Year: 1859

an Act further to loreserce the pcrity


Of elections, and guard against the


abuses Of the electiCe franchise By


the registration of electors.


SECTION L. THE people Of the State
Of Michigan enact, That there shall
be in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine, registration
of the qualified electors of the State.
The aldermen of every Incorporated
city, and the supervisor, treasurer and
clerk of every township shall constitute
a board of registration for such city or
township; and their duties shall be as
follows: They shall respectively pro-
vide suitable bound books or registers,
one for each township and one for each
ward, so made and arranged as to
contain an alphabetical list of the res
pective names, christian or baptismal,
and surnames in full, of all persons de-
clared by the Constitution of the State,
to be electors and entitled to vote, resi-
ding in their townships or wards, and
the date of the registration; and, if the
elector resides in city or Incorporated
village, also his residence by the num-
Der cf the dwelling and the name of
the street, il any, and if none, des-
cription of the locality of the same.


REGISTRATION IN CITIES.


Sec. 2. Each city board shall, at
least two weeks previous to the time of
their meeting in each WARD, ,cause to be
published in one or more newspapers
printed and published in each city, a
notice that the board of registration
will meet on the first Monday in Octo-
Der, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine, at nine o'clock
in the forenoon, to make perfect list,
as near as may be, of all persons resi-
ding in such ward, qualified as electors
under the Constitution; and designating
the place in each ward where said
board will meet for that purpose. And
they shall also cause handbills to be
posted in at least twenty conspicuous
places in each ward, containing a SINH
lar notice of the time and place of such
meeting of the board for that ward;
which notice shall also contain a true
copy of section one of article seven OF
the Constitution, relative to the qualifi-
cations of electors. And the board
may so divide and classify themselves
that two or more of them may be
assigned to different wards, the more
speedily to complete. the registration;
and in case of the sickness or absense
of any alderman, or his inability or
refusal to serve at the session in any
ward, the board shall, in writing under
the hand of ftheir chairman, Immediately
appoint the assessor of the ward, or
any justice of the peace, to act In his
stead, who shall be, for the purposes OF
registration in that ward. deemed a
member OF the board of registration.
They shall continue in session not less
than three nor more than five days in
each ward. All necessary blanks and
instructions to aid the board in the
discharge of their duties, and all other
expenses in performing the same, inclu-
ding the employment of printers for
printing such notices, and the registry
list shall be provided by the board and
be paid for by the city. ssiii gahlig llfl
Sec. 8. At the time and place men
toned in such notice, the board OF
those members thereof, so classified and
assigned for that ward, shall meet and
proceed for the registration in such
book, which book shall be called the
Register Of Electors, for such ward, OF
tho names of rersons- ar fhaf f;rue roc;.