Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-05-08
election, then the supervisors shall, twenty.

not themselves act. No more than two CO
judges and one W clerk Of election, ex-
clerks so act. shall belong tothe same politi-
cal party. No person shall be eligible "a
judge or clerk OF election unless he be a
qualified voter within the election district in
which he sits. nor unless he can read, write
and speak the English language understand
ingly.
election. the local, city or village committees
OF the several parties participating at the
last preceding election ma furnish to the
| city council, or other appointing authorities
| a list of qualified electors for the various
election districts to act MS judges of election,
which lists shall be certified to by the several
! secretaries Of such committees Said Judges
| Of election shall be selected from the fists so
| submitted i'll the following manner:
One for each election district fror1 each Of
! said lists so recommended by the said differ
| ent parties; the first to be selected from the
list submitted by the party polling the largest
number Of woes in sad city or village at the
second from the list submitted by the party
polling the second largest number OF
Votes at tn the last last preceding general
submitted by the party polling the third
| largest number Of vote> at the last preceding
| general election: and in case there are not
| three lists submitted to such council. or other
appointing authorities. then said council, or
| other appointing authorities, shall select one
! from each list submitted as above provided.
| and said council or other appointing author
| tiles shall themselves select the remaining
| judge or judges, but in no case shall more
than two Of such judges belong to the Same
| political party.
SEC. 6. The secretary Of state SHALL be-
| tween the first days Of July and September
| III euch year. direct and cause to be delivered
! to the auditor Of each county notice speci-
! flying all the officers in said county whose
term OF office will expire on the first Monday
| of January next succeeding. and specifying
| off n he n
| county at the next general election. The
auditor TO whom such notice is delivered
shall. upon the receipt thereof, cause like
LACE clesk in s1 his . county. Every s township
| city and village clerk, at least fifteen
! (l5) days before the holding Of any general
twenty @ GAYS osbo1e the
public notice Of the time and place OF hold.
Ing such election by posting IN three public
| places IN every election district three ~
elected at such election. one ~ OF which no.
tees shall he posted up at the place of hold
| ing the election. Said notices shall contain,
| also, the hours during which the polls will
| be open: provided, that no failure OF clerk
to give such notice aforesaid shall i1validste
! an election.
$50. =. If either of the judges Of election
OF any election district in the state shall fail
FOR correcting the list of registers. or holding
| AL election or if either of said judges be
candidate at such election. or refuse to act
| as judge, the qualified electors OF such cleo.
| some qualified elector of said election dis
trict, of the same political party as the judge
% absent, to act as judge instead of each judge
| absent disqualified or refusing to act; and
| II any clerk Of election Oe absent. disquali-
fed or refuse to act the judges OF election
shall appoint some qualified elector Of the
same political party as the clerk so absent,
disqualified or refusing 70 ecs in Ip Of Of
| election enters upon the discharge OF the
duties imposed upon him by this chapter.
he shall take aud subscribe to the following
| oath. to wit:
| II, A. B.. Judge or clerk Of election, As the
| case may be) do solemnly swear (or adirm)
I that will perform the duties OF judge (or
clerk) Of the election las the case may beg
| according to law and the best OF my ability,
aud will stuoiously endeavor to prevent
| fraud, deceit and abuse in conducting this
election. SO help me Gods" which said oath.
10 taken, subscribed and certified, shall he af-
sections eight (s) and eleven dD Of this act.
| If there be no person present authorized to
administer oaths, then the judges of election
may administer 10 each other, ana to clerks,
| the oath provided.
| IN CITIES CONTAINING LEss THAN l2,Goo In
SEC s Inc Judge, Of election in
! Except IN cities having over twelve
| coy days before any election, shall make
list or register Of the names Of all persons
who are entitled to vote in their respective
districts at such election, which list shall
contain the surnames Of such persons In
their alphabetical order and their places Of
residence. Three copies OF said list shall at
least ten {l0) days before such election. be
| posted in each election district, together
| with notice of the time and place when and
where the judges Of election will he present
for the purpose of making corrections in said
list. The judges Of election on the Tuesday
next preceding election. from the hour OF
nine o. in the morning until the hour Of
four a. in the afternoon Of said day, and III
am o, ened
Tuesday Two weeks preceding the election,
and on the Tuesday next preceding such
election. from nine l9) O'Clock in the fore:
noon until uine (0) O'Clock in the evening Of
pointed for the holding Of such election III
their respective election districts for The pur-
pose of making such corrections III said list
| or register; in making such corrections said
judges Of election shall enter upon such lists
| the additional names Of all persons properly
SHOWN to be entitled to vote in that election
district at such election. and erase from sud
properly shown to he entitled to vote in that
| district at such election. The said judges on
FIRST making on! said list. shall consult the
poll lists used at the last preceding general
|
place in said list or register the names of per
| sous whom they know, or can with reasopa-
| BILE diligence ascertain. to be entitled 10 vote
Of such election In their respective election
certified to and filed at the close OF registry
day, as provided for in SECTIONS thirteen N3):
fourteen QD aud fifteen U5) Of this act. and
in cities the Judges may require the oath
specified in section thirteen 03). but other
wise the provisions of such sections shall not
apply. At such election no person shall vote
| whose name is not upon said list or register
that IL anv person offering to vote, whose
name is not upon said list or register. can
produce evidence which satisfies majority
an eleclor in said district and is entitled to
! vote at such election but whose name has
been omitted from said list OF register, then
the name of such person shall be added TO
to vote: and shall not. unless the judges re-
| Quire it, be obliged to make the oath or pro-
duce the evidence provided by section sixty
CaD of this act. But if required by the judges
son be rejected whose name Is upon said list
at the time Of opening the polls; provided,
that If evidence satisfying majority of the
judges be produced showing that the name
| was registered by mistake, and that the per.
| son so offering to vote has not the Qualihca-
tons Of an eIector in said district. and is not
entitled to vote at said election, there then the
name Of such person shall be stricken from
| but in all such Cases an entry shall be made
opposite to each name added TO or stricken
from said lists or registers after the opening
OF the polls. and the judges Of election shall
make, Or cause TO be made, q duplicate ofsuch
lists or registers, SO that there shall! he twol9)
registers or llsls at every election. The
population Of the various grades Of cities
shall be determined by the last officially pro-
| mulgated state or national census.
SEC. Q. The judges Of election In all cleo.
ton districts throughout the state In de-
termininx the residence Of any person for
the purpose Of escertainiug who are qualified
electors shall be governed by the following
rules SO far Is they are applicable:
held to DO the residence OF . person In which
his habitatiop Is fixed, without any present
int alton Of removing therefrom, and 10
which whenever be IL absent he has the in
| tention Of returning.
second-A person shall not be considered
to nave lot bis residence who leaves bis
home to 20 into another state. or county IN
this state, for temporary purposes merely
| and with the intention Of returning.
Third-A person shall not be considered to
! have gained . residence In any county into
which he comes for temporary purposes
| merely, without the intention OF making
| such COUNTY his home.