River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-04-18

uisuiSt W Tue Satisfaction OF SAID inspectors,
10 be NONRESIDENT of said district OF other
wise not entitled To vote In said district at the
election then next to be held. ANY elector
| residing Ia said district and entitled to y9te
fbtfein, may appear before said- board Of in
| speetors and require MS name 10 he recorded
on said alphabetical list. Any person SO re-
| curing his name to be entered In said list
shall make the same statement as 10 the
street and number thereof and where he re-
sides, required by the provisions OF Ills act of
persons Offering their votes at the election,
and shall be subject TO the same pens ties for
refusing 10 give such information or Tor false
" giving thes same, and shall also be subject
70 challenge either by the inspectors or either
OF them, or by any other elector whose name
appears on said alphabetical list, AZ the same
oaths may be administered by the inspectors
as now provided against persons Offering 10
vote at an election; and in case nochallengeis
made OF any person requiring his name to be
entered on said alphabetical list or, In case OF
challenge, il such person shall make an oath
that would entitle him to vote in case
OF challenge at an election, then the name of
any snch person shall be added to the alpha
betieal poll list of the last preceding year ANY
person who is not twenty-one Years OF age on
either of these days when the register is CON-
pleted, but will be if he should live until the
day of election may have his name put on
said register, provided he is otherwise quail
ned To be an eleetor.
Section s. After said lists shall be fully
completed upon the DAYS before mentioned
no names shall be added thereto by any per,
son, or upon any preteyt and the said inspee-
tors shall within three days thereafter cause
four copies of tie same to be made, each of
which shall be certified BY them to be q cor
rect list of voters of their district of which
shall be filed in the Office of the town clerk of
towns in the Office Of the village clerk of viii
lagos aud in the Office of the city clerk in
cities and one Of which copies shall be deliver
ed to each Of said inspectors Said inspectors
shall give notice by public advertisement in a
newspaper printed in the city or village where
such registration was made, Of the registry
and shall include in such notice all additions
to and omissions from the preliminary list
and shall also state where the election is To
| be held. In case there be no newspaper
printed in such city or village, the notice re-
| quired by this section shall be given by post
| ing notices in three or more public places in
each ward Of the city or village. The pub
| fishers making the publication required by
! this section shall be entitled to the same COM
pensation per folio for making such publica-
lion as Is prescribed for publishing other legal
notices II shall be the duty OF said inspec-
tors so receiving such completed lists as
aforesaid carefully to preserve the said lists
/ 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
/ ia such district whose name is on the register.
! No vote shall be received at any general cleo
! ton in this state unless the Lame Of the per
| son offering TO vote be on the said register as
| completed on Tuesday two weeks preceding
/ the election, and Wednesday, the day follow
Ing, as provided in section five of this act, ex-
! cept az herein provided. n case any one
shall, after the last day for completing said
register, and before such election, become a
i qualified voter of the election district, he shall
/ have the same right to vote herein at such
election as he would have had If his name had
been duly registered in such register; pro-
/ cid ha sha oil hof fsfq az no lp
! to vote, deliver to the inspectors his own
1 affidavit, 10 which he shall state the facts
| showing that he has since the completion OF
said register become qualified eleetor oil
! such district and the facts showing that he
was not such an eleetor on the day said regis
! ter was com pleted, and shall also deliver to
/ such inspectors with his OWN affidavit, the
affidayits of two freehcllers Of such election
| district, corroboratirg in detail the material
statements In his own affidavit, In case any
person who was voter at the last previous
general election shall not be registered, such
person shall be- entitled to vote on making
affidavit that ne was entitled to vote at the
previous election, and that he has not become
disqualified by reason OF removal from the
/ election district or otherwise. since that cleo
/ ton, which affidavit shall also be corroborated
| nv the afiidavits of two freeholders, as Is pro-
| yided for other non-registered voters No one
/ freeh older shall be competent to make at any
/ one election corroborating afiidaylts for more
| than three voters. All OF SAID affidavits shall
( be sworn to before some officer authorized by
| the laws Of Wisconsin TO take dispositions.
! The inspectors shall keep list Of the names
! and residences of the electors voting whose
names are not on said completed register, and
attach such list TO the register, and return II,
/ together with all the affidayits aforesaid, TO
the town village or city clerk 5 Office in which
such election district may be- Any person
whose name is on the register may be ehal-
/ lenged, aud the same oaths shall be put as are
| now, or hereafter may be, prescribed BY law.
! Section g. The clerks at each poll In addi-
| ton to the duties now prescribed by law,
| shall enter on the poll list kept 1y them, in
columns prepared for that purpose, opposite
| the name of each person voting, the same
! statement or minute as hereinbefore required
Of inspectors making the registry. 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 clerks of the polls shall truly enter in the
| appropriate column of the poll list, opposite
! the name of the elector, the street in which
the elector resides and the number in case the
house, lodging or tenement is numbered, and
! If the same is not umbered thus the clerk
| shall enter mot numbered" In the column OF
the poll list for entering the number. In case
of refusal to make the statement as aforesaid,
| the vote of said electors shall not be received.
Any person who shall wilfully make any false
stat ement in relation thereto, shall be deemed
| guilty of misdemeanor, and SHALL upon con-
! yiction be punished with fine OF fifty dollars,
| or by imprisonment in the county Jail of the
county for alperiod of ten days, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment
Section TO- After the canvass OF the votes,
one OF said poll lists and said registers SO kept
and checked as aforesaid shall be attached to-
gether, and shall on the following day be filed
| in the town, village or city clerks office las
the case may BEL in which said district may
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lists of voters at the next general election.
The other Of said poll lists and registers so
kept and checked shall BIZ returned 10 the
office OF the county clerk of the county in
| which such district may be, at the same time
i the returns of the election are made.
/ Section 4. The registers shall at all times
| be open To public inspection at the office OF
the authorities in which they shall be de-
posted without charge.
Section IL. The members Of the board OF
| registration and their clsrks shall each re.
| ceiye the same compensation Ia now al
lowed by law for inspectors of election for
each day actually employed in the making
and completion OF the registry, TO be paid TO
them at the time and in the manner in which
they are paid their other fees.
Section Is. The said board shall have and
exercise the same power for preserving order
| at their meetings under this act as Is given to
inspectors Of elections for preserving order
| on election days.
Section IA. Any person who shall cause his
name to tie registered in more than on cleo
ton district or who shall cause his name TO
1 be registered kr owing that he is not quail
fed voter in the district where such registry
is made, or who shall falsely personate any
| registered voter, and any person causing, aid
ing or abetting any person in any manner IN
either of said acts, shall be punished for each
and every offense by imprisonment in the
state prison for not less than one year. All
false swearing before said board ofregistration
| or in written application to be registered,
| or in making affidavits required by this act.
shall be deemed wilful aud corrupt perjury,
and no conviction, punished as such. II any
member or officer of said board shall wihully
violate any OF the provisions of this act, or be
| guilty Of any fraud in the execution of the
| duties of his Office, he shall be punished for
each aud every offence, by imprisonment In
! the state prison for not less than one year.