Board of
Registration

Register, etc

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the same powers as, and perform the same duties hereinbefore required of Associate Registrars until the person who may have been originally chosen shall have qualified and shall appear and enter upon the duties of the office to which he was originally chosen or appointed.

SECTION 15. It shall be the duty of the said "Board of to compare Registration," immediately after the close of their last sitting, carefully to compare the two Registers and see that they agree with each other in every particular, and also to compare the two alphabetical lists of "qualified voters" and the two alphabetical lists of those who may become qualified by payment of tax, or by being naturalized," or both, as contained in the voting books aforesaid, with the said Registers, and to see that the name of every person entered on the Registers as a "qualified voter" is entered in its proper alphabetical place on each of the two lists of qualified voters, together with the residence, and color, and also the age, if to be between the ages of twenty-one and twentytwo years on the day of the next general election, as entered on the Register; and also to see that the name of every person entered on the Registers as one who "may become qualified by payment of tax," or "by being naturalized," is entered in its proper alphabetical place on each of the two lists of those who may become qualified by payment of tax," or "by being naturalized," or both, in the voting books of "partially qualified voters," together with the residence and color, as entered on the Registers. And if any name in the Registers which ought to have been entered on either of said alphabetical lists shall have been omitted therefrom, it shall be the duty of said board to enter such name in its proper alphabetical place on the proper alphabetical list, together with the proper entries as they appear on the said Registers.

Shall enter names im

properly omitted.

Corrections on list.

Certificate of the Board of

And it shall be the further duty, in such comparison of the alphabetical lists with the Registers, to make such corrections on the alphabetical lists as will make the names and entries appearing on the alphabetical lists agree with the same names and entries as entered on the Registers.

It shall also be the duty of the said Board of Registration, Registration within three days after their last sitting, to append to each of said alphabetical lists of "qualified voters" contained in said "Voting Books of Qualified Voters" a certificate, verified by the oath or affirmation of the members of said

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board, or at least two of them, that the said "Voting Book of Qualified Voters" contains a complete list of the qualified voters of said hundred or election district, as the same are entered in the Registers of voters of such hundred or election district.

And shall also, within the three days aforesaid, append to Certificate. each of said alphabetical lists of those who "may become qualified by payment of tax, or by being naturalized," contained in the "Voting Book of Partially Qualified Voters," a certificate, verified by oath or affirmation, as aforesaid, that the said "Voting Book of Partially Qualified Voters" contains a complete list of those persons "who may become qualified by payment of tax, or by being naturalized," as the same are entered in the registers of voters of such hundred or election district.

correctness

And the members of said Board shall, within the three Certificate of days aforesaid, also append to the Registers of their respec- of entries. tive hundred or election district a certificate that each of said Registers is the official Register of such hundred or election district, and, so far as is within their knowledge, no false or improper entries have been made therein. Which certificate shall be made and verified by at least two members of said Board.

And it shall be the duty of the Registrar, within one day thereafter, to deliver to the Sheriff of the county in which he is an officer of registration one of said Registers, certified to as aforesaid, and one of said "Voting Books of Qualified Voters," certified to as aforesaid, and one of said "Voting Books of Partially Qualified Voters," certified to as aforesaid, together with the alphabetical list which shall have been delivered to him by the said Sheriff, as hereinbefore provided.

Registrar to isters, etc., to

deliver Reg

Sheriff.

to keep one

ters, etc.

And the other of said Registers, together with the other Registrars of said "Voting Books of Qualified Voters" and the other of the Regis of said "Voting Books of Partially Qualified Voters," together with any other papers or documents relating to the registration of voters, and the stamps provided for by this act, he shall retain in his possession and safely keep, but the same shall at all proper times be open to the inspection of any one desiring to examine the same without fee or reward, and also any one desiring to do so may be permitted to make copies or partial copies of any of said lists, books, documents or papers.

In event of

loss of Reg

isters, etc.,

by Sheriff.

To deliver

to Clerk of

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And if the Registers or Voting Books delivered to the sheriff, as aforesaid, should be lost or destroyed, the duplicates in the possession of the Registrars may be called for and used, in the place of those lost or destroyed, at the general election.

And within one week after the following general election the Peace. he shall deliver the same to the Clerk of the Peace of the county in which he resides, who shall safely keep the same in his office, and the same shall be open to public inspection at all convenient times as other public records in the office of said Clerk of the Peace.

Sheriff to deliver Regis

SECTION 16. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each ters, etc., to county, within three days after the said Registers, Voting Inspector. Books and lists shall have been delivered to him, as provided in the next preceding section of this act, to deliver the same to the inspector of the hundred or election district of the county to which such Register, Voting Books and list shall apply. And it shall be the duty of the inspector to have the same at the place of election before the opening of the polls on election day.

Duty of Inspector.

Who shall

not be allowed to

vote.

SECTION 17. The inspector shall not at any election receive or deposit in the ballot-box the ballot of any person offering to vote until his name shall have been found in the list of qualified voters," as contained in the "Voting Book of Qualified Voters," or in the list of those who "may become qualified by payment of tax, or by being naturalized," or both, as contained in the "Voting Book of Partially Qualified Voters," delivered to him for the purposes of said election, and the judges, or a majority of them, shall be satisfied that the person so offering to vote is the person named in said list; and if his name shall have been found in the "Voting Book of Partially Qualified Voters" they shall be further satisfied that the person offering to vote has paid the tax required by the Constitution, and, if not a native born citizen Who shall be of the United States, has been legally naturalized. And he shall receive and deposit in the ballot-box the ballot of every person offering to vote whose name appears in the "Voting Book of Qualified Voters," or whose name appears in the "Voting Book of Partially Qualified Voters," and who at the time he offers to vote shall have paid the tax required by the Constitution, and, if not a native born citizen of the United States, has been legally naturalized, unless such vote shall be objected to; but no objection to the vote of any per

eligible to

vote.

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son whose name shall have been found on either of said voting books shall be entertained or considered by the judges of the election except for the following reasons, to wit:

First. That he is not the person whose name appears in Exceptions. said voting books.

Second. If his name appears in the "Voting Book of Partially Qualified Voters" that he has not paid the tax required by the Constitution of this State, or, if not a native born citizen of the United States, that he has not been legally naturalized since he was registered.

Third. That he has become disqualified as a voter since he was registered; and

Fourth. That he was improperly registered at the last sitting of the Board of Registration as a "qualified voter," or as one who "might become qualified by payment of tax, or by being naturalized."

If a vote be objected to for any of the reasons above men- Objection to tioned, its admission or rejection shall be determined according to the opinion of a majority of the judges.

votes.
How deter-
mined.

judges of

It shall be the duty of one of the judges of the election to Duty of write the word "voted" against the name of any person election. voting on the alphabetical list in the voting book in which his name appears, which was certified to by the Board of Registration and delivered by the sheriff to the inspector as aforesaid, instead of upon the alphabetical list certified to by the Clerk of the Peace, as is now provided by Section 18, Chapter 18 of the Revised Code.

deliver to

Peace.

SECTION 18. Each inspector shall, on the Thursday next what Insucceeding the day of the general election, deliver into the spector shal the office of the Clerk of the Peace of his county the oaths Clerk of the or affirmations that shall have been signed by the inspector and judges of the election in his hundred, or election district where a hundred is divided into two or more election districts, and the certificates of said oaths or affirmations having been administered, to be made and signed as directed in Section 13, Chapter 18 of the Revised Code; and the two lists of the polls kept at the election, as directed in Section 18, Chapter 18 of the Revised Code; the alphabetical list certified to by the Clerk of the Peace; the Register aforementioned, and the Voting Book of Qualified Voters," and the "Voting Book of Partially Qualified Voters," certified to by the Board of

Compensation of Reg

istrar.

Compensa

tion of Alter

trar.

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Registration as aforesaid, with the notes of "voted," as the same shall have been made on each of said last mentioned books on the day of the election; all of which shall be filed in the office of the said clerk, and shall be public records, and as such admissible as evidence.

SECTION 19. Each Registrar shall receive five dollars per day for each day of actual sitting, either alone or as one of the Board of Registration, and fifteen dollars additional for all other services to be performed by him under this act.

And each Alternate Registrar shall receive five dollars per nate Regis day for each day of actual sitting in the place of the Registrar, either alone or as one of the Board of Registration, and also such additional compensation as may be determined by the Levy Court of the county in which he shall reside for any other service that may be performed by him under this act; provided that such additional compensation shall in no event exceed the sum of fifteen dollars; and provided further, that the amount of such additional compensation shall be deducted from the amount of the Registrar's additional compensation.

Proviso.

Compensa

tion of Asso

And each Associate Registrar shall receive five dollars per ciate Regis day for each day of actual sitting on the Board of Registration.

trars.

How paid.

All neces

ses; how

paid.

It shall be the duty of the Levy Court in each of the counties of this State, at its November session, to ascertain the amount of compensation under this act due the Registrars, Aternate Registrars, and Associate Registrars in their respective counties, and when so ascertained, the president of the said Levy Court shall certify the same to the State Treasurer, who shall thereupon pay to the persons entitled the sums severally due them out of any money belonging to the State not otherwise appropriated.

The cost of printing and posting the alphabetical lists sary expen contained in the voting books aforesaid, and of printing and mailing the notices required by this act, and the rent of the room or rooms used by the said Registrars and Boards of Registration in performance of the duties required by this act, the cost of printing any forms or blanks that may be required, and the cost of the necessary stationary used by them, and also the stamps and the ink to be used with the same, provided for by this act, shall be paid by the Levy Courts of the respective counties upon proper vouchers.