St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-04
7ided. Whenever it shall become


/ section provided. whenever it shall become
necessary to appoint one or more judges
/ of election by reason of the disqualification
| or unWilIngneSS of one or more supervisors
| so to serve or by reason of the division or
| the township into two or more election DIS
| tlicts said supervisors shall on the first day
| they meet for registration appoint the same,
| and shall give notice thereof by posing
| proper notices in three public places IN eacn
| election district at least ten days before the
day of the election.
ated cities, and the municipal councils or all
| incorporated villages, which constitute one
or more separate election districts, shall, at
| least twenty five days before any elecuo1,
| appoint three qualified electors of each cleo
| tiOn district OF said city or village, as mere
| matter provided, who stall be judges OF eiec-
| ton in their election districts, respectively,
! and who shall appoint Two qualified electors
| of their election districts as clerks OF 6lec-
| tion. Irovided, that members OF any village
| council in villages having but one election
| district and not included in any township
| election district, shall be judges of election,
| however to the qualifications and restrlc-
tions provided for township supervisors
| Sec. 50. Two qualified electors in each
| election district shall be appointed Dy the
| Judges of election therein to serve as clefhS
| of election for such district except that IN
| towns the town clerk, and IN villages naVlQS
but enc election district and not included IN
| any township election district, the YlliaSe
| clerk shall serve as one OF the clerks OF eI2c-
| tion in the election district in which he re-
| sides No more than two Judges ana one
| clerk of election shall belong to the same
political party, and no person sHaid pe elgl-
| Die or serve as judge or clerk of election uI-
| less he be d qualitied voter within the cleo
ton district in which he sits, nor. unless ne
can read write anG Iy SPEAK nor te u he ngiS ge
! candidate for any Office.
Sec 3D. At least thirty days before any
| election in any city or in any Incorporated
| village having two or more election dlstrlctS,
the local committees of the several partles
| participating at the last preceding election
! may furnish to the city council, or other ap,
| electors for the various election districts to
act as judges of election, which lists snail
be certified to by the several secretaries or
| such committees Said judges OF electloh'
| in cities and Incorporated villages, shall be
| selected from the lists submitted by sdld 10
cal committees in the following manner:
One for each election district from each
! of said lists SO recommended by the said dill
! ferent parties; the first TO be selected from
! the list submitted by the party polhhg the
| largest number OF votes i'll SAD CITY or village
| at the last preceding general election; the
| second from the list submitted by the party
| polling the second largest number OF VoteS
| at the last preceding general election; tne
| third from the list submitted by the party
| polling the third largest number or VOTES at
! the last preceding general election.
If either of the local committees or the
! three parties respectively polling the rfst,
| second or third largest number OF EoLeS az
| the last preceding general election snail fall
! to furnish a LIST as hereinbefore provided
| and q list shall be so furnished by the COM
mittee of the party polilng tHe I2lrln largeSI
number of votes at said preceding election
| then one judge shall be selected from sald
| list. :,
| TO such council, or other appointing author
| ities then said council or other appointing
| authorities shall select one from each HsC
submitted as above provided; ana sald ci1 c0un1
| ell or other appointing authorities shall
| themselves select the remaining Judge OF
Judges but in no case shall more than Two
of such judges belong to the same polluca1
Sec. "a. IF either Of the judges Of any cleo
tion district in the state shall fall TO attend
at the time and place appointed Tor correct
ing the lists of registers, or holdlhg an elec- 11
ti0n or If either of said judges be q can
| didate at such election, or reruse 10 acI as
Judge the qualified electors or such elecuOn
district present shall elect viva yy yyoce some le
qualified elector of said election dlstflcC, OF
the same political party as the JudSe SO
absent Gf only one judge i'll attendance pc
longs thereto but otherwise II or an0tner
parity to act as Judge lnsteah Oh SUN ei SUN "a
Judge so absent, disqualified or refusing I'd
If any clerk Of election be absent disquai-
flied or refuse TO act, the Judges oI elecltIn t3
shall appeint some qualified eiector or the
same political party as the clerk SO absent;
disqualified or refusing to act, IN place OF
such clerk. o1oa+io,, o,+o+s
unon the discharge of the duties imposed
uPon mon him hin by this act, he shall take and
subscribe to the following oath to Tlt: W.T. &c
tT A b Gudge or clerk or electlon as
the case NAV be-, do solemnly swear (or
ofirm) that I will perform the duties OIL
Judge Tor clerk of election las the case may i2y
be- according to law and the pest % u n1y on I15r
fraud deceit and abuse in conducting TINS
election, so help me God oon+;
Said oath so taken, subscribed and ceru-
fed, shall be affixed to the SAD IlsC or ies
;,+o,. ,,ro1yidad for in this act.
If there be no person present authofizeq 10
odn,inister oaths then the judges OF electIOn
nav administer to each other and 10 CLERKS
lls said Gd'n indges nd and clerks SHALL prior to
+bo onening of the polls, constitute
board of registration, ana hrd supstTlrl of eiec-
thereto shall be known as the poard OF elec.
tion: and all registry lists by them nlade OF
nsed shall be headed or prenXeG suosIah-
tally ia the following form, to-WlI:
List of qualified electors In Ihe 6toI1nl
shin, village, ward or precinct, as the case
may be) of ......, in the county OF. :. =,
State of Minnesota, for an election TO pc pe
held in the said election district on ,.n9 La9
...;...-. day OF -'.-'''''' 'sn''>-i
'iiS' An registry lists shall contain the names
of electors in separate groups, 10 pe !nselte1t %
in alphabetical order, according 10 tne hIet
letter of the SurnameS OF Such elecloFS'
each letter OF the alphabet to form group,
and not more than one group TO De on any
one page OF 5ucn feSlSLeI, anu ~ Oltcn q o;1t
shall be separately numbered commencing
Zach with number one), i'll the order OF reg
iStry. ,. ...,
twelve thousand inhabitats, The board .tod Oh
registration in each election district in the
Stale, at least twenty days be-
fore any election, shall make "a a
list OF register of the names OF all
persons who are entitled to vote in their
respective districts at such election, winch
list shall contain the Surnames OF Such per
sons in their alphabetical order, and Their
| places Of residence.
Three copies of said list shall, at least ten
! dayS before such election, be posted IA eacn
| election district together with a notice OF
| the time and place when and where the
| board Will be present for the purpose Oh
| making corrections IN said list.
The judges of election on the Tuesday
! next preceding election, from the h0ur OF
! nine i'll the morning until the hour oil TOUR
| in the afternoon OF said day (and IN CUES
containing a population of over two thou
| sand and less than three thousand inhab-
| itants ON Tuesday two weeks preceding the
| election and on the Tuesday next preceding
| such election, from nine O'Clock IN the
| forenoon until nine O'Clock in the afternoon
! of said days., shall be present at the place
| appointed for the holding OF such electlon
| in their respective election districts,
| for the purpose of making Such corrections
| in said list or register.
In making such corrections said board
! of registration shall enter upon such lists
| the adQItlOnaI names Oh I'LL persons plpp-
| erly shown to be entitled to vote in that
election district at such election, and erase
| from said list or register .the names OF all
! persons property shown not to be entitled
to vote in that district at such election.
The said board, on first making out said
list, shall consult the poll lists used at the
| last preceding general election in their cleo
ton district, and shall place in said list or
register the names of persons whom they
know, or can with reasonable diligence as
certain, TO be entitled to vote at such cleo
ton in their respective election districts.
Section 56. In cities having less than
| twelve thousand inhabitants either of the
! judges may administer the following oath
or affirmation to persons appearing for reg
| iStraton: