The weekly Placer herald., 1853-09-03

legal voter, and it shall, in all cases, be
the duty Of the Inspector and each Of the
Judges to challenge any person offering
to vote whom he shall know or suspect
not to be duly qualified as an elector.
When any person offering to vote is
challenged, it shall be the duty of the
Board of Judges to declare to him the
qualifications of an elector.
If such person shall still insist that he is
entitled to vote, and the challenge shall
not he withdrawn, the Board of Judges in
their discretion may administer an oath
or affirmation to the voter-."You do
swear (or affirm) that you are citizen
of the United States; that you are the
age of twenty-one years according to the
best of your information and belief; that
you have resided in this State six months
next preceding lhis election, and in this
county (or district, or township, as the
case may be- thirty days, and that you
have not before voted this day.''
1t the person thus challenged shall take
the oath as rendered to him by the Board
of Judges, he shall be admitted to vote,
and it shall not be lawful, after he has
taken such oath or affirmation, for the
Board to examine any witnesses touching
his want of qualifications; but if he shall
refuse to take the oath or affirmation so
rendered him, his vote shall he rejected.
When the polls are closed, proclama-
tion thereof shall be made at the place Of
voting, and no votes shall be afterwards
received
AS soon as the polls are closed on the
afternoon of the day ofelection, the Judges
shall open the ballot box and commence
counting the votes, and in no cases shall
the ballot-box be removed from the room
In which any election may be held, until
all the ballots are counted; the counting
Of ballots shall in all cases be public. The
ballots shall be taken out carefully, one
by one, by the Inspector or one of the
Judges, who shall open them and read
aloud the name Of each person contained
therein, and the Office for which every
such person is voted for. Each Clerk
shall write down each office to he filled,
and the name of each person voted for
such office, and shall keep the number of
votes by tallies, as they are read aloud
by the Inspector or Judge. The count
ing of the votes shall be continued with
out adjournment until all are counted.
If two tickets shall be found folded to-
gether, they shall be rejected; and if more
persons are designated on any ticket for
any Office than are to be elected for such
Office, such part of the ticket shall not be
counted for any of them; but no ticket
shall he lost for want of form, if the Board
of Judges can determine to their satisfac-
ton the person voted for and the office
intended.
AS soon as the votes are read off and
counted, a certificate shall be- drawn upon
each of the papers containing the poll list
and talies. or attached theroto, stating
the number of votes each person voted for
has received, and designating the office to
fill for which he was voted for; which
number shall be written in characters at
full length Each certificate shall be
signed By the Clerks. the Judges, and
Inspectors; one of the said certificates,
with the poll list and tally papers to
which it is attached, shall be retained by
the Inspector, and preserved by him at
least six months.
The ballots shall be destroyed by the
Inspector. The other of said certificates,
with the poll list and tally paper to which
it is attached, shall be sealed up by the
Inspector, and endorsed "E ection Re-
turns" and he directed and delivered, or
sent by the Inspector to the County Clerk
of the county in which the election is
holden.
The said package shall be delivered to
the County Clerk by one of the Judges or
Clerks of the G ection in person., or may
be sent by private hand or mail. If sent
by private hand, the person delivering it
shall, before the County Clerk, take and
subscribe an affidavit that the package
was delivered to him by one of the Judges,
(naming him)-that it has not been out
of his possession since it was received,
and has undergone no alteration while in
his possession. The affidavit shall he en-
dorsed on the package. If sent by mail,
| it shall be mailed by one of the Judges,
and the Postmaster shall make on it an
endorsement that he received it from one
of the Judges, (namng hirn.)
N. B.-No eIector shall be disqualified
from voting on account of not having paid
his poll tax. 1t is lawful for emigrants
from the Atlantic States to vote, their
residence being considered in this state
from the time of their leaving home.
If your fat-irons are rongh or smoky,
lay little fine salt OH flat surface and
rub them we'll, it will pre-, ent them from
sticking to any thing starched, and it will
make them smooth.
Cedar chests are best to keep f1annels
or cloth. Red cedar chips are good to
keep in drawers, wardrobes, closets,
trunks, &c., to keep ont moths.