Chap. 70.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Seven of the act ap-
proved April 12, 1870, entitled an act to Provide for the General Regis-
tration of Voters, and an act amendatory thereof, approved April 13, 1870.

Approved April 30, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the seventh
section of the act entitled an act to provide for a general regis-
tration of voters, approved April twelfth, eighteen hundred
and seventy, as amended by an act approved April thirteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows, viz:

Ҥ 7. Each registrar shall annually, on the fourth Tuesday
in April, at his voting place, proceed to register the names of
all the qualified voters within his voting district, not previously
registered in the said district, in accordance with the provi-
sions of this act, who shall apply to be registered, commencing
at sunrise and closing at sunset of each day, and shall complete
such registration within five days thereafter: provided, that
the annual registration for the year eighteen hundred and sev-
enty shall commence on the first Tuesday in May, and be com-
pleted within seven days. Fifteen days previous to any state,
county, or township election, the registrar shall sit two days,
for the purpose of amending and correcting the list, at which
time any qualified voter applying, and not previously regis-
tered, may be added: provided, that the registrar shall sit for
this purpose the two vays next preceding the election which
is to be held on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hundred
and seventy. The registrars shall give notice of the time and
place of all registrations for at least ten days before each sitting,
by posting written or printed notices thereof at five or more
public places in their townships, wards, and election districts.
It shall be the duty of the registrars, within ten days after the
completion of any general registration of voters, under this
act, to have posted, at three or more public places in their town-
ships, wards, and election districts, written or printed lists of
all persons admitted by them to registration: and provided
farther, that in the counties, cities, and towns in which regis-
tration cannot be commenced at the time prescribed by the
provisions of this section, it may be lawful to commence regis-
tration on the second Tuesday in May, eighteen hundred and
seventy, without further notice, and likewise !awful for the
registrar to sit without further notice the two days next pre-
ceding the election to be held on the fourth Thursday in May,
eighteen hundred and seventy, for the purpose of amending
and correcting the registration list, according to the provisions
of this section.”
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.