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.

request.

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 Personal 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 Reregistrato 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

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 10,000. 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.

SEC. 4. Whenever a re-registration is to be had in any New registratownship or city, the clerk thereof shall provide, at the tion books. 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

Notice given.

been registered anew under the provisions of this act relative to re-registration, or be afterwards entered, in accordance with this act, on such new registration book for the election precinct in which he resides.

SEC. 5. In every township or city in which a re-registration of the qualified electors is to be had, the township or city clerk, as the case may be, shall give public notice that there will be a re-registration of the qualified electors of such township or city in the months of September and October, that all qualified electors must re-register in order to be entitled to vote at subsequent elections, and that the third Saturday preceding the following general November election will be the last day on which applications for registration will be received. Such notice shall also name the place or places where, and the hours during which, applications for registration may be made. Such public notice shall be given, in the month of August of the year in which such re-registration is to be had, by posting written or printed notices in at least five of the most conspicuous places in each voting precinct, and by publishing such notice in some newspaper or newspapers published in such 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, at least once in each week for two successive weeks next preceding the first day of September of the year in which such re-registration is to be had.

Board of registration.

When appointed, etc.

CHAPTER V.

Boards of Registration.

SECTION 1. The township board of any township or the legislative body of any city may, in its discretion, by resolution, passed in the month of September of any even numbered year, provide for a board of registration, or may divide such township or city into two or more registration districts and provide for a board of registration for each such district; but in the division of a township or city into registration districts, no election precinct shall be divided.

SEC. 2. Before the first day appointed for the meeting of a board or boards of registration in any such township or city, the township board or the legislative body, as the case may be, shall appoint for each such registration district a board of registration, which board shall consist of one or more qualified electors (as determined by resolution of the township board or legislative body) residing in the township, ward or registration district for which they are appointed. In each such township or city, the township clerk or city clerk, as the case may be, shall recommend to the township board

of his township or the legislative body of his city, at least thirty days before any such election or official primary election, competent persons for appointment as members of such board or boards; but, in making such appointments, the township board or legislative body shall not be confined to the persons so recommended by the township or city clerk. In case any such township board or legislative body shall fail to appoint members of a board or boards of registration within the time prescribed herein, the township clerk or city clerk, as the case may be, shall make said appointments. SEC. 3. In case any member of a board of registration shall When member fail to appear at any meeting of said board, the township or city clerk, as the case may be, shall appoint some other qualified elector of the registration district to serve in the place of the member so absent. Each member of a board of regis tration, 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.

absent.

SEC. 4. In any township or city providing for a board or Day of boards of registration, such board or boards shall meet on meeting. the third Saturday preceding any election or official primary election, and on such other days prior to said third Saturday as shall be designated by the township board or legislative body, 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 board of registration shall meet at a place designated by the township board or legislative body and shall remain in session from the hour of eight o'clock a. m., until the hour of eight o'clock p. m., of each said day: Provided, Proviso. That the township board or legislative body may, by resolu tion, direct that the board or boards of registration shall remain in session on any or all days on which they meet until the hour of ten o'clock p. m.

tions made

when in

SEC. 5. In any township or city providing for a board or All applicaboards of registration, the township or city clerk, as the to board case may be, shall not receive applications for registration on session. the day or days on which the board or boards of registration are in session; but on such day or days all applications for registration shall be made to the board of registration of the proper district. Applications at other times for registration in any such township or city shall be received by the township or city clerk, as the case may be, as provided in chapter three of this act, it being the intent and purpose of this act to permit and provide for the registration or re-registration of qualified electors in any such township or city on application to the township or city clerk as well as on application to a board of registration when boards of registration have been provided for.

of board.

SEC. 6. When a board or boards of registration are pro- Powers, etc., vided for in any township or city, such board or boards shall,