Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-04-11

bnidar. ms own ahdaylt the afdavits of two free
olasrs OF such election district corroboratng in
qelail the material statements in his own afdavit
yious general election shall not be REGISTERED such
person shall be entitled TO vote on making affidavit
non, and that he has not become disqualified by
Ie5tSon OF removal from the election district or
also be corroborated By the Teh a m 6 r na
x0terS aS Is provided for other non-regstered
make at any one election corroborating afidavfts
Shall p 1isn three voters All of said aidavitS
me laws OF Wisconsin to take dispositions The in
deneeS of the electors voting whose names are not
on SAID completed register, and attach such list to
the register and return it, together with ali the
clerks office in which such election district NAV
may be challenged, and the same oaths Shall be
PuI as are now, or hereafter may be prescribed by
Section 9. The clerks at each poll in addition to
me u9TleS now prescribed by law, shall enter on
tnat purpose, opposite the name of each person
fh0.ihg, tne same statement minute heTeinbe-
Every eleetor at the time of Offering his vote shall
Iy stare the street in which he resides and if the
nSS logging or tenement in which no resides is
nuLnoeTed the number thereof, and the clerks of
umn of the poll list opposite the name of the elect
or the street in which the eector resides and the
numbered and if the same is not numbered thus
tRe eerk snail enter mot numbered in the column
refusal to make the statement as aforesaid the vote
OF sad electors shall not be received. ANY person
lation thereto. shall be deemed guilty of misde-
with fine Of ffV doars e0 on ne be ed
me county lalE OF the county for period of
Section 10. After the canvass of the votes one of
SAD poil llStS and said registers so kept and check
on the following day be filed in the town village or
CITY clerks office taS the case may be-. in which
SAD district may be- to be used by the Inspectors in
making the lists of voters at the general cleo
ton Ihe other Of said poll lists and registers
me me- county clerk of the county in which such dis
election are made.
Section Il; The registers shall at all times be
thOrltieS IN which they shall be deposited without
charge
Section u. The members of the board of regis
tTation and their clerks shall each receive the same
compensation as is now allowed by law for inspect
orS of election for each day actually employed in
the making and completion of the registry to be
which they are paid their other fees.
Section Ii. The said board shall have and eXer-
Meetings GIVEN ofasp at 5ne Of
elections for preserving order on election DAVIS.
Section "A. Any person who shall cause his name
to be registered in more than election district
or who shall cause his name to be registered know
Where such registry is made or who shall falsely
perSOnate any registered voter. and any person
ner in effher of said acts. Shall be punished for
each and every offense by imprisonment in the
swearing before said board of registration or in
written application to be registered, or in :
wfllful and corrupt perjury, and conviction;
punished as Sucn. IL any member O1ncer OF sad
board Shall willfully violate any of the provisions
Of this act or be guilty OF ny fraud In the eXeeui
for each and ever, erfense by Imprisonment in the
state prison .O. not less than one year
Section l5 Any elector who did not vote at the
"r general election shall be entitled to be reg
IStered either at the preliminary or final regiStra-
registration of his election district and establishing
his right to be registered, or instead of personal
registered to the board in writing Such appiica-
ton shall state the name and period of continuous
dence therein (giving the number and street, of the
applicant, and in case the person making the appo
came to the United States and to the state of Wis
Intention to become citizen of the United States
and that he is entitled to vote at the election Upon
shall register the name of such applicant, if it APP
pears to the board that the applicant is by his
be made under oath and shall be preserved by the
board and be filed in the Office of the village city
shall keep blanks for making the application for
registration as provided by this section. The form
shall be prescribed by the secretary of state.
Section l6. The secretary of state shall cause this
forms and instructions for carrying it into effect,
together with the general election law of the state,
each clerk Of the board Of Supervisors in every
county in this state to supply each of the officers
duty of each of said clerks Immediately to trans
nit copy of the same to each of the inspectors in
Section II. The necessary blanks for making the
registers required by this law shall be prepared by
the secretary of state and transmitted to the per-
sons entitled to receive them, i'll the same manner
that blank returns of elections transmitted
Section Is The provisions of this act shall not
apply to villages or the towns in which they are
situated which had at the last census population
of less than fifteen hundred inhabitants to cities
which had population of less than thirty hundred
Inhabitants at the last census; provided, however
that inspectors and clerks of election shall be ap
pointed as provided for in section of this act.
Section 10. Chapter 26i of the laws of Wisconsin
for 1877 is hereby repealed, and section one of this
act shall be taken and held to be an amendment in
respect to the matters contained therein of every
cry anu F 81 he cnafte Ter IN thlS state
from ard after its passage and publication.
Approved March 70. 1875.