Year: 1869

apy oath which may be required under
this section. The oath above specified
shall be certified apd returned By the
registrar, with the register of voters, to
the clerk of the board of registration,


whether the applicant be registered OF
not. :,


%. Every such applicant who shall
make it appear to the satisfaction OF the
registrar that he is q qualified voter
within the township or ward in which
he applies, shall be registered as such;
but if he fail to make it so appear, his
application shall be rejected. The ap-
plicant so rejected may appeal to the
board of registration, at their next reg
ular meeting after such rejection, from
the decision of the registrar.


%. Each registrar shall, on or be-
fore the first Monday in September in
each year, make out, in alphabetical
order, and return to the clerk of the
board of registration of his county, one
copy of his register of voters for each
place of voting in his township or ward
and one for the board of registration,
containing the names of all the persons
wko were upon the register of his town
ship or ward, as made out and approved
by the board of registration for the last
preceding election, except the names OF
such persons as have since died, or re-
moved from the township or ward, and
such as have, in any way since their
registration, become disqualified to vote
therein; and containing also the names
of all other persons whe are bona tide
residents in his township OF ward, known
by him to be qualified voters therein, OF
who will become such at the first elec-
tion occurring after the completion Of
his register, by reason of age, residence,
or otherwise. He shall, upon applica-
tiou, register the name of any qualified
voter in his township or ward, or of any
person who will become such as afore-
said, at any time before returning his
register to the clerk of the board of
and no such register shall
be returned before the twentieth day OF
August in any year.


80. The registrar of any township, in
which there may be a corporate city,
town or village, not voting by wards,
shall, if required by the board of regis
tration, make out and deliver to said
board two copies of a register Of the le-
gal voters within the corporate limits
of such city, town or village. And in
case there be within such township an
incorporated town or village voting by
wards, the registrar shall return to said
board two copies of a register of the le-
gal veters residing in each of said
wards.





81. Every registrar shall before he re-
turns his register, as herein provided,
make and attach to each copy thereof a
certificate TO the following effect: 81,
A-B|, registrar do hereby certify,
on my official oath that the foregoingis
correct register of the voters of my
township Cor ward) prepared by me ac-
cording to law. Given under my hand
this - day of -, lS-."


30. Every registrar shall preserve or
der at, and in the vicinity of tho place
of registration, and for this purpose he
may, when necessary, order any disor-
derly person to be removed therefrom,
or to be arrested and held in custody
until sunrise of the next day, or for any
shorter period, which order may be ex-
ecuted by any constable. sheriff, or 9th
or person present And any such officer
Or person who shall fail or refuse to as-i
,ist to the utmost of his power, in the ]
arrest, removal or detention of such dis
orderly persons, when then thereto re.
Iuired by the registrar, shall be guilty
IF a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than five
nor more than fifty dollars. Every
such disorderly person shall, notwith-
standing his having been in custody as
aforesaid, be liable to any penalty and
punishment for his Offense, prescribed
by law


BOOkS TO BE FURNISHED.


33. The Secretary of the State shall
cause to be prepared suitable books for
the registration of voters, which shall
be furnished to the several boards of
registration, and by them to the regis
trars in their respective counties. The
books aforesaid shall be SO arranged as
to admit the alphabetical classification
of the names of the voters, and ruled in
parallel columns, with approprite head
Ings, as follows: Name; whether sworn
Or not; age; place of birth; time of res
dence in the State; same in the county;
late of naturalization papers; by what
court issued. And it shall be the duty
)f the registrar to make the appropriate
entry in each Of said columns according
10 tho facts in each case.


MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.


"a. The board of registration shall
meet at the court hoEse of their .rcspcc-
tive counties on the first Monday in
September in each year, to examine the
registers of voters returned by the reg
strars, as hereinbefore provided, and if
upon such examination they shall be of
opinion that any person whose name
nas been registered is not a qualified
voter, they shall cause a notice to be
served upon such person to appear at
the regular meeting of the said board,
10 be held as hereinafter provided, TO
show cause, if any he can, why his
name shall not be stricken from the
register of voters. Such notice shall be
served at least three days before the
return day thereof, and may be served
IN the same manBer in which other no.
tees may by law be served. If from
INV cause such notice cannot otherwise
be served, the service may be made by
posting a copy thereof at some conspic-
nous place on the premises where an
election is held, in the township or ward
where such person is registered. Upon
The failure of any person, upon whom
,uch notice shall be served as aforesaid,
TO appear before the board at the time
specified therein, or in case he shall ap-
pear, and upon his appearance fail tol
prove to the satisfaction of the board of
-egistration that he is qualified voter
n the township or ward in which he
has been registered, the said board shall
strike his name from the register of
voters. And no person so stricken from
he register OF voters shall afterwards
be registered, except upon application
"a the board of registration, as provided
for in the next section.


50. The regular meeting of the board
Of registration of each county shall be
held at the county seat thereof on the
first Monday in October in each year.
If no court is in session on that day,
such meeting shall be held at the court
house; otherwise it shall be held at some
place in the vicinity thereof,
Of which notice shall be given on the


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