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

eight hundred and Seventy-eight of four hundred
the amounts authorized to be levied by existing
laws said tax shall be apportioned and certified
to the several towns cities and Incorporated VII
lagos IN their respective counties and shall be col
lected ana PAID over according to existing laws.
Section2 This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after passage.
Approved March 10, 1873
LPubiShed March SC 1851
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT relating to the elective franchise and
sin for 1871.
The people Of The state Of Wisconsin, represented in
senate aud assembly, DO enact as foLloCS:
Section l. The mayor of every incorporated city
this state, except the cases hereinafter mention
ed shall present TO the common council of such city,
OF the BOARD or trustees OF such village, at their
first regular meeting in September of each year
ee hold IsG no Sr OF 6oaTG 9a TraS
then at special meeting of such common council
Tuesday in September of each year the names of
three persons for inspectors of elections and the
each election precinct in said city or village Such
inspectors shall be electors in the ward for which
read and write the English language understand
lngly shall not be candidates TO be voted for any
ors; and more than two of such inspectors Shall
Sectors in e MTd r Which hey
ne appointed clerks: shall be able to read and write
be candidates to be voted for at any election for
which they may be appointed clerks, and shall he of
or board of trustees upon presentation of such
nominations for inspectors and clerks of elections
shall Immediately pToceedto approve or diSapprove
OF the same and in case majority of said common
person so nominated, the mayor president shall
then and there nominate another person for such
position, and shall continue to do until the said
board of three inspectors and two clerks for each
election precinct in said city village shall have
been nominated and confirmed; and such nomina-
tions and combinations shall be made and cOnclud
ed on the day aforesaid, and when so made
shall possess the qualifications and be composed of
parties as herenbefore provided. The persons so
appointed inspectors and clerks of elections shall
as inspectors and clerks at every general munich
pal or special election held within their precinct
saion for their services and be liable to such pen
alteS for any violation of their duties as is prOvid
ed by law for ms pectorS and clerks of elections in
other cases. Such board of inspectors shall have
power to fill any vacancy in their number or in the
number of the clerks but the person so appointed
to fill vacancy shall be of the same political party
he succeeds. In all incorporated cities villages
in this state which are Joined TO towns for state
appointed by law in such towns cities or villages
shall in addition to the general duties imposed
ther duties imposed upon the inspectors of elections
by this act
Section 4. In case election district shall be
formed by the division Of any ward or the incor-
pora!ion of city or village, the inspectors of cleo
ton in the district thus formed make their
registry of electors on the days prescribed by this
may direct; ana for that purpose may make list
or cause to be made certified copy of the poll list
OF isis oil the district districts IN which SuCn
new district is situated; or they may dispense with
such list or lists and proceed to make register OF
Said list shall only embrace the names of such per-
sons as are known to them to be electors in their
made as prescribed in the preceding Section, and
shall be corrected in the same manner that other
Section s. The said board shall meet on Tuesday,
two weeks preceding the election, i'll their respect
i've election districts, 1T the place designated for
holding the polls of election for the purpose of
| for this theV shall meet O'Clock in the
forenoon. In case such election district contains
preliminary registry. the board shall complete its
! registry on the same day; but in case there are
more than three hundred names the list, they
! shall sit for two days The board shall remain in
session until O'Clock p. NJ.
section t. The proceedings of said board shall be
OPEN ana 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 kept by inspectors
making corrections or additions for the purpose Of
| completing the registry for said district
Section T. 1t shall be the duty of said inspectors
! at their meeting for revising and correcting said
! lists, to erase therefrom the name of any person
Of two legal voters Of said district to the satsfac-
ton of said inspectors to be resident of said
district or otherwise not entitled to vote Ill SAID
district at the election then next to be held. Any
tbeTen nav pa hefo board Of 1e
and require his name to be recorded on said alpha
| beticall list. Any person so requiring his name to
be entered in said list shall make the same state
ment to the street and number thereof and where
! persons Offering their votes at the election and
shall be subject to tie same penalties for refusing
to give such information for falsely giving the
same and shall also be subject to challenge either
by the inspectors or either OF them or by any 3tn
! list, and the same oathS may be administered by
! the inspectors as now provided against persons
offering to vote at election; and in case no cha-
! Ienge is made OF any person requiring ms name TO
challenge if such person shall make an oath that
would entite him to vote in of challenge at an
added to the alphabetical poll list of last pre-
| ceding year. Any person who is not twenty -one
/ n n these o.
lister is completed, but will be if he should live un-
S Sa me gay OF may nne ms e R f
| be an e1ector.
Section ?. The persons authorized by law to act
as inspectors of elections in any ward, election
precinct in any Incorporated city village, or in
city or village in this state shall constitute board
of registry for their respective towns, wards pre-
registry shall be as follows, viz To make at such
time 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 in
fGr weeks each G e eec9n at the
ton districts at which there were polled at the
| previous general election three hundred votes OIL
which there were more than three hundred votes
pOlled they shall have power to sit two days if
shall meet at nine o'clock in the Forenoon and hold
their meetings open until eight o'clock in the even
clerks appointed by law to as clerks of election
shall act as clerks of the board of registry on the
Section 8. Said registers shall each contain a
list of the persons qualified and entitled to vote
in said election district alphabetically arranged
| according to their respective SuTnameS, as to
show in one column the name at full length, and
| in another column in cities and Incorporated vii
lagos the residence by the number of the dwelling
other location of the dwelling if there be num-
ber and the name of the street other location of
the dwelling place of each person If the electors
residence is at the hotel or public boarding house,
Stated on the registry 1t shall be the duty of said
inspectors TO enter in said lists the names of all
names appear on the poll list kept in said district at
the last preceding general election and in cities or
and name of street or other location if the same
shall be known to or can be ascertaned by such in
SpectorS and Tor this purpose said inspectors are
! authorized to take from the office in which they
are filed the POL Lists made and aed by the n
next prior 10 the making Of such register In max
ton to the the poll list the names of all
| other persons who are well known to them to be
| sons said poll list who have died or removed
from the district shall be omitted from said regis
practicable the said register at their first meeting
and shall certify the register and each of the copies
to be true list of the voters in their district
thereafter the said original list together with the
poll list taken from the office aforesaid shall be
clerk of the town in which such election districts
may be, or if such election district be village
clerk or if such election district is in city then
they shall be filed in the oee OF the city clerk Of
each of said inspectors and carefully preserved by
him for their use on the day days hereinafter
mentioned for the revision and correction of the
same. One copy of said list shall, Immediately
Gus place in the room in which such meeting Shall
be held, and be accessible to any eIectOr who may
desire to examine the same make copies thereof
The inspectors shall cause i'll addition ten printed
copies of said list be posted up in of the diff
ferent and most public places within such election
Section $. After said lists shall be fully compile
ted, upon the days before mentioned, no names
shall be added thereto by any person. or upon any
preteXt and the said inspectors shall within three
days thereafter four copies of the to be
made, each of which shall be certified by them to
he a. LIST their district of