19-1618.   Names to be erased or placed on list; false information;oaths.It shall be the duty of said board, at their meeting for revising andcorrecting said lists, to erase therefrom the name of any person insertedtherein who shall be proved by the oath of two legal voters of said votingprecinct, to the satisfaction of said board, to be a nonresident of saidvoting precinct, or otherwise not entitled to vote in said precinct at theelection there next to be held: Provided, That said person shall beentitled to appear and offer evidence in support of his right to vote insaid precinct. Any elector residing in said precinct, and entitled to votetherein, may appear before said board and require his name to be recordedon said alphabetical list.

      Any person so requiring his name to be entered on said lists shall makethe statement as to the street and number thereof, or where he resides,required by the provisions of this act of persons offering their votes atelections, and shall be subject to the same penalties for refusing to givesuch information or for falsely giving the same, and shall also be subjectto challenge either by the judges or either of them, or by any otherelector. And the same oaths may be administered by the judges or inspectorsas now provided in case of persons offering to vote at an election, and incase no challenge is made of any person so requiring his name to be enteredon said alphabetical list, or, in case of challenge, if such person shallmake oath that would entitle him to vote in case of challenge at anelection, then the name of any such person shall be added to saidalphabetical poll list or register.

      History:   L. 1881, ch. 89, § 6; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1618.