The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-02

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2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
JAKE effect immediately.
Approved March %. 1891.
CHAPTER. CXXVIIL.
a Supplement TO the act entitled "a
Further supplement TO an act entitled
AN Act TO regulate elections approved
April eighteenth, one thousand eight
hundred aud seventy-s.x which supple
mental act was approved May twenty
eighth. one thousand eight hundred
and ninety.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gem
eral Assembly of the State OF New Jer-
sey, That section 2 OF said supplemental
act be and the same is hereby amended
so that henceforth said section two shalt
be and Read as follows, 10 witt
2. And be it enacted, That said county
boards OF registration shall cause to be
made q complete registration of all the
legal voters in their respective counties,
and for that purpose they shall, within
i've weeks after their appointment, meet
at the court houses III their several
counties and organize by electing one OF
their number TO be chairman and one to
be secretary, but the chairman and the
secretary shall not belong 10 the same
political party; In case of fail
ure to elect such chairman for
three ballots or viva voce votes then
the oldest member lin years ofsuch board
shall be tue chairman thereof. and on
failure to elect such secretary for three
ballots viva voee votes the member of the
board next oldest lin years. to the chair
man of such board, and not of tue same
political party, shall be the secretary;
within forty. but not sooner than thirty
days after the organization of any of said
countyboard5 Of registration as aforesaid,
such board shall Except as hereinafter
provided appoint, within each n every
election precinct of its respective county,
four persons. legal voters and residents
within the election district for which they
are appointed, to be the board of regis
try and election" as hereinafter provided,
in and for such election district or voting
precincts; not more than two of such APP
pointees shall belong to tue same political
party; prior to the expiration or said
thirty days in this section mentioned. the
chairman of the couutycommittee of either
or both of the two political parties in any
county that at the last preceding cleo
ion for members of the GENERAL as
sembly cast the largest and next largest
number of votes in said county, may, in
writing, nominate to said county board of
registration two members of his own
political party for each election district or
voting precinct in his county, and such
nominee shall be by said county board of
registration appointed memoers of the
boards of registry and election in and for
the election districts or voting pre-
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nominated; the members of such boards
of registry and election first appointed
under this section shall hold their Offices
until the first day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-one: within
| thirty laws next succeeding June first,
one thousand eight hundred aud ninety
one, and yearly thereafter, the successors
of said boards of registry and election
shall be appointed, so that after the year
one Thousand eight hundred and ninety
one the terms OF the members of such
boards of registry and election shall COM
mence in June of one year, and end in
June of the mex succeeding; within
thirty days next preceding June first,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety
one, and of every year thereafter, the
chairman of the county committees of
| the said political parties OF any county
may, in manner aforesaid. nominate per-
Sous to the county board of registration TO
be members of the boards of registry and
| election, and such persons so nominated
shall be appointed; should any vacancy
occur in any said boards OF registry and
election, such vacancy shall Subject TO
the provisions OF this section hereinafter
%contained) be fled by appointment. made
pursuant TO this act by the board of reg
i~strarion OF the county wherein the va
cancy occurs, but such appointments
shall be for the unexpired term only;
each board of registry and election shall
| appoint two registry or poll clerks, not of
the same political party, whose duties
| shall be as hereinafter prescribed; the
terms of Office Of such registry or poll
| clerks shall expire with those Qthe MEM
| bers of the board appointing them, If
| either of said registry or poll clerks shall
die, resign or become Incapable of acting,
the board OF registry and election snail
nil such vacancies, but for the unexpired
term only; il at the hour for opening the
polls on the morning OF the day OF any
-to,fs1 - ka taIA nnAar This aPf anU IN a
or more OF the four members of any board
of registry and election OF any election
district shall be absent from the place
where such election is appointed TO be
held, or shall be disqualified, or being
present shall neglect OF refuse to serve ~
member of such board of registry and
election, it shall be lawful for the legal
voters then and there present, who Ia
be entitled 10 vote at such election in
such election district by a majority of
voices, or on a division by n majority OF
polls. forthwith TO choose one or more of
The persons then and there present, who
shall be entitled to vote at snch election
IN such election district, to I'LL the place
or places in sueh board of the person or
persons so absent, disqualified, neglecting
or refusing to act, preserving, however,
the non-partisan character or said board
of registry and election; and every person
so chosen shall be deemed and aiken to
be. in all respects for that election, n
member of such board of registry and
elections; "a note of the election of such
person or persons shall be entered on the
poll lists. and any member OF the board
of registry and erection may administer
to the person or persons so elected the
oath required by section three of this act.
2 And be it enacted. That section four
of said supplemental act approved May
twenty-eightn, Ia thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety, be and the same is here
hy amended so that henceforth said sec
tion four shall be and read as follows, TO
witt
4. And be 1t enacted. That said boar DIS
OF registry and election shall meet anu u
ally OH the tuesday fonr weeks not pre-
ceiling the annual election for members
of the general assembly, at ten O'Clock in
the forenoon, at places within their re-
election districts, 10 be desig