The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-23

false IN any particular or snall Vlolhte
any provision of this act, every such per-
son or persons shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor, and on conviction there
of shall be fined in any sum, not less
than 500 nor more than $500, or be inn
prisoned in the, county jail not exceeding
six months or both, at the discretion OF
the court
Sec. 7. Registers at least ten days be.
fore any general election aforesaid shall
make an alphabetical list of their voting
precinct, of all persons registered as re-
siding therein and not before listed, 80
giving each name the date of removal to
such precinct, and the last preceding
place of residence, which list he shall
forthwith post, or caused TO be posted up,
cOnspicuously at the usual place of hold
ing elections in such precincts, and copy
thereof, with the proper number aud
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 ofthe polls, and as per
sons 80 listed shall present the statements
aforesaid, evidencing their registry and
vote, their names shall be checked of on
said list. Provided any person having
duly registered in another precinct and
removed, as provided in the second pro-
viso of section one, to the precinct wi here
in he offers to vote and being otherwise
qualified shall, on presenting such state
ment 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 dispo'
sition of said 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 500, to be re-
covered on complaint of any person, be-
fore any court of competent jurisdiction,
and if any register or judge of election
shall willfulIy 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
aforesaid, every such register or Judge of
election shall be guilty of a misdemeauor
and on conviction thereof, shall be fined
or imprisoned, or both, as provided in
section 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
to judges of election,
IN Tkn ,,,ouI u,r,orJV oo t,onI in
the preceding sections for the. purposes
of this act means, and shall be held to
mean, any municipal ward not subdivi'
ded as hereinafter provided, and ary
subdivision of municipal ward so sub
divided.
Sec. II. In every city of fifteen thou
sand or more inhabitants, at the preCe
ding 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 OF
this act, and whenever thereafter occa-
sion may require, divide by ordinance
every such ward into subdivisions of
com pact territory for election purposes
only, bounded by streets or alleys, or
both, 30 that each subdivision shall con-
tain as nearly as practicable; three hun
dred electors resident therein, and shall
designate in such ordinance as wards,
such subdivisions by letters of the alpha
bet in their order, with the numoer of
such municipal ward added, as for illus
tration: ward A, /; ward B, l; ward c, /;
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 divisible for election purposes
under this act, the Mayor of such city
shall thereupon divide the same in ac-
cordance herewith and give notice there
of by proclamation. containing the boun-
daries and designation of every subdivis-
ion, and the places of holding elections
therein, which proclamation shall be
published forthwith in some newspaper
published and of general circulation in
such city, and shall be recorded in the
ordinance record thereof.
Sec. IL. 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
wards 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 Sep
tember of each year at ten o'clock a. M,
and shall there select and appoint two
judges of election of opposite politics for
each Of the other subdivisions or wards
of such municipal ward. The persons so
appointed shall be freehold electors and
residents for at least 800 days in the ward
for which appointed. The Mayor shall
forthwith cause notice to be given to each
person so appointed, and shall cause q
record to be made and Kept in his office
Of such appointments.
The persons so appointed shall act as
Judges of election in their proper subdi
visions or wards during the period Of
one year. They shall take the same oath
of office, be subject to the same require
ments, penalties, liabilities and disquali-
6cations, and be entitled to the same
compensation as other judges of election.
They shall designate and appoint two
clerks of election of opposite politics, who
shall take an oath of Office, and shall per-
form all the duties and be subject to all
the liabilities as other clerks Of elections.
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attend at the proper time and place,
such judges and clerks, and all additional
judges and clerks shall be chosen and
qualified as now provided by law.
Sec. IL. The place of holding elections
in every such subdivision or ward ofany.
such municipal ward so subdivided shall
be designated and published by the City
Council as provided by law in other ca
ses.
Sec. IA. That during the receiving of
the ballots at any voting precinct it shall
be unlawful for persons to congregate to-
gether in or about such place so as to
hinder or delay any elector in casting his
ballot, and it is the duty of the judges of
elections, upon complaint being made of
such hindrance or delay, and being salts