The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01
Registration Of Voters

calling for NEW REGISTRATION OF all
legal electors to be made previous to
the fall election in 1882. AS every
legal voter, and all election officers
are interested specially in this act, we
print it in full as follows:
GAN ACT to amend section eighteen
of act number one hundred and
seventy-seven of the session laws
of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,
being compiler's section one hun
dred and seventy-six of the COM
piled laws of eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, relative to the regis
tration Of electors.
"SEcTIoN I. Tile People Of the
State Of michigan enact, That section
eighteen of act number one hundred
and seventy-seven of the session laws
of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,
being compiler's section one hundred
and seventy-six of the compiled laws
of eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
be and the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
"(l76.) SEC. IS. At every session
of the board Of registration Of any
township or ward after the year one
thousand eight hundred and fifty
nine, it shall be their duty to review
the list of names in the register, and
if it shall have come to their knowl-
edge that any person whose name has
been registered has died or has re-
moved therefrom and ceased to re.
side therein, they shall place the let
ter ID against the name of the de-
ceased person, and the letter r.
against the name OF the person who
has so removed, with the date of the
entry and the initials of the name of
member making it, so as to show by
whom and when made, and there
after such name shall be considered
and treated as no longer in the list,
and shall be omitted in the copies
above provided for. But if it shall
happen that such entry was errone-
ously made, and such person shall
thereafter appear at any election and
claim the right to vote thereat, his
name may, on his application, be
again registered upon the following
terms: He shall, upon his oath or
affirmation, which any member of the
board Of inspectors or the board OF
registration may administer, declare
that he has not removed from but is
still resident of the township or
ward, and is otherwise qualified
elector and entitled to vote; and on
making such oath or affirmation, his
name may be registered in the man.
ner above described, either by the
board of inspectors or the board of
registration; and if such applicant
shall swear or affirm falsely he shall
be liable to the pains and penalties of
perjury. But in case such entry shall
be made falsely, maliciously, and
without credible information, the
member of the board making it shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and be punished as such, and the
party aggrieved shall be entitled to
recover of him in an action ON the
case treble damages for the injury
and treble costs of suit, in any court
having jurisdiction of the cause, and
the record Of the defendants convic-
ton of the criminal offense, duly
authenticated, shall be prima facie
evidence Of his liability: PROVIDED,
That at the sessions of the several
boards Of registration next preceding
the general election to be held in
this State, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two, and at
said session next proceeding the gen.
eral elections every ten years there
aiter, there shall be had and made an
entirely new registration Of the quail
fed electors Of each organized town
ship and city in this State, excepting
n the county Of Wayne, and excsps
In tiuse cities where provision i
nsds b. existing law for new regis
tsasioa oeeeser than every ten years,