published therein, once in each week, for three weeks. And on such printed registry, notice shall likewise be given that such assessors shall also meet in each election district of their town, between the hours of ten and four o'clock on such day, at least twenty days before the time of holding the general election, for the purpose of receiving and registering the names of all qualified voters not before registered by them. Such meetings shall be held in some public place, as near as conveniently may be, to the geographical center of said election district; and public notice of such meeting shall be made by notices thereof, specifying the time and place, posted at least ten days before such time of meeting, and in at least three public places in the said election district. At such meetings, objections in writing, signed by an elector, and sworn or affirmed to by him, may be received, against any name on the registry, which has not already been investigated. And in case such objections are made, the board shall not finally adjourn, but shall adjourn to meet at the same place, on the same day and hour of the following week, to examine and determine the objections presented. Meanwhile, the persons against whom the objections have been filed, shall be notified thereof by personal service, or by notice being left at the residence, as shall appear by the register, of such persons.

§ 5. If any person shall offer or claim to be registered, whom neither of the board of registration shall know to be entitled to vote in the town, ward, or election district in which he claims to reside, or who, at the time of offering to be registered, shall be challenged by any person entitled to vote in said town, ward, or election district, stating briefly the ground of such challenge, it shall be the duty of the board to require the person so challenged to give true answers, under oath, to all the questions now provided by law to test the qualifications of voters at elections, or so many of them as may be deemed pertinent and proper. And no person shall be registered unless the board are satisfied that he is a legally qualified voter of said town, ward, or election district. When a citizen shall present himself for registration, his certificate of naturalization must be produced, and stamped or marked by the regis trars with the year and number of the district where presented; but when it shall satisfactorily appear to the registrars, by the oath of the applicant, and one or more credible citizens, that such certificate of naturalization is destroyed or lost, said registrars shall proceed to register said applicant, and shall enter upon said registry of voters the name of said applicant, with the names of the witnesses produced, the time when, and the place where, said applicant was naturalized, with all other important facts sworn to upon such application.

§ 6. After the final completion of the register of each town, ward, or election district, the same shall be signed by the registrars under whom it was made, respectively, or by a majority thereof, and certified by their clerk, and deposited in the office of the clerk of the county; and a certified copy of each; in towns, shall

be placed in the charge of the clerk of the town, and in cities, in charge of the mayor, whose duty it shall be to have such certified copy of the register of each election district delivered to the inspectors of election of the election district to which they respectively belong, the day preceding the day on which each election takes place.

§ 7. It shall be the duty of the inspectors of election, at each poll, at every election, to have before them the certified copy of the register of the voters of the district, and to check the name of each voter on the register as he delivers his vote to the inspectors, and shall keep a poll list of the persons who vote, and the number of ballots cast by them, as now provided by law; but no person shall be permitted to vote whose name is not on the register, or who, in case of absence, sickness, or other sufficient reason, was prevented from being registered when such registration was made, being in other respects qualified, does not verify his right to vote by his own affidavit, and the affidavits of at least two known citizens of the town or ward, who are not candidates for office at such election. The affidavits so taken shall be filed by the inspectors, and returned to the county clerk in cities, and to the town clerk in towns, with the election returns respectively. The registry of the name on the register, or the certificate issued by the inspectors of election, on the affidavits aforementioned, shall be conclusive evidence of the right to vote of any person registered thereon, or for whom such certificate may have been issued. And it shall not be competent for the inspectors to question any such person, on his vote being challenged, except as to his identity or interest in any bet pending on the election, which shall be decided by the oath of the voter.

§ 8. The board of registration in cities shall, at least three weeks previous to every charter election, in such cities respectively, cause one hundred copies of the register of the voters of each ward, as used at the general election, with the names of the persons added thereto, who were allowed to vote on certificates, to be printed, and shall post up said ward lists in at least ten public places in the respective wards. They shall also give notice on the lists so posted, of the time and place in each ward of a future meeting of the registrars, for the purpose of revising the register of each election district in such ward; and such meeting shall not take place until at least six days after the notice shall have been posted as aforesaid. The meeting may adjourn from day to day, should business require it, for a period not exceeding three days in each ward; during which time it shall be the duty of the registrars to revise said registers, and shall make such erasures, alterations and additions as may from any cause become necessary.

9. When any special election may become necessary, it shall not be held within four weeks of the day on which the proclamation for holding the same is published; and the boards of registration in cities, within the district wherein such special election

is to be held, shall hold meetings in the several wards affected by such proclamation, for the same purpose, and shall conduct their proceedings in the same manner as required by section eight at the charter elections. In such cases the boards of registration of towns shall hold meetings for like purpose, in the same manner in which they are required by section four to hold meetings, at least twenty days prior to the general election; and they shall give the same notice and conduct their proceedings in the same manner as therein provided for.

§ 10. Before entering upon the duties prescribed by this act, the members of the several, boards of registration shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed in the Constitution of this State, before the clerk of the county, or any judge of any court of record, or, in towns, before any justice of the peace of such town, which shall be filed in the office of such clerk of the county, or in the office of the town clerk; and it shall also be the duty of each of the clerks employed by such boards, in like manner to take, subscribe, and file such oath.

§ 11. The said boards of registration, or any member thereof, while in session, shall have authority to administer an oath to any person claiming to be a voter, or to any witnesss in relation to any matter in respect to which they are authorized to receive proofs by the provisions of this act.

§ 12. The boards of registration shall have authority to employ a clerk for each town or ward, to aid them in the discharge of their duty.

§ 13. The members of the boards of registration and their clerks, in cities, shall each receive the sum of three dollars for each day actually and necessarily employed in making said register, and in revising and perfecting the same, and in towns, for the like service, the same compensation now allowed to them by law as assessors; their clerk receiving the same compensation herein provided for clerks in cities; which shall be paid to them at the same time and in the same manner in which they are paid other fees of office.

§ 14. Any person who shall cause his name to be registered in more than one election district, or who shall cause his name to be registered, knowing he is not a qualified voter in the town, ward or district where such registry is made, or will not be by the then next election, and any person causing, aiding or abetting any such person in either of said acts, shall be punished, for each offense, by imprisonment in the State prison for not less than one year. All false swearing before said board of registration, or any member thereof, while in session, shall be willful and corrupt perjury, and on conviction shall be punished as such. If any member of any board of registration, or the clerks thereof, shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this act, or be guilty of any fraud in the execution of the duties of his office, he shall be punished, *for each and every offense, by imprisonment in the State prison for not less than one year.

§ 15. Any person who shall vote, or attempt to vote, in the name of any legal voter, other than his own, whose name has been registered, and any person who causes, aids or abets any person so to vote or attempt to vote, shall be punished, for each offense, by imprisonment in the State prison for not less than one

year.

§ 16. All neccessary books, blanks, stationery, and instructions to aid the board in the discharge of their duties under this act, and all other expenses in executing this act, (including the employment of printers for printing the registry lists,) shall be provided for by the State, county or town officers upon whom that duty has devolved under former acts relating to elections.

§ 17. The Secretary of State shall cause copies of this act to be printed, and one copy thereof to be transmitted to the mayor of every city, and to the supervisors and assessors of each city and town in the State, as soon as may be after it has become a law.

§ 18. This act shall take effect immediately; and so much of all laws heretofore enacted, which are in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said amendment of Mr. Johnson, and it was decided in the negative.

On motion of Mr. W. A. Wheeler, and by unanimous consent, Resolved, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bills relative to a registry law, and that the same be referred to a select committee, consisting of Senators Diven, Noxon and Wetmore, with power to report a bill complete.

Mr. Halsted, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act making appropriations for the expenses of the government, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of October, 1859," reported in favor of the passage of the same, with amendments, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. W. A. Wheeler moved that said bill be made the special order to-morrow, immediately after reports of standing committeesMr. Noxon moved that the Senate now adjourn.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative. Mr. Noxon moved to lay said bill on the table.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows:

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative.

Mr. Sloan moved that said bill be made the special order to-mor

row, at 11 o'clock.

Mr. Foote moved to strike out "eleven" and insert "four. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion of Mr. Foote, and it was decided in the negative. Mr. Mather moved to adjourn.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative.

Mr. Mather moved to amend by striking out "eleven" and inserting "seven and a half.”

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative.

Mr. Mather moved that the Senate now adjourn.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative.

The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion of Mr. Sloan, and it was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Pratt, the Senate took a recess until 7 o'clock.

HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK.

The Senate again met.

Mr. Noxon, from the committee on the manufacture of salt, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act concerning the Salt Springs and the manufacture of salt, and to amend the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of the Salt Springs,'" with power to report complete, reported the same complete, which report was agreed to, and said bill ordered to a third reading.

Mr. Noxon, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the bill entitled "An act authorizing the clerk of the county of Erie, to record an assignment of a certain bond and mortgage,' with power to report complete, reported the same complete, which report was agreed to, and said bill ordered engrossed for a third reading.

Mr. Noxon, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act in relation to rendering an account of their proceedings, by administrators," with power to report complete, reported the same complete, which report was agreed to, and said bill ordered to a third reading.

Mr. Noxon, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act to authorize Willard Wilcox Hubbard to change his name to Willard Wilcox Belknap," with power to report complete, reported the same complete, which report was agreed to, and said bill ordered to a third reading.