Butte record., 1854-08-19
TIE ELECTION LAW

1utEc sudli Dt Il lfSCluCb Iof HNll1Uw pif-
tions in each township designated by the Com,
OF Sessions; but the Court may and the com
ty Judge in vacation may, if the convenienc.
ofthe people require it. create additional prs-
cincts in any township at places where tba,o
are thirty more voters. provided thar -.
two election precincts shall be nearer to s.ci
other than two miles.
The County Judge shall appoint for o,cl
precinct one inspector and two iudres. uh'.
shall constitute a board of Judges Of election
In case said board for any precinct be no, .-.
pointed by the County Judge, the electors
present on the NOR ming Of the day Of ,be
election, may appoint a board Of Judges f,r
such precinct
The board of inspectors for each precinct
shall. before the time of opening the poll,
appoint two suitable persons to act as Clerk.
Before any election shall be opened. N.
inspec tor, judges and clerks shall each. before
any ficer authorized to administer o,tL.
take a. II oath that he will faithfully and i'm.
partia ly discharge the duties assigned him
by law. If there is no person present author.
lied TO administer oaths, the inspector sh,u
admin ster the same TO the judges and cle,t.
and on Of the judges shall then admin;ster
the oat h to the inspector.
The INSPECTOR shall be chairman of the
board, and have power to administer all ne.-
essary oatbs which may be required in the
progre IS Of the election. He shall also have
powe tofil any vacancy that may occur in
the boa I'd of judges.
TIE polls shall be opened at eight o'clock in
the rno. ming, and continne open uttil sunset
ut W Iio il time the judges shall close the poU,
Th voting shall be By ballot
Whe. never any person offers to vote, the in
speeto shall pronounce his name in an audi
BILE voic e, a1d if there be no objection to the
quail nc lton of such person as an elector
shall re ,eive his ballot, and in the presence ~
the the T judges put the same, without being
opent i II examined, into the ballot box
The L anne Of each elector whose ballot ba,
been thr Is received, shall be immediately en-
tered by each clerk, in the column of his pel
list, he lded '-names of voters" numbefirr
each maj ae in the additional column as il is
taken d. wn, that it may be seen at anr time
whether the two lists agree
Any T. ,rson Offering to vote NAV be chal-
lenged rs unqualified by the inspector or either
of the ju' iges, or by any legal voter, and it
shall, in III ises, be the duty OF the inspector
and ca ch of the judges to challe nge any per
son offor ng to vote whom lie shall know or
suspect Il 1t to be duly qualified as an elector.
When NY person Offering to vote is chal-
lenged, it shall be the duty of the board Of
judges to declare 20 him the qualifications Of
an elector.. Ii such person still insist that he
is entitled to Vote and the challenge shall pgt
be withdr- avn, the board Of judges in their
dlscre tion,- may administer an oath or afFirma-
ton to tn voter You do swear Cor afirml
that you irea citizen of the U. s. that Won
are of th age Of twenty -ene years. accoriin,
To the be st of your information and belief.
that you have resided in this state six months
next pre- ,eding this election, and in this coun-
ty Tor dl strict. or township as the case may
be) tor y days, and that you have not before
voted IL is day
If the person thus challenged shall take the
oath as ;endered to him by the board Of iudres
he ST all be permitted to vote; but if he refuse
to ia Ike the oath so rendered to him, his yots
shal be rejected.
As So on as the polls are closed on the after
noon OF the day Of election, the Judges shall
ope tn ballot box and commence counting
tht yot es, and IN no case shall the ballot box
be rem oTed from the room n which any ele,-
tlt n N ay be held, until sn the ballots are
co unite i; the counting of ballots shall in all
CO ses be public. The ballots shall be taken
o. 1t cal efully one by one, by the inspector or
0 ne OF the Judges. who shall open them ami
: ead loud the name of each person contained
therel 1, and the office for which every such
person is voted 1or. Each clerk shall write
down each Office to be filed and the name Of
each person voted for for snch Office. and shall
keep the number Of votes by tallies, as they
are I cad aloud by the inspector or Judge
The counting of votes shall be continued with
out adjournment until all are counted
As soon as all the votes are read off and
counted, certificate shall be drawn M on
each of the papers containing the poll list and
tallles, or attached thereto, stating the num-
Der of votes each person voted for has receiv-
ed, and designating the office to fill which he
was voted for, which number shall be written
in words at full length Each certificate shall
De sig ned by kthe clerks, the judges and in
spectnr; one OF said certificates, with the poll
list attached, shall be retained by the inspeo-
tor, nd preserved by him at least six months
lhe ballots shall be destroyed by the inspee-
tor. The other of said certificates, with the
poll l st and tally paper to which it is attach
ed, shall be sealed up by the inspector. AMI
endorsed Election return ~ and be directed
and delivered, or sent by the inspector to the
county clerk of the county in which the elec-
ton is held
The said package shall be delivered to the
county clerk by one of he judges or clerks Of
electlon IN person. or may be sent by private
hand or mail. Ii sent by private hand, the
person delivering it shall, before the county
clerk, take and subscr ibe an affidavit that the
judges tnaming him), that it has not been out
OF his possession sir.ce it was received, and
has undergone no alteration while in his pos
session The affidavit shall be endorsed on
package Ii sent by mail, it shall be mailed
oy one OF the Judges, and the postmaster shall
make on 1t an endorsement that he received
II from one of the iudoes fnan;,. h;r,l