The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-10-25

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Cd A sailor engaged or employed
on the great lakes or in coastwise
trade.
The term Commercial traveller
shall be taken to mean person en-.
gagged in soliciting the sale of goods,
by the exhibition of samples, or BY
catalogue or other device, for the pur-
pose Of effecting such sales and taking
orders for goods to be subsequently
shipped by his employer.
How Voter Should Proceed.
Any voter coming within the pro-
visions given above, expecting to be
absent from the township on the 5th
day of November, 1918, and desiring
to vote by mail at said election, must
make application either in person or
by mail to the undersigned township
clerk for blank form to be filled out
| by said voter so as to constitute an
application in proper form, for ballots
to be voted at said election. If this
request be made by mail, it may be in
the following form:-
To the Clerk of the Township of
................
Please mail to my address given be-
low, suitable blank form for use in
making application for ballots to be
voted by myself in the Township of
............ precinct No. ....D
County of .........., State of Mich
igan, November 9Th, 1918, under the
provisions of Chapter XII, Act No.
|203, Public Acts of 1917.
Ny name
Auuress ...............
When to Make Application to Town
ship Clerk for Ballots.
Application for ballots on the form
provided by the township clerk can be
made at any time within thirty days
prior to the date of election, provided
it reaches the said clerk not later than
the second day preceding such cleo
tion
Upon receipt of the blank applica-
ton form, the voter must fill it out
fully and completely and mail same to
the township clerk at the address CIV
en- below, or deliver in person to said
clerk.
Township Clerk to Mail initiated Bal
lots to Applicant.
AS soon as the ballots are printed
the clerk will mail imediately to said
applicant, the ballot or ballots to be
voted by said applicant at said cleo
ton, or deliver the same in person,
provided the applicant is duly regis
tered
How Voter Should Prepare Ballot.
Upon receipt of such ballot or bal
lots, the absent voter shall mark it or
them in accordance with the printed
instructions and shall fold and en-
close it or them in the envelope pro-
vided therefor and after sealing the
envelope, he shall fill out, sign and
swear to the affidavit printd on the
back thereof before notary public,
or other person authorized to admin
lister oaths. The absent voter shall
then place on the envelope the nee
essary postage and deposit it in the
postoffice or in some government re-
ceptacle provided for the deposit Of
mail matter. This must be done suf-
ficiently early so that the ballot will
reach the clerk in time to be delivered
by him to the Board Of Election In
spectors before the close of the polls
on election day.
When Absent Voter, Returning, Can
Vote in Person.
No absent voter returning to his
place Of residence, will be prohibited
from voting in person within his pre-
cinct, Notwithstanding that he may
have made application for an absent
voters ballot or ballots and the same
may have been mailed by the said
clerk: Provided, That such voter has
not awaited himself of the privilege Of
an absent voter, as provided by this
act, and voted the ballot or ballots
mailed him by the said clerk, and pro-
vided he return such ballot, or ballots,
if received, to the board by whom
same shall be marked cancelled" and
placed in the regular ballot boxes with
other ballots.
Any voter voting at any election
both in person and by means of an abb
sent voters ballot, or who shall at
tempt so to vote, shall, on conviction,
be deemed guilty Of felony.
Note-The old law required absence
from the county. Now absence from
township is sufficient.
Dated October LIST, A. D. 1918.
MICHAEL Common,
|. Clerk of said Township Of L'Anse,
County Of Baraga, Michigan.
P. o. Address, Box 152.
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