Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-19

warning for the next freemen's meeting,
have it recorded in the town clerks Of
flee before 1t is posted (see No. III of
acts of 1887, and post it, after 1t is rec
orded, and on the day it is made, at the
usual place of holding froemen's meet
ing. In a town whose population does
not exceed 1000 freemen's meeting
should be called at y o'clock, noon in
town whose population exceeds 2OOO
and does not exceed 5000, at 10 o'clock,
a. m, and in town whose population
exceeds 5000, at 8 o'clock, a. M.
THE DATES.
The special dates of August G, August
% and August % herein given are dates
applicable to this year only, as they are
dates which are respectively 30, 10 and
II days before freemen's meeting of this
year, and are the proper dates for this
veal simply because the first Tuesday of
September, the day of freemen meeting,
will be the sixth day of September, 1892.
SO, if by chance any one would use these
directions after this year, he should con-
suit section G5 of the revised law as
amended by section of No. 60 of the acts
of 1891, and sections 66 and " of the re-
vised 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 re-
corded before it is posted. See No. III
of the acts of 1888. For making the check
list to be used in November next, at the
election of electors of president and vice
president, revising the same, and issuing
the warning, see sections 20 and y of the
revised laws, and No. 13l of the acts OF
1888.
THE NEW BALLOT ACT.
Jruder No. of the acts of 1890, as
amended by No. of the acts of the spe-
cial session of 1891, 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 represent
alive 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 rep
resentative 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 polling place; for the
preparation of the polling place, includ
ing voting booths, and the duties of your
town officers in regard to the bollots anc
conduct of the election, there should D'
a careful study of the two acts last re
7 ferred to. 1t should be seen to that TIT
town clerk at once takes means to pro
: cure proper plate from which may d.
printed his name in fac-simile in the in
dorsement on the official ballots for tow
representative and those for justices
f the peace as well as on the sample bal
lots for these officers. The town clerl
d will have to prepare and have printe'
r cards of instruction and list of candidate
!, for town representative and justices, t
i be posted according to law. Certificate
G of nomination, in order to have the name
. of candidates placed by the town clerk o
f the official ballots for town representa-
d tive and those for justices of the peace
It must be filed with the town clerk not be
f fore August II, 1892, nor after Angus
o ~, 1892.
Your attention is especially called t
sections "a and %, No. of the acts o
1890. 1t would seem, on examining sec
i tions 70, rs and 70 of the revised laws
# that it was the intention of the legisla
ture that the board of civil authority
d what is meant by the officers whose dut
V it is by law to designate the polling plaC
d es so at least as early as Sept. l, ls9.
V the board of civil authority should dc
(, termine the number and situation of tn
,. polling places and appoint for each pol
e ing place four ballot clerks-two Reput
= licans and two Democrats-under tn
n provisions of section "a of No. 8 of tn
h acts of 1890 The board of civil author
n ty should also, under section % of No.
k of the acts of 1890, cause suitable votin
lie booths to be supplied. The polling pla'
d es designated by the board of civil al
thority should all be within the plao
named in the warning for holding til
- meeting. In most places the board wi
# not be troubled by having to designa'
e, more than one polling place or by ha'
II ing to appoint more than one set of ball'
II clerks, as voters in nearly all the tow
,s can be accommodated by one pollin
Dr. place. Your town officers will do we
Sc to consult officers of towns where tow
81 meetings have been already held und'
the new act, and where booths has
haan nrena red cards of Instruction mad