around charging any of the duties imposed upon them by this and act, shall have full authority to preserve order and en- places of registraforce obedience to their lawful commands at and around tion and polls of the place of registration, revision of registration or elec- election. tion, during the time of any registration, revision of registration, election or canvass, estimate, or return of votes; to keep the access to such place open and unobstructed; to prevent and suppress riots, tumults, violence, disorder and all other improper practices, tending to the intimidation or obstruction of voters, the disturbance or interruption of the work of registration, revision of registration, or voting, or the canvass, estimate, or return of votes, and to protect the voters, challengers and persons designated to watch the canvass of any ballots, from intimidation or violence, and the registers, poll books, boxes, and ballots from violence and fraud; and to appoint or deputize, if necessary,one or more electors to communicate their orders and directions, and to assist in the enforcement thereof. 19, ch. 675, 1872. General registration of voters to be had, when. be had, when. SEC. 449. Hereafter there shall, in the city and county General of New York, be a general registration of the qualified registra voters resident in each election district in said city and voters to county at the time herein below provided, and then only: On Tuesday four weeks, the Wednesday of the third week, and the Friday and Saturday of the second week preceding the day of November election in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and thereafter on the same days of the week and at the same intervals of time preceding the day of the November election in each year. For each and every election held in the city and county of New York, other than such as above designated in this section, there shall be a revision of the general registration had, as provided in this act, which revision shall be made on the Friday and Saturday of the second week preceding the day of each and every such election. § 20, same ch. Inspectors of election shall meet for purposes of genera registration, how to proceed. SEC. 450. The inspectors of election appointed pur- Inspectors of election for pur poses of general registration, how to proceed. shall meet suant to the provisions of this act shall, at the times in this act designated for a general registration, meet in their respective election districts, at the places which, as provided in this act, shall be designated therein for such meetings, and at such times, in each election district, the said inspectors of election shall openly and publicly do and perform the following acts, viz.: 1. They shall organize as a board, by selecting one of their number to act as chairman; but in case of a failure to so organize within fifteen minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, the chairman shall be selected by lot. 2. They shall receive the applications for registration of such male residents of their several election districts as then are or on the day of election next following the day of making such applications would be entitled to vote therein, and who shall personally present themselves, and such only. 3. They shall remain in session, on each of said days, between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and nine o'clock in the evening, and shall administer, to all persons who personally apply to register, the following oath or affirmation, viz.: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching your place of residence, name, place of birth, your qualifications as an elector and your right as such to register and vote under the laws of this State." 4. They shall then examine each applicant as to his qualifications as an elector, and unless otherwise provided herein, shall immediately, and in the presence of the applicant, enter in the registers, to be made and furnished as provided in this act, the statements and acts below set forth, in the manner following, viz.: First - Under the column "Residence," the name and number of the street, avenue or other location of the dwelling, if there be a number, but if there shall not be a number, such clear and definite description of the place of said dwelling as shall enable it to be readily ascertained, fixed and determined; and if there shall be more than one house at the number given by the applicant as his place of resi dence, in which house he resides, and if there be more than one family residing in said house, either the floor on which he resides every floor below the level of the ground being designated as the basement, the first floor on or above such level as the first floor, and each floor above that as the second or such other floor as it may be, or the number or location of the room or rooms occupied by the applicant, and whether front or rear. Second Under the column "Address," the name of the applicant, giving the surname and christian name in full; but the names of all persons residing in the same dwelling to follow each other, and to be under the street and house number, of other description, as provided, of the dwelling. Third— Under the column of "Sworn", the word "yes" or "no," as the fact shall be. Fourth-Under the column of Nativity," the State, country, kingdom, empire, or dominion, as the fact shall be stated by the applicant. Fifth-Under the column of" Color," the words "white" or" colored," as the fact shall be. Sixth-Under the subdivisions of the general column of "Term of Residence," the periods by months, or years stated by the applicant in response to inquires made for the purpose of ascertaining his qualification and filling such column. Seventh-Under the column of "Naturalized," the words "yes," or "no," or "native," as the fact shall be stated. Eighth-Under the column of "Date of Papers," the date of naturalization, if naturalized, as the same shall appear by the evidence of citizenship submitted or presented by the applicant in compliance with the requirements of this act. Ninth-Under the column of " Court," the designation of the court in which, if naturalized, such naturalization was done, as the same shall appear by the evidence of citizenship submitted or presented by the applicant in compli ance with the requirements of this act. Tenth-Under the column of "Qualified Voter," the word "yes" "no," as the fact shall appear and be determined by at least three of the board of inspectors of election, it being, however, required of them to designate as a qualified voter any male person who, being otherwise qualified, shall not, at the time of making the application, be of age, pro or When any revision of registra be had, of vided the time when such applicant shall be of the age twenty-one shall be subsequent to the date of his making application, and not later than the day of the election immediately following such time of applying. Eleventh— Under the column of "Date of Application," the month, day and year when the applicant presented himself and was adjudged a qualified voter in the election district. $21, ch. 675, 1872. When any revision of a general registration is to be had, inspectors shall meet at the time required by law, and openly and publicly act. SEC. 451. On the days and at the times in this act desa general ignated for any revision of any general registration, the tion is to duly qualified inspectors of election shall meet in their reinspectors spective election districts, at the places which, in accordance with the requirements of this act, shall have been proquired by vided for such meetings, and shall openly and publicly do shall meet at the time re law, and publicly act. openly and and perform the following acts, viz.: Each and every of the duties and requirements set forth in subdivisions 1 and 3 of section twenty-one of this act (§ 450, subds. 1 and 3, ante). They shall, in each election district, receive the applications for registration of such male residents of the election district, whose names are not then borne upon the registers thereof, as qualified voters therein, as shall personally present themselves, and who, on the day of election next ensuing, would be entitled to vote therein; and as to all applications made to them shall proceed therewith in the manner provided in subdivision 4 of section twenty-one of this act (§ 450, subd. 4, ante). Provided, that if upon the examination, as in this act provided for, of any applicant for registration, it shall appear that he has, since the last day of any general registration of voters or revision thereof, in the said city and county of New York, moved into or become a resident of said election district, the said inspectors shall inquire from where such applicant removed or came from; and if it shall appear that such removal was from a place within the said city and county, they shall inquire if, in the election district in which he resided at the time of the last preceding general registration (naming such time), or in which he has resided at any time subsequent thereto, he has been registered, Proceedings where persons remove from one dwelling to ings where move from ing to an SEC. 452. Any person who shall, at any time, as provided Proceedin this act, have personally applied to the inspectors of persons reelection in any election district of the city and county of one dwellNew York for registration, and shall have in the registers other. thereof been entered as a qualified voter, and who shall at any time prior to the close of any general registration or revision of registration, have removed from the dwellingplace under which he shall, as a resident, be borne upon the registers, may, upon any day provided in this act for meetings of the inspectors of election, other than the day of any election, personally appear before the said inspectors in the election district in which he resided at the time his name was entered upon the said registers, during the hours in this act provided for their session, and publicly take and subscribe, before one of said inspectors, the following oath or affirmation, which shall be known as an "Oath of Removal:" in the Form. assembly district of the city and county of New York, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am duly entered in the registers of said Election District, from said residence, as a qualified voter, and that I have removed |