Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-25

village, at their first regular meeting in Septem-
Der of each year. and in case such common cOun-
Gil or board of trustees hold no regular meeting
during September then at q special meeting OF
such common council or board of trustees, which
shall be held the last Tuesday i'll september OF
each year. the names of three persons for inspect
of elections, and the names of two persons for
CLERKS of elections, for each election precinct IN
| aid city village. Such inspectors snail be
electors in the ward for which they snail De ap-
pointed inspectors shall be able to read and
, write the English language undcrstandlngly
shall not be the candidates to be voted Tor at
any election for which they may be appolnted IN
spectOrs: and not more than two Of such inspect
OrS shall belong to the same political party. SUCH
| clerks shall be electors in the ward for Whlch
they shall be appointed clerks shall be able to
read and write the English language understand
ingly: shall not be candidates to be voted for at
any election for which they may be appointed
clerks, and shall be of opposing political parties.
! such common council or board of trustees, upon
| presentation of such nominations for inspectors
and clerks of elections shall Immediately proceed
to approve or disapprove of the same, and in case
q majority of said common council or board of
| trustees shall disapprove of any person nomi-
mated, the mayor or president shall then and
there nominate another person for such position,
and shall SO continue to do until the said board
of three inspectors and two clerks for each cleo
tiou precinct in said city or village shall have
been nominated and confirmed and such nOmi-
nations and combinations shall be made and
concluded on the day aforesaid, and when so
made and concluded such board Of inspectors
and clerks shall possess the qualifications, and be
composed Of persons known to belong to the diff
ferGnt political PARTIES as hereinbefOre provided
| The persons so appointed inspectors and clerks
of election shall hold their positions during one
! year; they shall act as inspectors and clerks
! at every general, municipal or special election
held within their precinct during such time; they
| shall receive such compensation for their serv-
ices, and be liable to such penalties for any VIC
lauOn OF their duties, as is provided by law for
inspectors and clerks of elections in other cases.
Such board of inspectors shall have power to
! fill any vacancy in their number, or in the num-
Der of the clerks, but the persons appointed to
| fill vacancy shall be of the same political party
and possess the same qualifications as the person
| he succeeds. In all Incorporated Giles or vii
lagos in this state which joined to towns for
state and county purposes, the inspectors OF cleo
| tons appointed by law in such towns, cities or
villages shall, in addition to the general duties
| imposed upon them as such inspectors, discharge
the further duties imposed upon the inspectors Of
elections by this act.
! Section 3 The persons authorized by law to
act inspectors of elections in any ward or cleo
ton precinct in any incorporated city village,
or in any town in which is situated any incOrpo-
rated city or village in this state shall constitute
| q board of registry for their respective towns,
wards. precincts or villages, and their duties as
such boards of registry shall be follows, viz
to make at such times and in such manner as
! hereinafter prescribed, list of all the persons
qualified and entitled to vote at the then ensuing
election, in the election district of which they
| are inspectors. The said inspectors shall have
| their first meeting on Tuesday, four weeks pre-
| ceding each general election, at the place where
said election is to be held, and shall then have
power to sit four days if necessary, for the pur
pose of making such list they shall meet at nine
| O'Clock in the forenoon and hold their meetings
open until nine O'Clock in the evening of each
day during which they shall sit, and the clerks
appointed by law to act clerks of election shall
act as clerks of the said board Of registry.
Section 8. Said registers shall each contain q
list of the persons so qualified and entitled to vote
in said election district, alphabetically arranged
according to their respective surnames so as to
show, in one column, the name at full length,
and in another column, in cities aud iucorpO-
rated villages, the residence by the number of the
dwelling if there be number, and the name of
the street, Or other location of the dwelling
place of each person. 1t shall be the duty of said
inspectors TO enter in said lists the of all
persons residing in their election districts whose
names appear on the poll list kept in said dis
trict at the last preceding general election, and
in cities Incorporated villages, the num-
Der of the dwelling and name of street or
other location, if the same shall be known or can
be aseertained bysuch inspectors and for this
/ purpose said inspectors are authorized TO take
from the office in which they are filed the poll
lists made and fled by the inspectors of such
district at the general election held next prior
to the making of such register. In making said
list the board shall enter therein, in addition to
the names the poIl list, the names of all other
persons who are well known to them to be elect
ors in said district; and the names of all persons
on said poll list who have died or removed from
the district shall be omitted from said register.
The said inspectors shall complete far as prac-
ricable the said register at their first meeting
and shall certify the register and each of the
copies be true list of the voters in the district
SO far IS the same are known to them. Within
two days thereafter, the said original list to-
aforesaid. shall be filed by said inspectors, in
the office of the town clerk in the
or if such election district is village, then they
shall be fled in the Office of the village clerk or
| if such election district is in city then they
shall be fled in the Office of the city clerk of said
off Of oi6 1ictc ho11 no
each Of said inspectors and carefully preserved
by him for their use the day days
hereinafter mentioned, for the revision and cor
rection Ofthe 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, and be accessible to
any elector who may desire to examine the same
or make cories thereof. The inspectors shall
cause in addition ten printed copies of the list to
be posted up in ten of the different and most pub
lie places within such election district.
Section 4. In case a new election district shall
be formed by the division Of any ward or the in
corporation of city or village, the inspectors of
election in the new district thus formed may
make their registry of electors the days pre-
scrlbed by this, in such manner majority OF
the inspectors may direct; and for that purpose
may make a list or cause to be made certified
copy of the poll or lists Of the district or dis
tricts in which such new district is situated
or they may dispense with such list or lists, and
proceed to make register of electors from the
| best means at their command Said list shall
only embrace the names of such persons as are
known to them to be electors in their district and
shall be posted up, and copies thereof made as
prescribed in the preceding section, and shall be
corrected in the same manner that other lists are
corrected.
Section 5. The said board shall meet on Tues
day, two weeks preceding the general election,
in their respective election districts at the place
designated for holding the polls Of election, for
| the purpose of revising, correcting and COM
pleting said lists and for this purpose they shall
meet at nine o'clock in the morning, and remain
in session until nine o'clock P NJ of that day and
the day following
Section E. The proceedings ofsaid board shall
be open, and all persons residing and entitled to
vote in said district shall be entitled to be heard
by said inspectors in relation to corrections or
additions to said register. One of the lists so kept
by inspectors aforesaid shall be used by them on
the days of making corrections or additions for
the purpose of completing the registry for said
district
Section Z. 1t shall be the duty of said inspect
Ors at their meeting for revising and correcting
said lists to therefrOm the name of any per
son inserted therein who shall be proved by the
oath of two legal voters of said district, to the
satisfaction Of said inspectors, to be a non-resi
dent of said district, otherwise not entitled to
vote in said district at the election then next to
be held. Any electOr residing in said district and
entitled to vote therein, may appear before said
board of inspectors, and require his name to be
recorded on said alphabetical list Any person
| SO requiring his name to be entered on said list
shall make the same statement as to the street
and number thereof and where he resides, re-
Quired by the provisions of this act of persons of