Kansas weekly herald., 1855-03-30

with the proper condueting Of the sIection, NAV
order the sane TO be reInored, and sif the owner
shall fail to comply nth snc1 order, may direct
the Gonstables g ether proper Psrsons to take
or IN case Of rssistsnee, % destroy the same at
The const.bIes of the Territory win attend
at their respective polls, and will hold them
selves suRjset e the orders OF the Judges for the
Ipreseryation Of order at the polls and securing
Tree access foE the voters, and for this purpose
tmay call upon any citizens present to aid them
in the performances Of their duty If necessary.
! Qualification OF Voters.
BY the Territorial Bill it is provided as fol-
ssThat every free white male iDhabitant above
/ the age Of twenty-one years, who shall be an
actual resident Of said Territory, and shall pos
sess the qualifications hereinafter prescribed,
shall be entitled to vote at the first election,
Provided, That the right Of suffrage and Of hoi-
ding Office, shall be exercised only by citizens
of the United States and those who shall have
declared on oath their intention to become such,
and shall have taken an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States and the pro-
visions of this act; find Provided further; That
no Officer, Soldier, Seaman or Marine, or other
person in the Army or Navy of the United States,
or attached to troops in the service OF the Uni
ted States, shall be allowed tovote or hold Office
in said Territory, by reason of being on service
therein.n
/ By the term sswhite'' as used In this and ether
/ laws of similar character Is meant pure un-
mixed white blood. The man who has any
mixture from the darker races however small
the proportion is not regarded as white man.
This has been repeatedly decided and may be
| regarded as settled. When voter has only de-
clared his intention to become citizen he must
be sworn by the Judges OF election or by Judge
or Justice Of the peace tto support the constitu-
ton of the United States, and the provisions of
the act Of Congress passed May 80, 1854, to or
ganize the Territories Of Nebraska and Kansas
When so sworn the word soath' should be mark
ed opposite his name on the list OF voters. and
voter who has bad this oath once administered,
will of course not be required to repeat it.
| 1t will be seen that the Act of Congress is
drawn with much care to exclude non-residents
| from the Polls. It provides that a voter shall
be an ssinhabitanW and Can actual resident" A
voter must dwell here at the time of offering
his vote-he must then have commenced IN in
habitancy which he actually intends to continue
permanently and must have made the Territory
his dwelling place to the exclusion OF any other
home.
The meaning of the last -proviso relative to
| the Army and Navy is that the persons designa-
ted in it. shall not vote if their inhahitancy in
the Territory is referrible only to the perform
ance of their duties. Like all other persons it
is not enough that they should be in the Terri
tory, but they must dwell in it, as their peTna8-
eat home; and the officer or soldier who would
vote must have residence here irrespective and
independent Of his presence under orders.
| Every voter must vote in the election Precinct
where he resides and not elsewhere. Expert
ence has demonstrated this to be wise regula-
ton, and it has been adopted in nearly ali the
States as a necessary provision against error,
4 confusion and fraud.
Contested Elections
| In case any persons shall desire to contest the
election In any District Of the Territory, they
| shall make written statement directed to the
Governor and setting forth the particular pre-
cinct District they intend to contest, the candi
dates whose election they dispute, and the speci-
ic causes Of complaint in the conduct or return
| Of the said election, which complaint shall be
signed by not less than ten qualified voters of
| the Territory, and with affidavit Of one more
| such voters to the truth of the facts set forth
| therein. Such written statement must be pre-
sented to the Governor, at his Office, on or be-
fore the fourth day Of April, A. d. 1855, and if
it shall appear that the result of election in any
| Council or Representative District might be
changed by said contest day will be fixed for
hearing the same.
| AppOrtiOmment.
| The entire number Of qualified voters in the
Territory, as appears from the Census returns,
is two thousand nine hundred and five. The
ratio of representation in Council is two hun
dred and twenty-three, and in the House Of Rep
resentatives, one hundred and eleven.
Council D1sTRIcrs.
The First, Fourth and Seventeenth Election
Districts, containing four hundred and sixty-six
shall constitute the District,
and shall elect two members of Council.
| The Second Election District and so much of
| the Thirteenth as is embraced in the Kansas
half breed lands, containing two hundred and
Gil District and elect one member Of Council
| And the voters thus detached from the Thir-
teenth will vote at the place of election fixed
for the Second Election District. 49,
| The Third, Seventh and Eighth Election Dis
| tricts, containing one hundred and ninety-three
| x,0t tute hn ird
ttrict, and elect one member of Council.
The Fifth Election District, containing four
hundred and forty-two voters, will constitute
the Fourth Council District, and elect two MEM
| bers of Council.
| The Sixth Election District, containing two
hundred and ffty-three voters, will constitute
/ the Fifth Council District, and elect one mem
ber of Co1hcil.
| ection Districts, containing two hundred and
| one voters, will constitute the Sixth Council
/ District, and elect one member of Council.
The Wolf River Precinct and Dohiphan Pre-
cinct of the Fourteenth, the whole of the Eigh-
teenth and so much Of the Fifteenth Election
Districts as lies north of Walnut creek, and its
main branch and due west line from its source
containing two hundred and forty-seven voters.
shall constitute the Seventh Council District.
and elect one member of Council, and the voters
/ who are thus detached from the Fifteenth will
vote at the Doniphan Precinct.
The Burr Oak Precinct of the Fourteenth
District, containing two hundred and fifteen vo-
ters, will constitute the Eighth Council District
and elect one member OF Council
The residue OF the Fifteenth Election Dis
trict, containing two hundred and eight voters
will constitute the Ninth Council District, and
4 elect one member of Council.
Il The Sixteenth and residue of the Thirteenth
4 Election District, containing four hundred and
sixty -eight voters, will constitute the Tenth
Council District, and elect two members OF
Courcil.
i REPERsENrATIvE DIsTRIcrs.
II The Seventeenth and Fourth election District:
containing Ninety seven voters shall constitute
the first Representative District and elect ont