The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-04-28

during September, then at q special meeting OF
such common council or board of trustees, whlcn
each wear the names of three persons for inspect
ors of elections and the names O. tso persons ior
CLERKS OF elections, for each election prec1nct III
aid city village. Such inspectors shall be
electors in the ward for which they shall be ap-
pointed inspectors shall be able to read ana
write the English language understandingly;
snail not be the candidates TO be voted for at
any election for which they may be appointed in
sPectors ana not more than two of such inspect
oTs Shal belong to the same political party. Such
clerks shall be electors in the ward for which
they shall be appointed clerks shall be able TO
read ana write the English language understand
ingly; shall not be candidates to be voted for at
any election for which they NAV be APPOINTED
clerks, and shall be of opposing political parties.
such common council or board of trustees, upon
presentation of such nominations for INSPECTORS
and clerks of elections shall Immediately proceed
to approve or disapprove of the same, aud in case
a majority of said common council board of
trustees shall disapproye of any person noni-
mated, the mayor or president shall then and
there nominate another person for such position,
and shall so continue to do until the said board
of three inspectors and two clerks for each cleo
ton precinct in said city or village shall have
been nominated and confirmed and such nomi-
nations and combinations shall be made and
concluded on the day aforesaid and when so
made and concluded. such board OF inspectors
and clerks shall possess the qualifit ions and be
composed of persons known to belong to the diff
ferent political parties as hereinbefore provided.
The persons so appointed inspectors and clerks
of election shall hold their positions during one
year; they shall act rs inspectors and clerks
at every general, municipal or special election
held within their precinc during such time; they
shall receive such compensation for their serV-
ices, aud be liable to such penalties for any VIC
lation of their duties as is provided by law for
ms pectoTs and clerks of elections in other cases
! such board of inspection shall have power 10
| fill any vacancy in their numb r, or in the mum
Der Of he clerks but the persons so appointed to
fill vacancy shall be of The same political party
and possess the same qualifications rs the person
| he succeeds. In all INCORPORATED Giles or VII
lagos in this state, which are joined to towns for
state and county purposes the inspectors OF cleo
| tons appointed by law in such towns, cities or
villages shall, in addition to the general duties
| imposed upon them as such inspectors, discharge
the further duties imposed upon the inspectors OF
| elections by this act
Section 2. The persons authorized by law to
act as inspectors of elections in any ward cleo
ton precinct in any incorporated city or village,
| or in any town in which is situated any 1ncorpo-
rated city or village, in this state, shall constitute
| e board of registry for their respective towns,
| wards, precincts villages, and their duties as
| such boards Of registry shall be as follows, viz:
to make at such times and in such manner as
hereinafter prescribed, a list of all the persons
qualified and entitled to vote at the then ensuing
election, in the election district of which they
are inspectors. The said inspectors shall have
their first meeting on Tuesday, four weeks pre-
cedipg each general election, at the place where
said election is to be held and shall then have
DOW er to sit four days if necessary for the pur
pose of making such list they shall meet at nine
{ o'clock in the forenoon, and hold their meetings
open until nine o'clock in the evening of each
day during which they shall so sit, and the clerks
appointed by law to act as clerks of election shall
| act clerks of the said board OF registry.
Section 3. Said registers shall each contain a
list of the persons qualified and entitled to vote
in said election district al phabetically arranged
according to their respective surnames, so as to
show in one column, the name at full length,
and in another column, in cities and. incorpe-
rated vii ages the residence by the number of the
dwelling if there be number, and the name of
the street, other location of the dwelling
place of each person. 1t shall be the duty of said
inspectors to enter in said lists the names of all
persons residing in their election districts, whose
a names appear on the pol list kept in said dis
trict at the last preceding general election and
in cities or incorporated villages, the num-
Der of the dwelling and name of street
other location, If the same shall be known or
be ascertained by such inspectors ; and for this
purpose said inspectors are authorized 10 take
from the Office in which they filed the poll
lists NJ de aud filed by the inspectors of such
district at the general election held next prior
to the making of such register. In making said
list the board shall enter therein, in addition to
the names on the poIl list the names OF all other
g persons who are we'll known to them to be elect
ors in said district; and the names of all persons
on said poll list who have died OK removed from
d the district shall be omitted from said register
The said inspectors shall complete as far rs prac
If ricable the said register at their first meeting
t. aforesaid, and shall make four copies thereof
/ and shall certify the register and each of the
copies 10 be true list of the voters in The district
t so far "s the same are known to them. Within
# two days thereafter, the said original list, to-
Is gether with the poll list taken from the Office as
e afort said shall be filed by said inspectors, in
e town in which such election district may be,
shall he filed in the Office of thu village clerk or
G if such election district is in city then they
shall be filed in the office of the city clerk of said
i city and one copy of said list shall be kept by
each of said inspectors, and carefully preserved
: by him for their use on the day or days
hereinafter mentioned, for the revision and cor
rectiou of the same. One copy of said list SHALL
Immediately after its completion, be posted III
some conspicuous place in the room in which
such meeting shall be held, and be accessible to
any electOr who may desire to examine the same
or make copies thereof. The inspectors shall
cause in addition ten printed copies of the list to
be posted up in ten of the different and most pub
lie places within such election district
! Section 4. In case new election district shall
be formed by the division of any ward, or the in
corporation of city village, the inspectors of
election in the new district thus formed may
make their registry of electors on the days pre-
scribed by this, in such manner as majority Of
the inspectors may direct; and for that purpose
may make a list or cause to be made a certified
copy of the poll lists lists of the district or dis
trictS i'll which such new district is situated ::
or they may dispense with such list or lists and
proceed to make a register of electors from the
best means at their command. Said list shall
only embrace the names of such persons as are
known to them to be electors in their district and
shall be posted up and copies thereof made as
prescribed in the preceding section, and shall be
corrected in the same manner that other lists are
corrected.
Section The said board shall meet on Tues
day, two weeks preceding the general election
in their respective election districts at the place
designated for holding the polls of election, for
the purpose of revising, correcting and com
plotting said lists and for this purpose they shall
meet at nine o'clock in the morning, and remain
in session until nine o'clock P. NJ of that day and
the day following.
Section 6. The proceedings Of said boaId shall
be open, and all persons residing and entitled to
vote in said district shall be entitled to be heard
by said inspectors in relation to corrections or
additions to said register One Of the lists so kept
by inspectors aforesaid shall be used by them
the days of making corrections additions for
the purpose of completing the registry for said
district
Section 7. 1t shall be the duty of said inspect
Ors at their meeting for revising and correcting
said lists to erase therefrom the name of any per-
son inserted therein who shall be proved by the
oath of two legal voters of said district to the
satisfaction of said inspectors to be a non-res-
dent of said district, otherwise not entitled to
vote in said district at the election then next to
be held Any elector residing in said district and
entitled to vote therein, may appear before said
board of inspectors, and require his name to be
recorded on said alphabetical list. Any person
so requiring his name to be entered on said list,
shall make the same statement as to the street
and number thereof and W ere he resides re-
Qui e1 by the provisions of this act of persons of
fering their votes at the election, and shall be
subject to the same penalties for refusing to give
such information, for falsely giving the same,
and s. all also be subject to challenge either by
the inspeCtSrS or either % Them or by any other
elector whose name appears said alphabetical
list, and the same oaths may be administered by
| the inspectors now provided against persons
offering to vote at election; and in case no
challenge is made of any person requiring his
name to be entered on said alphabetical list or in
case of challenge, if snch person shall make an
oath that would entitle him to vote in case of
a challenge at an election, then the name of any
such person shall be added to the alphabetca
poll list of the last preceding year Any person
who is not twenty lone years of age on either of
these days when the register is completed, but
will be if re should live to the day of election
may have his name put on the said register pro-