Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-11-05
NUMBER 10.

two dollars and fifty cents per day for his
services in said Convention, aud ten cents
per mile for travel going to and returning
from the same. The officers of said Con-
vention shall receive such compensation
as the Convention shall deem proper TO al.
low; and the compensation of the men,
bers and officers of said Convention, to-
gether with the incidental expenses of the
Convention, shall be paid out of the Ter
ritorial Treasury on the certificate of the
President; and the auditor is hereby au-
thorized to receive said certificates, and
issue warrants on the Territorial Treasu-
~ therefor in such sums as the holders
may desire
SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty of said Con-
vention to give publicity to the Constr
tuition adopted by them by providing for
its publication in all the newspapers pub
lished in the Territory; Prouided, That
such papers will publish the same for a sum
not exceeding twenty dollars per paper,
and no expense shall be incurred for It's
publication in pamphlet form TO submit
the same to vote of the pc ople for their
approval, and to provide how the votes
vassed and returned ; and the said Con-
venton shall also have the power TO sub
NIT the said Constitution to the Congress
of the United States, and TO applyin such
manner as they may deem proper for the
admission of the State of Wisconsin into
the Union.
SEC. 8. When any person ehall offer
to vote at any election provided for by this
act, and either of the Judges of Election
shall suspect that such person does not
possess the qualifications of voter, or if
his vote shall be challenged by any voter,
one of the Judges Of Election shall tender
10 such person an oath or affirmation In
the following form:
|, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,
as the case may be,) that have resided
in this Territory six months, and in this
county ten days Immediately preceding
this election; that am twenty one years
of age, as l verify believe; am citizen
of the United States Tor have declared my
intention to become such according to the
laws of Congress on the subject OF natu-
ralzation,( and have not voted at this
election; and if UGH person shall take
such oath or affirmation, his vote shall be
received unless it shall be proved by evil
dence satisfactory to a majority OF the
Judges that he does not possess the quail
fications of voter; and if such person
refuses to take such oath or afiirmatIon'
his vote shall be rejected
SEC 10. If any person shall vote at
any election provided for by this act, know
ing that he does not possess the qIaliflca-
ton of voter therein prescribed, he shall
be liable to be indicted for SO voting; and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
by imprisonment in the jail of the county
in which ne shall be convicted, for PERI
cd not less than three months nor more
than one year. And if any person shall
take the oath or affirmation prescribed by
this act relative to the qualification of vo-
ters, knowing the same to be false. he
shall be deemed guilty of perjury and
upon conviction thereof, shallbe punished
in the same manner as is now provided by
law for the punishment OF the crime OF
perjury.
SEC. IL The qualified electors present
at the time of holding any election Provl-
ded for in this act, shall have power to I'LL
any vacancy (for the time being) that may
exist in the board of election as now con-
stituted by law.
SEC. II At any election held in pur-
suance Of the provisions of this act, the
polls shall be opened at the several places
where the last annual election was held,
between the hours of eight and ten o'clock
4. NJ, and shall be closed at FIVE =. NJ;
any law of this Territory to the contrary
SEC. -. The Governor shall within
ten DAYS from the passage of this act, APP
point in each of the counties OF the Ter
ritory, some suitable person who is hereby
authorized and required to cause the num-
Der Of inhabitants Of the county in which
he shall have been appointed TO be accu-
rately taken, emitting in the enumeration
Indians not citizens and officers and SOL
ders of the regular army of the United
States; and every person so appointed
shall have power TO appoint as many as
sistants to aid him in taking the census
as he may deem necessary, and shall as
sign TO each assistant certain division OF