The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-02
ELECTION LAW.

As the law under which lhs municipal
election is to be held this Enring is new
70 the publicgenerally, We append here
with the provisions Of the act It will
be observed that among CHER things
polls will not close until o'clock. This
il certainly an admirable pforislon. al
1t affords laboring men who night other
wise be practically disfienchised q
chance to vote AFTER they shall have
completed their DAYS work The law
should be read by every volef. Here is
what It demands:
SnCrioE 6. The judges 81 election in
each election district, exeetf in cities
having over 1000 inhabitAnE& NJ least
20 days before an election, SHALL make
. list or register Of the name3 nf al per
sons who are entitled . vote III their
respective districts at such election,
which list shall contain the surnames OF
such persons in their alphabetical order.
I Three copies Of said Inst shall, at least
tan DAYS before such election, be posted
In each election district, together with a
/ notice Of the time and place, when and
where, the judges Of election will be
present for the purpose of making cor
Tections in said list. The said judges of
election on Tuesday two weeks proceed
| ing the election, and, If necessary, for
the next three days, from the hour of
nine in the morning until one in the af-
Iternoon, and in cities containing pop
ulation Of 4, 000inhabitants and upwards,
in addition thereto, from the hour OF
eight to the hour Of ten in the evening,
and on the Tuesday next preceding
such election from nine o'clock in the
forenoon until nine o'clock in the even
ing, shall be present at the place APP
pointed for the holding of such election,
in their respective election districts, for
the purpose of making corrections in
the said list or register;
| And at such election no person shall
vote whose name is not upon said
list or register at the time of the open
ing of the polls; provided that any per-
son offering to vote, whose name is not
on said list or registers, can produce ev-
idence which satisfies majority of the
judges that he has the qualifications of
an elector of said district, and is entitled
to vote at such election but whose name
has been accidentally omitted from said
lists or registers, then the name of such
person shall be added to the list or reg
listers, and he shall be allowed to vote.
SEC. Z. The judges of election
in determining the residence Of any
person, for the purpose of ascertaining
who are qualified electors, shall be gov
erned by the following rules as far as
they are applicable:
First-The place shall be considered
and held 10 be the residence of person
in which his habitation ID fixed without
any present intention of removing there
from, and to which whenever he is abb
sent he has the intention of returning.
Second-A person shall not be consid-
cred to have lost his residence WHO
leaves his home to go into another state,
or county in this state, for temporary
purposes merely, and with the intention
of returning.
Third-A person shall not be consid
cred to have gained residence in any
county into which he comes for temper.
larry purposes merely, without the inten-
ton Of making such county his home.
Fourth-fa person 60 into another
state, with the intention of making il
his residence, he loses his residence in
this state.
Ffth-If person remove to another
state with the intention of remaining
there for an indefinite time, as place OF
Iregidence, be loses his residence in this
iEla.st Wlthstznding he entertains the
idea of reiafning at some future time.
Sixth.-The place where mans fam
| lily resides shall be held to be his resi-
dence; but il it be place of temporary
establishment for his family, or for tran
sent purposes, it shall be otherwise.
Seventh.--If man have family fix
ed in one place, and he do business in
another, the former shall be considered
his place of residence; but any man hav-
ing family, who has taken up his abode
with the intention of remaining, and
whose family refuse TO reside with him,
shall be regarded as a citizen and voter
where he has taken up his abode.
Elghth.-The mere intention to re-
quire new residence, without the fact
of removal, shall avail nothing, neither
shall the fact of removal without the in
tenton. And no person employed tenn
porarily In the construction or repair of
any railroad, canal or other work of a
public nature, shall acquire residence
In any election precinct into which he
came for that purpose, 30 as to entitle
him 10 vote therein; but this provision
agents or section men, who permanently
reside in such election precinct. In any
question that may arise, as to the right
or any person in the employment of
any railroad corporation to be regis
tered, or to vote, in any election pre-
cinct, it must first satisfactorily appear
to all the judges of said election district,
and not there for temporary purposes
merely; and the mere affidavit of such
person shall not be received as conclu-
sve as to any fact necessary to entitIe
him to vote.
SIC. 10.-The polls in the several cleo
ton districts shall be opened at nine
O'Clock in the morning and kept open
until five o'clock in the afternoon; but
in cities of 5000 inhabitants or more the
polls shall be kept open until seven
O'Clock in the evening. No adjournment
or intermission whatever shall take place
until the same be closed and until all the
votes cast ct such poll have been count
ed and the result publicly announced.
SEc. q. 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 where he re-
sides is numbered, the number thereof;
but clerks of the polls If the registers
contain correctly such names and resi-
dence, need not make an entry of the
residence. In case of his refusal to
make the statement aforesaid, the vote
Of any elector shall not be received.