The Sierra citizen., 1854-08-19
No. q.

Sec. 20. If sach person shall still insist
that he>is entitled to vote, and the chal-
lenge shall not be Withdrawn, the board
OF Judges, in their discretion, may admins
ter an oath or affirmation to tie voter;
"Y ou do swear (or affirm) that you are
citizen of the United States; that you are
OF 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 this election, and
in this county Cor district, or township, as
the case may be) thirty days, and that
you have not before voted this day."
Sec. 30. If 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
said board to examine any witnesses touch
ing his want of qualifications but if hs
shall refuse to take the oath or affirmation
so rendered to him, his vote shall be
rejected.
Sec. 81. If the vote of any person be
challenged on the ground that he has been
convicted OF an Infamous crime, or dis
franchised by any court of competent ju-
risdiction, he shall not be required to an
swer any questions respecting such alleged
conviction; and in the absence of any au,
thenticated record of such facts, it may be
competent for two disinterested witnesses
upon oath to prove the same.
Sec. 81. When the polls are closed, pro-
clamatiOn thereof shall be made at the
place of voting, and no votes she'll be after
wards received.
Of Counting and receiving the Votes, De-
elaring the Result Of Elections, and of
! Certificates of Election.
Sec. 33. AS soon as the polls are closed
on the afternoon Of the day of election, the
Judges shall open the ballot box and COM
mence counting the votes, and in no case
shall the ballot box be removed from the
room in which any election may be held,
until all the ballots are counted; the Count
ing of ballots shall in all cases be pHblic.
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 dow n each office to be filled and the
nar.e of each person voted for for such
Office, and shall keep the number of votes
by tallies, as they are regd aloud by the
inspector or Judge. The counting of the
votes shall be continued without adjourn
ment~until all are counted. i
See. "a. If two tickets are folded to-
getheT, they shall both 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 be lost for want Of form, if the
board ofjudges can determine to their sat
isfaction the person voted for and the Office
intended.
Sec. 35. AS soon as all the votes are
read off and counted, a certificate shall be
drawn up on each of the papers contain
ing the poll. list and tsllies, or attached
thereto, stating the number of votes each
person voted for has received, and desig-
mating the Office to fill which he was voted
for, which number shall be written in
words at fall length. Each certificate
shall be signed by the clerks, the judges,
and Inspector; one of said id.certifcates,w with
the poll list and tally paper to which it is
attached, shall be retained by the mspec-
tor, and preserved by him at least six
months. The ballots shall be destroyed
by the Inspector. The other of said GER
tifcates, with the poll list end tally paper
to which it is attached, shal1 be sealed up
by the inspector, and endorsed Election
returns" and be directed and delivered, or
sent by the inspector to the county clerk
of the county in which the election is
held
Sec. sc. The said package shall be de-
livered to the county clerk by one Of the
Judges or clerks of election in person, or
may be sent by private hand, or BY mail.
If sent by private hand, the person deliv-
ering 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 re-
ceived, and has undergone no alteration
while in his possession. The affidavit
shall be endorsed on the package. AIfsent
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, naming him.
| Sec. 81. No tally paper, poll list, or
certificate, returned from any election,
shall be set aside or rejected for want of
form, nor on account of its not being
strictly in accordance with the directions
Of this act, if the same can be satisfactorily
understood. aug19-2t
| PEANUTs.-This fayorite esculent with
the pit patrons of the play, is growing in
the richest profusion in the garden of Mr..
Jesse Beard, at the mission Of San Joses
S. F. Herald.
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