Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-04-15
MINERAL POINT. IOWA CO., WIS W

thereof for the unexpired term with the sam
rights and subject to the same liabilities as tn
| person whose office ne NAV be elected or az
/ pointed TO fill.
I SEC. 4. All elections bY the people shall
be 5y ballot and a plurality of votes shall con
stitute an election. All elections by the Com
mon Council may be rira roce. When twt
or more candidates for an elective Office shal
receive an equal number of votes for the sam(
Office the election shall be determined by the
casting of lots in the presence of the Common
Council, at such time anG in such manner as
they may direct.
SEC. ). All persons entitled to vote for
State or County officers and who shall have
resided in the city for one year next proceed
ing the election, and for ten days within the
ward where they offer to vote S Il be entitled
TO vote for any officer to be elected under this
law, and to hoid any Office hereby created
SEC. g. If either of the Inspectors of eec-
or Aldermen shall suspect that any per-
son offering to vote d. not possess the NJ.
essarv qualifications OF an eector or ifSsue.i
vote be challenged by an elector, the Inspector
or Aldermen before receiving any such vote
shall require the voter ofsring to take the fol-
lowing oath: Y ou do solemnly swear Tor affirm
as the case may bel that you are twCnty-one
years of age, that you are a citizen of the
United States, or have declared your intention
to become a citizen couiormahlv TO the laws
OF the United States oa the subject of natur-
allZation, that YOU have resided in this citv one
year, and within this ward ten days next pre-
e this election, that you have not
= at this election, and that you have made
no bet or wager depending ou the result of
this election" And if the person offering to
vote shall take such oath, his vote shall be re-
ceived, and if such person shall take such
falsely be shall be deemed guilty of Wilt
and corrupt perjury, and upon conviction there
Of upon indictment, shall suffer the punishment
provide by law for persons guilty of perjury
Ii any person who is not q qualified voter shall
vote at any election, Or if any person duly
qualified shall vote in any other ward than the
one in which he resides. or shall vote more than
once at any one election, he shall be liable to
indictment, and on conviction thereof shall for.
felt and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars 1t
shall be the duty OF the Inspectors to keep a
list of the names of all persons whose vote
may be challenged rs Aforesaid, and shall swear
in their votes. And if any Inspector or Alder
man shall knowingly and corruptly receive the
vote of any person not authorized to vote, or
shall make out false returns of any election; or
if any Clerk shall not write down the name Of
every voter as he votes, or shall wiIfulv make
untrue aud incorrect counts and taes of
votes each and every such Inspector or
Clerk shall be liable TO indictment, and on con-
v.ction thereof shall severa!ly forfeit AND pay
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. nor
less than one hundred dollars. All such in-
dictmentS shall be in the Circuit Court OF the
County of Iowa
SEC. :. Special elections to fill vacancies
or for any other purpose, shall be held and
conducted by the Aldermen of each ward or
Inspectors as provided by this act, and returns
thereof shall be made in the same time form
and manner as in general or special elections.
SEC. :. There shall be elected at the first
election under this act, in e. ca ward one Al
derman who shall hold his office for three
years, one Alderman who shall hold his office
for two years, and one Alderman who shall
hold his office for one year; and at every annual
election thereafter one Alderman in each
ward who shall hold his office for three years.
SEC. 9. Any officer removing from the
citv, and any ward officer removing from the
ward for which be was elected, and any officer
who shall neglect or refuse TO qualify on or
before the first Monday OF June next after his
election, shall be deemed to have vacated his
office and the Common Council shall proceed
TO fill such vacancy as herein provided All
officers appointed or elected 10 fill any vacancy,
shall enter upon the duties of such office i'm
mediatelv after receiving notice of such election
or appointment