Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-09-21
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Of opening such election, the said IN
speetors Shall publicly administer to
each other, and seTersii.:55 take the fol-
iowingostf: II .dosolennly and
:. sincereiv swear and declare. ID the pre-
senre OF AIM gsla,y God, fns, dc
ssoseuniy. ard sincerely 1fsirm and de.
clars. fha.I siIlsnak tAinSsfaithful.
AZ, honestly, snd insp6sfsaIly, and &C.
cording 10 The best of my knowledge
and abilities, execute The Office of in
sIrls15T q tins eisttto!l, and Hat VIII
faithfully md iuspar.ially canvass, and
estimate TIE ballots taken at The same
election, and certify true and Jus,
statement of the same, according to
my best understanding: and that il !
shall discover any OF the other persons
who shall attend with me, for the .pur-
pose aforesaid, conducting himself OF
themselves partially. or unduly, or cor
,EnpslY in xhe premises, that ! will d.
yulge, or discover The same, to the end
that the person so offending may be
brought 10 JUSTICE And the follow
ing oath TO be administered TO the clerk
or clerks. by oae Of inspectors, to wit:
81, CO so.en,nly and sincerely
swear and declare, for, / do So
3em.ly ard sincerely affirm, and de-
clare,) ina, 1 will faithfully, truly, ho-
nestly and impariially, enter and keep
the poll lists at this election, and in
all things viii faithfully, truly, hon
estly, and inpariially, according to
the best ofny knowledge and abilities,
do, perform srd fulfil my duty as
clerk the:aef:" and the said inspectors
shall preside at such election, and con-
duct aud direct the same, according to
the regulations of thisssct, and be the
returning officers thereof, in manner
hereinafter directed; and the inspect
ors and clerks, being sworn as afore-
said, the sid INSPECTORS shall cause
proclamation b i three times made,
as follows, to wit: s.Hear We: hear We:
hear ye; that the poll Of this election
is opend; and all manner Of persons at
tending the same, are strictly charged
and commanded by the authority, and
s;n1ie name of the United States of A.
fSnerica, to keep the peace thereof, du-
ring their attendance a this election,
upon pain of Imprisonment which
proclamation shall be repeated Of every
Opening of the poll; and proclamation
scestG closing thereof, shall also in like
'Jhafaer be made: Provided 0l,oays,
That the proclamation by which the
same shall be closed, shall be preceded
two hours by proclamation notifying
that the same will be So closed: and the
poll of every such election shall be kept
open in the day time only, between the
rising and the setting of the sun.
"SEc. 8 That the .ae.!e Of conduct
ing every such election shall be as fol-
lows: every person who shall be quail
ified, and shall offer himself to vote at
such election, shall openly deliver his
ballot to one Of the inspectors, who
shall receive the same in the presence
sef the other inspectors, which ballot !
mail be paper ticket, containing the /
name Of the person voted for, written
or printed, or partly written and partly
printed on the same paper ticket, and
the said paper ticket shall be SO folded
Yr closed as to conceal the contents
thereof and on the receipt Of any bal
lot, t1e inspectors shall cause the name
Of the elector to be entered in the said
books or pull lists, by all the clerk
and shall cause the ballot, without suf-
!er.ng the same to be inspected, 10 be
put into box to be procured for that
purpose, witha sufficient lock or fast
cnlng thereto, and which boxsshall he
locked or fastened, and the kew thereof
kept during the election, by one Of the s
inspectors attending such election. 70 :
,be appointed foS that purpose sby the |,
Major part Of them, ana small hole !
shall be made in the lid or cover Of said !;
box, sufficient only to receive each bal. !;
lot, and through which all the ballots !,
shall be put into the said box, and ,
which box shall only be opened at the !
lines ereinaftermentioned: .Andfur- I
Tier; that If there is not sufficient time j
pnSt the day of any election, after the I,
closing Of the polls at any election, for ]
! Inc inapcctors to canvass the votes a. i
Breeanly 70 the provisions Of the sew !,
.s1 section Of this act, the clerks d
eeaks or poll lists shsIl he carefully|c
ccmpareq lnthe pfesenceolthe inspect Il
OFs, xDd any mistake ii either, &c Iben,
|hallhe corrected accdfdinp "a tha;ndg, !,
s1ent Of majority of tie ;ns,,s ~, !.
the boxes .hallbc c, 49, Sc /!
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