OF ELECTIONS. registration days, will produce the word "Registered," the number of the district, and also the day and year of registration in letters and figures, and when applied to tax receipts, on election day, will produce the word "Voted," the number of the district, and also the day and year of voting in letters and figures. 8. They shall, hereafter, appoint all inspectors of elec- To appoint tions and poll clerks for elections in said city, and shall and poll also make all necessary removals and transfers of election clerks and officers and fill all vacancies which from any cause may cies. occur. fill vacan spectors. tions. 9. They shall, in the month of August, in each year in Appointwhich a general election is held, select for each election dis-ment of intrict, to serve as inspectors of election, three persons, who shall be citizens of the United States of America and of the QualificaState of Delaware, of good character, able to read, write and speak the English language understandingly, qualified voters in the city, and not candidates for any office to be voted for by the electors of the district for which they shall be selected, two of whom shall be of different political faith and opinion from their associates; provided, that the total num- Proviso. ber of inspectors in each ward shall be divided as equally as possible between the different political parties; and those appointed to represent the party in political minority to be named solely by such member or members of the Department of Elections as is or are the representative or representatives of such political minority; and no person who shall have served as inspector at any registration shall be a candidate at the election for which such registration was held. Every person so selected to be an election inspector Examinashall, on receipt of notice thereof, appear within ten days qualificathereafter, before said department, for the purpose of exam- tion. ination, and if found qualified shall, unless excused by the department by reason of ill-health or other good and sufficient cause, be bound to serve as such officer at every registration and election for the term for which he is appointed, and shall take the following oath of office, which oath may be administered by any member of the Department of . Elections: I, residing at No. tion and in the city Oath of of Wilmington, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will office. support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Delaware, and that I will faithfully discharge the Penalty for neglect or refusal to comply with require ments. constitute this act. ment. OF ELECTIONS. duties of the office of inspector of election for the ward of the city of Wilmington, according to the best of my ability, and that I am a citizen of the United States and of the State of Delaware, a qualified voter in the city of Wilmington and not a candidate for any office to be voted for by the electors of the district for which I am appointed. In case of refusal or neglect on the part of any person so selected to be an election inspector to comply with the above requirements, or to serve, or to act, he shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars, recoverable by said department by civil action in any court of record in the name of the "President of the Department of Elections of the City of Wilmington," and for the use and benefit of New Castle What shall County; and the failure on the part of any such person to refusal under present himself for examination within the time prescribed, or to comply with any of the requirements of this act preliminary to receiving his certificate of appointment or to attend on the day of any registration or the day of any election during his term, unless prevented by sickness or other sufficient cause, the burden of proof of which shall be upon the delinquent, shall be deemed a refusal within the meanCertificate ing of this act. The Department of Elections shall deliver a of appoint- certificate of appointment to whomsoever shall be nominated, approved and sworn into office by it as an inspector of elections, said certificate to be in such form as shall be prescribed by such Department of Elections, specifying the election district in and for which the person to whom the same is issued is appointed to serve, and the date of the expiration of his term of office. The inspectors of election appointed under the provisions of this act shall respectively hold office for the term of two years unless sooner removed for want of requisite qualifications, or for cause; in either of which cases such removal, unless made while the inspectors are actually on duty on a day of registration or election and for improper conduct as an election officer, shall only be made after notice in writing to the officer sought to be removed, which notice shall set forth clearly and distinctly the reasons for his removal. Any person appointed to fill any vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of the person whose office he is appointed to fill. The neglect or refusal of any person so appointed as inspector as aforesaid to appear and qualify as an inspector within the time herein prescribed shall be deemed to create a vacancy in said office. Term of office. Removal. Vacancy. What con stitutes a vacancy. OF ELECTIONS. tion. office. 10. They shall appoint as poll clerks two persons of dif- Poll clerks. ferent political faith and opinion and possessing the other Qualificaqualifications of inspectors of elections required by this act, who shall be in all respects similarly named, selected, notified, examined, appointed, commissioned and sworn as in this act required for the appointment of inspectors in and for such election districts. Said poll clerks shall hold office for Term of the same period of time and upon the same conditions as are above prescribed for inspectors of election, and shall receive a like certificate of appointment. In case of refusal or neglect on the part of any person so selected to be a poll clerk to comply with the above requirements, or to serve, or to act, he shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars, Penalty for recoverable in the same manner and for the same use as the penalty above provided in case of refusal or neglect on the comply. part of an inspector of election. refusal or neglect to tion. Whenever, from any cause, there shall exist a vacancy in the vacancies office of inspector of election or poll clerk, a person appointed how filled. to fill such vacancy shall be named by such member, or such of the members of the department or his successor or their successors as named the inspector or poll clerk in whose place any such person is designated. Inspectors of election and poll Compensaclerks appointed in pursuance of the provisions of this act shall be entitled to receive three dollars for each day's service at any registration or election, such compensation not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of fifteen dollars; provided, Proviso. that the inspector whose duty it shall be to attend the meeting of the board of canvass shall receive the additional sum of three dollars as a compensation for said attendance. The How paid. said compensation shall be paid on the certificate of the president of the Department of Elections, as to the period of service, but no payment shall be made to any person as Oath, failure inspector of election or poll clerk who shall not have taken, comply with subscribed and filed the oath or affirmation required therein, and who shall not, during the period of his service have fully complied with all the requirements of law in anywise relating to his duties; and the acting of any such person in either of said capacities, without having taken, subscribed and filed the said oath or affirmation, shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor and punished as such. Inspectors of election Exemption and poll clerks, during the time they hold such office, shall duties. be exempt from the performance of military and jury duty, and no person who, by the law of this State, is exempt from to take or from certain Inspectors to meet and following acts. OF ELECTIONS. jury duty, shall be required to serve as an inspector or poll clerk under this act. SECTION 4. The inspectors of election appointed pursuperform the ant to the provisions of this act shall, at the times in this act designated for registration, meet in their respective election districts at the places which, as provided in this act, shall be designated therein for such meeting, and at such times in each election district the said inspectors of election shall openly and publicly do and perform the following acts, viz: Organization. Application. Session.. Examination of all plying for 1. They shall organize as a board by selecting one of their number to act as chairman, but in case of failure to so organize within fifteen minutes after the time fixed for meeting, the chairman shall be selected by lot. They shall receive and enter upon their several registers the application for registration of all male persons who shall personally present themselves. 3. They shall remain in session on each of said days and on each of the days for revision of registration from between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock in the forenoon and seven o'clock in the afternoon. 4. They shall examine all persons who personally apply persons ap- as to their qualifications as electors, and shall each, in a registration. Separate book, immediately and in the presence of the applicant enter in the Register, to be made and furnished as provided in this act, the statements and facts below set forth and in the manner following, viz: Residence. First-Under the column "residence" the name and number of the street, avenue, or other location of the dwelling, if if there be a number, and if there shall not be a number, such clear and definite description of the place of said dwelling as shall enable it to be readily ascertained, fixed and determined; and if there shall be more than one house at the number given by the applicant as his place of residence, in which house he resides; and if there be more than one family residing in said house, either the floor on which he resides (every floor below the level of the ground being designated as the basement, the first floor on or above such level as the first floor, and each floor above that as the second or such other floor, as it may be), or the number or location of the room or rooms occupied by the applicant and whether front or rear. ་ OF ELECTIONS. Second-Under the column "name" the name of the ap- Name. plicant, giving the surname and Christian name or names in full, and also any other name by which he is generally known, with the initial or initials of any other name or names which he may have in addition thereto, the surname being written first; but the names of all persons residing in the same dwelling to follow each other and to be under the street and house number or other description, as provided of the dwelling. Third-Under the column "sworn" the word "yes" or Sworn. "no," as the fact shall be. Fourth-Under the column "nativity" the state, county, Nativity. kingdom, empire, or dominion, as the fact shall be stated by the applicant. Fifth-Under the column "color" the word "white" or Color. "colored," as the fact may be. Sixth-Under the subdivision of the general column "term Term of of residence" the period by months or years stated by the residence. applicant in response to the inquiries made for the purpose of ascertaining his qualifications and filling such column. Seventh-Under the column "naturalized" the word Naturaliza"yes" or "no," or "native," as the facts shall appear. tion. disqualified. Eighth-Under one of the columns "qualified," "may be- Qualified or come qualified," or "disqualified," as the fact shall appear and be determined by at least two of the board of inspectors of election, the name in full of the applicant, and through the remaining two of said three columns and opposite to his name a heavy line in ink; it being however required to designate as qualified voters all persons who at the time of application appear in all respects to be duly qualified under the constitution and laws of the State of Delaware to vote at the next ensuing election; and any male citizen of the age of twenty-one years and under the age of twenty-two years, having resided within the State one year next before the election and the last month thereof in the county where he may offer to vote; and to designate as persons who may become qualified all such as are not at the time of application but may, under the constitution and laws aforesaid, be entitled to vote before the closing of the polls on the day of said next ensuing election; and as persons disqualified all such who under the constitution and laws aforesaid are not at the time of application and cannot, before the closing of |