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ance in the marking of his ballot and
such assistance shall be so furnished ac-
eording to the provisions of this act
And by striking or, the word or in
the eighth line between the words
shelves" and compartments" and in
sorting in lieu thereof the word and. :
rangement shall be such that neither the
ballot boxes nor the voting shelves nor
the compartments shall be hidden from
the persons just outside the guard rail. -
and inserting in lieu thereof the follow
ing: the arrangement shall be such that
the ballot boxes shall not be hidden from
the view of persons present and the vot-
ing shelves and the compartments shall
be so arranged that the doors of eacn
compartment shall be nearest the guard
rail, so as to admit to full view of the
persons outside of the guard rail those
who enter and leave each compartment :
And by striking out the word ''or'' in
the seventeenth line of said section be-
tween the words shelf and 'cOmpart-
ment" and inserting in lieu thereof the
word and 50 that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows:
Section -. The municipal officers in
each CITY. town on plantation. as afore-
said. shall cause the polling places there
in to be suitably provided with A snffi
Glen, number of voting shelves ana avn
partments. at or in which vo,ers NAV
conveniently mark their ba.,ots so that
In the marking thereof they shall be
screened from the observation of othars
and each voting shelf and cnmpartm ent
snail nave wooden swing door so ar
ranged that the top thereof shall be not
less than SIX feet from the floor and the
bottom of the door shall be ar Least two
feet and six inches from the fioor And
such door shall be shut while the voter
Is within the compartment and no one
Snall De a"owed therein with him. unless
ne cans Tor assistance in the marking of
II Il RI stAet.
SO furnished according to the provisions
OF THIS act and a guard rail shall be 30
constructed and placed that only such
persons as are inside sad rail can lp-
prgach within SIX feet of the ballot boxes
ana or such voting shelves and COM
partmentS. The arrangement shall be
such that the ballot boxes shall nor be
hidden from the view of persons present
ments snail be so arranged tina, the door
81 each compartment shall be next to the
Snard ran, so as to admit to fun view
of the persons just outside of the guard
ran those VINO enter and leave each COM
partment. The number of such voting
shelves and compartments shall not be
less tnan one for every one hundred
voters qualified to vote ut such polling
place. and not less than three in any
town. and not less than five in any ward
OF a city. No persons other than the
election officers. election clerks and
voters admitted as hereinafter provided
shall be permitted within said rail cx,
cept by authority of the presitiin. elts,-
tton off1cer or officers for the purpose of
Keeping order and enforcing the law
Each voting shelf and compartment shall
he Kept provided with proper supplies
and conveniences for marking the bal
lots
Section Q This act shall take effect
only in sucn towns and cities as by 4
majority vote of the legal voters s., vot-
ing in such town or city shall adopt it.
Approved March "A, 1906
Chapter 149.
An Act to amend Sections one hundred
and sixteen and one hundred and Sey-
enteen of Chapter six of the Revised
Statutes relating TO caucuSeS in cities
of over thirty-five thousand inhabi-
tantS.
Section !. Section one hundred and six
teen of chapter six of the revised stat
utes is hereby amended by inserting the
words the city committees may in their
discretion determine in their call for 4
caucus or convention the persons who
are entitled 10 participate in said caucus
or convention before the word "when-
ever In the first line of said section
Section .. Section one hundred and
seventeen Of chapter six of rhe revised
statutes is hereby amended by striking
out the words twenty-five and insert
ing instead thereof the words thirty
i've. 80 that said section, as amended,
shall read. THE provisions of the four
preceding sections shall be applica BILE
thousand inhabitants"
Section g. This act shall take effect
when approved.
EApproved March a. 1861
Chapter $50.
An Act to amend Ar Act entitled An
Act to amend chapter nine of the Re-
vised Statutes. relating to the assess
ment OF taxes on lands In unincorporat-
ed places"
Section I. Section one of an act to
amend chapter nine of the revised stat
on lands in places not Incorporated.
passed at the present session and ap-
proved March fifteenth. is hereby amend
OF said section as engrossed the words "on
the first Monday of each" and inserting
in place thereof the words 'in the months
OF. So that that part Of said section Us
amended. shall read as follows.
Section Al. Such lands may be assessed
by the county commissioners according to
the last state valuation for due proper
ton OF county taxes. Lists OF such taxes
shall Immediately be certified and
transmitted by the county treasurer to
the treasurer of state. In the list, each
such township and tract shall be sufficient
ly described. with the date and amount
of assessment on each. The treasurer Of
state shall. in his books credit the county
treasurer for the amount 0! each such ~
certify to the county treasurer the
amount of tax and interest so paid in the
months of January. May and September.
Section 3 Section forty-threc of said
act is also amended by striking out in the
thirteenth line of said section as ell
crossed. the wOri treasurer and sub
Stitutng therefor the word ASSESSORS, so
that said section as amended. shall read
as follows.
Section 43. Owners of the lands so as
Sesscd and advertised may redeem them
ny paying to the treasurer of state the
taxes with interest thereon within one
year from the time when such interest
commences. Each owner may pay for his
interest in any tract whether in common
or not and upon filing with the state as
SCISSORS Il certificate showing the number
of acres. and describing the property on
which he desires to pay the tax and
where the same is located, and paying the
amount due. shall receive IL certificate
from the treasurer of state. dischargir, e
the tax on the number of acres or inter
est. upon which such payment is made.
Each part OF interest of every such town
ship or tract, upon which the state OF
county taxes so advertised are not paid
with interest within the time limited in
this section for such redemption. shall
he wholly forfeited to the state. and vest
therein free of any claim by any former
owner. But this section and the five fol-
lowing sections do not apply to taxes up
on organized plantations taxed by til,
state as wild lands.
IApproved March -. 1867
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