River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-19

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/ shall act as clerks OF the board OF registry
! Section 8. Said registers shall each con-
J tain 8 list 81 the persons so qualified and en-
I titled to vote in said election district alpha
| betically arranged according TO their respec-
tive surnames, SO as to show in one column
the nsmes al full length, and in another col
umn, in cities and Incorporated villages, the
residence By .he number o. the dwelling, il
there be number, and the name OF the street
/ or other location OF the dwelling place OF
each person. Ii shall be the duty OF said in
spectors TO enter in said lists the names If all
persons residing IN their election distrlcts,
| whose names appeared on the pOll-list kept
/ in said district at the last preceding general
election and in cities or incorporated villages
the number OF the dwelling and the name OF
/ the street or other location, il the same be
| known to or can he aseertained by such in
spectors; and for this purpose said inspectors
| are authorized to take from the office in which
they are hled, the poll lists made and filed by
the inspectors OF such district st the general
election held next prior TO the making OF such
register. In making said list the board shall
| enter thereon, in addition to the names OF the
! psll list, the names OF all other pc sons who
! are well known 10 them 70 be electors in said
district; and the names OF all persons on said
poll list who have died or rersoved from the
district shall be omitted from said register. The
said inspectors shall complete rs tar as prac-
ticable the said register at their first meeting
as aforesaid, and shall make Jour copies there.
OF, and shall certify the register and each OF
the copies to be true list Of the voters in their
district so FAR as the same are known 10 them.
| Within two days thereafter the said original
list, together with the poll list taken from the
Office aforesaid, shall be filed by said in
sPectors in the Office OF the town clerk OF the
town in which such election district may be,
or il such election district is a village, then
they shall he filed in the Office OF the village
clerk; or il such election district is IN a city,
then they shall be fled in the Office of the
city clerk OF said city; and one copy OF said
list shall be kept by each OF said inspectors,
and carefully preserved by him for their use
on the day or days hereinafter mentioned, tor
the revision and correction OF the same. One
copy OF said list shall Immediately after its
completion be posted in some conspicuous
place in the room in which such meeting shall
be held, ana be accessible TO any elector who
may desire TO examine the same, or make
copies thereof. The inspectors shall cause
in addition ten printed copies OF said list to
be posted up in ten OF the different and
most public places within such election dis
trict.
Section l. in case new election district
shall be formed by the division OF any ward,
or the incorporation ola city or village, the
inspectors OF election in the new district thus
! formed may make their registry OF electors
on the days prescribed by this act and in such
a manner as majority OF the inspectors may
direct; and for that purpose may make a list,
or cause TO be made certified COP 1.-THE poll
lists or lists the district or distru. in which
such new district is situated, or Il J may dis
pense with such list or lists and proceed 10
make register OF electors from the best means
at their command Sad liz, shall only en-
brace the names of such persons as are known
) to them 10 be electors in their district. and
shall be posted up aud copies thereof made as
, prescribed in the preceding section, and shall
: be corrected in the saIae manner that the other
lists are corrected.
Section s. The said board shall meet on
Tuesday, two weeks preceding the general
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at the place designated for holding the polls
OF election, for the purpose OF revising, cor
D rectiDg ana completing said lists; and ioT this
purpose they shall meet at nine o'clock in the
morning, and remain in session until nine
8 o'clock 7. d. Of that day and the day follow
ing.
Section 6. The proceedings of said board
I shall be open, and all persons residing
and entitled TO vote in said district shall
De entitled to be heard by said inspectors in
relation TO corrections or additions to said
! register. One of the lists so kept by inspect
ors as aforesaid shall be used by them on the
days oil making corrections or additions tor
the purpose Of completing the registry Tor said
> district.
Section T. Il shall be the duty OF sad in
y spectors at their meeting for revising and cor
recting said lists TO erase thereirom the name
2 OF any person therein, who shall be proved by
the oath OF two legal voters of said district to
! the satisfaction OF said inspectors, TO be nom
resident OF said district or otherwise not en-
1 titled TO vote in said district at the election
then next TO be held. Any elect0r residing
| in said district and entitled 10 vote therein,
may appear before said board OF inspectors
I and require his name 10 be recorded on ssid
alphabetical list. Any person so requiring
his name 10 be entered on said list, shall make
the same statement as 10 the street and num-
: Ter thereof and where he resides, required by
2 the provisions of this act OF persons Offering
their votes at the election and shall be subject
2 TO the same penalties Tor refusing to give such
= information, or for falsely giving the same,
and shall also be subject to challenge either
by the inspectors or by either OF them, OF by
any other elect0r whose name appears on said
alphabetical list, and the same Oaihs may be
administered by the inspectors rs now pro-
/ yidtd against persons Offering TO vote at an
election; and in case no challenge is made OF
any person requiring his name to be entered
, on said alphabetical list, or in case OF chal-
lenge, il such person shall make an oath
, that would enttle kim TO vote in case OF
challenge at an election, then the name OF any
. such person shall be added to the alphabetical
poll list OF the last preceding year. Any per-
? son who is not twenty-oDe year, OF age on
; either OF these days when the register Is COM
, pleted bnt will be il he should live until the
dav OF election, may have his name put on
said register provided he is otherwise quail
. flied TO be an elector.
Section 8. After said lists shall have been
fully completed, upon the days before men,
toned no names shall be added thereto by
! apy person or upon any pTetext, and the said
|. INSPECTORS shall within three days thereafter
cause four copies Of the same TO be made,
. each of which shall be certified by them to be
a correct list OF the votes OF their district, one
OF which shall be filed in the Office OF the town
clerk OF towns, in the Office OF village clerk in
villages, and in the Office of city clerk in
cities, and one of which copies shall be deliv-
cred TO each Of said inspectors. SAID inspect
Ors shall in addition to the foregoing, cause TO
be printed within one week IRON the compile
|, ton OF said register such number as they may
determine but not less than fifty nor more
| than one hundred copies OF such register, to-
, gether with the residence oil any person
. whose name appears thereon, and OF tine lists
, | of names so printed one half shall ke deliv-
; cred not later than Wednesday preceding
. each election to the respective chairmen OF
, the town village, or ward committees OF the
principal opposing political parties. IL shall
be the duty OF sa.d inspectors so receiving
| such completed lists, as Aforesaid, carefully
to preserve the said lists for their use on cleo
ton day and to designate two OF tLeir number
: ! AT the opening OF the polls to check the name
: OF every voter voting IN such district whose
r name is on the register No vote shall De re-
, cpiyed at any general election IN this state
!. unless the name of the person Offering 70 vote
. be on the said register as completed on Tues
day two weeks preceding the election. and
I Wednesday the day following, as provided IN
, section five (5l OF this act except as herein
, | provided In case any one shall after the last
dav for completing said register and before
euch election become qualified voter OF the
, election district, he shall have the same
: right To vote therein al such election as he
: would have had if his name had been duly
! registered in said register; provided, he
, shall before or at the time he Gfier: to vote
deliver to the inspectors his own affidavit, IN
; wbieb he shall slate the facts showing that
{ he has since the completion OF said register
. become a qualified electOr OF such district.
. and the facts showing that be was not such
elector on the day such register was COM
. | nleted and he shall also deliver to such in-
ssysectors with his own affidavit the affidavit5
az two freeholders OF such election district,
corrohorating in detail the material state
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