THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

1837.

testimony to prove that they, were not present at the
polls when said vote was taken.

CHAP 320.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That in the case of a
naturalized citizen, the production to the registers of
the certificate of naturalization, shall be the only evi-

Naturalization
papers requir-
ed.

dence of citizenship, provided, that where an applica-
tion shall have been made, for the right of citizenship,
and the time required by the laws of the United States
has not expired, but will expire before the day of elec-
tion then ensuing, then the production of the certificate
of said application to the registers, shall be their au-
thority to enter the name of such person on the regis-
try and make such note of the fact, and provided fur-
ther, that in such case, the certificate of naturalization
must be produced to the judges of election, on the
day of election, before the vote of said person shall be
received.

Exception.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That if the judges of
election, have any doubt of the identity of the person
who may make an application to vote, it shall be their
duty to require, indifferent testimony of the fact, and

Question of

identity.

that in case any one shall vote or offer to vote in the
name or right of another person, he shall, on convic-
tion thereof, be adjudged guilty of a high crime, and
sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, for not
less than two years nor more than five years.

Attempt to vote
in the name of
another.

Penitentiary.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That every registration
of voters made under this act, for the annual election,
on the first Wednesday of October, shall be good for
all the purposes of this act for one year from the day
of said election, and for the purpose of adding the
names of any voters, whose names have not been re-
gistered, or correcting any errors which may have oc-

Registry for Oc-
tober to last
one year.

curred, subsequent to said first election, it shall be the
duty of the said registers to assemble, in their respec-
tive wards,at least two days before any other election,
except in cases of the election of members of the city
council only, when the registers shall set but one day
previous to the election, and then and there to add the
names of all persons who are or will be entitled to
vote at such coming election, and who may not have
been previously registered, with all the particularity,
required by this act, and, in case of error, to strike off

Amendation.