Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-08-10

ds cleIh OF the election, and before the opening
OF the polls the inspectors at each poll shall
appoint another competent person to be clerk
OF tno election and if the town clerk be abb
sent, the board shall appoint two such clerks ;
the inspectors In each ward in any city shall
appoint two clerks of election but no person
shall act as clerk of the election who is not
qualified elector of the town or ward in which
he is appointed.
%. Whenever, in the opinion of the in
spectors of election of any town, more than
one election poll will be necessary for the
convenience of the electors at any general or
special election, they are hereby authorized
to designate place or places where another
or other polls shall be held, giving at least
elght days notice thereof, by posting up no.
tlces In i've of the most public places in such
town; at which place places so designa-
ted, the inspectors and clerks of such poll or
polls shall be chosen, as provided in the two
last preceding sections, and they shall be au-
thorIzed to act as inspectors and clerks of
such election.
24. Whenever the chairman of the town
board of supervisors is present, he shall be
chairman OF the election board but if he be
absent, such one of their number as the in
sPectorS shall appoint shall be chairman of
the board.
25. Previous to receiving any votes the
inspectors and clerks of election shall sever
ally take an oath or affirmation, that they will
support the Constitution of the United States,
and the Constitution of the State of Wiscon-
sin, and will perform the duties of inspector,
Cor clerk as the case may be,) of election ac-
cordIng to law, and will studiously endeavor
to prevent all fraud, deceit or abuse in con-
Quoting the same; said oath or affirmation
shall be IN writing, shall be subscribed by
the persons taking the same, and may be ad-
mInIstered by any person authorized to adj
minister oaths or by either of said inspectors;
and shall be annexed to and returned with
the poll book to the clerk of the board of su-
pervisors.
s 90. The polls of the election shall be
opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon, or as
soon thereafter as may be, on the day of cleo
- 1''~ Shall- he tept omen until shutdown
In the afternoon of the same day; but the
board may adjourn the polls at II o'clock,
noon, for one hour.
81. The inspectors shall cause proclama-
ton to be made of the opening and closing of
the polls, and of each adjournment; and at
the opening of the polls in the forenoon, the
Inspectors shall give notice thereof, if any
adjournment is to take place.
38. Every elector shall vote by ballot
In the town or ward where he resides at
the time of the election. and each person of
fering to vote shall deliver his ballot to one
OF the inspectors IN presence of the board
the ballot shall be paper ticket, which shall
contain written or printed, OF partly written
and partly printed, the names of the persons
for whom the elector intends to vote, and
shall designate the office to which each per-
son so named is intended by him to be cho-
sen; but no ballot shall contain greater
number OF names of persons designated to
any Office than there are persons to be chosen
at the election to fill such office.
%. The names of all the persons voted
for by any elector at any general or special
election, shall be on one ballot.
30. If, at general election, there shall
be vacancy to be supplied in the office of
representative to Congress, and the same
election representative to Congress is to be
elected for a full term, the ballots shall desig-
nate the Congress for which each person is
intended to be chosen.
81. If any person offering to vote shall
be challenged as unqualified, by an inspector,
or by any other person entitled to vote at the
same poll, the board of inspectors shall de-
clare to the person so challenged the qualifi-
cations of an elector; if such person shall
state himself duly qualified, and the challenge
shall not be Withdrawn, one of the inspectors
shall then tender to him the following oath:
''Y GU do solemnly swear Cor affirm, as the
case may be) that you are tWenty-one years
of age, that you are a citizen Of the United
States, Cor, that you have declared your inten-
ton to become a citizen, conformably to the
laws of the United States, on the subject of
naturalization that you have resided in this
State one year next preceding tits election,
that you now resident of this town, or
ward as the case may be,) that you have not
made any bet wager, or become directly
indirectly interested in any bet or wager de-
pending upon the result of this election
And if any person challenged, shall re-
fuse to take the oath SO rendered, his vote
shall be rejected.
30. If any person so offering to vote shall
take such oath, his vote shall be received.
s 33. There shall be provided and kept by
the town clerk of each town, at the expense
of such town, and by the aldermen of each
ward In any city, at the expense of such city,
a suitable ballot-boX with lock and key.
s 81. There shall be an opening through
the lid of such box, of no larger size than
shall be sufficient to admit a single closed
ballot.
s 35. Before opening the polls, the ballot
box shall be carefully examined that nothing
may remain therein; it shall then be locked,
and the key delivered to one of the inspectors
to be designated by the board, and shall not
be opened during the election, except in the
manner and for the purpose hereinafter men
toned.
3d. When ballot shall be received, one
of the inspectors, without opening the same,
or permitting it to be opened or examined,
shall deposit it in the box.
s 81. Each clerk shall keep a poll list,
which shall contain the names of all the per-
sons voting at such election.
s 49, At each adjournment of the poll the
clerks shall, in the presence of the inspectors,
l ooropara their rpS0pcfiVe nOll lists commute