, and to imprisonment not less than one
nor more than twelve months ; and in any
prosecution for swearing falsely, in taking
the oath Of q voter prescribed in this act,
the certificate Of the registrar before whom
such oath was taken shall be prtma .facia
evidence of the taking such oath.
II. The Common Council or Board Of
Trustees Of each city or town having more
than 5000 Inhabitants shall appoint for
each ward as many voting precincts as they
may deem necessary, and shall prescribe
and cause to be published the boundaries of
such precincts, and no voter shall cast his
ballot save Mt the vuting-place or precinct
where he lives. The Council or Board Of
Trustees slull cause to be made, under the
superintendencc Of the registrar or regis
trars for each ward, separate list of all
the votes in each precinct Of said
town, Which list shall he made in
q book such az provided for in
the third section Of this act, and shall con-
tain the particulars therein prescribed, and
the said list shall lie delivered to the COM
missioner or commissioners of election in