vouchers. The record of such registration in case of change of residence by a registered elector shall be made the same as his registration record in the election precinct from which he moved, excepting that the names of the vouchers, if any, which were first given to secure the registration of such elector may be omitted, and in their stead shall be written the signatures of his last vouchers, with the words "as to residence" immediately upon their signatures, which shall indicate that they only vouch as to the residence of such elector. The county clerk shall notice each such change of residence under the appropriate column, as required in such cases by the provisions of section five of this act. At the time prescribed by law the officers charged by law with the division or alteration of the election precincts in precincts included wholly or partially within the limits of any city of the first or second class, whether incorporated under the general law or special charter, and all other cities with a greater population than fifteen thousand (15,000) inhabitants shall alter or divide the existing election precincts whenever necessary in such manner that each election precinct shall contain not more than five hundred (500) voters.

Sec. 10. Any qualified elector who has not been registered at least fifteen (15) days before the holding of the next general or special election in his precinct, or had his registration changed or corrected at least ten (10) days before the holding of the same, shall not be entitled to vote at such election, and the county clerk in preparing the registry book for the respective election precincts, shall omit therefrom all such names so registered.

Sec. 11. A change in the postoffice address of any elector as registered may be made at any time without vouchers provided the same shall be noted under the head of "Remarks," in the line following such person's registration.

Sec. 12. The county clerk of each county shall be authorized to receive from the county the sum of ten cents for the making of each original registration and

ten cents for each change made therein on the application of any qualified voter in pursuance of the provisions of this act. A fee of ten cents for each name transferred from one precinct registry to another may also be collected from the county by the county clerk, for preparing and completing new registration lists, to conform to the changes of boundary or establishment of new election precincts.

Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the county clerk in any county wherein any such city is situate, at least three (3) days before the day of any election therein, whether national, state, district, county or city, or whether general or special (excepting election of school trustees) to make full and complete certified copies of the registration lists of the qualified voters in their respective election precincts for use in the holding and conducting such election upon the day thereof, and deciding who shall be entitled to vote thereat, and to deliver such lists to the election judges for the proper precinct one day prior to such election. To each of such copies so delivered to the said election judges, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to attach his certificate under the seal of his office, setting forth that the said copy contains a full, complete and accurate list of the qualified voters in each such election precinct as the same appear upon the original registration books on file in his office. Each such county clerk shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for each and every name incorrectly omitted from or added to any such copy, in case of an omission the said sum to be recovered by the party whose name is so incorrectly omitted in an action brought by him against said county clerk, in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county, and for each and every name so incorrectly added to such copy, the said sum to be deducted by the county commissioners of such county from any amount due by the county to said county clerk. It shall be the duty of the board of elec tion judges for each precinct included within any such city for any such election to call in person at the office of the county clerk and recorder one day prior to such

election for the purpose of receiving such copy of the registration list. Said registration list shall be furnished to said judges in a sealed envelope, which said envelope shall not be opened until the morning of election day at the polls in the presence of the judges. Which copy shall be delivered to two judges, one belonging to the political party which cast the highest number of votes in the last similar election in said county or city, and the other belonging to the party which cast the next highest number of votes at such election, and both such judges shall receipt to the county clerk for such copy of the registration lists, and they shall receive mileage for such service at the rate of ten cents per mile for each mile actually traveled. The county clerk shall be allowed a fee of ten dollars ($10) for each precinct for which he shall furnish such copy of registration lists, to be paid by the county; when such lists are furnished to the election judges of any city election for city officers or other city purposes only, such city shall pay to the county the sum of ten dollars ($10) for each precinct the regis tration list of which is so furnished. Any voter whose vote is rejected because of an error made in transcribing the official registry shall be entitled to vote upon producing to the judges of election a certified copy of his registration showing his right to vote.

Sec. 14. Within thirty days next after each election in precincts included within the limits of any such city, the county clerk and recorder of the county shall proceed to check the poll list of persons who voted in each such election precinct with the registration list for such precinct, and shall in some proper manner mark and designate the names of the persons not shown by said poll list to have voted at such preceding election in such precinct. The county clerk shall thereupon make out a list of all such names of persons together with their residence so appearing not to have voted at such preceding election, which list shall be made out in alphabetical order of the last names of such electors and in consecutive numbers, according to election precincts and districts, and shail have appended thereto an affi

davit of such county clerk that such list has been compared with the official registration lists in the county clerk's office and is a full, true and correct list of the names of such persons not voting at such election. Said list shall be entitled "A list of registered electors appearing not to have voted at the election held

(date) ..... in the ..... of ....” Said list shall be certified to and filed with the board of county commissioners. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to immediately send notice by mail to each elector whose name may appear upon said list. Said notice shall be in substance as follows: "You are hereby notified that a comparison of the registered electors in the several precincts with the poll lists for such election precincts show that you did not vote at the election held the .... day of 18.. Any qualified elector may have his name retained on the registration lists by appearing before the board of county commissioners on either one of the following days, to-wit: and

showing to the satisfaction of said board either that he did vote at such election, or that he was entitled to vote thereat, because still a qualified elector in such precinct. Failing to appear, his name shall be struck from the registration list." The board of county commissioners shall fix three separate and not consecutive days within thirty days after the date of such notice, on which it will sit for the purpose mentioned in said notice, and at each of said sittings said board shall continue the session from day to day so long as there are persons appearing before it for hearing in accordance with such notice. At the close of such hearing the board of commissioners shall certify to the county clerk a list of names of persons who have shown cause for the retention of their names on such registration list. It shall be the duty of the county clerk, upon the receipt of said certified list from the board of county commissioners, to forthwith strike such names from the registration lists in the proper precincts, of persons who have not shown cause for retention, by ruling a red ink line through such name with the notation in the column for "Remarks,”

that such names were striken out in pursuance of the county commissioners' certificate of a given date.

Sec. 15. Original Registration in Districts-The board of county commissioners of any county wherein any such city is situate are hereby directed to group into registration districts a number of election precincts, not less than eight nor more than twenty, in each registration district. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to appoint a deputy or deputies, not to exceed two, for each such registration district, which deputy or deputies shall attend and be present in such district, for the purpose of receiving original registrations before each such election, on the third Tuesday before such election, and from day to day thereafter, for not less than three nor more than five days in all, and between the hours of noon and nine o'clock p. m. of each such day, the county commissioners shall provide a suitable room in each district and all necessary stationery and appurtenances for the use of such deputy county clerks. The county clerk shall give notice for three days by publication in at least two newspapers, belonging to different political parties, of the name of each deputy, and the time and particular place in each district where such registration will be carried on. Such deputy shall be provided with separate sheets of paper suitably ruled to record all the information elsewhere required in this act for original registrations in the county clerk's office. Registrations shall be taken before such deputies in the same manner as at the office of the county clerk, except that they shall be recorded upon separate sheets of paper, one sheet for each registration, instead of upon the permanent registration books. It shall be the duty of the several deputy county clerks to return to the county clerk each morning the registrations taken by him on the previous day, and any deputy who shall willfully fail to return to the county clerk at or before the closing of registration in such district the sheets of paper showing registrations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor for each registration sheet not so returned, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor