The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-27
VOTERS
Read the following and act accordingly:

rosa the following ana act aCcOrolhelys
The Mayor of every city, &C., shall no
inmate to the Council three persons 70
serve as inspectors Of election, and two for
clerks Of election ia each ward or election
precinct in said city. Such inspectors ehall
be able to read and write the Eogii
lansaage overwhelmingly, and not more
than two shall BE- members of the same
political party. The clerks shall be pos
sessed of the same qualifications and mem
beers ii opposing political parties. These
persons shall be appointed by the city
council and hold their Offices for one year
and of6ciste at all general or special cleo
tions. These inspectors ehali constitute .
Board of Registry p6o shall meet on Tues-
day, -four sceeks preceding edch general
election, and shall make OCT liss Of all
persons entitled to vote at such election.
At such meeting, they shall set -Four days
If necessary and shall meet a. nine in the
morninR and hold their meetings. open IN.
till nine O'Clock in che evening Tue
clerks of election shall act ss clerks of the
Board OF Registry. The Board OF Registry
shall make out four copies OF their regist.
Ct, which registry shall cootain Inst of all
pr.oicct, arranged alphabetically, and tho
name of she street where they reside. The
original of said register shall be posted in
some conspicuous place 10 the room where
the board shall meet, which shall be 40
cessibie to any elector. Each inspector
shall preserve q copy Of said list for use on
the DAYS hereinafter mentioned, and shall
cause an additional ten copies to be print
ed and posted ~ 10 Of he most pubic
places IN such election district. On Tues
day, two weeks before general election,
SAID board shall meet to correct and revise
their roll and shall remain in session two
days. The proceedings Of the Board shAll
be open to any person entitle to vote, re
siding 10 the district. They may strike of
the names oil electors who may be proved
noL-reeidents or insert the names of any
person who shall appear and require it.
After such lists are completed no names
shall De adde upon any pretezt, and said
inspectors 81 all make out four copies OF
said list which shall be certified to by
them as u correct list of the voters In the dis
trict, one of which copies shall be filed with
the CITY Clerk, and one copy shall 10 de
livered to each of said inspectors. In adj
dition, the inspectors shall cause to be
printed within q week after the completion
of the list not less than fifsy more copies
of such register, one half OF which shall be
delivered to the respective chairmen of the
ward committees of the principle opposing
political parties. The inspectors shall
preserve the completed lists for use on
election day and two OF their number shall
check the names IF every voter voting in
the district whose name is on the register.
No cote shall be receired at a general
election unless the name of the person Of
tering to cote be on the completed register
except as herein propided. In case per
son becomes qua'itied after the register is
completed, he shall present to the inspect
ors an affidavit showing the facts that he
was not an elector on the day the register
was completed, and shall also deliver the
af6davlts of two free holders Of such cleo
ton district corr0bOratig his own affidavit.
The inspectors shall keep list Of persons
81 voting and annex it to the register and
return it to the City Clerk with the af-
hdavit Every elector, at the time of Of
feIing his vote, shall truly state the street
IN which be resides and the clerks shall
euter the same on the lists kept by them.
One Of the clerks list with one of the
inspectors register, shall be filed with city
clerk, and the other LIFTS shall be returned
to the County Clerk. Any person who
shall register 10 more than one election
district. or shall falsely personate any re-
glstfred voter shall be subject to imprison
ment in the state PRISON All i.-e -.-ar-
'ng p,.ort sue, Bard -hail n- deemed
LclLfIk IN cOTr1nf fltTJup1 and Le Uu, lSI
ed US such The jnsp c'nre ,uu Clerks
siall receive the same fer> us are upN al
lowed by law.
The initial letters under the Eagle on
silver pieces indicate the mint where ooIn-
ed. &c e" stands for Carson City. as
F" for San Francisco. co. for New
Orleans. Those having no letters are coiu.
ed ut Philadelt hia.