JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 131
spective wards herein provided for, which registra-
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tion shall be completed on or before the second
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Registration.
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Wednesday in May, eighteen hundred and seventy-
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four; such registration to be made in the same man-
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ner as provided in the Registration Law of the State,
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and shall specify the residence of the voters on each
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street, lane, and alley, within said wards; and the
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council first elected under the provisions of this act,
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shall, if they deem the same necessary, redivide the
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wards of said city, so as to give to each ward repre-
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sentation according to the number of voters as neatly
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as can conveniently be done: and the said Mayor
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and City Council shall after each national census if
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they shall deem the same necessary cause said wards
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to be re-divided according to the number of regis-
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tered voters in each, as near as may conveniently be
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done ; provided, that after the first registration herein
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Proviso.
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directed, the clerk to the council shall discharge the
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duties of registrar for each of the wards at each suc-
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ceeding election, and, provided further, that whilst
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registration shall be essential to the right of voting
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under this act, such registration shall not be deemed
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conclusive evidence of such right to vote, and also,
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provided, that the registration herein directed shall
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take place annually between the second Monday in
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April and the second Wednesday in May, to be de-
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termined by ordinance of said Mayor and City Coun-
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cil, and said Mayor and City Council shall provide
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by ordinance for the transfer of voters on said regis-
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tration list, from one ward to another, where the
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residence of such voters shall have been so trans-
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ferred.
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51. Whenever the Mayor and City Council shall
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levy any tax, they shall cause to be made out an
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Make out list.
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alphabetical list of the persons chargeable therewith,
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and shall affix the respective sums to be collected
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from each person, and shall specify the amount
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levied for general purposes, the amount levied for
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interest, and the amount levied for the sinking fund,
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provided for the redemption of the bonds and funded
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debt of said city, as separate items in accordance
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with the laws and ordinances of said city now ex-
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isting, and annex to the said list a warrant to the
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collector to collect the same, and the said collector
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shall within sixty days after the receipt of such
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warrant and list, render to each person named there-
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