preceding section, and shall be corrected in the same man- 15 ner that other lists are corrected.

§ 4. The said board shall again meet on Tuesday of the 1 week preceding the said elections, in their respective elec- Revision of lists. tion districts, at the place designated for holding the polls of the election, for the purpose of revising, correcting, and completing said lists, and for this purpose in cities, they shall meet at eight o'clock in the morning, and remain in 5 session until nine o'clock P. M. of that day, and the day fol lowing; and in other districts they shall meet at nine o'clock in the morning and remain in session until four o'clock, P. M. of that day.

all

be open.

5. The proceedings of said board shall be open, and 1 persons residing and entitled to vote in said district, shall Proceedings to be entitled to be heard by said board in relation to corrections or additions to said register. One of the lists so kept. by the judges or inspectors, as aforesaid, shall be used by 5 them, on the day or days of making corrections or additions, for the purpose of completing the registry for such district.

names may be erased.

§ 6. It shall be the duty of said board, at their meeting 1 for revising and correcting said lists, to erase therefrom the When 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-resident of said district, or 5 otherwise not entitled to vote, in said district, at the election then next 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 requiring his name to be so entered on 10 said lists, shall make the same statement as to the street and number thereof, and where he resides, 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 Refusal to give give such information, or for falsely giving the same, and 15 shall also be subject to challenge, either by the judges or inspectors, or either of them, or by any other elector whose name appears on said alphabetical list; and the same oaths may be administered by the judges or inspectors as now provided in case of persons offering to vote at an election; 20 and in case no challenge is made of any person requiring his name to be entered on said alphabetical list, or in case

information.

added on oath

of challenge, if such person shall make oath that would Names may be entitle him to vote in case of challenge at an election, then of applicant. the name of any such person shall be added to the alpha- 25 betical poll list of the last preceding year.

of lists.

87. After said lists shall have been fully completed, the 1 said board shall, within three days thereafter, cause four Certified copies copies of the same to be made, each of which shall be certified by them to be a correct list of the voters of their district; one of which shall be filed in the office of the town 5 clerk of towns, and in the office of city clerks in cities; and where filed.

be rejected.

one of which copies shall be delivered to each of said judges or inspectors. It shall be the duty of the said judges or inspectors so receiving such lists, carefully to preserve the 10 said lists 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 When vote shall on the register. No vote shall be received at any state, county, town or city election in this state, except at town 15 meetings in towns adopting the township organization law, if the name of the person offering to vote be not on the said register, made on the Tuesday or Wednesday preceding the election, unless the person offering to vote shall furnish to the judges of the election his affidavit, in writing, stating 20 therein that he is an inhabitant 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 in which he offers his vote, that he knows such person to be an inhabi tant of the district, and if, in any city, giving the residence 25 of such person within said district. The oath may be Oath of appli- administered by one of the judges or inspectors of the elec tion, 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 receive compensation for admin30 istering the oath. Said oath shall be preserved and filed in the office of the town or city clerk, or in case there be no clerk, then said oath shall be filed with and preserved by the judges or inspectors of the proper district. Any person may [be] challenged, and the same oaths shall be put as now are or hereafter may be prescribed by law.

cant to be filed.

1 § 8. The clerks at each poll, in addition to the duties now prescribed by law, shall enter on the poll list, kept by them, in columns prepared for that purpose, opposite the name of each person voting, the same statement or minute 5 as herein before required of the board in making the regis try; but such entry is not to be made by them if the regis try contains correctly the name and residence of such voter; and in all cases said clerk shall enter in a column opposite the name of each person not registered, the words "not 10 registered." In cities, every elector, at the time of offering Where name of his vote, shall truly state the street in which he resides, and voter is not reg if the house, lodging or tenement in which he resides is

istered.

numbered, the number thereof. And the clerks of the polls, in case the name of such elector is not registered, shall truly 15 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 tenement is numbered; and if the same is not numbered, then the clerk shall enter "not numbered" in the column of the poll list 20 for entering the number. In case of refusal to make the When vote shall statement as aforesaid, the vote of such an elector shall not be received. Any person who shall willfully make any false,

be rejected.

-how punished

statement in relation thereto, shall be deemed guilty of mis- False statements demeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail 25 in the county for a period of ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

books,

where filed.

§ 9. After the canvass of the votes, one of said poll lists 1 and said register so kept and checked as aforesaid, shall be Poll attached together, and shall, on the following day, be filed in the town or city clerk's office (as the case may be) in which said district may be, or in case there be no such clerk 5 then such poll lists and register shall be filed with and preserved by the judges or inspectors, to be used by the board of registry in making the list of voters at the next election; the other of said poll lists and registers, so kept and checked, (except in town and city elections,) shall be returned to the 10 office of the county clerk of the county in which said district may be, at the same time the returns of the election are made.

§ 10. The said board, may, if necessary, on the day or 1 days of the making and of the corrections of such lists, ap- Board max. point a clerk to assist them in the discharge of their duties required by this act; and the same oath shall be taken by

such clerk as is required by law of clerks of the polls or of 5 elections.

ap

to inspection.

8 11. The registers shall at all times be open to public Registers open inspection, at the office of the authorities in which they shall be deposited, without charge.

of board

and clerks.

12. The members of the board of registration and their 1 clerks shall each receive the same compensation as is now Pay allowed by law for judges or inspectors of elections, for each day actually employed in the making and completion of the registry, to be paid to them at the time and in the manner 5 in which they are paid their other fees.

§ 13. The said board shall have and exercise the same 1 power in preserving order at their meetings, under this act, Powers of board as are given to judges or inspectors of elections for preserv

ing order on election days; and vacancies in said board shall

be filled in the same manner that vacancies are now filled 5

at elections.

double

regis

814. Any person who shall cause his name to be regis- 1 tered in more than one election district, or who shall cause Punishment for his name to be registered, knowing that he is not a qualified tration. voter in the district where said registry is made, or who shall falsely personate any registered voter; and any person 5 causing, aiding or abetting any person, in any manner, in either cf said acts, shall be punished for each and every offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one year. All intentional false swearing before said board. of registration shall be deemed willful and corrupt perjury, 10 and, on conviction, punished as such. If any member or Willful violation officer of said board shall willfully violate any of the provi- punished.

by board, how

sions of this act, or be guilty of any fraud in the execution of the duties of his office, he shall be punished for each and 15 every offense by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one year.

1 $ 15. An act entitled "An act to prevent illegal voting Acts amended. at elections," approved February 21, 1861, and an act enti tled "An act to provide for ascertaining the qualification of voters, and to prevent fraudulent voting," approved Febru 5 ary 22, 1861, be and the same are hereby amended by striking out the words "sixty days" in said acts wherever the same occur, and inserting in the place thereof, the words "thirty days."

construed.

1 16. Section five of an act entitled "An act to provide Section 5 of act for ascertaining the qualifications of voters, and to prevent fraudulent voting," approved February 22, 1861, shall be construed so as to require the number to be indorsed by the 5 judges or inspectors of election on every ballot cast, and in all elections, general or special, in pursuance of any law of this state. After the opening of the polls no adjournment shall be had, nor shall any recess be taken until all the votes cast at such election shall have been counted and the result 10 publicly announced: Provided, that judges and inspectors Pay of judges. of elections shall each be allowed the sum of two dollars for each and every day's service by them performed under the requirements of this act.

by secretary of

state.

1 17. The secretary of state shall cause this law to be Copies to be sent printed in pamphlet form, with suitable forms and instructions for carrying it into effect, together with the general election law of the state, and a sufficient number of copies 5 thereof sent to each county clerk in every county in this state to supply each of the officers named in this act with a copy. And it shall be the duty of each of said clerks to immediately transmit a copy of the same to each of the judges or inspectors of election in his county.

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818. The necessary blanks for making the registers required by law shall be prepared by the secretary of state, and transmitted to the persons entitled to receive them, in the same manner that blank returns of elections are now 5 transmitted.

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19. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed in Soldiers to vote. any manner to affect the provisions of any act that has been or may be passed at the present session of the general assembly, to enable the qualified electors of this state, absent

5 therefrom, in the military service of the United States, in the army or navy thereof, to vote.

$ 20.

sage.

This act shall be in force from and after its pas

APPROVED February 15, 1865.

INSTRUCTIONS,

DUTIES OF JUDGES, (OR "INSPECTORS.")

The three judges of election (appointed by the county court or constituted, by law, in counties now under township organization,) are made a "BOARD OF REGISTRY," respectively, at each poll in each precinct or ward.

IT IS THEIR DUTY,

First: To meet on Tuesday, three weeks before any election, at nine o'clock, A. M. (See section 1, lines 9 to 13.)

To obtain from the office of the county clerk the "poll lists," "of such precinct" or poll, "made and filed at the last election held in said precinct." (See section 2, lines 14 to 16.)

To appoint a clerk, if necessary, and cause him to take the oath required by the statute for clerks of election. (See section 10.) To preserve order at their meetings, as prescribed in section 21 of Election Law of 1845, page 7. (See section 13, lines 1 to 4.) Second: To make from the "poll lists" a "Register of Voters," which shall contain the names (alphabetically arranged) of each and every known voter now living in said precinct and entitled to vote at said poll. Said "Register" to be completed in ONE day, where the number of votes given at the last election was not more than two hundred (200,) and to be completed, including four (4) copies thereof, in two (2) days, in every other case, (See section 1, lines 19 to 21.)

To certify, in writing, upon each, that it is a "true list of the voters, in their precinct, entitled to vote at their poll, so far as known to them." (See section 2, lines 24 to 28.)

Third: Within two (2) days after completion [before Friday night]

To leave with the clerk of the township, village or city, where such exist, the "poll lists," taken from the office of the county