Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-20

ing at the election held next prior to the MAX
ing of such register. In making said list the
board shall enter thereon in addition to the
names on the poll lists, the names of all per-
sons who shall personally appear before said
Judges. and satisfy them that they are well
known to be ectors in said district. and the
names of pei ions on the poll list, who have
died, or removed from the district shall be
omitted from the register The said board
shall complete, as far as practicable, the said
register on the day Of their meeting aforesaid,
and shall make two copies thereof and 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, within two days thereaf ter
the said original list, together with the list
taken from the office as aforesaid shall be
hled by said board, of said list shall be kept
one of said judges, and carefully preserved by
him for their use on the day or days herein
after mentioned, for the revision and c0rrec-
ton of the same. One copy of said list shall
Immediately after its completion, be posted in
some conspicuous place, where the last preced-
ing election in said district was held, with
notice of the time when the judges will meet
for final correction of the poll books, and be
accessible to any elector who may desire to ex-
anime the same or make copies thereof. Any
person who shall take down, tear down, or de-
face any list posted shall be deemed guilty
OF misdemeanor, and shall be punished by
fine of fifty dollars, or by Imprisonment in the
fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 20. In case new election precinct CT
district shall be formed, the judges of election,
in the district thus just formed may
make their registry Of electors, on the day pre-
scribed by this act, in such manner as a ma
jorlty of them may direct, and for that pur-
pose, may make list, or cause to be made
certified copy of the poll list lists of the dis
trict 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 lists 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.
Sec. 80. The said board shall again meet on
Tuesday of the week preceding any general or
special election held Tuesday and seven
days next preceding any special election held
on any other day of the week in their
respective election districts, at the place de-
signated for holding the polls of the election,
for the purpose of revising, correcting and
completing said lists; and for this purpose
they shall meet at eight O clock in the morning
and remain in session until nine o'clock P. NJ.
Sec. 81. The proceedings of said board shall
be open, and all persons residing and entitled
to vote in said district shall be entitled to be
heard by said board, in relation to corrections
or additions to said registry. One of the lists
SO kept by the judges, as aforesaid, shall be
used by them on the day or days Of making
corrections additions. for the purpose of
completing the register of such district.
Sec. 80. 1t shall be the duty of said board,
at their meeting for revision and correcting
said lists, to erase therefrom the name of any
person inserted therein, who shall be proved
by the oath of two legal voters Of said district
to the satisfaction of said board, to be nom
residents of said district or otherwise not en-
titled to vote in said district. At the election
next to be held any elector residing in said
district and entitled to vote therein, may APP
pear before said board and require his name to
be recorded on said alphabetical list. Any
person requiring his name to be SO entered
on said list shall make the same statement as
to the street, and number thereof, and where
he resides, with the name of the household. re-
CURED by the provisions of this act Of persons
offering their votes at elections and shall be
subject to the same penalties for refusing to
give such information, or for falsely giving the
same and shall also be subject to challenge on
election day, either by the judges, or by any
other elector whose name appears on said
alphabetical list; and the same oaths NAV be
administered by the judges as now provided in
case OF 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 alpha
betical list, or in of challenge if such per-
son shall make oath that would entitle him to
vote in case of challenge at election, than
the name of any such person shall be added to
the alphabetical poll list.
Sec. 33. After said lists shall have been
fully completed the said board shall within
three days thereafter, cause two copies Of the
same to be made, each of which shall be certi-
lied by them to be a correct list of the voters
of their district; one of which shall be filed in
the office of the city clerk, and one of which
copies shall be delivered to one of said Judges.
1t shall be the duty Of said judges SO receiving
such list carefully to preserve the said list for
their use on election day and to designate two
of their number, at the opening of the polls to
check the name of every voter voting in such
district, whose name is on the register, and it
shall be the duty of said judges after the final
result of the canvass, to draw a line with red
ink across the name of every person on said re-
gister not voting at such election. No vote
shall be received at any general election, if the
name of the person offering to vote be not on
said register made the Tuesday next pre-
cedlng such election, at any special election
the person offering to vote be not on said re-
gister made seven days before such election;
unless the person offering to vote shall furnish
to the judges of the election his affidavit in
writing stating therein that he is an inhabitant
of said district and entitled to vote therein at
such election, and prove by the oath of a house
holder and registered voter of the district Civ
ing the residence of such person within said
district. The oath may be administered by
one Of the judges of the election at the poll
where the vote shall be offered, or by any other
person authorized to receive compensation for
administering the oath, said oath shall be pre-
served and filed in the Office of the city clerk.
Any person may be challenged and the same
oaths shall be put as now are or hereafter may
be prescribed by law.
Sec. "a. The clerks of each poll in addition
to the duties now prescribed by law, shall enter
on the poll list kept by them, in columns pre-
pared for that purpose, opposite the name of
each person voting, the same statement or
minute as herein before required of the board
in making the registry, but such entry is not to
be made by them if the registry contains cor
rectly the name and residence of such voter:
and in all cases said clerk shall enter in col
umn opposite the name of each person not
registered the word mot registered" Every
elector, at the time of offering his vote, shall
truly state the street in which he resides, and
if the house, lodging or tenement in which he
resides is numbered, the number thereof and
the name of the head of the household and the
clerks of 1.-THE this polls, in case the name of
such elector is not registered, shall truly enter
in the appropriate column of the poll list, OPP
posite the name of the elector, the street in
which the elector resides, and the number, in
case the house, lodging or tenement is num-
bered, and name of the head of household, and
if the same is not numbered then the clerk
shall enter mot numbered in the column OF
the poll list fer entering the number. In case
of refusal to make the statement as aforesaid
the vote of such elector shall not be received