Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-04-11


from the time of receiving said returns
until the first day of May next, at such
places as shall be most convenient to the
inhabitants of the county or election dis.
trict, and proceed to the inspection Of said
returns, and hear, correct and fnaHy de-
termine according to the facts, without
unnecessary delay, all questions concerning
the omission Of any person from said re
turns, or the improper insertion of any
name on said returns, and any other queS-
To" affecting The antggriyo or 6de1ity Of said
returns, and for this purpose shall have
the power to administer oaths and examine
witnesses, and compel their attendance in
such manner as said judge shall deem ne
cessary.
I SEC. q. That as soon as the said list of
legal voters shall thus have cen revised
and corrected, it shall be the duty of the
several Probate Judges to make out full
and fair copies thereof, aud without delay
furnish to the Governor of the Territory
one copy, and to the Secretary of the Ter
rlt1ry one copy; and it shall be the duty
OF the Governor to cause copies thereof,
distinguishing the returns from each county
or election districts, to be 7rinted and dis.
Ht6uted generally onncRg tie inhdGitautS
Of tile 1crr'tory, and one copy shall be de.
posted with the clerk of each court of record
or Probate Judge within the limits OF said
! Territory, and one copy delivered to each
judge ct the election, and at least three
copies shall be posted up at such place of
SEC. 7. 1t shall be the duty of the Gov
crnor and Secretary of the Territory SO
soon as the census shall be completed and
returns made, to proceed to make an ap-
portionment of the members for Il Conven-
ton, among the different counties and
election districts in said Territory, in the
following manner: The whole number Of
legal voters shall be divided by sixty, and
the product Of such division, rejecting any
fraction of q unit, shall be the ratio or rule
of apportionment of members among the
several counties or election districts, and il
any county or election district shall not
have q number of legal voters thus ascor-
taincd equal to the ratio, it shall be attached
to some adjoining county or district and
thus form a representative district; the
number of said voters in each county oI
district shall then be divided by the ratio
and the produob shai! 30 tL2 u,,nbcr oI
representatives app rtioned 10 such county
or district, provided that the loss in the
number of members, caused by the frac,
tions remaining in the several counties in
the division of the legal voters thereof, shall
be compensated by assigning to so many
counties or districts as have the largest
fractions as many additional members as
may be necessary to make the whole mum,
Der Of representatives sixty.
Sec. 8. An election shall be held for
members of Convention TO form Con.
stiuton for the State of Kansas, according
to the apportionment to be made az afore
said on the third Monday of June next, tc
be held at the various election precincts
established in the Territory, in accordance
with the provisions of law on that subject
and at such election no person shall be
permitted to vote unless his name shal
appear on said corrected list.
SEC. 8. The Board OF County Commits
sioners shall appoint the places of votin!
for their respective counties or election
districts. They shall appoint three suitable
persons to be judges of election at eacl
place of voting. They shall cause a notic'
Of the places of holding elections in thci
respective counties or districts to be pub
lished and distributed in every electio
district or precinct ten days before the da,
of election, If any judge OF election, s.
appointed, shall fail or refuse to perform
the duties OF his said Office, the legal voter
assembled at the place, and on the da,
appointed for said election shall have tn
power to fill such vacancy by election amoni
themselves.
SEC. 10. The judges of election shal
each, before entering OH the discharge 0
his duties, mahc oaM o. q6irmatio,1 tia
, he uiN flithtully and impartioAly diSchdrs
/ the dutjeS Of Judge Il Tie eIection accOrdin
| to law, which oath shall be administcrc
, by any officer authorized to admiuiste
: ouths. The clerks Of election shall be ap
t pointed by the judges, and shall take th
; like oath or affirmation, to be aGministerc
| byone of the judges or by any of the officer
: Aforesaid, Dupiic te returns of election
t shall be made and certified by the judge
, and clerks, one of which shall be deposite
, with the Board or County Commissioner
| for the county or district in which tn
| election is held, and the other shall b
, transmitted to the Secretary of the Territor
and the one having the highest numter c
:, votes in bis county or election district sha
, be the representative for such county c
4 district. And in case of tie, or a contei
, in which it cannlt be satisfactorily deter
, mined who was duly elected, the Conyentio
2 when assembled shall order alnew election
t as herein provided.
5 SEC. IL. Every bona fido inhabitant (
t the Territory of Kansas, on the third MOI
J, day of June, 1857, being citizen Of tt
l United States over the age of twonty.or
years, and agho shalt haze resided utr
}, months neat JeJ2re sail election IN I.
h county in which he offers to vote, and ,
e other person whatever shall be entitled
c vote at said election; and any person qu
y lifted as voter may be a delegate to sa
# Convention and no others.
= SEC. ~, All persons hereby authorize