The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-17
Notice of Meetings
OF H
Boards Of Registry and
Election
OF THE
COUNTY OF HUDSON. STATE OF
NEW JERSEY.
GENERAL ELECTION. NOV. 8, 1891
GENERAL ELECTION. NOV. 8, 1891

Pursuant to an act entitled Further Supple-
ment to an Act to Regu ate Elections APP
proved May %, 1890, with amendments there
on" approved March 20, 1891.
Extract. "a
8. The members OF said boords Of registry
and election aud said registry or poll clerks
their dulles. each severally take and subscribe
an oath or aftr mation. in writing. before Q duly
qualified of1c r, faithfully and impartially to
discharge oil their duties as such officers, under
this or any other lew Of this State to the best of
their skill and ability, which oaths or afiirma-
County Clerk, and by him fled in his Office.
- That said boards Of registry and election
shall meet annually on the
TUESDAY FOUR WEEKS NEXT PRECEDING
the annual election for membe Q 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
and election, when met as aforesaid. shall 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 cha rgnnn shall have been desig-
mated, each member of the board shall take and
subscribe the oath prescribed In the next pre-
ceding section hereof; such oath may be admin
istered by the chatham to the other three mem
bers 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-
6tcly tAtof LII Ch4t1Sotd&o OOASs " 10 PfONidOu
for thar purpose, the names and residences and
street numbers, if any, of all legal voters resid-
ing within their respective election districts en-
titled to vote therein at the next election, by
making actual inquiry at every dwelling house
or habitation. or of the head of every family re-
siding therein, and shall continue such enumer-
alton OF voters from day to day thereafter, on
successive days, until the same be completed;
provided. that such enumeration shall terminate
on or bsfore the iriday next succeeding; 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 abb
sent therefrom when such enumeration Is made.
making such enumeration, the said boards OF
registry and election may divide their election
number, not Of the same political party, desig-
mated by the chairman, together and in company
may make the enumeration in such subdivisions;
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. sThat 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
election districts where the next election will be
held, 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 two
meeting shall be attended by the said registry
| or poll clerks appointed for such election dis
trict, who shall take and subscribe the oath
hereinbefore 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 transcribe and make up from
said canvassing books TITO lists or registers, al,
phabetically, Of the na mes, 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-
esnp ~ ctrob hftor1 nf raufpfrV and oIacflnn tn
have legally voted in that election district at
the last preceding election therein for members
Of the General Assembly. or who shall ball. be 4, shown e =
election district to be y legal voter tnereini
PROVIDED. that no natnralized citizen shall be
registered il his right il challenged, unless he
shall By afHdavit 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 duly registered at a previous election In
such election district.#
s. That when on the day of their meeting, as
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 sue
ceeding such meeting q correct list of the names
entered on said registers, with the residences ana
street numbers, il any I.s shal lobe be posted Ig sdm os e eaca
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spicuous public place within such election
district: both OF said lists shall be certified BY the
board of registry and election, or q majority
thereof, to be correct copies OF the original
~ That the board of registry and election
shan a'sI UTsD "a NEXT PRECEDING
the day OF election for members OF the Genera
Assembly, atfthe 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 oil persons entitled to the right Of sun
rage in that election district at the next election
who shall appear in person before them or shall
be shown 81 the wsitten affidavit of some voter
in SUI h election district to be a legal voter there
in, and Of erasing therefrom the name OF any
person who. after q fair opportunity to De heard.
shall be shown not to be entitled to vote therein
BY reason of non-residence or otherwise and
upon the final completion OF said regist ers the
said board " registry and election . hall pub
gister the number Of names entered
thereon, and on the next succeed-
ing day each Of said clerks shall cause 2
certified copy Of the full list Of the names on said
regis ers, with residences and street. numbers, IL
any, to be posted in conspicuous places WITHIN
said election district; and one OF said clerks, u
be designated by the chairman OF said board Of
registry and election, shall prepare an ad-
diiional copy Of the names, residences and street
numbers. ii any. on such completed register,
which additional copy, after being, certihed as
aforesaid. shall be BY said clerk within tive days
after the last mentioned Tuesday. filed with
the clerk Of the city, township or other mum
cipaiity, within which such election precinct
may be situate; and Provtded Further, that no
name shall be entered on said registers or either
them from said canvassing books, or stricken
therefrom without the concurrence OF .
MAORI ! Of all the members of said boards OF
i. That7on the day succeeding the final COM
pletion Of said registers, one thereof shall be
forwarded to and fled with the County Clerk.