or neglect to surrender the same with intent to prevent its being used, as authorized by law, shall be deemed guilty of a felony. Whoever shall falsify such registration book, or copy What deemed thereof, by unlawfully erasing or obliterating any name or forgery. entry lawfully made therein, or by unlawfully inserting there in any name, note or memorandum, shall be deemed guilty of forgery. CHAPTER III. Registering of Electors. tion, when SECTION 1. Any person, not already registered, who pos- Application sesses the constitutional qualifications of an elector, or who for registrawill, on the day of the next ensuing regular or special election made. or official primary election, possess such qualifications, may make application for registration to the clerk of the township or city in which he resides on any day other than Sunday, a legal holiday, the day of any regular or special election or official primary election, and the days intervening between the third Saturday preceding any such election and the day of said election: Provided, however, That in any organized Proviso, township or city having a population of less than ten thou- certain cities, sand, the clerk may receive applications for registration up to and including the second Saturday preceding any such election. Any such clerk shall not be required to receive any application for registration at any other place than his office, or the place or places designated pursuant to section three of this chapter, but may, in his discretion, receive such application wherever he may be. etc. receive SEC. 2. In case any township or city clerk does not regu- When city, larly keep his office open daily during certain hours, he shall etc., clerk to not be required to be at his office, for the purpose of receiving applications. applications for registration, on any particular day, nor dur ing any specific hours of any day, except as provided in the next following section. SEC. 3. In every township and city the clerk thereof shall Registration be at his office, or in some other convenient place therein days. (which place shall be designated by the township clerk or the city clerk, as the case may be), on the fourth and third Saturdays preceding any election or official primary election in said township or city, and on such other days prior to said third Saturday as shall be designated by the township board or legislative body of said city, not exceeding five days in all, for the purpose of reviewing the registration and registering such of the qualified electors of said township or city as shall appear and apply therefor. Each said clerk shall be at the place designated at the hour of eight o'clock a. m., and there remain until the hour of eight o'clock p. m., of each said day. Notice. How given. Where not to receive Review of list. misdemeanor. Who may register, etc. The said clerk shall give at least one week's public notice of the days that he will be at his office, or other convenient place, designating it, for the purpose aforesaid, specifying the hours of each day, as required by the provisions of this section. Such notice shall be given by posting written or printed notices in at least one of the most conspicuous places in each election precinct, and by publishing such notice in some newspaper or newspapers published in said township or city, if any newspaper be published therein, if in the discretion of the township board or legislative body of said city publication shall be considered advisable and necessary in addition to the written or printed notices posted as aforesaid. SEC. 4. No township or city clerk shall receive any application for registration in any room or building where intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes are sold or kept for sale, or in any room adjacent to a room where such liquors are sold or kept for sale, or connected by hall or doorway with such room or saloon where intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes are sold or kept for sale. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. SEC. 5. On the day or days designated, pursuant to section three of this chapter, for reviewing the registration, the township or city clerk, as the case may be, shall review the list of names in the registration book for each precinct in the township or city. If at any time it shall come to the knowledge of the said township or city clerk, or if, upon such review, it shall be found that any person whose name is registered in any registration book has died, or has removed from the precinct and ceased to reside therein, the said clerk shall, at such time, or at the time of such review, write the word "dead" opposite the name of each such deceased person, and the word "removed" opposite the name of each such person who has removed, together with the initials of the person making the entry and the date of the entry. Thereafter such names shall be considered and treated as no longer upon such registration book. In case any such entry by the clerk shall be made falsely, maliciously and without credible information, the said clerk shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. If any such entry shall be erroneously made, and the person opposite whose name such erroneous entry was made shall thereafter appear at any election in his precinct and claim the right to vote, the board of inspectors of election, being satisfied that such person is a qualified elector of such precinct, shall cause his name to be registered anew. In any such case the board of election inspectors may, in their discretion, require that such person be sworn as to his qualifications to vote in that precinct. SEC. 6. Upon application, as provided in this act, to the clerk of the township or city in which he resides, it shall be the right of each and every person then residing in any such township or city, and who, at the next ensuing election or official primary election, will be a qualified elector therein, and whose name is not already registered, to have his name entered in the registration book of the precinct in which he resides, and said clerk shall enter the names of such applicants in the registration book. If any person shall cause to be entered upon the registration book as his own a false name, he shall, on conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. personal SEC. 7. No township or city clerk shall write in a registra- To make tion book the name of any person without a request made request. in person to such clerk. The name of the elector shall be plainly written in the registration book by the said clerk, and such clerk shall note the date of entry, the residence, street name and number, if any, and any other information which may be properly entered therein. question SEC. 8. Every township and city clerk shall have power, Clerk to and it shall be his duty, to question every person presenting applicant. himself for registration, touching his residence and other qualifications as an elector of the precinct; and said applicant shall make truthful answers to all such questions. The said clerk may, for the more perfect examination of the applicant, employ and swear an interpreter truly and impartially to interpret all such questions and answers. If the applicant shall, in his answers, make any material statement which is false, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. The clerk may, in his discretion, require the applicant to answer under oath questions as to his qualifications as an elector. residents SEC. 9. The name of no person but an actual resident of Only actual the precinct at the time of registration, and entitled, registered. under the constitution, if remaining such resident, to vote at the next election or official primary election, shall be entered in the registration book. Neither the township nor city clerk shall write or enter in the registration book the name of any person, nor suffer it to be written therein, whom such clerk shall know, or have good reason to believe, not to be such resident and so qualified; nor shall any per son knowing, or having good reason to believe, himself not to be such resident and so qualified, cause his name to be entered in the registration book. Every person so offending shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. to make SEC. 10. If any person whose name is not registered shall When unable offer and claim the right to vote at any election, and shall, personal under oath, state that he is a resident of such precinct and application. has resided in the township or ward twenty days next preceding such election, designating particularly the place of his residence, and that he possesses the other qualifications of an elector under the constitution; and that, owing to the sickness or bodily infirmity of himself, or of some member of his family or owing to his absence from the township or Proviso. Removal from precinct. Proviso. Clerks may appoint assistants. city on public business or his own business, and without intent to avoid or delay his registration, he was unable to make application for registration on the last day provided by law for the registering of electors preceding such election; then the name of such person shall be registered, and he shall then be permitted to vote at such election. If such applicant shall, in said matter, wilfully make any false statement, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and, upon conviction, be subject to the pains and penalties thereof: Provided, That any city may provide by its charter or by resolution approved by a majority of the members of its legislative body for the registration of such sick and absent voters on the last Saturday preceding any election at the places of voting in the several voting districts of such city, instead of on election day. SEC. 11. Any registered and qualified voter who has removed from one election precinct of a township or ward to another election precinct of the same township or ward, shall have the right, on any day previous to election day, on application to the township or city clerk, as the case may be, to have his name transferred from the registration book of the precinct from which he has removed to the registration book of the precinct in which he then resides. Such elector shall have the right to have such transfer made on election day by obtaining from the board of inspectors of election of the precinct from which he has removed a certificate of transfer, and presenting the said certificate to the board of election inspectors of the precinct in which he then resides. In every such case of transfer, the township or city clerk or the board of inspectors of election issuing such certificate shall cause a line to be drawn, in the registration book of the precinct from which such elector has removed, through the name of said elector, and in the column headed "remarks" in such registration book, opposite the name of such elector, shall cause to be entered the words, "transferred to precinct number...." (giving the number), together with the initials of the said clerk or some member of the board of inspectors of election, as the case may be, and the date of the transfer: Provided, That any city may provide by its charter or by resolution duly approved by a majority of the members of its legislative body for the transfer of electors as herein provided on the last Saturday prior to any election at the several places of voting in the voting districts of such city instead of on election day, and may in like manner further provide that no transfer of registrations shall be received by the clerk of such city for a period not exceeding ten days prior to any primary or election. SEC. 12. The township clerk of any township or the city clerk of any city is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint such number of assistants as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, but the number of assistants shall in no case exceed the number of precincts in such town ship or city. For the purpose of registering qualified electors, such assistants shall possess all the powers and authority conferred by this act upon township and city clerks. Each such assistant, before he enters upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the township or city clerk, as the case may be. For their services under Compensathis act, said assistants shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the township board or the legislative body. tion. CHAPTER IV. Re-Registration. tion in SECTION 1. In every year in which presidential electors are Reregistra to be chosen, there shall be a re-registration of the qualified certain cities, electors of each township and city of this State having a etc. population of ten thousand or more, as shown by the last preceding federal census. of less than 10,000. SEC. 2. If, in any township or city having a population of Cities, etc.. less than ten thousand, as shown by the last preceding federal census, the township board or legislative body may, in its discretion, declare, by resolution passed not later than the fifteenth day of August of any year in which presidential electors are to be chosen, by a majority vote of the memberselect of such township board or legislative body, that it is desirable to have a re-registration of the qualified electors of such township or city, then in such case there shall be in said year a re-registration of the qualified electors of such township or city. SEC. 3. A re-registration of qualified electors, in accordance When had. with the provisions of this chapter, shall be had in the months of September and October, and shall be completed on the third Saturday before the next general November election. All the provisions of this act relative to the registration of qualified electors shall apply with like force and effect to any such re-registration. tion books. SEC. 4. Whenever a re-registration is to be had in any New registratownship or city, the clerk thereof shall provide, at the expense of the township or city, as the case may be, a new registration book for each election precinct in such township or city. Such registration book shall be opened for re-registration on the first secular day of September, and such re-registration shall be completed on the third Saturday before the next general November election. When such re-registration shall be completed, the former registration books in such township or city shall thenceforth be deemed invalid and shall not be used in any subsequent election; and no person shall vote at any election or official primary election in any such township or city, after such re-registration, whose name shall not have |