Year: 1878

may dispense with such list or lists, and pro
ceed to make register of electors from the
best means at their command, said lists shall I
only embrace the names of such persons as are
and shall be posted up and copies thereof |
made as prescribed in the preceding section,
and shall be corrected in the same manner that |
other lists are corrected.


Sec. 80. The said board shall again meet on |
Tuesday of the week preceding any general or |
special election held on Tuesday, and seven
days next proceeding any special election held
on any otherday of the week in their respective
election districts, at the place designated for
holding the polls of the election, for the pur-
pose OF revising, correcting and completing
said lists; and for this purpose they shall meet
at eight o'clock in the morning and remain in
session until nine o'clock p. m.
Sec. 81. The proceedings of said board shall
be open, and all persons residing and entitled
to vote in said district shall be entitled to be
or additions to said register. One of the lists
SO Kept by the Judges as aforesaid, shall be
used by them on the day or days of making
corrections or additions, for the purpose of com
pletlng the register of such district


Sec. 80. 1t shall be the duty of said board,
said lists, to erase therefrom the name of any
person inserted therein, who shall be proved by
the oath OF two legal voters of said district to
the satisfaction of said board, to be non-resi-
dents OF said district, or otherwise not entitled
to vote in said district. At the election mex,
to be held, any elector, residing in said district
and entitled to vote therein, may appear before
said board and require his name to be recorded
on said alphabetical list. Any person SO re-
quirlng his name to be SO entered on said list,
shall make the same statement as to the street.
and number thereof, and where he resides, with
the name of the household, required by the
provisions of this act of persons Offering their
votes at elections and shall be subject to the
same penalties for refusing to give such in
formation, or for falsely giving the same, and
shall also be subject to challenge on election
day, either by the judgt or by any otl or elec
whose name appears on said alphabetical list;
and the same oaths may be administered by the
Judges as now provided in case Of persons of
fering to vote at an election; and in case 1o
challenge Is made of amy person requiring his
name to be entered on said alphabetical list, or
in case of challenge, if such person shall make
oath that would entitle him to vote in case ef
challenge at an election, then the name Of any
such person shall be added to the alphabetical
poll list.


Sec. 33. After said lists shall have been fully
completed the said board shall within three
days thereafter, cause two copies of the same
to be made, each of which shall be certified by
them to be correct list of the voters of their
district; one of which shall be filed in the office
OF the city clerk, and one Of which copies shall
be delivered to one of said judges. 1t shall be
the duty of said judges SO receiving such list


carefully to preserve the said list for their use
on election day and to designate two Of their
number at the opening of the polls, to check
the name of every voter voting in such
district, whose name is on the register,
and it shall be the duty of said Judges
after the final result of the canvass, to draw


line with red ink across the name of every per-
son on said register not voting at such election.
No votes shall be received at any general cleo
fI0T npf$ $haV a.,
be not on said register made on the Tuesday
next preceding such election, or at any special
election the person offering to vote be not on
said register made seven days before said cleo
ton; unless the person offering to vote shall
furnish to the judges of the election his atfida-
Wit in writing stating therein that he is an in
habitant of said district and entitled to vote
therein at such election, and prove by the oath
Of a householder and registered voter Of the
district giving the residence of such person
within said district. The oath may be admin
istered by one of the judges of the election at
the poll where the vote shall be offered, or by
any other person authorized to administer
oaths, but no person shall be authorized to re-
celve compensation for administering the oath,
said oath shall be preserved and filed in the Of


lce of the city clerk. Any person may be
challenged and the same oaths shall be put
as now are. or hereafter may be prescribed by
law.


Sec. 81. The clerks of each poll, in addition
to the duties now prescribed by law, shall enter
on the poll list kept by them, in columns pre-
pared for that purpose, opposite the name of
each person voting, the same statement or
minute as herein before required of the board
IN making the registry, but such entry is not
to be made by them if the registry contains
correctly the name and residence of such voter:
and in all cases said clerk shall enter in
column opposite the name of each person not
registered the words mot registered" Every
| at ha aofn TO ,h,H
truly state the street in which he resides, and
If the house, lodging or tenement in which he
resides is numbered, the number thereof and
the name of the head of the household and the
clerks Of Ithe this polls, in case the name of
such elector is not registered, shall truly enter
in the appropriate column of the poll list,
opposite the name of the elector, the street in
which the elector resides, and the number in
case the house, lodging or tenament is num-
bered, and name of the head of household, and
It the same Is not numbered then the clerk
shall enter mot numbered in the column of
the poll list for entering the number. In case
OF refusal to make the statement as aforesaid
the vote of such elector shall not be received
Any person who shall willfully make any false
statement in relation thereto, shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor, and shall, upon con-
vlction, be punished with fine of fifty dollars
or by imprisonment in the county jail for
period of ten days. or by both such fine and
| Imprisonment.


Sec IS. After the canvass of the votes one
| of said poll lists and said register SO kept and
checked, as aforesaid, shall be attached to-
gether, and shall on the following day be filed
in the city clerks office, the other Of said poll
lists and registers SO kept and checked shall be
returned to the Office of the county auditor in
the county in which said district may be at
the same time the returns of election are
made.


Sec. 36. The registers shall at all times be
open to public inspection at the Office of the
authorities in which they shall be deposited
without charge.


Sec. 81. That the members of the board of
registration shall each receive two dollars per
day for each day actually employed in the
making and completion of the registry and
holding election, not exceeding five days, to be
paid to them by city or county treasurer as the
law directs.


Sec. 38. The said board shall have and exer-
else the same power in preserving order at their
meetings under this act as are given to judges
OF election for preserving order on election
days; and vacancies in said board shall be
hllod in the same manner that vacancies are
now filled at elections.


Sec. 80. Any person who shall cause his
name to be registered in more than one election
district, or who shall cause his name to be reg
istered knowing that he is not qualified voter
In the district where said registry is made or
who shall falsely personate any registered vo-
ter, and any person causing, aiding or abetting
any person IN any manner in either of said acts
shall be punished for each and every offense by
imprisonment in the State prison for not less
than one year. ALI intentional false swearing
before said board of registration shall be
deemed wilful and corrupt perjury, and on con-
viction, punished as such. If any member or
officer of said board shall wilfully violate any
OF the provisions of this act or be guilty of any
fraud IN the execution of the duties Of his of
fee, he shall be punished for each and every
offence, by imprisonment in the State prison
for not less than one year.


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