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782 HISTORY OF VERNON COUNTY. made by them, and said poll list in the office of the proper town, city or village clerk and may, in their discretion, cause ten printed copies of said registry to be made and posted in ten of the most public places of said election districts or may publish the same in a newspaper at an expense not exceeding one cent for each name. Section 23. The inspectors shall hold their second meeting at the same place designated for holding elections on the Tuesday two weeks preceding the election. They shall meet at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. In elec¬ tion districts having less than 300 vo¬ ters, as shown by the preliminary registry the board shall complete the registry on the sS-me day; but if there are more than that num¬ ber of voters they shall sit two days. Toey shall remain in session until 8 o'clock in the evening. They shall revise and correct the registry, first by erasing the name of any per¬ son who shall be proved to their satisfaction by the oaths of two electors of the district to to be not entitled to vote therein at the next ensuing election, unless such person shall ap¬ pear and if challenged, shall answer the ques¬ tions and take the oath thereinafter provided; secondly, by entering thereon the names of every elector entitled to vote in the district at the next election who shall appear before the board and require it, and state his place of resi¬ dence, giving street and number, if numbered, or location, as hereinbefore provided, if chal¬ lenged answer the questions, and take the oath provided in case of challenge at an election; but if any person shall refuse to answer all such questions or to take such oath, his name shall not be registered. Any person who is not twenty-one years of age before the date when the register is required to be corrected but will be if he liyes until the day of election, shall have his name put on the registry if he be otherwise qualified to be an elector. Any elec¬ tor who did not vote at the previous general election shall be entitled to be registered either at the preliminary or final registration of elec¬ tors by appearing before the board of registra¬ tion of his election district and establishing his right to be registered, or, iiistead of personal appearance, he may make his application to be registered to the board in writing. Such appli¬ cation shall state the name and period of con¬ tinuous residence in the election district and place of residence tlerein, giving the number and street of the applicant, and, in case the person making the application is of foreign birth, he shall state when he came to the United States and the State of Wisconsin, and the time and place of declaring his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and that he is entitled to vote at the election. Upon receiving such application, the board of registration shall register the name of such applicant, if it appears to the board that the applicant is, by his statement, entitled to vote. Such state¬ ment shall be made under oath, and shall be preserved by the board and be filed in the office of the village or city clerk, as the case may be. All city and village clerks shall keep blanks for making the application for registration, as pro¬ vided by this section. The form shall be pre¬ scribed by the secretary of State. Every man named in this section shall be subject to the same punishment for any false statement or other offense in respect thereto as is provided in case of such false statement or other offense by an elector offering to vote at an election. After such registry shall have been fully com¬ pleted on the day above mentioned, no name shall be added thereto by any person or upon any pretense. Within three days after the second meeting the said board shall cause four copies of the registry to be made, each of which shall be certified by them to be a correct regis¬ try of the electors of their district, one of which shall be kept by each inspector for use on election day, and one shall forthwith be filed in the office of the proper town, city or village clerk. All registry shall at all times be open to public inspection where depositedj without charge.
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Title | History of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Together with sketches of its towns and villages, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. |
Title of work | History of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Together with sketches of its towns and villages, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. |
Short title | History of Vernon County, Wisconsin |
Author | Union Publishing Company |
Description | This 1884 history of Vernon County, Wisconsin, covers such topics as geology and topography, Indians, the Winnebago War, the Black Hawk War, early settlers and pioneer life,politics and government, courts, railroads, pioneer reminiscences, Vernon County residents in teh Civil War, agriculture, medicine, newspapers, schools, and the towns, and villages of Bergen, Christiana, Clinton, Coon, Forest, Franklin, Genoa, Greenwood, Hamburg, Harmony, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Kickapoo, Liberty, Stark, Sterling, Union, Viroqua, Webster, Wheatland, and Whitetown. Biographical sketches of residents of the counties are included. |
Place of Publication (Original) | Springfield, Illinois |
Publisher (Original) | Union Publishing Company |
Publication Date (Original) | 1884 |
Language | English |
Format-Digital | xml |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Vern1884000 |
State | Wisconsin; |
County | Vernon County; |
Decade | 1820-1829; 1830-1839; 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; |
Type | Text |
Description
Title | 782 |
Page Number | 782 |
Title of work | History of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Together with sketches of its towns and villages, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. |
Author | Union Publishing Company |
Publication Date (Original) | 1884 |
Format-Digital | jpeg |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Vern1884748 |
Full Text | 782 HISTORY OF VERNON COUNTY. made by them, and said poll list in the office of the proper town, city or village clerk and may, in their discretion, cause ten printed copies of said registry to be made and posted in ten of the most public places of said election districts or may publish the same in a newspaper at an expense not exceeding one cent for each name. Section 23. The inspectors shall hold their second meeting at the same place designated for holding elections on the Tuesday two weeks preceding the election. They shall meet at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. In elec¬ tion districts having less than 300 vo¬ ters, as shown by the preliminary registry the board shall complete the registry on the sS-me day; but if there are more than that num¬ ber of voters they shall sit two days. Toey shall remain in session until 8 o'clock in the evening. They shall revise and correct the registry, first by erasing the name of any per¬ son who shall be proved to their satisfaction by the oaths of two electors of the district to to be not entitled to vote therein at the next ensuing election, unless such person shall ap¬ pear and if challenged, shall answer the ques¬ tions and take the oath thereinafter provided; secondly, by entering thereon the names of every elector entitled to vote in the district at the next election who shall appear before the board and require it, and state his place of resi¬ dence, giving street and number, if numbered, or location, as hereinbefore provided, if chal¬ lenged answer the questions, and take the oath provided in case of challenge at an election; but if any person shall refuse to answer all such questions or to take such oath, his name shall not be registered. Any person who is not twenty-one years of age before the date when the register is required to be corrected but will be if he liyes until the day of election, shall have his name put on the registry if he be otherwise qualified to be an elector. Any elec¬ tor who did not vote at the previous general election shall be entitled to be registered either at the preliminary or final registration of elec¬ tors by appearing before the board of registra¬ tion of his election district and establishing his right to be registered, or, iiistead of personal appearance, he may make his application to be registered to the board in writing. Such appli¬ cation shall state the name and period of con¬ tinuous residence in the election district and place of residence tlerein, giving the number and street of the applicant, and, in case the person making the application is of foreign birth, he shall state when he came to the United States and the State of Wisconsin, and the time and place of declaring his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and that he is entitled to vote at the election. Upon receiving such application, the board of registration shall register the name of such applicant, if it appears to the board that the applicant is, by his statement, entitled to vote. Such state¬ ment shall be made under oath, and shall be preserved by the board and be filed in the office of the village or city clerk, as the case may be. All city and village clerks shall keep blanks for making the application for registration, as pro¬ vided by this section. The form shall be pre¬ scribed by the secretary of State. Every man named in this section shall be subject to the same punishment for any false statement or other offense in respect thereto as is provided in case of such false statement or other offense by an elector offering to vote at an election. After such registry shall have been fully com¬ pleted on the day above mentioned, no name shall be added thereto by any person or upon any pretense. Within three days after the second meeting the said board shall cause four copies of the registry to be made, each of which shall be certified by them to be a correct regis¬ try of the electors of their district, one of which shall be kept by each inspector for use on election day, and one shall forthwith be filed in the office of the proper town, city or village clerk. All registry shall at all times be open to public inspection where depositedj without charge. |
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