Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-09-23
TITLE A.
ARTICLE ].

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See. / The inspectors of each town,
ward or precinct, shall meet at the time and
place when aud where an election shall lave
been appointed to be held therein, and shall
proceed to organize themselves as board
for the purpose of presiding at and conduct
4 ing said election.
/ Sec. 2. The poll of the said election shall
then he opened and proclamation thereof
mule, and proclamation shall also he made
OF each adjournment and ofclosing the polls
( Tile poll shall be kept open in the day time
only between the rising and the setting of
the sun.
Sec. 5. At the opening of the poll in the
fosehooa, which shall be at o'clock A. Nj.
the inspectors shall give notice at what hour
on that day, and for how long the poll will
be adjourned, if any adjournment take place,
and also at what hour the poll of the cleo
ton viii be closed. Provided the poll at
said election shall not be closed finally he
fore five O'Clock in the afternoon of that
day.
ARTICLE II.
Sec The electors shall vote by ballot,
and each person offering to vote shall deliv-
or his ballot to one of the inspectors in
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a paper ticket, which shall contain written
or printed, or partly written and partly priu-
ted, the names of the persons for whom the
elector intends to vote, aud shall designate
he office TO which each person so named is
intended by him to be chosen; but no ballot
shall contain greater number of names of
persons as designated to any Office than there
are persons to be chosen at the election TO
fill such office.
Sec. 5. On the QUEER side of each ballot
when folded, shall appear written or print
cd one of the following words, State, Con-
gress or County, but no ballot found in the
proper box shall be rejected for want of
such endorsement.
Sec. 6. The ballot endorsed State shall
contain the names of the persons designated
lby the eIectar for the offices of governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state
treasurer. attorney general, state superin-
tendent, senator and member of assembly
any, or either OF them. That endorsed
Congress the name Of the person designa-
ted for the Office Of representative in Con-
Igress. That endorsed county, the county
officers to be chosen at such election, any or
either OF them.
See. Z. II at a general election, there be
one or more vacancies to be supplied in the
office of senator, and at the same election a
senator is to be elected for two years, it
shall be necessary to designate on the bal
lot of each elector for which term the per-
sons respectively elected shalt serve. And
il at general election any person named
in congress ballot shall be intende, to sup
ply vacancy in the office of such re,lrbsen-
ltative the ballot shall designate the Congress
for which each person is intended /, be
chosen.
See. 8. If any person offering to vote sh9 II
be challenged as unqualified by an inspector
of election, or by any other person, entitled
to vote at the same poll, the board of in
fspectors shall declare to the person so chal-
lenged the qualifications Of an elector. If
such person snail state himself duly qualified,
and the challenge shall not be Withdrawn,
one of the inspectors shall tender him the
following oath.
You do solemny swear Cor affirm as the
case may be,) that you are citizen of the
United States, OF twenty-one years of age,
/ Tor that You have declared your intention to
become d citizen coniormably to the laws of
the United States on the subject of natural
iZation,) that YOU have resided in this state
for one year next proceeding this election,
that YOU are now a resident of this town,
(ward or precinct as the case may be,) and
that YOU have not voted before at this cleo
ton, or made any bet, relative to, or de-
pending upon the result Of this election.
Sec 9. If any person SO offering to vote,
shall take such oath, his vote shall he re-
ceiyed, unless it shall heproved by evidence
satisfactory to a majority of the board of in
spectors, that such person does not POSSESSES
the qualification of an elector, and it any
person so challenged shall refuse to take the
oath 50 rendered 10 him, his vote shall be
rejected.
Sec 10. If the person be challenged ms
convicted Of an infamous crime he shall not
be required TO answer any questions in re-
latiOn 10 snch alledged convictions. nor shall
any proof Of such conviction he received
other than a duly authenticated record there
Of; but lfaDy person 50 convicted shall vote
ar any election unless be shall have been
pardoned and restored to all the rights Of a
citizen, he shall be deemed guilty Of INSIDE
meanor and on conviction shall be impris-
oned in county Jail for the term Of six
months.
ARTICLE III.
Sec II At each general election the
board of inspectors shall provide and keep
two boxes one To be entitled the state box,
the other the county box. II representa-
tiges in Congress are to be chosen, an addi-
tional box shall be kept, to be entitled the
Congress box and if electors Of president
aud vice president are to be chosen an adj
diiiona box shall be kept TO be entitled the
electoral box.
Sec. IL. 81 a special election, 50 many
only of such boxes shall be kept as shall be
necessary for dcpositing the ballots for off
GERS to be chosen az such election. Each
box shall be provided with sufficient lock,
and shall be lockeI before the opening OF
the poll, and the keys thereof delivered 10
one of the inspectors To be appointed by the
board, and shall not be opened during The