The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-10

4 family residing therein, and shall con
! tinue such enumeration OF voters, iron
4 day TO day thereafter, on successive days
until the same DO completed; provided
| that such enumeration shall terminate OF
/ or before the Saturday next sue
| ceedinx; the name OF every sucl
voter MS = aforesaid, whose place o
\ abode shall be in any family or habtta
4 ton or who may be casually or TEN
porarily absent theretroin when sucl
| enumeration is made, small be entered IL
| said canvassiug books; IN making sucl
enumeration, The said boards OF registry
| and election may divide their election
districts into subdivisions, and any two
4 of their number, not OF the same political
| marty. designated by the chairman, to
\ qether and in company, naY make the
\ enumeration in such subdivisions nc
name shall be entered on such canvass,
1 ing books without the concurrence or both
| SAM members, or II saiu enumeration be
| made by the entire board. without the
| concurrence of majority thereof
5. Aud be it enacted, That on the Tues.
| dav three weeks next preceding the cleo
tion for members of the general assembly
said boards of registration and election
shall meet at the places IN their respec-
tive election districts where the next
election will be neld, at seven O'Clock III
the morning and continue insession until
nine O'Clock in the evening, but may take
u recess from one to two O'Clock
during said time; said last men
toned meeting shall be attended
nv the said registry or poll clerks ap-
pointed for such election district, who shall
take and subscribe the oath hereinbcfore
prescribed, to be administered by the
chairman or any member of the board;
when met, as in this section provided,
said board of registry and election and
said clerks shall proceed to transcrioe
and make up from said canvassing books
two lists or registers, alphabetically, OF
the names, residences and street NUM-
bers, ii any. of all persons IN their re-
specEive election districts entitled to the
right OF suffrage therein at the next cleo
ton, or who shall personally appear be-
fore them for that purpose, or who shall
be shown to the satisfaction of such board
of registry and election to have legally
voted in that election district at the
last preceding election therein for mem
beers of the general assembly, or who
shall be shown by the affidavit in writing
of some voter in that election district TO
be legal voter therein; provided. that no
naturaIized citizen shall be registered ii
his right is challenged, unless he shall,
BIZ affidavit or otherwise, prove to the
satisfaction of a majority of such board
that he Is entitled to vote in that election
district at the next election therein, or
shall produce legal certificate OF natur-
alization emitting him to the right of
suffrage, or shall have been duly regis
tared at q previous election in such cleo
ton district, which certificate shall there
upon be endorsed with the uate OF inc
exhibition.
s. And be it enacted, That when on the
day OF their meeting, us provided IN the
next preceding section, the board Of
registry and election shall have COM
pleted said two registers, they shall
certify ON each of them and announce
publicly the number of names entered
thereon; that on the day succeeding such
meeting a correct list Of the names en-
tered on said registers with residences
and street numbers, If any, shall be
posted By each of saiu clerks, in hand bill
form, in some conspicuous public place
within such election district; both OF said
lists shall be certified by the board of
registry and election. or a majority
thereon, to be correct copies OF the orig
inal registers
Z. And be it enacted, That the board of
registry and election shall also meet on
Tuesday next preceding the day OF cleo
ton for members Of the general ASSEMBLY,
at the same hour and place of their
former meeting, and remain in session
until nine O'Clock IN The evening except
that they may take a recess as afofeSaldl.
for the purpose OF receiving and correct
ing the original registers, of adding there
to the names Of MI persons entitled TO the
right of suffrage il that election dis
trfct at the next election, who
shall appear in person before them
or shall be shown by the written
affidavit of some voter in such election
district to be a legal voter therein, and of
erasing therefrom the name OF any person
who, after fair opportunity 10 be heard.
shall be shown not to be entitled to vote
therein By reason OF non-residence or
otherwise; and upon the nual completion
of said registers the said board Of registry
and election shall publicly announce and
certify on each register the number of
names entered thereon, and on the next
succeeding day each Of said clerks
shall cause certified copy of the
full list Of the names of said
registers, with residences and street
number, if any, to be posted in conspicu-
GUS places within said election district;
and one Of said clerks TO be designated
by the chairman of said board OF registry
and election, shall prepare an additional
copy of the names, residences aud street
numbers, il any, on such completed regis
! ter which additional copy, after being
certified as aforesaid, shall be by said
| clerk, within TWO days after the said last
mentioned Tuesday, filed with the clerk
1 Ut the city, township or other municipal
4 ity, within which such election precinct
may be situate; and provided further,
| that no name shall be entered on said
register or either of them from said can
vassing books, or stricken therefrom
| without the concurrence or a majority of
| all the members of said boards of regis
try and election.
s. And be it enacted, That on the day
succeeding the final completion OF said
registers one thereof shall be forwarded
TO and filed with the county clerk
8. And be it enacted, That at least two
| weeks preceding the meeting of the said
| boards OF registry and election on the
! third Tuesday before election, as herein
before provided, the county clerk of each
| county shall cause notice to be pub
| lished in such and so many Of the news
papers of his county rs he and the presid,
ing Judge of the court Of common pleas
Of his county shall previously have desig
| mated for that purpose, not exceeding SIX
| in all, setting forth that the boards oil
| registry and election in and for each and
every election district or voting precinct
in his county will meet on the days and
between the hours aforesaid for the pur.
pose OF making said registration of vot
ers; said publication shall be published
as nearly as may be, equally Il news
papers OF the different political parties
| and so as to afford the widest possible in.
| formation 10 all voters OF every political
party, and such notice shall be continued
in such newspapers aL least once week
! for at least four weeks successfully; pro
yided, that such publication shall not b.
| made in any daily newspaper more thar
twice in any one week.
TO- And be it enacted, That in the reg
listers made as aforesaid the names shall
be arranged in the alphabetical order o.
n.