The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-07-03


council OF either Of said citiss. excepting
those necessary for q special election
shall bs held within twenty-five days oi
the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November In each year. caucuses nee
essary for a special election shall be held
not more than ten days before. nor within
two days, exclusive OF Sundays and legal
certificates OF the nominations Of such
| caucusss
Sec. g. In each ward OF said citles the
ward committee OF each political party
shall. prior To the nrst day Of September
Ia each year. appoint "A caucus warden for
such ward and caucus clerk for each
/ voting district thereof. who shall be quail
fed electors Of the wards and voting dis
] tricts respectively In which they are APP
| pointed 10 serve. and members Of such po-
I Htical party, and shall MI all vacancies
/ which occur in such offices from any
cause. including that OF removal from the
/ ward or voting district except AZ herein-
after provided. Caucus wardens and eau
Gus clerks so appointed shall hold ONCE
7 untn the first day Of January next sue
! ceeding their appointment and thereafter
/ unbl their succ"ssOrs are appointed. and
/ shall have the same powers and duties In
th' condu't or Caucuses ~ are conferred
by law upon wBrdons and ward clerks Of
elective meetings. In case Of "A change Of
the ward lines Of either OF said cities, or
OF redivlslon Of any Of the wards there
OF INTO voting districts. the ward com
mittees Of ench political party thereof may
revoke snch appointments by them made
In the cas-" Of all caucus wardcns nd eau
Gus clerks who by reason Of such change
or redlVision are ineligible 10 serve on
account Of residence and appoint Others
In their stead. and the city committee OF
each political party Of such city shall
appoint caucus warden for each new
| f,r
each voting district thereof
Sec. Z. The caucus warden appointed, as
hercinbefOre provided. shall call the eau
Gus or his political party 10 order, and
shan preside therest Each caucus clerk
shall check the voting list OF the district
In which he II appointed TO serve In case
caucus warden ls absent at the time at
which the caucus has been called or I'm
case caucus warden becomes incapaci-
tated during the holding Of tn. caucus
I' "hfd committee, or "a majority Of the
members thereof present At such caucus
shan appoint n qualified eI.ctor Of such
party residing In the ward as caucus war
den FOR such caucus. II no member Of
thc ward committee is present the clerk
OF the irst district In such ward or ia
'aHe OF MS absence or incnpaCty, then OF
IN. district clerks present the one next ia
numerical order OF the districts shall call
the meeting to order and the electors
present shall elect some qualified person
az caucus Wnrd"n Of such caucus. In
case caucus clerk II absent at the time
at which the caucus has been called or I'm
case chucuS clerk becomes incapaeItated
from performing his duties as such dur
ing The holding Of the caucus the ward
committee Of such ward or such ma for
ltN thereof shall appoint some qualified
el'ctor or the ward as such caucus clerk
II no member OF tn. ward committe. In
present Ia" caucus warden shall appoint
some dualhcd elcctor as aforesaid as
caucus clerk. All Csucuses shall be called
to order nt seven o'clock y. NJ The polls
shsl be opened at or before 40 D. M
ana ia" ballot boxes shall be opened and
th" Interior thereof exposed TO Ia. view
OF all present by the warden b.for. nny
ballots are cast. Any necessary business
not finished ~ 1:30 l.. NJ shall be post
poncd until after the polls are closed and
the result Of the baloting announced
The polls shall Is" kept open until ten
J., VI. ana no longer, Except FOR the filna
or vacancies la the Once OF caucus war.
den ana caucus clerk as horeinbefors
provided Ia this section, II ballot shall DO
required FOR the choice OF all candidates
Tor elective offices. for delegates 10 con-
Yeutious. aud for members OF ward com-
mitt"e-, TO he elected by such cauCuses
All ballots shall be printed or written on
white paper. OF uniform size to bs deter
mined by the city committee Of each DO
Hl'W party IN rhld cities and no tissue
paper shall be used for any caucus ballot
The names of all candidates for which
any elcctor shall vote at any caucus shall
be written or printed0Ipon one ballot.
sec n No person shall be entitled 10
vote or take part In the caucus OF any
political party who within fourteen calen-
dar months has voted or taken part in the
caucus OF any other political party or has
signed nomination papers OF n candidate
OF candidates for any elective officer. or
has voted In any election for the candl-
dates Of any other political party or for
candidates placed Ia nomination by nomI-
nation papers, or ~ debarred from 80 vot-
ing OF taking part by the regula tions of
such party provided for in section two OF
this act. No person who has voted In this
caucus of any political party shall he
ellgihlc 10 sign any nomination paper con-
tanning nominations of candidates within
fourteen calendar months thereafter
Sec. = The city clerks Of Newport and
Pnwtucket and the board of cenvasHers
ana registration OF Providence shall pre-
pare the voting lists for use At all eau
Cus"s held In their respective cities
voting list shall shall hs prepared for each
voting district and for each ward not dt-
vlded into voting districts At all eau
Cuses the voting lists as last published or
canvassed according To law by the boards
of canvassers OF such cities shall hc used
corrected ~ hercinafte provided The
board of canvassers in each OF said cities
SHAH hold "A canvass meeting on the TWEEN
ty-ScNenth day preceding the Tuesday
next after the first Monday In November
IN each year, and also on a daN not more
than nve days prior TO the earliest day
lawfully selected 10y any political party
for the holding OF caucuscs mnde neCes-
sary by n special election 20 nh vacancy
In the city council ~ such city, 10 canvass
and correct the voting lists OF electors
qualified, and who may be qualified by
the payment of a tax, TO vote for mem
bers of the city council Notice OF said
canvass meetings shall be given In such
manner as such boards OF canva ssers shall
respectively prescribe.
SEC. 10. In preparing caucus voting lists
for the caucuscs Of any political party
there shall he stricken from the lists
specified In section nine OF this act tho
names Of all persons shown by the numi-
nation papers, or copies thereof, nnd used
caucus voting lists I'm the possession OF
the city clerks, TO be deharrcd from vot.
inE IN such Caucusrs by the provisions OF
section eight of this act, or who are
shown 10y the regulations OF such political
party TO be- not entitled TO vote I'm it's eau
Cuses. Each such Sst shall be endorsed
with the name of such political party and
shall h. certified 10y such city clerk or
board OF CRpvasssrs and registration as
IN, ease may he
Soc. N. The city clerks In Newport and
Puwtuckrt and tho board OF canvas,ers
and registration I'm Providence are hereby
authorized and required To furnish at the
expense OF their respective cities suitabi.
hollot-hoNcs, blank forms OF certificates
Rnd rcturrs, aud atheT election sta stionery,
nn11 MI.