1239.  The  Board  of  Election,  in  determining  the
place  of  residence  of  any  person,  must  be  governed
by  the  following  rules,  as  far  as  they  are  applicable:

1.  That  place  must  be  considered  and  held  to  be
the  residence  of  a  person  in  which  his  habitation  is
fixed,  and  to  which,  whenever  he  is  absent,  he  has
the  intention  of  returning;

2.  A  person  must  not  be  held  to  have  gained  or
lost  residence  by  reason  of  his  presence  or  absence
from  a  place  while  employed  in  the  service  of  the
United  States,  or  of  this  State,  nor  while  engaged
in  navigation,  nor  while  a  student  at  any  institu¬
tion  of  learning,  nor  while  kept  in  an  almshouse,
asylum,  or  prison;

3.  A  person  must  not  be  considered  to  have  lost
his  residence  who  leaves  his  home  to  go  into  another
State,  or  precinct  in  this  State,  for  temporary  pur¬
poses  merely,  with  the  intention  of  returning;

4.  A  person  must  not  be  considered  to  have
gained  a  residence  in  any  precinct  into  which  he


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comes  for  temporary  purposes  merely,  without  the

intention  of  making  such  precinct  his  home.
