Litchfield enquirer., 1874-09-10
Public Acts of the State of Con-
 neCtiCut.

l Public Acts of the State of Con- I necticut.
 PASSED AT THE MAT SESSION OF THE GENERAL AssEA- | BLY, lSs4
 I = lPubIished by Authority.l
 = rsss House Bl1 No. 2yl-saAFxER xcL- - An Act in addition and alteration Of act latins to electors and Elections
 Be 1t enacted Icy the Senate and House Of Represen- tatiyes in General Assembly convened:
 Section l. The annual town meetings for the choice
 toSh oncers, oI every tow ia this stste shall De
 holden on the first Monday Ui UetOter n each year eept Hi the town Of Bridgeport
 Sec At tie annual towns meetings in the towns
 of Hartford, New Haven, Aidde:Own end Bridgeport,
 restEars uf voters said tOEns Tespectively saii
 be elected in the lanner now Crowded by taw At the
 annual town meeting other town ill this state,
 the legal voters shall choose by general ticket two per
 for each voting district ill such towns where there
 are voting districts, two persons for tine town at
 large where there voting district, to be regis
 trars of voters The two persons having the highest
 humber of votes for each district the at l-ge
 as the may Be, shall be declared elected but 10
 person sE. vote for than registrar for each
 voting district for the town at large, the may be- provided the registrars and deputy registrars now in office in aHy tOw shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective office during the term for which they have been elected appointed
 Sec. a Each Of the registrars elected shall i'm mcdiateiy appoint deputy registrar. who shall assist his principal when required and discharge the duties of the registrar his absence or inability and
 in Of the death resignation of the registrar deputy registrar shall become registrar and nmedi- atey appoint his deputy and the registrar ay st any time hl any vacancy in the office of his deputy by new appointment All registrars and deputy regis Dc1OfG duties Of their nee take the oath by lax provided for executive and judicial officers and i'll every certificate Of said appointment and Oaths shall De recorded in the ords of said town.
 Sec f. Said registrars shall at least three weeks be fore the day of any Electors meeting, prepare list nearly perfect practicable Of in the several districts in the town of Hartford and in their respect
 i've towns districts in the other towns this state as the case may be- who electors this state and who will be entitled to vote in said district at said electors meeting, and the place of residence Of each electOr, by street and number other descrip ton sufficient to identify shall be written opposite his Said registrar shall also place on said list under the title ''tO be made the names of those who claim to either of saidregstrars that they will be entitled to be made electors ill such town before the day Of such electors meeting, and such claim may he IaEde eiUlfr in writing hy sEol sph claim of the applicant shall have written opposite upon the list his residence by street and number other de ScFDtion sufficient identify it. Said registrars shall hold sessions Saturday of the fourth week proceed Ing day of said electors meeting, continuously, from nine o'clock ill the forenoon until ve o'clock In the afternoon at suitable place in their respect i've districts towns, of which notice shall De given by publication in newspaper if any is published in such town upon the public sign posts in such town, of perfecng said list The place of residence and istraton of eectOr shall be in the town and dis trct in which the resides at the time of such registration and no person shall be registered 1n more than district Said lists shall be alphabetical ranged completed certified to by the respective reg istrars and deposited the office Of the clerk at least three weeks before the day of said electors meeting, and shall be at all time open to pub lie inspection, and certified copy of the list of each
 
 day in which said list is deposited in the office the clerk be posted at the place ill such dis trct where the registrars meet in such district by such registrars. Each registrar shall keep copy of said list for his in revision; and in the towns of Hartford, New Haven, Middletown and Bridgeport, shall circulate and dispose of printed copies of the ssme in the manner now provided by law and they shall give notice in said lists of the times and places at which they will hold two sessions within the next twelve days for the revision and correction of said
 st and shall also give notice Of such times and places by publication in newspaper in said town by post jnOt Ina 0Tlf fhp of i've days before the first day of said meetngs. The registrars shall add to their own lists and the list de- of the Friday preceding the first session of the selectmen for the purpose provided in section II of this act under the list of those ''to be made the by of mistake or inadvertance have failed to give notice to the registrars before said Friday
 Sec. g. Said registrars shall meet at the times and places designated in such notices for the revision and correction of their lists Any elector of such town may apply to said registrars for the addition of his name, the name of any other electer which is improperly omitted from said list for the ensure of any name which he claims should be omitted from said hst and if he shall have filed with each of said registrars least hours before the time of their holding any of said sessions for revisions, mo- tice in writing subscribed by him, stating the reason why such name should be added erased, the be- such registrars sha at such regular session. take such testimony under oath as may be offered, touching the right to such registration but name shall be erased from said list unless written notice shall have been left at the registered place of residence of the person challenged personal notice be given him at least twenyour hours before of said session and person whose right con tested aforesaid, shall be entered retained on the revised lists with out the consent of both registrars. The name of no person shall be added to said list unless it shall be proved that he is legally qualified eector of this sate and shall have resided in the town where he claims the right vote for the period of four months next preceding the day of electors meeting. certificate from the town clerk of the town in which an eector was admitted, shall be sufficient, and the only evi dence of such admission, but the identity of the app- cant for registration with the party named in the tfcate shall be by the oath of the applicant and required either by oath elect or in the town.
 Sec G. In case any registrar shall refuse to enter the list the of any person claiming to be elect town wherein he resides, or to be entitled to istraon such s after hearing, as provided in the previous secton ill such registrar shall refuse to allow name entered the first list to remain thereon after such hearing the person claiming such right may appeal to the board of seectmen and town clerk of said town npon giving notice to such registrar of his intention to appeal The several registrars may be present before said board the hearing of appeals from them and said board shall require the testimony under oath of at least elector to the qualifications of the person in dispute and they shall receive the tes oath of such as the registrars may offer touching such qualifications; and if, after such hearing by them majority of said board shall vote, declare that the person in dispute entitled to such reg israton shall be registered he shall not be registered but said board shall not hear the application of who has not been passed upon by the registrars of his town disric and notice of peal given as aforesaid.
 Sec, 2. Said registrars shall, on or before Wednes- day of the week next said electors meetng deposit the office of the town clerk the list with the names thereon, arranged alphabetically, revised corrected by them and certified by them oath to be a correct list and they shall retain true copy thereof be used in said electors meeting for the purpose of checking the names of those who vote. They shall place said revised list electors, in their proper alphabetical order those who have been admitted cleo the board of selectmen and town clerk and they shall place said revised list under the title o be whose rights appear to have maured at the last of said board for admisson and also the of those persons who by mistake inadvertance, have failed to register their name4 on the first list 'to be made and such persons shall be made election day. Said revised list, deposited in the office of the town clerk shall be carefully preserved in said office, and and any elector may take copies thereof.
 Sec. s. At any electors meeting in any town in the state, and at town city meeting in the towns and cities of Hartford, New Haven, Midetown Bridge port the election of ocers those only shall vote who were registered on the revised list then pleted in accordance with this act and they shall
 in the respective districts ia which they were regis tered Every person registered shall be permitted to vote unless he shall have lost his right after such registration by removal from said town or city, or by the conviction of crime which disfranchses and every person offering so to vots and being challenged prove hie identity with the person whose he offers to vote, his continued residence since the completion of the registry list in such town or city, the may be, by the testimony, under oah of at leapt oMe other elector.
 Sec g. At every electors meeting in this state and at every election of city ward officers Of any city by voters thereof the registrars of town or distrgct may appoint from to five persons each ballot in his district or town as may be nee essary count the votes of such box who shall make the official coant of the Said registrars may al- each appoint more persons to act chaleng in thoir respective town or district, who be present the offering of any vote challenge the person offering the same on the ground of identity Acknowledgement, or continued residence since the completion of such registry list; but nothing in this section shall be construed tc prevent other eector from challenging for said and the moderator of the soil shall decide the right of the so challenged to vote.
 Sec To- At every electors meeting this state and at every election or cit OF ward ocers of any city by Inc thp