The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-10-25

shall meet ut the office Of the clerk
Of the circuit court of the county
and carefully revise the registration
books Of The county, and the poll
books OF the several precincts, and
shall erase therefrom the names Of
all persons improperly thereon, or
who have died, removed, or become
disqualified as electors, from any
cause, and shall register the names
of all persons, who have dul " applied
to be registered and Lave been illeg-
ally denied registration. All com
plants OF a denial of registration
NAV be made to, and be heard aud
decided by the commissioners of
elC ction, who shall cause the books
Of gistration To be corrected, If
necessary, So as to show the names
OF all qualified electors in the coun-
tv, ant such book shall be primd
.f'acie evidence of the names and
number of the qualified electors in
the county.
or BoLLUT BOXES.
l-O. llC COMMISSIONERS Ol elCC-
ton in each county shall procure,
if not already provided, at the OK
pcnse Of the county, which shall be
paid by order Of the board of supcrvi-
sors, sufficient Observation-Disclosures
which s. a b distributed by item
to each election precinct Of the coun-
t. before the time for opening the
polls. which boxes shall be .cured
10y good and Sub ,tantial locks. and,
if an adjournment should take place,
after opening the. polls. and be
fore all the votes should be counted .
the box shall he securely closed and
locked, so as To prevent the admis-
sion OF anything into it during the
time Of adjournment, and the box
shall be kept by ore OF the inspcc-
tors, and the key by another oil the
inspectors, aud the Inspector having
the box shall carefully keep it, and
neither unlock Or open it himself,
nor permit it to be done, or permit
any person to have any access to it
during the time OF such adjourn
mcnt.
OFFICERS To KEEP THE PEACE TO BE
APPOINTED.
l2S. The commissioners Of cltc-
ton shall appoint, by wiring under
their hands, or the hands of ma
iority of them, for each precinct, an
officer to be present during the cleo
ton, to keep the peace, and to pro-
cect the place of voting, and TO ar
rest all persons creating any dis
tuIbance about the voting place, and
to prevent improper intrusion upon
the place Of voting or interference
with the conduct Of the election, and
to enable all qualified electors to
have unobstructed access to the
polls, when Others are not voting.
s l29. II tue commissioners of
election shall fail to make such ap-
pointment, or if their appointee
shall not serve, the inspectors of
election may appoint such officer.
DUTY OF OFFICER OF TIE PRECINCT.
s 1870. 1t shall be the duty of
the officer of the precinct, appointed
as aforesaid, to be present at the
voting place, and to take such steps
as will accomplish the purpose Of his
ppointmcnt, and be shall possess
full power to do SO, and may sum
mon to his aid all persons present
at the voting place. A space of
thirty feet, in every direction from
the polls, shall be kept open and
clear of all persons, except two chal-.
lcngers of good conduct and behavior,
selected by each party, to detect and
challenge illegal voters; and the
voters shall approach the polls from
one direction, linc, door, or passage
and depart in another, as nearly
opposite as convenient.
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION APPOINTED
FOR EACH PRECINCT.
1873. Prior to any election the
said commissioners of election shall
appoint three persons for each elcc-
ton precinct to be inspectors of the
ClCCllOlI. " w SudIl llpI All DC VI lhS
same political party, if suitable per-
sons Of different parties are to be
had in the election district, and, if
any person appointed shall fail to
attend and serve, the Inspectors
pres ent, if any, may designate one to
ill his place, and it such coInmis-
sioners Of election fail to make such
appointment, and in case of failure
of all those appointed to attend, any
three qualified electors present when
the polls should be opened, may act
as inspectors.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF INSPECTORS.
s 1884, The inspectors shall take
care that the election is conducted
fairly and agreeably to law. and
they shall be judges of the quaifica-
tons Of voters, and may examine,
on oath, any person Offering to vote,
touching his qualifications as an
el,cLor, which oath any of such in
spectors may administer.
CLERKS OF ELECTION.
s 1876. The inspectors of each
precinct shall appoint two clerks,
and inspectors and clerks shall be
sworn nv any officer present cOmpe-