The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-09-17
NOTICE TO BOARDS OF REGISTRY
IN AND ELECTION OF BURLINGTON
Tuesday, Oetober SIN.

COUNTY.
Notice is hereby given that the Boards of
registry and Election in ana for each and
ltngton, will meet on
Tuesday, October sth,
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 for that purpose, the
names and residences and street numbers if
any, OF all legal voters residing within their
respective election districts entitled to vote
therein at the next election by making acUuaI
inquiry at every dwelling house or ha6itation,
or OF the head OF every family residing therein
ana snail continue such enumeration OF voters
from day to day thereafter, on successive days,
until the same be completed; provided, that
sucn enumeration snail terminate on or before
the Friday next succeeding The name of such
voter, as aforesaid, whose place of abode shall
be in any family or habitation, ana who may
be casually or temporarily absent therefrom
when such enumeration is made, shall be en-
tered IN said canyassing 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 not OF the same political party, designated by
Inc CHAIRMAN, together and in company, may
make the enumeration in such subdivisions;
no name shall be entered on such canvassfng
DOCKS without the concurrence of both mem
beers, or If said enumeration be made by the
entire board, without the concurrence OF a
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 a recess from one to two O'clock
during SAID tlme and shall proceed to trans
crtbe and make up from said canvassing
books, two lists of registers of the Names ar
ranged in alphabetical order, together with
the residences and street numbers if any, OF
all persons in their respective election dis
tr1cts entitled to the right of suffrage therein
al 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 affidavit
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trict to be a legal voter therein; the said
boards OF registry and election 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 aud correcting original reg
listers, of adding thereto the 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 sworn by the
written affidavit of some voter in such election
district to be legal voter therein, and of erasing
theretrom the name OF any person who, after
fair opportunity to be heard, shall be shown not
to be entitled to vote therein provided, that
name shall be entered on said register or either
of them from said canvassing books or stricken
therefrom, without the concurrence of a ma iority
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
licly 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
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 byasaid clerk, within two
days after the said last mentioned Tuesday, filed
with the clerk of the township, city or other
municipality within such election district may
be situate on the day succeeding the completion
of said registers, one copy thereof shall be delv
cred by the chairman of said board to the county
board of election to be filled by them, aud one
copy shall be retained by him for use by the dis
trict board on the day of election
BY order of the County Board of Elections
JOHN r. HOWELL, Chairman.
SAMUEL w. SEMPLE, Secretary.
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