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

THE BALLOT LAW.
Instructions Regarding the Duties of
Town Oficers.-Relating to the Free
mems Meeting to be Held September 9Th,
1892, and With Respect to the New
Ballot Laws.
l. Be sure that the check list is made
by the Selectmen and the required copies
posted and filed with the Town Clerk on
or before August 9th.
2. Be sure that the board of civil
authority, as early as August 22nd, ap-
point a day and place for revising the
check list, and properly give notice
thereof.
3. Be sure that the warning of the
freemen's meeting is made, recorded in
the Town Clerks Office, and posted on
August Goth.
4. Be sure that the certificates of
nomination for Town Representative and
Justices of the Peace are filed with the
4 Town Clerk between August 18th and
August 9th.
5. Be sure that the board of civil
authority designate polling places and
appoint ballot clerks as early as Septem-
Der 1st
6. Be sure that the Constable posts
the printed lists of candidates as pro-
vided in section 10 of the new ballot
law.
I. The duties of the Town Clerk in
delivering official ballots, of the pre-
siding officer in receiving them, and of
the ballot clerks in distributing them,
should be carefully studied from the act
of 1890.
Your attention is called to some
specific directions and suggestions sub
mitted below:
DUTIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Some. of the duties of town officers
relating 70 the freemen's meeting, to be
heldSeptember 9th, 1892, are as follows:
On on before August 9th, 1892, the
Selectmen in every town must make
check list-in other words an alphabetic-
hl list of the persons qualified to vote at
the freemen's meeting in their town, and
must, on or before August 9th, 1892,
cause at least two copies of such list to,
be posted in two or more public places
i'm their town; and also, on or before
August 9th, 1892, must file a copy of
such list in the Town Clerks office, This
list may be headed "Check list of legal
voters i'll the town Of, at the free
mems meeting, to be held September
9th, 1893" Following this heading
should come an alphabetical list of the
legal voters. This list is generally made
up of the names of persons who were on
the last freemens meeting check list
and who still remain legal voters in the
town, with addition of the names of
such other persons as tie Selectmen
know are already qualified to vote at the
next freemen's meeting in their town.
This list of names should be followed
bn each of the copies posted and on the
Eopy filed in the Town Clerks office by
\ certificate, OF statement, signed by the
Selectmen. which statement may be
substantially as follows:
The above is an alphabetical list of the persons
Qualified to vote at the ireemen's meeting to be
ied in the town of -, Vernon, on the first
Tuesday of September, A. D., 1892.
[SeleCtmen Selectmen of the
sign here.l Town Of.
-. VT, Aug. There insert dag of making
istl, 1892.
In making the check list there should
be stated against the names of each voter
The street and number of his residence,
hnd, where the streets are not named
hnd the residences are not numbered,
the school district in which the voter
resides; in case the list contains the
name of any person whose residence In
own did not begin as early as June 9th,
hS92, it should be stated against the
name of such pei son that he is "dis.
Qualified to vote for Town Represent,
htive and Justices of the Peace"
BOARD OF CIVIL AUTHORITY.
The Board of Civil Authority is COM
posed of the Selectmen and Justices of
the Peace of each town.
AS early as August 22nd, 1892, the
Board of Civil Authority must appoint
lay and place for revising the check list,
hnd no meeting of the Board can make
lny change in the check list after II
o'clock, midnight Saturday, September
BID, 1892. The Board of Civil Authority
should give notice in writing of their
meeting to revise the check list (Which
meeting can be adjourned from time to
5ime), which written notices should be
signed by them and attached to the
bopies of the check list posted by the
6clectmen and to the copy filed in the
Town Clerks office, and which may be
n the following form:
NOTICE.
The Board of Civil Authority of the town of
=, Vermont, hereby appon. (here insert the
hay and hour, as time, and (here insert the
Town Clerks Office or other place appointed) as
place, for hearing and determining challenges
o the qualifications of persons whose names are
hpon the check list of said town for freemens
meeting, 1892, and to revise said check list by in
Berting the names of voters omitted and erasing
he names Of persons not entitled to vote.
-, Vermont, Aug, 1892.
Members of Board Board Of CIVIL Au
sign here. thority OF town
1t is good custom to have this notice
pf the Board of Civil Authority made at
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