The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-16


town next previous TO said assessment adding
however. any taxable property which may have
been omitted by said town assessors or after
wards acquired, and In the assessing and col.
lecting Of said taxes such proceedings shall be
had by the officers OF said district, as near as
may be, are required 10 be had by the COR
responding officers Of towns in assessing and
collecting town taxes: Provided, however, that
the tax assessed and payable In any one year
under the provisions Of this section shall not
exceed hve mills on each dollar of said valua
tion."
SEQ. Q. All acts and parts Of acts inconsist
ent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act
shall take effect from and after its passage.
CHAPTER ss.
AN ACT Making tine Board Of Canvassers and
Registration of the City of Providence Re-
turning Board in Said City.
Passed May Ia, 1907
II is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
SECTION /. The board Of canvassers and reg.
fstration OF the city of Providence, in addition
70 the duties now incumbent upon them by
law, hereafter shall count all ballots cast at
any election in said city, and determine and
declare the result Of such election, in all cases
where the ballots are now counted and the re-
suit Of the election Is now determined and de-
clared by the mayor ane aldermen OF said city,
excepting that ballots for senator and repro
counted and the result OF the election for said
officers shall be determined and declared by
the mayor and aldermen according 10 the laws
existing prior to the passage of this act. Said
board Of canvassers and registration shall also
count, determine and declare the result of all
ballots cast in said city for and against any
proposition submitted to the electors OF said
city, other than propositions submitted to the
people of the state at large.
SEC. 2. Said board shall meet al 0 O'Clock a.
m. at the city hall Of said city, on the next Sec
ular day after any such election, or day OF
voting upon such question as aforesaid, and
shall commence such count and continue the
same on every secular day thereafter until said
count is fully completed. Said ballots shall
be counted by the members OF said board in
person and in open meeting, and any candi
date for any Office to be filled at any such cleo
tion or any person authorized by him in writ
ing may be heard for against the counting
or rejection of any ballots cast theroat, and
said board shall determine all questions as 10
the validity Of such ballots. Upon the compile
tion of said count said board shall record and
certify over the signatures of its members, OF
quorum thereof, in o book kept by them foi
/ such purpose, the number Of ballots given in
at such election, specifying the names OF the
persons, for what offices, and the number Of
ballots given in for each, and also the number
OF ballots cast for and against any such propo'
sition, and forthwith shall publicly declare the
result thereof and shall forthwith certify said
result and determination to the city clerk, and
said city clerk shall thereupon issue certif.
Gates OF election to the persons certified by
said board TO have been elected. and in case Of
the adoption or rejection of any such propo'
sition shall take any subsequent action requir'
cd Of him Ly law. Whenever IL shall appear
from the certificate Of said board that no per-
son has been lawfully elected 10 any Office, said
city clerk shall thereupon forthwith notify
the mayor of said city in writing, and, as soon
ss may bc thereafter, said mayor shsu ocnvsne
the board VI aldermen, apd said board OF al
derusp shall Issue warrants for another cleo.
hon Provided, however, that period OF not
iess than seven aor moro than zen days shall
Intervene between ths time said city clerk
shall be notified as afoTeeaid and such cleo
ticn and 20 from time Ia tins snail order new
elections until tie election shall &c completed.
exC. !. AL hailots records. certificates, re-
turns, books, documents and papers Of ovcry
kind and nature pertaining to any suoh cleo.
tion or tho vonns upon any such prsroANon,
now reQoircd by law 70 be returned or deliv'
cred 10 or Died with the city olark Of said city
by wardeps, clerks, supervisors or other offl'
eers. shall hereafter be returned and delivered
10 and hled with said board within tho same
ume and in the same mapIer as now required
by law 20 be returned and delivered to and
Hled with said city clerk, and under she same
penalties sg now provided h. law for failure
so To do. and the same shall be preserved foi
the Sane time ny said beard and under the
record books provided by tho secretary al
state undor section l2 of Chapter 10 ot the Cen
eral Laws, fled with ssld beard under the
provisions hereof. shall be deposited by said
hoard with tho sity clerk forthwith after said
board shall have announced its determine
uor OF The result Of tbe election or OF tho vot-
Ing upon any such proposition ~ aforesaid.
Any member or said board who shall Knowing
~ make any false count. return, record, or
tihoate OF any kind relative to tho couns oi
said ballots, or the deter ination of the result
Of any such election or the voting upon any
ouch proposition a. aforesaid. shall be subitot
TO i,ro Gf not exceeding FIVE Thousand ovi
lars or - irprischmont not exceeding hvs
years or 20 both such line aud imprisonment.
SEQ g. The members OF said board are hsre-
by sovcrally authorized TO ADMINISTER oaths,
and said board, ii all cases OF every nature
pending before it, is hereby authorized and en,
powered 20 summon witnesses hy subpoena
signed 10y the clerk of said board. and a. curi-
/ rol such witnesses b. attend and testify in the
same manner rs witnesses arc compelled &c
appear and testify la either dlviHion of the
supreme court, hfid said hoard H. Authorized ~
compel ;he production 20 all papert, bcoks, DOE
umcnts records, certificates, "a Othsr legal ev;.
dence that may bp noce ssf,ry or proper sor .he
| determination and decision Of any question or
she discharge Of 0uy duty required by law OF
! eaid bossd. by issuing n suhpuns duces tscnfn,
signed by its clcrk: aud every person cisohey'
'ng any .uch writ shall be considcrsd Gs In
contempt ard said board may punish any
Lcontemp, Of its authority in like manner rs
contenp, nat oe punished by either division
OF the supreme court. Any petscn who shall
wilfuliy swear falsely in any proceeding, mat
/ ter or hearing before said board, shall be
deemed guilty OF the crimc Of perjury.
J src. 8 frQn apd sfter the nss.sss "a this
act The SID hoard shau not reta'n 70 their own
/ pse any OF the fees now allow cd by law 10 ~.
/ ccrding and certifying officers; but shall
charge and collect the statutory fees for any