Year: 1867




confined in any public prison.


SEC. IL. No idiot insane person, or persons
convicted of any infamous crime shall be entitled
to the privileges of an elector


SEC. 49, A crime shall be deemed infamous
which is punishable by death or by Imprisonment
in the State Prison.


Extracts from Registry Law.


ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF JUICES OPENING The POLLS


CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.


l41. 1t shall be the duty OF each member OF
the Board of Judges of Elections to be at the
place where the polls of his precinct are to be
opened, from eight o'clock in the morning until
sunset the day when any election is to be
held by authority of law and the place Of any
such member not appearing at eight o'clock in
the morning Of said day may be temporarily sup
piled by any qualified voter of the precinct, to
be appointed by the member or members thea in
attendance the appointee to act until the arri-
va! of the absent member whose place he sup
plies. The Board of Registration before the
opening of the polls, and the Board of Judges of
| Elections afterwards, shall have power to ap-
point the necessary clerks not exceeding two, to
aid them in the discharge of their duties which
clerks shall be sworn by some member of tie
Board faithfully to discharge their duties accord
| ing to law. The Clerk Of Elections shall be
Chairman of the Board of Judges of Elections
and shall have power to appoint for the day a
qualified elector to fill any vacancy occurring in
! the Board by the absence of any member after
the polls are opened And if the Clerk of Elec-
tions be himself absent, his place may be tempo
rarily supplied rs aforesaid By the other mem
Der or members present. All persons appointed
to fill vacancies shall before entering upon their
duties take the proper oath Of office. Act of
March 81, 1866 52.1


l48 In order to provide more fully for filling
vacancies which may occur either in the Board
| Or ln orA Of Tt,1r nr
tions by temporary disability or absence of the
Clerk or either of the Judges of Elections, the
Board of Supervisors of each county, by an or
der to be duly entered On the records, shall ap-
point for each precinct therein, from among the
! qualified electors of the election district. land to
hold Office for two years, unless sooner removed
or superseded by said Board, not less than three
nor more than five alternates, to be designated
! in such appointment as first, second third
fourth, and fifth alternate, according to the
number appointed,) each to have and take pre-
cedence accordingly in filling any such vacancy
as aforesaid. At any stated meeting required
by law to be held by the Board of Registration,
and at the polls on election days, the place of
any member of the Board of Registration
Board of Judges of Elections who shall be ab-
sent may be filled by of the said alternatcs,
each taking precedence, if more than one be
present and offer to serve in any vacancy, ac-
cording to the aforesaid number and precedence





filling vacancies prescribed in the preceding sec
ton two, and that prescribed in the thirty ninth
section of the Registry Act shall apply only to
such vacancies as may exist when there is no
alternate present and consentng to supply it.
Every alternate before officiating in place of a
member of the Board shall take the same oath of
office rs is required of such member The pro-
visions Of this section shall not be deemed to
modify or interfere with those of the fourteenth
section of the Registry Act about permanently
hlllng vacancies in the cases therein mentioned.
Act of March 81, 1866, 23.1


SEC. 90 No person shall be allowed to vote
except at the polls held in the election district
where he resides nor unless his name is en-
rolled on the poll list where he offers his vote in
such district, nor for local or representative Of
hcers, unless he shall have had his residence for
thlrty days next preceding within the terrific
RAJ limits prescribed for the election of such of.
hcers If any person enrolled on the poll list
whose vote shall be objected to on the dav of
election ny any qualified elector shall he nrored
to the satisfaction of the Board of Judges. either
by his own oath or by the oath of any o,bor
: quallhed elector and householder of the district
or by other clear and competent evidence. not to
De legally qualified and entitled to be enrolled
on SAID poll list, or if it be proved as aforesaid
that he Is enrolled on more than one poll list
"nen ne offers his vote, or otherwise not legally
quallhed to vote at such election his yote sb.il
be rejected. The Board of judges and Roard of
registration, and each member and officer there
OF, snail cause to be carefully taken down and
preserved in the Office of the Clerk of Elect;one
all the aiiidavts and brief statement or record
oi the substance of the oral testimony taken be-
lore them or either of them, either in relation
10 'he right and qualification of any person to
vote, or to have his name enrolled on the poll
list va 'Ae pun


l49: AT all elections the polls shall be opened
al eight clocN in the morning, aud shall con-
tlnue open until sanset at which time the Jndocs
snail close the polls; provided, that the judges
Oh inc Election may take recess of one hour
AZ any ume they may think proper during the
pa! oeiole thFee o'clock in the afternoon
Amendment, April &c, 1851. 20, p.IS0.l


40 The Board of Judges. before thew com.
nence receiving ballots shall cause it to be pro-
GAINED aloud at the place of voting that the
pols are opened. [Act March %, 1850, s23,


ISL The voting shall be by ballot. The hal
iot snail be paper ticket containing the names
OF the persons ,or whom the elector intends 10
vote, and designating the Office to which ea oh
; person named is intended by him to be chosen


Act March %, 1850. 224.l


10 heneVer any person presents himself at
the polis ana offers to vote at any Election an
thorized by law, the Clerk of Elections ~ nno
OF the Judges shall pronounce his name in an
audible voice, so that it may be distinctly heard
by the other Judges and the Clerks present. and
if his name be found enrolled on the poll list
and his vote be not rejected on objection made
!, and proofs taken for one or more of the causes
prescribed in section twenty nine of the Registry
Act, shall receive his ballot and in the presence
of the other Judges put the same, without being
, opened or examined, into the ballot box lac,
March 81, 1866 a.


l53 The Board of Judges of Elections, and
each officer and member thereof, shall have
power in the discharge of their or his functions,
to administer oaths and take and certify a6ida-
Wits, and to examine on oath any person touch
ing such right or qualifications of any other per
son and the vote of every person shall be re-
ljected who shall refuse to be sworn or to answer
any pertinent questions touching his own right