The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-04

NOTICE TO BOARDS OF REGISTRY
IN AND ELECTION OF BURLINGTON
Notice is hereby given that the Boards of
Registry and Election in and for each and
every election district in the County of Bur-
lington, will meet on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18th,
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, and having
first organized shall proceed to ascertain and
truly and accurately enter in canvassing-
books to be provided tor that purpose the
names and residences ana street numbers If
any of all legal voters residing within their
respective election districts entitled to vote
therein at the next election by making actual
inquiry at every dwelling-house or ia bitation,
or OF the head of every family residing there
in, and shall continue such enumeration OF
voters from day to day thereafter, on success
i've days, until the same be completed pro-
vided, that such enumeration shall terminate
on or before the Friday next succeeding the
name of every such voter as aforesaid, whose
place of abode shall be in any family or habi-
tation, and who may be casually or temper
arfiy absent therefrom when such enumera-
ton is made, shall be entered in said canvass
lng-books; in making such enumeration the
said boards OF registry and election may di-
vide their election districts in subdivisions
and any two of their number, not of the same
political party, designated by the chairman,
together and in company may make the enum-
Grafton in such subdivision; no name shall be
entered on such canvassfng-books without the
concurrence OF both OF said members, or, If
said enumeration be made by the entire board,
without the concurrence ola majority thereof;
on
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 18th.
said boards shall meet at the same place at ten
O'Clock in the morning, and continue in session
until nine O'Clock in the evening, but may
take recess from one to two O'Clock, during
said time and shall proceed to transcribe and
make up from said canvassing- books. Two lists
or registers of the names, arranged in alpha
beticaI order, together with the residences and
street numbers, ii any, OF all persons in their
respective election districts entitled to the
right of suffrage therein at the next election,
shall DerSOnallV before them
for that purpose, or who shall be shown to the
satisfaction OF such board OF registry and
election by the affidavit in writing of some
voter in that election district to be legal
voter therein; the said boards of registry and
election shall also meet on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER LIST,
at the places OF their former meeting at the
hour of one O'Clock In the afternoon, and re-
main in session until nine O'Clock in the even
ing, for the purpose of revising and correcting
the original registers, OF adding thereto the
names of all persons entitled to the right of
suffrage in that election district at the next
election, who shall appear in person before
Wit of some voter IN such election district to
be legal voter therein, and of erasing there
from the name of any person who, after fair
opportunity to be heard. shall be shown not
to be entitled to vote therein; provided, that
no name shall be entered on said registers or
either OF them from said canvassing books, or
stricken therefrOm, without the concurrence
OF a majority of all the members OF SAID boards
OF registry and.election upon the completion
OF said registers the SAID board OF registry and
election shall publicly announce and certify
ON each register the number of names entered
thereon, and one of said clerks, to be desig-
mated by the chairman of said board of regis
try and election, shall prepare an additional
copy of the names, residences and street num-
bers If any, on such completed register,
which additional copy, after being certified as
aforesaid, shall be by said clerk, within two
days after the said aforementioned Tuesday,
filed with the clerk of the township, city or
other municipality within which such election
the completion OF said registers, one copy
thereof shall be delivered by the chairman of
said board to the county board of elections to
be filed by them, and one copy shall be re-
tanned by him for use by the district board on
the day of election.
By order OF the County Board of Elections.
NATHAN HAINES
SAMUEL w SEMPLE, Secretary. Chairman.