The Kanzas news., 1858-09-18
SCHOOLS.


Monday in October, in the year one thous- |
and eight hundred and fifty-six, and on the |
first Monday in October in every year there
after, an election for Representatives in the
Legislative Assembly, and for all other elee-
tive offices not otherwise provided for by
law, shall be held, at the respective places
of holding elections, in this Territory.
Sec. g. Every county that now is or may
hereafter be established. shall compose an
election district, and all elections shall be
held at the court house of such county,
where one has been erected. If there be
no court house, then it shall be the duty of
the county commissioners to name house
in such county where the election shall be
held, etc.,
Provided, That the county commissioners
lnoaO s'supervisors' may, from time to
time, establish such additional election pre-
cinets as may seem to them necessary or
proper; Provided, further, hosoeUer, That
in no case shall more than one precinct be
established IN any one municipal township.
The following portions of section 5. viz
''The county commissioners shall appoint
the Judges of election in each county or
voting precinct, at least six days before the
election at which they are to act,'' is re-
pealed by section 40, of the township law,
approved February 19, 1853, viz: ''Sec. 40
The supervisors of each township shall, by
virtue of their Office, be the commissioners
of highways, overseers of the poor and in
spectors Of elections" leaving in force the
following portion of section 5, of chapter
sc, of the statute of 1856: "And if, at the
hour of opening the polls, such judges are
not present, then the voters assembled shall
have full power to elect others to fill the
vacancy or vacancies thus occasioned-
Said judges shall, before they enter on the
discharge of their duties, take the following
oath or affirmation, to be administered by
one of their own body, by the sheriff, or
by any officer authorized to administer
oaths: ''I do swear (or AFFIRM that I will
impartially discharge the duties of Judge of
the present election, according to law and
the best of my ability
Sec. 6. That two blank poll books, with
the proper blanks laid off, and the proper
certificates attached, shall be made out by
the clerk of the county commissioners Tnow
board of supervisors and delivered to the
sheriff at least ten days before the election;
and if not so made out and delivered, it
shall be the duty of the sheriff to cause the
same to be made out. The sheriff shall de-
liver such poll book to the judges of the
election, the supervisors of the township
are now the judges of election, so soon as
they are elected and qualified, to act as iudg-
es of elections. If such poll books be not
delivered by the sheriff, the judges of the
| election shall cause the same to be made out
The certificates shall be in the foIIowino
| form. to wit:
We. the UNDERSIGNED, Judges of the cleo
ton in - election district certify that
the foregoinp is a correct list of the votes
given at an election held on the = day of
d 18A. as witnesseth our hands
this : dav of "a. D. 185.
Attest: A.B.
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Clerks of Election. Jndgas
Sec. 7. t.The Judges of election shall ap
no;nt two clerks who before entering unon
the DISCHARGE of their dutios ebou faka on
Goth or affirmation tn ho adnoinistornd bv
ono If Tho ;ndoos +lot tbov viii fo;tbf,1Iy
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the , votes offered to he @iven cannot he ta- s,.
ken Ken before tbe hour a6nointed for CLOSING
the M nolIs the iudoes shall bv nubl;c nroco
lamation' adjourn sucb election until the