The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-05-17
VOLUME 29-NUMBER 80.

proper precinct, on every such election
Jay and opening of the polls and as
persons so listed shall present the
statements aforesaid, eVideueiue
tneir registry vote, their names shall
oe cneeked OF Oh said list. Provided
any person having duly registered in
another precinct and removed. as pro-
Vidsd Ia the second provision of Sec
tlon one, TO the precinct wherein he
OIers 10 vote and being likewise
quahned, shall, on presenting such
statement OF registry in such former
precinct aud stating under oath that
the same is true and correct, be en-
titled to vote. The judges Of the
election shall cause such disposition
to be made Of said lists as will render
them convenient for reference at sub
stquent elections.
SEC. S. IL any register shall fail to
perform any duty herein REQUIRED he
shall be liable to = penalty Of one
hundred dollars, 70 bs recovered on
complaint OF any person, before any
court OF jurisdiction, and IL any regis
ter or judge Of election shall w!IIfully
neglect, or disregard any duty herein
required, or make, OF permit To be
made, any registration, statement or
list, except st the time and place and
IN the manner prescribed in this act,
or shall knowingly make or permit
any person to make u false statement.
as aforesaid, every such register or
Judge vi election shall be guilty Of .
mlsdemeanor and on conviction
thereof shall be fined or Imprisoned,
or both, as provided in section six.
SEC 8. Registers shall be allowed
oy their respective townships, cities
and villages, for their services under
this set, such compensation as is al
lowed by law for similar services.
SEC. 10. The word "ward as used in
the preceding sections for the pur-
poses OF this ac5 means and shall be
neld II mean any municipal ward
nOt subdivided as hereinafter prOvid-
ed, and any subdivision OF q munich
pal ward 50 subdiVided. ~
SEC. II. In every city Of fi.teeR
thousand or more inhabitants at the
census, having any War1 in
which more than six hundred
ballots are east at any election,
the council thereof shall, immedi-
ately after the taking effect of this act
aud whenever thereafter occasion
may arise, divide by ordinance every
sueh ward Into subdivisions for elee-
ton purposes of compact territory,
bounded by streets or alleys or both,
80 that such subdivision shall contain
IS nearly as practicable three hundred
electors resident therein and shall
1eslgnate in such ordinance as wards,
such subdivisions by letters Of the
alphabet in their order, with the num-
Der OF such municipal ward added, as
for illustration Ward A, L; Ward
3, L; Ward @, ]; Ward A, 2; Ward
B, 2; Ward G, 2, and so on. II the
council OF any such city shall fail for
sixty days to divide any such ward so
INVISIBLE for election purposes under
this act, the Mayor Of such city shall
thereupon divide the same in accord
2nee Herewith and give notice there
Of by proclamation, containing the
boundaries and designation Of every
subdivision and the places Of holding
elections therein, which proclamation
shall be published forthwith in some
newspaper published and Of general
in such city and shall be
in the ordinance record
thereof.
SEC. II. In every MUNICIPAL ward
30 suodivided, ali elections shall be
held by and in the subdivisions there
OL And the judges OF election for
such municipal ward as now proyid-
ad by law, shall be judges Of election
Tor Ward A thereof and such Judges
shall meet at the Mayors office on
the first Monday OF September OF each
year at ten o'clock A. NJ, and shall
there select and appoint one judge of
election for each OF the other subdi-
visions or wards of such municipal
ward. The persons so elected shall
be freehold electors and residents for
1t least three hundred and sixty days
IN the ward for which appointed.
The Mayor shall forthwith cause no.
Eice to be given, record to be made
and kept in his Office Of such appoint
meDts.
The persons so appointed shall act
as JUDGES Of election in their proper
or wards during the
period Of one year. They shall take
the same oath Of Office, be subject to
he same requirements, penalties, liza.
ollities and disqualifeatiOus, and en-
titled to the same compensation as
)ther judges OF election. They shall
iesignsLe and appoint two clerks Of
election OF opposite politics, who
hall take an oath OF Office, and shall
perform all the duties and be subject
70 all the liabilities Ss other clerks
u elections. II any Of such judges or
,lerks shall fail to attend at the
proper time and place such judges and
,lerks and all additional judges and
clerks shall be chosen and qualified as
low provided by law.
SEC. l3. The place OF holding elae-
ions Ia every such subdivision or
ward OF any such municipal ward so
shall be designated aud
published by the City Council as pro-
1ided by law In other cases.
SEC. IA. That during the receiving
u the ballots at any voting precinct |
{ shall be unlawful for any person to |
together in or about such !
)lace so as to hinder or delay any elec. !
or in casting his ballot, and it Is the |
luty OF the judges OF elections, upon |
'cA HANAns OcAuE Aa1G VI niuuLauGc 1
" delay, ad being satisfied that sub |
tantial grounds Of complaint do ex-
st, to order all such persons to dis
verse and upon refusal so to disperse |
hey shall be deemed guilty OF mis-
lemeanOr and shall be punished as
in section six Of this act.
SEC. 10. That the judges Of election |
ball, IL requested by any elector, per-
1it the respective candidates on Ons
r more not exceeding three Of their
riends, to be present In the room or
lace where the judges are during the
ime Of receiving and counting out
he ballots.
SEQ. Is. Section one OF the act en-
tiled ''an act to preserve the purity
{ the elections" as amended April
Z, 1858, and all acts and parts Of acts
Inconsistent herewith are repealed.
SEC. II. This act shall take effect
rom and altar its passage.