Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-05
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constituted board of commissioners to carry
into effect the provisions of this act, and to
use all the means necessary and proper TO
that end. Any three of them shall constitute
board, and the board shall have the power
and authority to designate and establish pre-
cints for voting, or to adopt those already
established to cause the polls to be opened
Mt such places as it may deem proper in tho
respective counties and election precints of
sad Territory to appoint, as judges of cleo
ton, at each of the several places of voting,
three discreet and respectable persons any
two OF whom shall be competent to act t.
require the sherilfs of the several counties. by
themselves or deputies, to attend the Judges
ut each OF the places Of voting, for the pl.r-
pose of preserving peace and good order or
the said board may, instead Of said shcrils
and their deputies, appoint, at their discre
ton, and in such instances as they may choose
other fit persons for the same purpose The
election hereby authorized shall continue one
day only, and shall not be continued later than
shutdown of that day. The said board shall
appoint the day fer holding said election,
and the said governor shall announce the
same by proclamation and the day shall be
as early one as Is consistent with due notice
thereof to the people of said Territory. sub
ject to the provisions of this act The said
board shall have full power to prescribe the
time, manner, and places of said election,
and to direct the time and manner of the re-
turns thereof, which retnrns shall be made to
the said board, whose duty it shall be to au-
nounce the result by proclamation and the
said governor shall certify the same to the
President of the United States without de-
lay.
SEC. 3. And be IL further enacted That, in
the election hereby authorized, all white male
inhabitants of said Territory, over the age of
twenty-one years, who possess the qualifica-
tons whics were required by the laws of said
Territory for legal voter at the last general
election for members of the territorial legis-
lature. and none others, shall be allowed to
vote T; and this shall be the only qualification
required to enttle the citizens to the right
OF suffrage in said election and if any per-
son not so qualified shall vote or offer to vote,
or if any person shall vote more than once
at said election, or shall make, or cause to be
made, any false, fictitious, or fraudulent re-
turns, or shall alter or change any returns of
said election, such person SHALL upon convic-
tion thereof before any competent court of
jurisdiction, be kept at hard labor for not less
than six months and not more than three
years.
SEC. 4. And be il further enacted That the
members of the aforesaid board of commits.
sloners, and all persons appointed by them
to carry into effect the provisions of this act,
shall, before entering upon their duties, take
an oath to perform faithfully the duties Of
their respective Offices. and on failure thereof
they shall be liable and subject to the same
charges and penalties us are provided in like
cases under the territorial laws.
SEc.5 5. And be IL further enacted, That the
offices mentioned in the preceding section
shall receive for their services the same com
pensaton as is given for like services under
the territorial laws.