The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-09-20

and il 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 any false statement as afore-
said, every such register or judge of elec-
tion shall be deemed guilty of a misde.
meanor, and, an conviction thereof, shall
be fined or imprisoned, or both, as pro
vided in section g.
CONVERSATION.
| SEC g. Registers shall be allowed by
their respective townships, cities, and vii.
| lagos for their services under this act,
such compensation as is allowed by law
/ to judges Of election.
WARD.
SEC. TO- The word ward" "a used IN
the preceding sections for the purposes OF
this act, means, and shall be held to mean,
any municipal ward not subdivided as
hereinafter provided, and any subdivis-
ion Of a municipal ward so subdivided.
SEC. IL. In every city OF fifteen thou
sand or more inhabitants, at the preced-
ing census, having any ward in which
more than six hundred ballots are cast
at any election, the Council thereof shall,
Immediately after the taking effect oi
this act, and whenever thereafter occa-
sion may arise, divide 10y ordinance every
such ward into subdivisions of compact
territory, for election purposes only,
bounded by streets or alleys, or both, so
that each subdivision shall contain, as
nearly as practicable, 300 electors resi-
dent therein, and shall designate in such
ordinance, as wards such subdivisions by
! lattara nf ha oI,k.IaN -. thaSr grH.p
with the number OF such municipal ward
added, as, for illustration, ward A,
ward B, !; ward C., l. ward A, 2; ward
B, 2, and so on If the Council OF any
such city shall faik for sixty days, to di-
vide any such ward so divisible for elec
tion purposes under this act, the Mayor
OF such city shall thereupon divide the
same in accordance herewith, and give
notice thereof by proclamation, contain
ing the boundaries and designation Of
every subdivision, and the places Of hold
ing elections therein, which proclamation
shall be published forthwith in some
newspaper published and of general cir
culation in such city, and shall be re
corded in the ordinance record thereof
ALL ELECTIONS TO DE- HELD IN SUBDIVISIONS
SEC. II. In every municipal ward so
subdivided all elections shall be held by
and in the subdivisions thereof and the
judges of election for such municipal
ward, as now provided by law, shall be
judges Of election for ward A thereof
} and such judges shall meet at the May
or's office on the first Monday OF Septem
Der of each year, at 10 clock A. N, and
there select and appoint two judges OF
election OF opposite politics tor each o.
the other subdivisions or wards of such
municipal ward. The persons so appoint
ed shall be freehold electors and resi-
, dents for at least 800 days in the ward
r for which appointed. The Mayor shall
forthwith cause notice to be gwen to each
r person so appointed, and shall cause a
: record to be made and kept in his Office
r of such appointments.
DUTIES, REQUIREMENTS, ETC, OF JUDGES Oh
ELECTION.
The persons so appointed shall act al
> judges of election in their proper subdi
, visions or wards during the period Of one
> year. They shall take the same oath o
], Office, be subject to the same require
= ments, penalties. liabilities, and disqual
! ifcation, and entitled to the same com
pensation as other judges of election
!, They shall designate and appoint TIVE
a clerks of election of opposite politics
a who shall take an oath OF Office, and shal
q perform all the duties and be subject L
3 all the liabilities as other clerks OF cleo
h tions. If any Of such judges or clerk
shall fail to attend at the proper time ant
place, such judges and clerks, shall b
chosen and qualified as now provided b
n law.
If PLACES OF HOLDING TO BE DESIGNATED B
COUNCIL.
s SEC. l3. The place Of holding election
y in every such subdivision or ward Of an
N such municipal ward so subdivided sha
be designated and published by the Cit
'r Council, as provided by law in other case
s. UNLAWFUL To cONGREGATE ABOUT POLLS.
N SEC. IA. That during the receiving {
l- the ballots at any voting precinct, it sha
10 be unlawful for persons to congregate 4
ii gether in or about such place, so as
hinder or delay any elector in casting h
ballot, and it Is the duty of the judges {
10 elections, upon complaint being made {
such hinderance or delay, and being sa
% isfed that substantial ground of con
! plant does exist, to order all such pc
:. sons to disperse, and upon refusal so |
q disperse they shall be deemed guilty (
q a misdemeanor and shall be punished 1
10 provided in section of this act
"a SEC. 10. That the judges OF electio
N shall. if requested by any elector, perm
y. the respective candidates, or one or NOR
n not exceeding three of their friends,
of be present in the room or place wheI
.. the judges are during the time of recei
= ing and counting out the ballots.
!, SEC. l6 Section / of the act entitle
o An act TO preserve the purity of ele
II tions," as amended April IL, 1868, an
April 3, 1876, and all acts and parts
"a acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby r
n pealed
SEC. II. This act shall take effect froi
ir and after its passage.
= C. III. GROSVENOR,
: Speaker of the House of Representative
H. w. CURTIss.
e, President Of the Senate