shall enter such names and answers in the registers in the same manner as though such persons were registering in person. Said affidavits, with the questions and answers, shall be returned to the office of the election board with the other returns.

In the event that a voter shall, by reason of illness or absence from the city, be unable to appear in person at the office of the board of election commissioners, during the interval between the first and second days of registration, he may, upon application made by him or by another for him, to the board of election commissioners, be furnished a blank such as is provided for herein which may be executed by him before any clerk of court of record, and under its seal and returned to the board of election commissioners who shall cause such voter to be registered in the same manner as though he had appeared before said board in person: Provided, such application for registration is received by said board after the first day of registration and not later than noon of the day before the second day of registration.

$ 6. On Tuesday, three weeks preceding said city, village, town, State or county election, said board of registry shall again meet at the place designated, and said clerks of election shall meet with them, and they shall remain in session from eight o'clock a. m. until nine o'clock p. m., for the purpose of registering all qualified voters not before registered and who shall apply in person to be registered. The same form shall be observed as to applications made on the second day as are required on the first day of registry.

At the end of such day's registration the said registers shall be examined, compared and made to agree: Provided, that they shall then be signed by the judges in the same way as at the end of the first day's registry, and similar certificates shall be attached thereto.

The board of election commissioners shall furnish to the board of registry in each precinct a blank book, which shall be named "Verification lists," each page of which shall be ruled into three columns, and shall be marked thus:

Such book shall contain pages sufficient to allow six pages for each street, avenue, alley and court in the precinct. During the prog

ress of the registration or immediately thereafter, the clerks of said board shall transfer all the names upon the register to such "verification lists," arranging them according to the streets, avenues, alleys or courts, beginning with the lowest residence number and placing them numerically, as near as possible, from the lowest up to the highest number. They shall first write the name of such street, avenue, alley or court at the top of the second column and then proceed to transfer the names to such "verification lists," according to the street numbers as above indicated.

If, during either day of registration, any registered voter of the ward, village or incorporated town shall come before the board of registry and make oath that he believes that any particular person upon said 'registry is not a qualified voter, such fact shall be noted; and after the completion of such "verification lists," such board or one of said judges shall make a cross or check mark in ink opposite such name. If said judges shall, however, know any person so complained of is a qualified voter, and shall believe that such complaint was made only to vex and harass such qualified voter, then such name shall not be put upon such list, but shall go upon such list in case any one of the judges desires. Said judges shall, before noon of the next day, return the registers to the office of said election commissioners.

§ 8. Immediately upon the completion of such canvass, said $ canvassers, or one of them, shall sign a notice and send the same through the United States mail, duly stamped, to the address given upon the registry and "verification lists," of all persons named therein against whose names they have made a cross or check mark, indicating that they did not reside at such place as before stated, and also to the address of all persons against whose names said registry board or judge of election has placed a check mark or cross in such "verification lists." which notice shall require such person to appear before the board of registry upon the Saturday following, giving the time of such session, and to show cause why his name should not be erased from such registry: Provided, that in cities, villages and incorporated towns of less than two hundred thousand inhabitants, the notice shall require the person to appear before the board of election commissioners upon the Monday or Tuesday following, between the hours of eight o'clock a. m. and ten o'clock p. m. Proper blanks and postage stamps shall be furnished for the purpose to said canvassers by the board of commissioners. A similar notice shall be also served by one of the said canvassers either at the time such canvass is being made or before the following Saturday, by leaving the same with the party, if found, or if he is not found at the place designated in such registry and "verification lists," by leaving the same at such address if there be such a place. Such notice, to be sent through the mail, must be mailed not later than 12 o'clock Friday noon of the week of such canvass. If sufficient postage stamps are not delivered to such canvassers by said board for the purpose aforesaid, then any one may furnish such postage stamps to such canvassers for that purpose, or such canvassers may procure the same at their own expense and afterwards render an account therefor to said commissioners, duly sworn to, and it shall be

the duty of the said commissioners to audit such account and cause the same to be paid. It shall be the duty of such commissioners upon application, to deliver to such canvassers postage stamps sufficient for the purpose aforesaid, when not delivered before, and it shall be the duty of such canvassers, or one of them, to apply to said commissioners for such postage stamps, if sufficient number have not been delivered to them for the purpose aforesaid, and any wilful neglect of said canvassers to make application for sufficient postage stamps, as aforesaid, and any wilful neglect of such canvassers to mail the notice aforesaid to all of the parties checked and designated as aforesaid, and the wilful neglect of such canvassers to leave the notice aforesaid at the place designated for such person so designated, and any wilful neglect to check the name of any person on said "verification lists," transferred from the registry as aforesaid and not found at the place designated, and any wilful neglect to transfer all the names from the registry as aforesaid to such "verification lists" in the manner aforesaid, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and such canvasser or canvassers shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one month nor more than one year, and such canvassers shall also be liable to be punished by the County Court of the proper county as for contempt, and be fined not less than fifty dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail by such court for a period not exceeding one hundred days, or both, in the discretion of the court. And it shall be the duty of said board of election commissioners, when complaint is made to them, to investigate the action of such clerks or canvassers, and to cause them to be brought before such County Court and to prosecute them as for contempt, and also, at their discretion, to cause them to be prosecuted criminally for such wilful neglect of duty.

9. The canvassers, or one of them, shall make out a list of the names of the parties checked and designated, as aforesaid, and to whom such notice has been sent, given or left with the address, and make and attach his or their affidavit or affidavits thereto, stating that notice, duly stamped, was mailed to each of said parties at the places designated on such list, on or prior to 12 o'clock m. of the Friday following the canvass, and that notice was also personally left at the said address of each of said parties named in said list so attached, if there be any such address, and said canvasser shall also file in the office of the election commissioners on or prior to 6 o'clock p. m. on the Friday following the canvass, an exact duplicate of such list and affidavit or affidavits. Blank affidavits shall be furnished by said commissioners for the purposes aforesaid; but if none are furnished, such canvassers shall cause the same to be drawn, and they shall swear to such affidavit before one of the judges of such precinct, or a member of the board of election commissioners or the chief clerk. If either of said canvassers shall wilfully neglect and fail to make such affidavit, with the list aforesaid attached, he shall be punished in the same manner as last above provided, and if such affidavit shall be wilfully false, the maker thereof shall also be punished in the manner last aforesaid. and shall also be liable for perjury.

In cities having a population of over two hundred thousand, on the Saturday following the Tuesday three weeks preceding such general election, said board of registry shall again meet at the place designated, and the said clerks of election shall meet with them and they shall remain in session from six o'clock p. m. to ten o'clock p. m. for the sole purpose of revising their registry, and no new name shall be added.

In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of less than two hundred thousand, the hearing herein provided and the final revision shall be by the board of election commissioners for such city, village or incorporated town. The commissioners shall meet for this purpose and remain in session upon the Monday and Tuesday following the canvass between the hours of eight o'clock a. m. and ten o'clock p. m. and the clerks of election in such city, village or incorporated town shall meet with them, as may be required by the board of election commissioners.

If any person to whom such notice has been sent, shall appear before the board of registry, or the board of election commissioners, as the case may be, during the session, he shall make oath and sign an affidavit, in substance, as follows:

"I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States, and that I have resided in the... ward in the city of......

.precinct, of the..

..and the county of.

the State of Illinois, since the. . . . . . day of....

...and .and that

I have never been convicted of any crime (or if convicted, state the time and when pardoned by the Governor of any state)."

This affidavit shall be signed and sworn to before one of such board of registry or board of election commissioners, or clerk of the board and it shall be preserved and filed in the office of said election commissioners. Thereupon, said board of registry, or board of election commissioners shall further examine him and shall also swear such canvassers, and hear them upon the question, and they shall also have the power to send one or both of said canvassers to make further examination, and inquire at the place claimed by such person to be his residence. and again examine such canvassers touching the same; and if after such further examination and hearing, the majority of such board are of the opinion that such person is not a qualified voter in such precinct, they shall mark the word "yes" under the column of the register marked "erase" and shall also draw a line in ink under his name, which memorandum, in case of any registration, shall indicate that the name of such person is erased from the register, and such person shall not be entitled to vote unless his name be restored as hereinafter provided. At the close of said session, if any person so notified to appear at such session has not appeared and shown cause why his name should not be erased from such register, the same shall be erased in the manner aforesaid. In cities in which such hearing and revision shall be before the board of registry, any person who has appeared at the session of the board of registry, and whose name has been so erased, may make application, in writing, under oath, to the election commissioners, upon the Tuesday and Wednesday following such revision, between the hours of nine o'clock

a. m. and six o'clock p. m., to be restored to such register. Either of said clerks shall have the power and right of both in the matter pertaining to such canvass; but in case either refuses or neglects to go and make such canvass, as aforesaid, then the other may make such canvass alone. But a clerk who wilfully neglects to perform his duty in making such canvass, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding sixty days nor less than thirty days and shall also be deemed guilty of a contempt of court, and be punished accordingly as an officer of said County Court. In case of temporary disability on the part of either canvasser or clerk, the judge who belongs to the same party may appoint a temporary clerk or canvasser, who shall belong to the same party, and administer to him the usual oath of office, and he shall perform all the duties of the office until the disability of the regular clerk or canvasser is removed. The "verification lists" aforesaid after the final revision, if such revision is by the board of registry, shall be at once returned by said board to the board of election commissioners.

§ 10. At the end of the last session above provided for, the said board of registry and said clerks shall compare and correct the registers aforesaid and make them correspond and agree; and said judges shall then, immediately following the last name on each page of the register, sign their names so that no other names can be added without discovery, and shall add the certificate as provided at former sessions. And thereupon, and during the forenoon of the next day, said judges shall return the two registers to the possession of the board of election commissioners; and thereupon, the said board of commissioners shall at once cause copies to be made of such registers of all names upon the same with the address, not marked erased, and shall have the same arranged according to the streets, avenues, courts or alleys, commencing with the lowest number, and arranging the same in order according to the street numbers, and shall then cause such precinct register, under such arrangement, to be printed in plain, large type in sufficient numbers to meet all demands, and upon application a copy of the same shall be given to any person in such precinct.

13. The County Court of the county in which such city, village or incorporated town shall be located, shall, on Friday and Saturday of the week prior to the week in which such election is to be held, especially sit to hear such applications as shall be made to it to be placed upon the register in any particular precinct. Such applications shall be sworn to, and shall state that the party making the same has applied to the board of registry of the precinct, or to the board of election commissioners, as the case may be, and that one or both boards refused to place him upon such registry, or has stricken his name from such registry, as the case may be. Application shall be made on or before the opening of the court on the Friday last aforesaid, and the court shall cause a docket of such applications to be made out, arranged by wards and precincts, and the same shall be heard summarily and evidence may be introduced for and against such applications. Each case shall be decided at once on hearing, and the clerk of the court shall make a minute