The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-27
NOTICE TO BOARDS OF REGISTRY
IN AND ELECTION OF BURLINGTON

NOTICE TO BOARDS OF REGISTRY
| IN AND ELECTION OF BURLINGTON
| COUNTY.
| 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 enLer in canvassing
| books to be provided for 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 habitation,
or of the head OF every family residing there
voters from day to day thereafter, on success
| i've days, until The same be completed; pro-
vfded, that such enumeration shall terminate
on or before the Friday next succeeding the
name of every such voter. aforesaid, whose
| place of abode shall be in any family or habt-
tation, and who may be casually or temper
ariiy absent therefrom when such enumera-
ton is made, shall be entered in said canvass
g-books in making such enumeration the
said boards OF registry and election may dt-
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 canvassing-books without the
concurrence OF both OF said members, or, II
said enumeration be made by the entire board,
without the concurrence ofa majority thereof
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
betical 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,
or who shall personally appear before them
for that purpose, or who shall be shown to the
satisfaction OF such board OF registry and
election by the aff1davit- in writing of some
voter therein; the said boards of registry and
election snail also meet on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER lst
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
them or shall be shown by the written afiida-
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 a 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 II 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
district may be situate; on the day succeeding
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.