The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

4CSOA04A
OF THE
COUNTY OF HUDSON. STATE OF
NEW JERSEY.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOV. 3, 1891
| Pursuant to an act entitled Further Supple
msnt to an Act to Regulate Elections - APP
proved May 2S, 1890, with amendments there
on" approved March %, 1891.
Extract.
8. The members of said boords of registry
and election and said registry or poll clerks
shall 4 before entering upon the performances f. m nlnsc,S Of
an oath or Affirmation. in writing, before q duly
qualified of1c r, faithfully and impartially to
this or any OF her law of this State to the best of
their skill and ability, which oaths or aflirma-
tons shall be forthwith forwarded to the
County Clerk, and by him filed in his Office.
A. That said boards of registry and election
shall meet annually on the
TUESDAY -FOUR WEEKS NEX PRECEDING
abe annual election for membe 8 of the General
Assembly, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at
places within their respective election districts,
to be designated by the members of such board
or q majority thereof; said boards of registry
ana electiOu, Wneu met as aforesaid, snuu Or
ganize by choosing one of their number to be
chairman; In case of failure to choose said
chairman for three ballots, the Oldest member
Gin years. of such board shall be chairman there
Of; when the chairman shall have been desig-
mated, each member of the board sh-1 take and
subscribe the oath prescribed in the next pre-
ceding section hereof; such oath may be admin
istered by the chairman to the other three mem
hers Of the board, and any member thereof ma
then administer the oath to the chairman; said
boards of registry and election having taken and
subscribed the oath aforesaid. shall, on the same
day, proceed to ascertain and truly and accur-
ately enter In canyassing books, to be provided
for that purpose, the names and residences and
street numbers, If any, of all legal voters resid-
ing within their respective election districts en-
making actual inquiry at every dwelling house
or habitation, or Of the head Of every family re-
siding therein, and shall continue such enumer..
| successive days, until the same be completed;
| provided, that such enumeration shall terminate
ON or before the Friday next sncceeding; the
name of every such voter, as aforesaid. whose
place of abode shall be in any family or habita-
ton or who may be casually or temporarily alb
sent therefrom when such enumeration is made,
shall be entered in said canvasSing books; in
making such enumeration, the said boards of
registry and election may divide their election
districts into subdivisions, and any two Of their
number, not of the same political party, desig-
mated by the chairman, together and In company
may make the enumeration in such subdivisions;
no name shall be entered on such canva ssing
books without the concurrence of both said
members, or IL said enumeration be made by the
entire board, without the concurrence OF a ma
| jority thereof.s
8. What on the
TUESDAY THREE WEEKS NEXT PRECEDING
| the election for members of the General Assem-
bly,, said boards of registration and election
shall meet at the places in their respective
he'd, at ten O'Clock in the morning, and con-
tinue in session until nine O'Clock IN the even
ing, but may take q recess from one to tive
meeting shall be attended by the said registry
or poll clerks appointed for such election dis
trict, who shall take and subscribe the oatn
the chairman or any member OF the board;
when met. as In this section provided, said
coapA of registry and election and said clerks
shall proceed to transcribe aud make up from
said canvassing books two lists or registers, al
alphabetically, Of the names, residences and
street numbers. if any. OF all persons in their
respective election districts entitled to the right
of suffrage therein at the next election or who
shall personally appear before them for that
purpose, or who shall be shown to the ~satisfac-
lion of such board of registry and election to
have legally voted in that election district at
the last preceding election therein for member
of the General Assembly, or who shall be shown
by the affidavit in writing of some voter In that
election district to be u legal voter therein;
Provid. d, that no paturalized citizen shall be
shall. by 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 and
exhibit a legal certificate of naturalization en-
titling him to the right OF suffrage, which GER
tifcate shall thereupon be endorsed with the
date of the exhibition thereof, or shall have
been d uly registered at a previous election in
such election district
provided in the next preceding section, the
board of registry and election shall have COM
p.eted said two registers, they shall certify on
each of them and announce publicly the number
| of names entered thereon; that on the day sue
ceeding such meeting a correct list of the names
entered d, on said registers aas . .wish tn the reside residence ice sand and
| of said clerks, in hand-bill torn, in some con-
spicuous public place within such election
! dist riot; both of said lists shall be certified by the
| board Of registry and election, or a majority
thereof, to be correct copies OF the original
| registers.
TUESDAY NEXT PRECEDING
| the day of election for members OF the Genera
| Assembly, at the place OF their former meeting,
at the hour of one O'Clock in the afternoon. and
remain in session until nine O'Clock in the even
| ing, for the purpose Of revising and correcting
| the original registers, of adding thereto the
names of all persons entitled to the right of suff-
| rage in that election district at the naxt election
who shall appear In person before them or shall
in sui h election district to be a legal voter there
in, and of erasing therefrom the name of any
| Shall be shown not to be entitled to vote therein
by reason of non-residence or otherwise and
| upon the final completion Of said registe rs the
said board Of registry and election S hall pub
49,
| gister the number OF names entered
thereon, and on the next succeed
ing day each of said clerks shall cause a
| certified copy of the full list of the names on said
regis. ers, with residences and street numbers, if
any, to be posted in conspicuous places within
said election district; and one of said clerks. to
be designated by the charm an of said board of
registry and election. snail prepare an adj
ditional copy of the names, residences and street
numbers, II any, on such completed register,
which additional copy, after being certified as
aforesaid. shall be by said clerI. within two days
after the last mentioned. Tuesday, filed with
the clerk of the city, township or other NUM-
cipality, within which such election precinct
may be situate; and provided further, that no
name shall bs entered on said registers or either
them from said canvassing books, or stricken
therefrom without the concurrence of "a
majority of all the members of said boards Of
registry and elections
8. That on the day succeeding the final COM
pletion of aaid registers, one thereof shall be
forwarded to and filed with the County Clerk.
County Clerks office, September 25. 1891.
DENNIS MCLAUGHLIN, Clerk.