River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-04-18
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
(oFfIcIAL PUBLICATION.
Published March 80, 1878.
CHAPTER al?


village in this state, except in the cases here
matter mentioned, shall present to the com
mon council of such city, or the board OF trus-
tees of such village, at their first regular meet
ing in September OF each year, and in case
such common council or board OF trustees
hold no regular meeting during September,
then al special meeting of such common
council or board of trustees, which shall be
held the last Tuesday In September of each
year, the names of three persons for iRspec-
tors of elections, and the names OF two per-
sons tor clerks of elections, for each election
precinct in said city or village Such inspee-
tors shall be electors in the ward for which
they shall be appointed inspectors; ehall be
able % read and write the English language
under 9tauding!y; shall not be candidates to
be vote FOR at any election for which they
may be appointed inspectors; and not more
than two Of such inspectors shall belong to
the same political party. Such clerks shall
be electors i'm the ward for which they shall
be appointed clerks; shall be able to read and
write the English language Understandings;
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 nomina-
lions for inspectors and clerks Of elections,
shall Immediately proceed to approve or dis
approve of the same, and in case majority OF
said common council or board OF trustees
shall disapprove of any person so nominated,
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 aud two clerks for
each election precinct in said city or village
shall have been nominated aud confirmed I;
and such nominations 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
L - TO fha
political parties as .hereinbefore provided
The persons SO appointed inspectors and
clerks of elections 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 dur
ing such time; they SHALL receive such com
pensation for their services, and be liable to
such penalties for any violation OF their duties
as Is provided 10y law for inspectors and clerks
of elections in other cases. Such board OF Ia
spectors shall have power to till any vacancy
in their number or in the number OF the
clerks. but the person so appointed to fill a
vacancy shall be OF the same political party,
and possess the same qualifications as the
person he succeeds. In all incorporated cities
or villages in this state, which are joined TO
towns for state and county purposes, the IN
speetors of elections 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
4 this act.
4 Section 2. The persons authorized by law
/ To act as inspectors of elections in any ward,
1 or election precinct in any incorporated city
or village, or In any town la which Is situated
/ any incorporated city or village III this state,
/ shall constitute board Of registry for their
respective towns, wards, precinct or villages,
aus. their duties as such boards OF registry
/ shall be as follows, viz: To make at such
4sFua nd in hereinafter e.
I scriDed, q list OF all the persons qualified and
+ entitled 10 vote at the then ensuing election,
4 In the election district Of which they are in
/ speetors. The said inspectors shall have then
/ first meeting on Tuesday, forr weeks proceed
ing each general election, at the place where
/ said election is to held, and in election dis
/ tricts at which there were polled at the pre-
/ yious general election three hundred votes or
1 less they shall sit for one day, and IN
1 districts at which there We're
/ more than three hundred votes
/ polIed, they shall have power to sit two days,
/ if necessary for the purpose Of making such
1 list They shall meet at nine o'clock in the
/ forenoon and hold their meetings open until
/ eight O'Clock in the evening OF each day DUR
/ ing which they shall so sit The clerks ap-
4 pointed by law to act as clerks OF election,
/ shall act as clerks Of the board OF registry on
/ the day OF election only.
i Section g. Said registers shall each contain
j list of the persons SO qualified and entitled
/ to vote in said election district alphabetically
arranged according to their respective SIR
! names so as to show in one column the name
! at full length, and in another column, in cities
/ and incorporated villages, the residence by
/ the number of the dwelling, if there be num-
/ Der. and the name of the street or other loea-
cation Of the dwelling if there be number
and the name of the street or other Location Oh
! the dwelling place OF each person,
1 If the elector's residence is at hotel or public
| boarding house, the name OF the hotel or
/ boarding house shall be stated on the registry
/ IL shall be the duty of said inspectors to enter
/ in said lists the names of all persons residing
| in their election districts, whose names ap-
pear 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 name of street or other location,
| If the same shall be known to or can be aseer-
tanned by such inspectors; and for this plr-
4 pose said inspectors are authorized TO take
| from he Office in which they are filed the poll
/ lists made and filed 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 thereon, in ad-
dition TO the names on the poll list, the names
4 of all other persons who are Wen known to
| item to be electors 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. TIE said lnspec'
| tors shall complete, as far as practicable, the
| said register at their first meeting as afore,
said and shall make four copies thereof, and
shall certify the register and each OF me
copies to be true list of the voters IN theii
district. 80 far as the same are known 20 them
/ Within two DAYS thereafter the said original
list, together with the poll list taken from the
Office as aforesaid, shall be filed by the IN
snectors In the office OF the town clerk OF the
town in which such election districts may be
or If such election district be village, then
they shall be filed in the office OF the village
| clerk or If such election district r. in city
then they shall be filed in the once
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 fof
| their use on the day or days hereinafter men
toned for the revision and correction of the
| same, One copy of said list, shall, immediate
II after its completion. be pos ted IN some
conspicuous place in the room IN which such
meeting shall be held. and he accessible 70
any elcctor who may desire to examine the
same or make copies thereof. The inspectors
| shall canse in addition, ten printed COPIES oil
said list TO be posted up in ten OF the different
and most public places within such election
| district.
Section !. In case new election district
shall be formed by the division Of any ward,
/ or the incorporation of city or village, the
] inspectors OF election in the new district thus
| formed may make their registry of electors on
/ the davs prescribed by this act in such man
ner as . majority Oh tas inspectors may ol1tct'
for that purpose may make a list OF cause
| to be made certified copy of the poll list or
lists of the district or districts in which such
new district Is situated; or they may dispense
/ with such list or lists and proceed 10 make q
/ register of electors from the best means Of
! their command. Said list shall only embrace
| the names Of such persons as are known 10
/ them to be electors in their district and shall
be posted up and copies thereof made as pre-
scribed In the preceding sectionfand shall pc
corrected In the same manner that other lists
are corrected.
Section 5. The said board shall meet on
Tuesday, two weeks preceding the election, 10
their respective election districts, at the place
designated for holding the polls Of election
for the purpose Of revising, correcting ana
I.compieting said lists. and for this purpose
they shall meet at 9 o'clock in the forenoon.
In case such election district contains less
than three hundred voters, as shown By the
preliminary registry. the board shall complete
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