THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

prove by testimony, satisfactory to said Registers, that
he is entitled, or will be entitled, to vote at the next
election, under the Laws and Constitution of this
State, and who may apply to said Registers for that
purpose.

CHAP. 149.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the said Registers on or before the first of Septem-
ber, annually, to make out from the books aforesaid, a
list, alphabetically arranged, of the names of all per-
sons inserted in the books aforesaid, stating their re-
spective wards, and to publish the same, and affix prin-
ted copies thereof in at least ten public places in each
ward.

To publish al-
phabetical list
annually.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of
correcting any errors which may occur in said lists, it
shall be the duty of the Registers to meet in their re-
spective wards, five days previous to the time for hold-
ing the general elections in every year, and shall set
publicly for the examination of the same, and it shall

Meet and cor-
rect errors.

be the duty of the Registers aforesaid, to furnish the
said judges with the lists for their respective wards,
and they being first sworn to perform their duties with
fidelity, shall receive such proofs of the right of any ap-
plicant to vote at the next general election, as is requir-
ed by the laws regulating elections in this State, and

Furnish list to
Judges.

Oath required.

they shall add to the said lists the name or names of
such persons as shall be duly qualified to vote as afore-
said, and they shall certify that they have duly exam-
ined and corrected the said lists; and shall safely keep
the same until the day of the general election, and

Add names of
qualified vo-
ters.

shall deliver them to the said judges on the morning
of the general election, before the opening of the polls
thereof, which lists duly attested by the said Registers,

Delivery of said
list.

shall be deemed and taken to be the only and conclu-
sive evidence of the qualifications of the voters there-
of.

Conclusive evi-
dence.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in case the name
of any person not qualified to vote as aforesaid, shall be
inserted by the registers aforesaid, on the lists to be
published as aforesaid, if the same shall be satisfacto-
rily and by legal evidence shown to the said judges af-
ter due notice to the parties concerned, it shall be law-

If name of per-
son not quali-
fied be thereon.

ful for them to erase the name or names of such per-
sons; provided, that in case a voter shall remove out

Judges may
erase.