The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
NOTICE
TO BOARDS OF REGISTRY AND ELECTION

TO BOARDS OF REGISTRY AND ELECTION
OF BURLINGTON COUNTY.
Notice is hereby given that the Boards of Regis
try and Election in and for each and every election
district in the County of Burlington, will meet
on
TUESDAY. October 9th.
al 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 for that purpose, the names and resi-
dences and street numbers, if any, of all legal
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tion by making actual inquiry at every dwelling
house or habitation or of the head of every fam
lily residing therein, and shall continue such
enumeration of voters from day to day thereafter,
on successive days until the same be completed
provided, that such enumeration shall terminate
on before the Friday next succeeding; the name
of such voter, aforesaid, whose place of abode
shall be in any family or habitation. and who may
be casually or temporarily absent therefrom when
enumeration is made, shall be entered in said can
wasting books; in making such enumeration the
said boards of registry and election may divide
their election districts in subdivisions, and any
two of their number, not of the same political
party, designated the chairman, together and IN
company may make the enumeration in such sub
divisions no name shall be entered on sucn can
vassing-books without the concurrence OF both
members or if said enumeration be made by the
entire board. without the concurrence of a major
itv thereof; on
TUESDAY. October 18th.
said boards shall meet at the same place at ten
O'Clock in the m orning and continue in session
until nine o'clorck 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 alphabetical order, to-
gether with the residences and street numbers, II
any of all persons in their respective election
districts entitled to the right of suffrage therein
at theSnext election, or who shall personally ap-
pear 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 voter in that election district to be legal
voter therein; the said boards ofregistry and cleo
ton shall also meet on
TUESDAY. October goth.
at the places of their former meeting, at the hour
Of one o clock in the afternoon, and remain in
session until nine O'Clock in the evening, for the
purpose of revising and correcting original regis.
ters 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 affidavit of some voter in such election
district to be legal voter therein, and of erasing
therefrom 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 pub
lic1y announce and certify on each register the
number of names entered thereon, and one of said
clerks, to be designated by the chairman of said
board of registry and election, shall prepare an
additional copy of the names, residences and
street numbers, if any, on such completed regis
ter which additional copy after being certified as
aforesaid, shall be by said clerk within two days
after the said last mentioned Tuesday, filed with
the clerk of the township, city. or other munich
patty within such election district may be situate;
on the day succeeding the completion of said reg
listers, one copy thereof shall be delivered by the
chairman of said board to the county board of
election to be filed by them, and copy shall be
retained by him for by the district board on
the day ofelection,
By order of the County Board of Elections.
NATHAN HAINES,
Chairman.
SAMUEL w. SEMpLE, Secretary.
Sept. 2o-5t