Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-07

by the munlclpai clerk lcE lcCOioois 90
the case may BEL, the duties herein re-
ouired of the commissioners OF the
coonsr court shall be performed BY the
nni q. ~ council, the duties herein re-
o,,,r-J ii the county sheriff shall be per-
formed by the municipal marshal Tor
chief of police, as the case
may be), and the right OF
designation of election officers
by political parties shall be exercised by
the chairman of the committees OF such
parties in the municipality, II any such
there be. Municipal officers are hereby
REQUIRED to perform the various duties
herein prescribed for county officers In
whose stead they act, subject to the
same provisions and penalties herein
prescribed as to such county officers.
And In any county, municipality or
magIsterial district in which an election
is held, for the election OF school, dis
trict or municipal officers, without any
nomination of Candidates having been
made and certified as herein provided,
said election may be held and con-
Quoted, and the result thereof certified,
returned and finally determined under
the laws in force in the State on the
day before this chapter, as amended,
takes effect.
COMPENSATION OF ELECTION OFFICERS.
Sc. Every commissioner OF election,
poll clerk, and ballot commissioners,
shall be allowed one dollar and fifty
cents each day he shall serve as such,
and two dollars in addition thereto as
messenger for the ballots, ballot boxes,
poll books and tally sheets. The ballot
commissioners shall not receive an al
lowance for more than two days.
ELECTION EXPENSES A COUNTY AND
MUNICIPAL CHARGE.
81. The printing OF ballots and all
other expenses incurred in providing
for. holding and making returns OF cleo
tions, shall be a county charge, and
shall be audited by the county court
and paid out Of the county treasury, ex-
cept where the officers to be voted for
are exclusively municipal officers, In
which case such expense shall be mu-
nicipal charge, the payment OF which
shall be pro 7ided for in the same man
ner as other municipal expenses.
ELECTION DAYS LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
ss. All election days shall be legal
holidays throughout tho district or
municipality in which the election Is
held.
MANDAMUs TO COMPEL PERFORMANCE
OF DUTY.
50. Any officer or person upon whom
duty is devolved by this chapter may
be compelled to perform the same by
writ OF mandamus, The circuit court,
or the judges thereof, in vacation,
shall have Jurisdiction by such writ,
and shall upon affidavit filed showing
a proper cause, without rule to show
cause, issue such writ to be returned,
heard and determined without unneces-
sary delay.
WITNESSES COMPELLED TO TESTIFY
THOUGH IMPLICATED.
90. Every person called as witness
as to any violation of any of the provis-
ions of this chapter, shall be compelled
to testify fully concerning the same;
but il such witness testify fully, he
shall be exonerated from such otfense
in which he is implicated, and shall not
be prosecuted therefor.
VOTERS TO BE LISTED.
81. 1t shall be the duty OF each as
SCISSOR in this State to list, as far as he
can, by due diligence, ascertain the
name Of every qualified voter in each
magisterial district Of his assessment
district, and to enter them In aseparate
list for each magisterial district, ar
ranged in the alphabetical order OF the
names Of the voters.
CONTENTS OF THE LIST.
90. Each of said lists shall show:
Gst.) The name la full of the voter.
(2nd.) His age. (3rd.) His occupation.
(4th.) The location of his residence in
the magisterlal district in which he re-
sides. 5th.) How long he has resided in
this State, how long in the county, and
how long in the magisterial district in
which he resides. (6th.) His place OF
birth, and X born out Of the United
States, and Is a naturalized citizen, and
the place OF his naturalization. And
the clerk OF the county court OF each
county shall make out and furnish to
the assessor in his county, the neces-
sary books in which to list the voters as
herein provided, for which service he
shall be allowed reasonable compensa-
ton by the county court, and paid out
of the county treasury. When listing
colored voters, he shall add after each
name the word "colored."
%. The assessor shall enter I'm said
list the name Of every person whom he
knows to be voter, or who shall be a
voter at the next general election in the
maVisterlal district in which he resides,
and he shall call upon all other male
residents Of the district who, from their
appearance or from information, he has
reason to believe to be qualified
voters; and he shall examine all such
last named persons under oath,
touching their qualifications as a
voter, and such Of them as he
believes to be qualified voters, he shall
list as such. And the assessor is en-
powered to administer any oath neces-
sary to the performance Of his duties
under this chapter Any person who
shall swear falsely touching his qualifi-
cations as q voter, shall be guilty Of
perjury, and punished as in other cases
of perjury.
"a. The assessor shall return with
his property book the entire list made
out by magisterial districts as aforesaid,
IL the same be completed by that time,
and II not, as soon thereafter as 1t can
be completed, to the clerk OF the
county court, who shall file and pre-
serve the same in his Office, which said
list shall be open to the inspection Of
the voters of the county.
95. Any voter whose name has not