The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-17

able, for any cause, to discharge the du-
ties herein nioined, or shall fail or refuse
to discharge the duties of such Office 1t
shall be the duty ofthe clerk of the pro-
per township, or the mayor of the proper
city or village (as the case may be), at any
time before the beginning of said regis
tration to fill such vacancies, by appoint
ment, and the person or persons 30 APP
pointed shall be electors of the proper
election precinct and shall hold their of.
fee during the continuance OF such cause,
and shall take an oath or affirmation TO
discharge the duties of such appointment
according to law.
SEc, 3. The place for the registration
of voters in and for every township, city
or village shall be the usual places Of hold
ing elections therein.
SEGA. Registers shall be in attendance
at their respective places for the registra-
ton of voters on the third Friday next
preceding every general election in April,
October and November, from eight o'clock
a. M, until nine o'clock p. M, for the pur-
pose of registration, and, if necessary, to
give all making application an opportu-
nifty to register they shall continue in
attendance thereat between the hours
aforesaid for two days and shall person
ally supervise all registrations.
SEC. 5. Any person to be entitled to
vote under the first proviso of section one
shall appear before the registers of the
proper election precinct wherein he ex-
pects to vote at the time and place desig-
mated for the registration of voters, and
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book to be provided at the expense of the
proper township, city or village, for the
purpose, and kept by the register open
at all times to public inspection and ex-
animation, which statement shall contain
the name of the last preceding place OF
residence of such person, the voting pre-
cinct or that in which he expects to vote
and the place of his residence therein,
the date of his removal thereto, his age,
and whether married or unmarried, and
shall be subscribed by such person. Such
statements shall be dated and numbered
consecutively, beginning with No. ! at the
beginning of each year. And the regis
ter shall make, over his own signature,
and deliver to every person 80 registered
before him, corresponding statement
with a like number and date, which such
person shall present to the judges of elec'
| ton when he offers to vote. No person
shall register at any other time or place,
than as above designated.
SEC. 6, That if any person or persons
shall willfullv make or authorize to be
made, any statement herein required
false in any particular, or shall violate
any provision of this act, every such per.
son or persons shall be deemed guilty OF
a misdemeanor, and on conviction there
of shall be fined in any sum, not less
than twenty, or more than three hun
dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the
county Jail not exceeding six months or
both at the discretion of the court.
SEC. Z. Registers at least ten days be-
fore any general election aforesaid shall
make an alphabetical list for their voting
precinct; of all persons registered as re-
siding therein and not before listed, Civ
ing with each name the date OF removal
to such precinct and the last preceding
place of residence, which he shall forth
with post, or cause to be posted up, con-
spicuously at the usual place of holding
elections in such precinct and copy
thereof, with the proper number and
date of registry in each case added, he
shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to
the Judges of election of the proper pre-
cinct, on every such election day and be-
fore the opening of the polls and as per-
sons 80 listed shall present the statements
aforesaid evidencing their registry and
vote their names shall be checked of on
such list. Provided any person having
duly registered in another precinct and
removed, as provided in the second pre-
viso of section one, to the precinct wherein |
he offers to vote and being likewise quail |
fed, shall on presenting such statement |
of registry in such former precinct and
stating under oath that the same is true
and correct, be entitled to vote. The
Judges of election shall cause such dis
position to be made of such lists as will
render them convenient for reference at
subsequent elections.
SEC. 8. If any register shall fail to per
form any duty herein required he shall
be liable to penalty of one hundred dol
lars, to be recovered on complaint of any |
person, before any court of jurisdiction
and if any register or judge of election
shall willfully neglect or disregard any |
duty herein required, or make, or permit
to be made, any registration, statement
or list, except at the time and place and |
in the manner prescribed in this act, or
shall knowingly make or permit any per-
son to make false statement as afore-
said, every such register or judge Of cleo
ton shall be guilty of misdemeanor and
on conviction thereof, shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both, as provided in sec
ton six.
SEC. 8. Registers shall be allowed by |
their respective townships, cities and viii
lagos, for their services under this act,
such compensation as is allowed by law |
for similar services.
SEC. 10. The word "ward" as used in
the preceding sections for the purposes
of this act means and shall be held TO |
mean, any municipal ward not subdiVid-
ed as hereinafter provided, and any sub.
division of a municipal ward so subdi- !
vided.
SEC. IL. In every city of fifteen thous-
and or more inhabitants at the preceding |
census, having any ward in which more |
than six hundred ballots are cast at any |
election, the council thereof shall, imme-
diately after the taking effect of this act |
and whenever thereafter occasion may |
arise, divide by ordinance every ward |
into subdivisions for election purposes of |
compact territory, bounded by streets or |
alleys or both, so that such subdivision
shall contain as nearly as practicable |
three hundred electors resident therein |
and shall designate in such ordinance as
wards, such subdivisions by letters of the
alphabet in their order, with the number
of such municipal ward, as for illustra-
ton ward A, ward B, 1; ward G,
ward A, 2; ward B, 2; ward @, 2, and SO on.
If tine Council of any such city shall fail
for sixty days, to divide any such ward
so divisible for election purposes under
this act, the Mayor of such city shall
thereupon divide the same in accordance
Herewith and give notice thereof by
proclamation, containing the boundaries
and designation of every subdivision and
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