Litchfield enquirer., 1877-07-12
PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF . S COMME+1 TsCUT.
PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION OF THE = GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1877.

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 PAaSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1877. : s,,f Published, by Authority.
 House Bill No. 38.
 s CHAPTER CLXv.
 An Act relating to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford and New Haven Coun.
 ties.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o1
 Representatives in General Assembly
 convened:
 Sec. l. The court of common pleas in Hartford and New Haven Counties shall be held on the first Mondays of Septem- her. November. January, March and May.
 Soc. 2. All process brought before the common pleas court in either Hartford or New Haven Counties may be made return able, in addition to the first days of the respective terms, on the first Monday of any month except July and August; pro Uided, that seruica ba ooaAf fleted ~nt icnst twStvudays inclusive before such return day, and provided that the return day be not more than fifteen weeks from the date of the process. All causes shall be entered on the docket of the term during which they are made returnable, or, if returnable in vacation, on the docket of the next succeeding term.
 Sec. 3. Each Judge of said courts shall appoint clerk and may also appoint an assistant clerk therefor, whose powers and duties in relation to said courts shall be the same as those pertaining to clerks of the superior court.
 F Sec. 4. Th1s act shall take effect from and after July 4th, 1877.
 passed. Approved March p, 1877. Y House Bill No. B.
 ss CHAPTER CLxvI.
 An Act relating to Electors and Elections. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
 Representatives in General Assembly
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 Sec. l. Each town shall choose. at it's annual town meeting, by general ticket, registrars of voters. to hold office for one year from the first day oE the succeeding January who shall reside in the town for which they are elected. In towns divided i,to voting districts, except in Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Nor wich, Meriden, New Britain, New Lon: don. Middletown, two registrars of voters shall be chosen for each district, and in Hartford, New Haven Bridgeport, Wa terbnry, Norwich, Meriden, New Britain, New London, Middletown, and every oth- CT town, which is not divided into voting districts, two registrars of voters shall be chosen for the town at large. In towns where registrars are to be elected for each voting district, the two persons hav- ing thehighest number of votes for regis trars in each district. shall be declared elected; in all other towns the two persons having the largest number of votes in town for said office, shall be declared elected for such town, but no person shall vote for more than one registrar for each voting district, or for the town at large, as the case may be.
 Sec. 2. If any registrar of voters shall be chosen town clerk or selectman, and accept such office he shall thereupon cease to be registrar; and if any town clerk or selectman shall be elected registrar or voters, the election shall be void; and in either of said cases the selectmen shall forthwith appoint another registrar, by a writing signed by them, and filed with ted shall be fnemDer or some OJn5f po- litical party than that to which the other registrar belongs.
 , Sec. g. Each registrar, immediately af ter his election, shall appoint a deputy registrar, to hold office during his pleas ure, and may at any time fill any vacancy m said office, and shall file with the town clerk certificate of every such ap- pointment, who shall record the same with the records of town meetings. Eve ry deputy registrar shall assist his princi- pal when required, discharge his duties in his absence, or inability to act; and in case of the death, removal, or resignation of such principal, shall become registrar, and appoint deputy. In case vacancy shall exist in the office of registrar in con- sequence of a refusal or failure to accept the office, or failure to have appointed a deputy registrar, the selectmen and town clerk shall fill such vacancy by the of some suitable person, who shall not belong to the same political par ty as the other registrar of such town.
 Sec. 4. Each registrar in the towns of Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Wat erbury, Norwich. Meriden, New Britain, New London, and Middletown, may from time to time appoint and employ one as- sistant for each voting district therein, who shall assist the registrars in the per- formance of their duties, and they shall appoint such assistants for the perform ance of necessary duties required by this act on election day and the six days pre- ceeding. ras saEn
 Sec 5. Each registrar. deputy registrar, and assistant. before entering upon the duties of his office, shall be sworn and certificate thereof shall be filed and recor- ded in the office of the town clerk.
 Sec. 6. All persons who have resided in this State one year and in the town the six months next proceeding an elect ors' meeting, and who have been admitted or heretofore registered, and after such registration to vote therein, unless dis franchised; oroVided, that this section shall not be construed to exclude from registration any person on the ground that he cannot read, who shall prove that he was duly admitted an elector of this State before October, 1855.
 ] Sec. '. Such registrars shall, at least eighteen days before the electors meet ings to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1877, and an- nually thereafter, complete correct list fall electors in their respective towns or districts who, will be entitled to vote therein at such meeting, and shall place On such list, under the title''to be made," the names of those by whom, or in whose behalf, claim is made to either registrar. in the manner hereinafter provided, that they will be entitled to be made electors in such town on or before the day of such meeting. The residence of each person 6n said list shall be written opposite his name. sufficiently described for identifi- cation. giving the street and number. if any, and the name of no person shall be registered except in the town or district wherein he resided. In the towns having less than five thousand inhabitants the claim for registration under the title ''to be made" may be made either orally or in writing. In towns having more than five thousand inhabitants, no person shall be registered under the title Ito be made," unless he, or some elector residing in such town in his behalf, shall make q written application to the regis trars. giving his name, his residence in the town by street and number, if any, other wise by school district, when he be- came or will become twenty one years of age. the date when he became resident of this State, the date when he became resident of the town; and if the applicant