The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-12

as early date as the check list itself,
so that when the Selectmen post the
copies of the check list and file copy in
the Town Clerks office, the notices may
be attached to the copies and so give the
voters the earliest notice possible of the
time and place of the meeting of the
Board of Civil Authority to revise the
check list.
In revising the check list, no PERSONS
name must be stricken off without his
| first having reasonable notice that the
right to have his name on the check list
has been challenged. Directions for
notice to person challenged may be
| found in No. of the Acts of 1890. Other
laws which should be read are sections
65 to II of the Revised Laws and the
amendments thereto made by numbers
liz and 113 of the Acts of 1882, and num-
bers so and 60 of the Acts of 1884.
THE WARNING.
August 25th, 1892, the Constable, or in
his absence the Town Cler'., or in his
absence a Selectman, should make the
warning for the next freemen's meeting,
have it recorded in the Town Clerks
Office before it is posted (see No. 131 of
Acts of 1889, and post it, after it is re-
corded and on the day it is made, at the
usual place of holding freemen's meet
ing. In town whose population does
not exceed 2000, freemen's meeting
should be called at II o'clock, noon; in
town whose population exceeds 2000 and
does not exceed 5000, at 10 o'clock a.
m, and in town whose population ex-
ceeds 5000, at 8 o'clock a. m.
THE DATES.
The special dates of August 9th,
August 22nd, and August 25th, herein
given, are dates applicable to this year
only, as they are dates which are
respectively 80, Is and II days before
freemen's meeting of this year, and are
the proper dates this year simply because
the first Tuesday of September, the day
of freemen's meeting, will be the 9th day
of September, 1892. So, if by chance any
one would use these directions after this
year, he should consult section IS of the
Revised Laws as amended by section 2
of No. 60 of the Acts of 1884, and sections
66 and Y of the Revised Laws to
ascertain the right dates for making,
posting and filing the check list, for
giving notice of the meeting to revise it,
and for making and posting the warning
which warning should be recorded be-
fore it is posted. See No. 131 of Acts of
1888. For making the check list to be
used in November next, at the election
of electors of President and Vice-Presi-
dent, revising the same, and issuing the
warning, see sections 70 and " of the
Revised Laws, and No. 131 of the Acts
of 1888.
THE NEW BALLOT ACT.
Under number of the acts of 1890, as
amended by number /, of the Acts of
the special session of 1881, the County
Clerk will furnish the proper officers of
your town with an official ballot to be
used in voting for all officers excepting
town representative and justices of the
peace. Your town will need to provide
three ballot boXes-one for the official
ballots that will be furnished by the
County Clerk, one for the official ballots
for Town Representatives, and one for
those of Justices of the Peace; and if
your town has more than one polling
place three boxes must be provided for
each additional polling place; for the
preparation of the polling place, includ-
ing voting booths, and the duties of your
town officers in regard to the ballots and
conduct of the election, there should be
careful study of the two last Acts re-
ferred to. 1t should be seen to that the
Town Clerk at once takes means to pro-
cure a proper plate, from which may be
printed his name in fac SimiLe in the en-
dOrsement on the official ballots for Town
Representative and those for Justices of
the Peace, as well as on the sample bal
lots for these officers. The Town Clerk
will have to prepare and have printed
cards of instructions and list of candi-
dates for Town Representative and
Justices, to be posted according to law.
Certificates of nomination, III order to
have the names of candidates placed by
the Town Clerk on the official ballots for
Town Representative and those for JUS
tices OF the Peace, must be filed with the
Town Clerk not before. August 18th,
1892, nor after August 9th, 1892.
Your attention is especially called to
Sections "a and 80, No. 8 of the Acts of
1890. 1t would seem, on examining Sec
tions Y, rs and 70 of the Revised Laws,
that it was the intention of the Legisla-
ture that the Board of Civil Authority is
what is meant by the officers whose duty
it is by law to designate the polling
places; so, at least as early as September
l, 1892, the Board of Civil Authority
should determine the number and situa-
CiOh VI Ch0 pollIuS places anu appoint
for each polling place four ballot clerks
two Republicans and two Democrats
under the provisions of Section "a of No.
8 of the Acts of 1890. The Board of
Civil Authority should also, under Sec
ton 25 of No. 0, of the Acts of 1890,
cause suitable voting booths to be sup
piled. The polling places designated by
the Board of Civil Authority should all
be within the places named in the warn
ing for holding the meeting. In most
towns the Board will not be troubled by
having to designate more than one poll
ing place or by having to appoint more
than one set of ballot clerks, as voters in
nearly all the towns can all he accommo