The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-06-01
WHAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE RE-
OUIRED TO VOTE IN OHIO.
THE NEW ELECTION LAW.
Electors Must Register-HOw the Lists
are TO be Made Out.

are TO be Made Out.
Below we give the full text of the new
election law, commonly known as the
registration law:
IN dot supplementary and dnlendotory o
the act ertitled An act 10 amend sections
t,Co, Jour and t,oenty four ofan act entitled
An act to Preserve the Purity cf Etec-
tiOns.
SEcTIoS1. BE 1t enacted tythe Gene'a
assembly ctthe State Of Ohio, That no per
son shall be permitted to vote at any
election unless he shall have been &
resident of the state one year, resident
of the county three hundred and sixty
days, and resident of the township
village or ward in which he resides and
offers to vote three hundred and fifty
five days next preceding the election
provided, first, no person shall be pro
hibited from voting by reason Of no
having been a resident of the proper
county, or township, village or ward the
time above specified if such person shall
have been bona fde resident of the
county thirty days and Of the township
village or ward in which he resides and
offers to vote twenty days next preced
ing the election and shall have complied
with the provisions and registered a;
required by section five Of this act; pro
vided, second, that any person being the
head of a family and having actually re
sided in the State and in the county
wherein he may offer to vote the time
required by this act who shall bona Jiole
remove with his family from one town
ship, village or ward in such county 10
to another township, village or ward
therein shall not be required to reside in
such township, village or ward to which
he shall so remove the time specified in
this section in order to vote therein at
any election except at elections for mu-
nicipal officers. All judges of election
in determining the residence of a per-
son Offering to vote shall be governed by
the following rules so far as the same
may be applicable.
Ffra-That place shall be considered
the residence of a person in which his
habitation is fixed without any present
intention Of removing therefrom and to
which, whenever he is absent, he has
the intention of returning.
!Second-A person shall not be consid-
cred to have lost his residence who shall
leave his home and go into another
State or county of this State for tempor-
AIRY purposes merely with an intention
of returning.
THiut-A person shall not be consid-
cred to have gained residence in any
county of this State INTO which he shall
come for temporary purposes merely,
without the intention of making such
county his home.
Foufh-If a person remove to anoth-
er State with an intention to make it his
permanent residence, he shall be consid-
cred to have lost his residence in this
State.
FJth-If a person remove to another
State with an intention of remaining
there an indefinite time, and as place
of present residence, he shall be consid-
cred to have lost his residence in this
State, Notwithstanding he may enter
tain an intention to return at some fu-
ture period.
!SiHh-The place where a married
mans family resides, shall generally be
considered his place of residence, but if
it is place for temporary establishment
of his family, or for transient objects, it
shall be otherwise.
.Seuenth-lf married man has his
family fixed in one place, and he does
business in another, the former shall be
considered his place of residence.
Eighth-The mere intention TO ac.
quire a new residence without the fact
of removal, shall avail nothing: neither
shall the fact of removal without the in.
tention.
Ninth-If a person shall go into an
other State, and while there exercises
the right of a citizen by voting, he shall
be considered to have lost his residence
in this State.
Tenth-All questions of the right to
vote shall be heard and determined by
the Judges of elections, who shall require
at least the sworn testimony of an elec.
tor ofthe proper township or ward, and
known to one or more of the judges, as
TO the truth of the statements of such
person whose right to vote has been
challenged.
SEC >. Trustees Of townships. and
the councils of cities and villages form.
ing one or more election precincts, shall
on the fourth Monday next preceding
the general elections in October of each
year, appoint two suitable persons of op
posite politics, for the registration o.
voters, in each election precinct in such
township, city or village, who shall be
electors of the proper election precinct
and shall hold their Office for one year
and shall take an oath or affirmation to
discharge their duties according to law.
IT, for any cause, a register or registers
shall no be appointed, or, if appointed,
shall be unable, for any cause, to dis
charge the duties herein enjoined. or
shall fall or refuse to discharge the du-
ties ofsuch Office it shall be the duty of
the clerk of the proper township, or tn.
mayor of the proper city or village las
the case may be), at any time before the
beginning of said registration to fill all
such vacancies, by appointment, and
the person or persons so appointed shall
be electors Of the proper election pre-
cinct and shall hold their Office during
the continuance of such cause, and shall
take an oath or affirmation to discharge
the duties of such appointment accord
ing to law.
SEC 8. The place for the registration
OF voters in and for every township, city
or or village shall be the usual place ofhold-
ing elections therein.
oH T. Registers shall be in attend
ance at their respective places for the
registration Of voters on the third Fri
DAY next preceding every general cleo
non IN April, October and November
from eight O'Clock A NJ. until nine ocloc X
P NJ, for the purpose,o of registration and
if necessary, to give all making applica-
tioas an opportunity to register; they