Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-10-27


result of an election at which he shall
offer to vote.
Sec. H. The supervisors of each
town or precinct shall be the inspec.
tors of elections in each town or pre-.
cinct, and the aldermen in each ward
shall be the inspectors of election il
such ward, or any two of such inspec.
tors may act, and in case of the death
refusal or inability of any of them tc
act as such inspectors, so that a quo.
rum is not present, the place of such
persons shall be filled BY the viva voce
votes of such qualified electors residing
within such town, ward or precinct, as
may then be present at the place of
election, and the persons so elected
shall be and hereby are vested with the
same power as the other inspectors OF
election in this section mentioned.
Sec. II. The clerks of the several
towns and precints in this State, shall
by virtue of their office be clerks of
election. The inspectors of elections
in said towns and precincts shall choose
another who shall possess the requisite
qualifications of an elector of such
town or precinct, and the inspectors of
election in the several wards in this
State shall choose two clerks of cleo
ton having the qualifications above
mentioned.
Sec. l3. Previous to any votes be-
ing given, the inspectors and clerks of
the election shall severally take an oath
or affirmation that they will support the
Constitution of the United States, the
Constitution of the State of Wiscon-
sin, and will perform the duty of inspec-
tors Tor clerk as the case may beg of
elections according to law, and will
StudlousI y endeavor to prevent all
frauds, deceit, or abuse in conducting
the same. Said oath or affirmation
may be administered by any one duly
authorized by law to administer oaths.
And thepersOn administering said oaths
shall cause an entry thereof to be made,
and shall subscribe the same and the
inspectors shall prefix the same to the
poll books.
Sec. Ia. Whenever in the opinion of
the inspectors of election of any town
or precinct, more than one poll of cleo
ton will be necessary for the cOnve-
nience of the electors of amy general
or special election, they are hereby au-
thorized to designate a place where
second poll shall be held, giving ten
days notice thereof by posting up no.
tees in five of the most pa. lie places
in such town or precinct-at which
pol the inspectors and clerks shall be
chosen and qualified as provided in sec
ton 10 of this article.
TITLE N.-ARTICLE II.
Sec 4. The electors shall vote bv
ballot, and each person offering to vote
shall deliver his ballot to one OF the in
spectors in the presence of the board.
The ballot shall be a paper ticket, which
shall contain written or printed, or
partly written and partly printed, the
names of the persons for whom the cleo
tor intends to vote, and designate the
office to which each person 50 named
is intended by him to be chosen; but
no ballot shall contain a greater num-
Der of names of persons as designated
to any office than there are persons to
be chosen at the election to fill such Of
fee.
Sec 5. On the outer side of each
BALLOT when folded, shall appear writ
ten or printed one of the following
words: State, Congress, or County,
but no ballot found in the proper box
shall be rejected for want of such en-
dOrSement.
Sec. 6. The ballot endorsed State
shall contain the names of the persons
designated by the elector for the office
of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sc
cretary of State, Sta:e Treasurer, At
tornev General, State Superintendent
Senator, and Memberof Assembly, any
or either of them. That endorsed
Congress, the name of the person de-
signated for Representative in Con-
grcss. That endorsed County, the
county officers TO be chosen at such
election,
ARTICLE III.
Sec. IL. At each general election
the board of inspectors shall provide
and keep two boxes, one to be entitled
the State box, and the other the County
box. If Representatives in Congress
are to BE- chosen, an additional box
shall be kept, to be entitled the Con
gresS Box, and if electors of President
and Vice President are to be chosen,
an additional box shall be kept, TO be
entitled the Electoral Box.