The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-17
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Is. 1897.

at the places so as aforesaid designated by
the said municipalities, to enable the electors
qualified to vote for Members OF the Legs,
iature, to vote for or against certain proposed
amendments of the Constitution of the state
of New Jersey. (See Chapter I. Laws OF 1887
special SESSION.
2. The district boards of registry and cleo
ton in the several election districts or pre-
cincts shall conduct said special election; the
polls shall be opened and closed at the times
now fixed by law for opening and closing the
.eral assembly, and said special election snail
be conducted SO far as practicable IN the same
manner now required by law in conducting
annual elections for members of the general
assembly. except as otherwise directed in this
act.
G. 1t shall be the duty of the district boards
revise, as the case may require. the registry of
voters entitled to vote in their several dis
tricts or voting precincts for use at said special
election, in the manner now required by law
for general elections; provided, however, that
where the %electionA districts or voting precincts
have remained unchanged since the last local
or municipal election. it shall not be necessary
for said district boards of registry and election
to make a new registry of the voters in such
districts or precincts. but only to revise and
correct the registry used at such local or
said distriets boards If registry and election
shall meet at the places in their respective
election districts or precincts where the said
special election shall be held, or at such other
place as shall be designated by the clerk of
such city. township or municipality, on Tues
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at one O'Clock in the afternoon of that day,
and continue in session until nine O'Clock i'll
the evening, for the purpose of revising and
correcting the registry and of adding thereto
the names of all persons entitled to vote at
said special election who shall appear in per-
son before them and establish to the ~satisfac-
tion of a majority of such boards that they
are entitled to vote in that election district or
precinct at such special election, or who shall
be shown by the written affidavit of a voter
residing in the same district or precinct to be
so entitled to vote; a separate affidavit shall
be required for each person so registered, which
shall contain the address Of the affiant and
shall be signed by him.
OF Elections for the County of Hudson will
be in session at the Court House, in the City
of Jersey City. on SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER
Is, 1897. and on Election Day,
SEPTEMBER Is, 1897, from ST. O'Clock in the
forenoon until 5 o'clock in the afternoon of
both days. for the purpose of adding the name
of any legaiNvoter in any Election District or
Voting Precinct 9f the County Of Hudson,
whose name has been improperly or inadvert-
emily left off the Registry List, upon applica-
ton for that purpose Nand upon proper evil
dence satisfying such County Board of Elec-
tioDs that such personals a 1egaf voter quali-
fled to vote at the said election; and said
County Board may give their certificate to the
Board Of Registry and Election Of the district
or precinct in which he is entitled to Vote, and
the Board last aforesaid shall receive and file
said certificate and add his name to the Regis
try List, and he shalt ~thereupon be allowed to
vote at said election.
No name shall be added to said Registry
List after the said Registry Day, September
n. 1887. except tn the mannerka as herein pro-
vtded. Certificate Of transfer may, however,