BEING A COMPENDIUM OF CASES AND DECISIONS SHOWING THE ORIGIN
OF THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE, AND DEFINING CITIZENSHIP AND
LEGAL RESIDENCE, TOGETHER WITH THE CLAUSES OF THE
STATE CONSTITUTIONS PRESCRIBING THE QUALI-
FICATIONS FOR SUFFRAGE, AND THE LAW
GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF ELEC-

TIONS IN THE SEVERAL STATES.

('ONTAINING THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
AND REVISED STATUTES REGULATING THE ELECTION OF

PRESIDENT, SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.

By M. D. NAAR,

COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.

TRENTON, N. J.:
NAAR, DAY & NAAR, PRINTERS.

1880.

HET

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1880,

BY M. D. NAAR,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

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