Milford chronicle., 1892-02-26

,Sa.. sn less tire FREE @ to
.lapse from the date of applied ion
to such election.
3. Tar. If of the age of twekty-
two years and upwards, he muSt,
within two years next before the
following general election have pais
i county tax which shall have beenN
,ssessed at least six months before /
sueb election: or, he shall not have |
Maid such a tax, he may still be reg
/ .tered in the list of partially quail
flied voters if he shows that he has
p.en duly assessed and will have the
right to fulfill the requirement OF tax
payment by paying it on or before
the day of the next general election.
Ifany applicant for registration
shows that on the day of the next
General election he will be OF re
age of twenty-one years, and under
the age of twenty-five years, he will
be registered, although ot,assessed.
No persons disqualified rom vot-
inc by reason Of being on IDIOT, or
insane person, or person convicted
Of horime deemed by law felony,
Ffll be registered.
BALLOT LAW.
The Ballot Law provides for the
= appointment by the Governor oi
,inotee Commissioners for each OF the
,, ndaties in the State, one of whom
silver bib county shall be a member OF
a ,i'p political Iy party opposite to the one
of which the other two are members
who shall divide such election dis
tricts in their respective counties
(outside the city of Wilmington as
coutain in their judgment a greater
number of voters than can conYen-
iently vote at the next general cleo
tion into or more election districts,
delimiting and naming the new dis
tricts, designating the place OF hold
inc the election in them, and secur-
ING a room for holding the same.
The Inspector of each hundred or
election district so divided shall be
the inspector of the new district in
which he resides at the time Of the
division, and the Commissioners
shall appoint for the other newly
established district or districts an
Iinspector. or inspectors, from the
marty to which the other inspector
belongs.
The only ballots received at the
polls and counted will be the official
ballots which the Clerks of the
Peace for the several counties will
cause to be printed of uniform Sic
and of the same quality and color
of paper-each ballot to contain the
names of the candidates nominated
] !!sy all the political parties, arranged
,e,Tide by side in parallel vertical col
Nv tins. each column Of candidates
inst CHI headed by the title of I'm
uext n nominating them and SOM
le the 'rrs; 10 be selected by such part,
THE candidates OF the Democratic
q marty to be in the first column to TIN
left those of the Republican party
in the next column, and OF an
other parties in such order as tn
:. Clerk of the Peace shall decide.
The lists of candidates are to b
. certified to the several Clerks of tn
Peace by the presiding officers ant
secretaries of the State or count,
t coventions. as the case may be, Q
: the several parties, together wit
e the device selected by the party.
These certificates of nominatio
are to be fled with the Clerks ofth
Peace at least twenty days befor
2 the election at which they are to b
n voted for. and at least ten days b'
q fore such election the Clerks OF tn
. Peace shall cause such nomination
to be published in the form they WI
Il appear on the ballot in at least tw
q county newspaper. =.
4 Each Inspector, outside the cit
g of Wilmington, is required to al
near at the Office of the Clerk OF I'll
Peace of his county on the day pr
ceeding the election, before 8 o'clocl
IS and the ballots for the several ele
IS tion districts are then delivered
/, the Inspectors by the Clerks Of IL
? Clerks of the Peace in sealed pacI
y AGES, together with the voting staml
N the sealed packages to Re opene
N by the Inspectors at the opening
=. the election, after the qualifcasio
- of the other election Officers-tf
printing. custody and distribute
- of the ballots being so regulated
lie to insure that each election distri'
ID shall have a sufficient number OF ba
y lots. and that no ballots shall be
J existence except those in the hanC
of the election officers; provision b
e. inc also made for the delivery OF Il
st ballots in the event of an Inspect'
g. falling to appear before the Clerk
i the Peace, and for the holding
the election in case of loss or d
strdction of the ballots.
PLAN OF POLLING PLACE.
TIE arrangement of the pollir
r, place, under the new system of vo
re inc. is seen in the following diagrs
IS which shows the most conveniel
r method of arrangement for an orc
j nary polling place:
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