shall make two copies thereof, and certify the register and each of the copies to be a true list of the voters in their district, so far as the same are known. Within two days thereafter, the said original list, together with the list taken from the office, as aforesaid, shall be filed by said board in the office of the town clerk of the town in which said election district may be; but in counties not adopting township organization, said list shall be filed with the judges or inspectors of election of the proper district, or if such election district is in a city then it shall be filed in the office of the city clerk of said city. And one copy of said list shall be kept by one of said judges or inspectors, and carefully preserved by him for their use on the day or days hereinafter mentioned, for the revision and correction of the same. One copy of said list shall, immediately after its completion, be posted in some conspicuous place where the last preceding election in said district was held, and be accessible to any elector who may desire to examine the same or make copies thereof. Any person who shall take down, tear down or deface any list so posted, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of $50, or by imprisonment in the county jail for the term of sixty days, or by both fine and imprisonment. [As amended by act approved March 27, 1874. In force July 1, 1874. 137. New election districts. § 3. In case a new election district shail be formed by the organization of a new town, or by the division of any town or ward, or the incorporation of a city or town, the judges or inspectors of the election in the new district thus formed, may make their registry of electors on the day prescribed by this act, in such manner as a majority of them may direct, and for that purpose may make a list, or cause to be made a certified copy of the poll list or lists of the district in which such new district is situated, or they may dispense with such list or lists and proceed to make a register of electors, from the best means at their command. Said lists shall only embrace the names of such persons as are known to them to be electors in their district, 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. 138. Revision register-second meeting. 4. The said board shall again meet on Tuesday of the week preceding the said elections, in their respective election 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 session until nine o'clock P. M., and in other districts they shall meet at nine o'clock in the morning and remain in session until four o'clock P. M. [As amended by act ap proved March 27, 1874. In force July 1, 1874. 139. Proceedings open-corrections, etc. 5. The proceedings of said board shall be open, and all persons residing and entitled to vote in said district shall 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 them, on the day or days of making corrections or additions, for the purpose of completing the registry for such district. - 140. Revising register — addition of new names. § 6. It shall be the duty of said board, at their meeting for revising and [*470] correcting 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-resident of said district, or 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 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 give such information, or for falsely giving the same, and 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; and in case no challenge is made of any 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 of challenge at an election, then the name of any such person shall be added to the alphabetical poll list of the last preceding year. 141. Copies of register-filing - deliver to judges — voting - swearing in vote, etc. 7. 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 a correct list of the voters of their district; one of which shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of towns, and in the office of city clerks of cities; and one of which copies shall be delivered to said judges or inspectors. It shall be the duty of the said judges or inspectors 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. No vote shall be received at any State election in this State, if the name of the person offering to vote be not on the said register made on the Tuesday preceding the election, unless the person offering to vote shall furnish to the judges of the election his affidavit, in writing, stating 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 to vote, that he knows such person to be an inhabitant of the district, and if in any city, giving the residence of such person within said district. The oath may be administered by one of the judges or inspectors 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 receive compensation for administering 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. [As amended by act approved March 27, 1874. In force July 1, 1874; Dale v. Irwin, 78 III. 170; Board, etc., Du Page Co. v. People, 65 Ill. 360; Clark v Robinson, 88 1. 498 Kuykendall v. Harker, 89 Ill. 126. 142. Entry on register by clerks — non-registered voter penalty. 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 as hereinbefore 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 a column opposite the name of each person not registered, the words "not registered." In cities, every elector, at the time of offering his vote, shall 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 clerks of the 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 [*471] 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 poli list for entering the number. In case of refusal to make the statement as aforesaid, the vote of such an 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 conviction, be punished with a fine of $50, or by imprisonment in the county jail in the county for a period of ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 143. Poll list and register to be filed. 9. After the canvass of the votes, one of said poll lists and said register so kept and checked, as aforesaid, shall be 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, 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 State election; the other of said poll lists and registers, so kept and checked, shall be returned to the office of the county clerk in the county in which said district may be, at the same time the returns of the election are made. [As amended by act approved March 27, 1874. In force July 1, 1874. [10 is repealed by act approved March 27, 1874.] 144. Registers open to inspection. § II. 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. 145. Compensation. 12. That the members of the board of registration shall each receive $2 per day for each day actually employed in the making and completion of the registry, not exceeding two days, to be paid to them at the time and in the manner in which they are paid their other fees. [As amended by act approved March 27, 1874. In force July 1, 1874. 146. Preserving order. § 13. The said board shall have and exercise the same power in preserving order at their meetings, under this act, as are given to judges or inspectors of elections for preserving order on election days; and vacancies in said board shall be filled in the same manner that vacancies are now filled at elections. 147. Fraudulent registration, false swearing, etc. § 14. Any person who shall cause his name to be registered in more than one election district, or who shall cause his name to be registered, knowing that he is not a qualified voter in the district where said registry is made, or who shall falsely personate any registered voter, 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. All intentional false swearing before said board of registration shall be deemed willful and corrupt perjury, and, on conviction, punished as such. If any member or officer of said board shall willfully violate any of the provisions 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 every offense, by imprisonment in the State prison for not less than one year. [ 15 and 16 are repealed by implication, the acts to which they refer being repealed. § 17 was only of temporary effect.] 148. Blanks to be furnished. § 18. 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 transmitted. [ 19 is repealed by implication, the act to which it refers being repealed.] 149. Time act takes effect. § 20. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. IN CITIES, VILLAGES AND INCORPORATED TOWNS. AN ACT regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State. [Approved June 19, 1885. In force July 1, 1885. L. 1885, p. .] ARTICLE I.- ADOPTION. *150. City may adopt act-how. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, as follows. That the electors of any city now existing in this State may adopt and become entitled to the benefit of this act in the manner following: Whenever one thousand of the legal voters of such city, voting at the last preceding election, shall petition the judge of the county court of the county in which such city is located to submit to a vote of the electors of such city the proposition as to whether such city and the electors thereof shall adopt and become entitled to the benefit of this act, it shall be the duty of such county court to submit such proposition accordingly at the next succeeding general State or county election, and if such proposition is not adopted at such election, the same shall in like manner be submitted to a vote of the electors of such city by such county court upon like application at any general State or county election thereafter and an order shall be entered of record in such county court submitting such proposition as aforesaid. If one thousand shall exceed one-eighth of the legal voters of any such city voting at the last preceding election, then such petition or application need not be signed or made by more than one-eighth of the legal voters of such city voting at the last preceding election. *15 1. Notice of election - duty of county clerk - penalty expenses. 2. The judge of such county court shall give at least sixty days' notice of such election by publishing such notice in one or more newspapers published within such city, for at least five times, the first publication to be at least sixty days before the day of election, and if no newspaper is published in such city, then by posting at least five copies of such notice in each ward sixty days before such election; and such court shall enter an order directing the county clerk to prepare the necessary blank returns for the use of the judges of election substantially in the following form: "At an election held in the of year A D to wit: precinct of the.. ward in the city in the State of Illinois, on the.. .day of. in the the following vote was cast for and against city election law, Also to prepare separate tally sheets with appropriate headings. And it shall be the duty of such county clerk to deliver to the judges of all the precincts in such city at such election proper tally sheets and blank statements of returns of votes cast for and against such proposition at such election. And it shall be the duty of said judge of the County court to supervise and direct such matters and see that they are properly done. Said judge of the county court shall also prepare directions to the judges and clerks of election as to the manner of canvassing the votes for and against such proposition, keeping tally thereof and making returns of the votes as to such proposition, in accordance with the provisions of this article; also informing them therein of the penalties of the law imposed upon the judges and clerks for any refusal or neglect pertaining to their duties, and such judge of the county court shall deliver such directions to the county clerk directing him to have them printed and sent out to such judges and clerks. And it shall be the duty of such county clerk to obey such instructions. And it shall be the duty of the county clerk to do, and cause to be done, all things required of him by this article, and for a failure to perform such duties he shall, on conviction, be sentenced to the county jail for not less than six months nor more than twelve months, and shall also be removed from his office by the court in which such conviction shall be had. The county shall pay all expenses connected with such election. |