The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-07-24


places of voting, for the purpose of preserving
peace and good order. Each voter shall vote
| only in the County in which he resides. or the
one to which his county may be attached BY the
Board
Each person must have resided in the Terri
| tory at least six months previous to the first
| Monday of August, 1858, in order to be entitled
| to vote.
INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES OF ELECTIONS.
| There are appointed three Judges to each pre-
cinet, who shall, before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties. take an oath to perform
faithfully the duties of their Office, shall provide
ballot boxes, shall appoint two clerks who shall
| also take the oath prescribed by the Board OF
Commissioners, constituted by the Act of Con-
gress, approved May A. 1853. and the said Judges
shall open said election at o'clock A. M., at the
places herein designated, and close tho same
at sundown. In case any of the Judges fail tc
attend, the voters in such precincts, at the hour
and place appointed for opening the polls, are
hereby authorized to supply their places. The
said Judges and clerks of election shall keep, Ist
A faithful and accurate list of the names of all
persons who shall vote at their precinct, at said
| election.
| I'd. A faithful and accurate list of the names
of all persons who shall offer TO vote at their pre-
cinct, who. upon being challenged, shall not
vote; said list shall also give the Section, Town
| ship and Range where each person so offering to
vote, shall claim to reside, or the place in the
town or city where he shall claim to reside
Sd; faithful and accurate list of the names
/ OF all persons who shall vote at their precinct
after being challenged; said list shall also give
the Section, Township and Range where each
person so voting shall claim to reside, or the
place IN the town or city where he shall claim to
reside.
Said lists shall each be certified and swornto by
the Judges and clerks of the election, lin accord
ance with the forms prepared by the Board Of
commissioners before some officer authorized
by law to administer Oaths.
The said Judges shall make out tripiicate
returns of each of the three poll lists of said
election, with the certificates and oaths of the
Il IuHO or1A doll l,o4
and they shall seal up and transmit two copies of
each Of the same. within FIVE days, to the Probate
Judge OF their County, who shall within ten days
forward one copy of the same to the Governor of
the Territorv, at Lecompton. and the other to
Carmi w. Babcock, President af the Council
at Lawrence, and the third copy shall be retained
by the Judges of the Election. The Judges
OF the Election in the rc-organized counties
shall make their returns to the Probate Judges
of the adjoining counties as follows
The poll books of Richardson shall be sent to
the Probate Judge of Shawnee.
Those of Dickinson to Riley.
Those of Butler to Madison.
Those of niece to Bourbon.
Those of Dorm to Allen.
Those of Greenwood to Woodson.
At the election hereby authorized. all white
male inhabitants of the Territory, over the age
OF twenty one years, who possess the qualifca-
tions which were required by the laws of the
Territory for a legal voter at the last general
election for members of the Territorial Legisla-
ture and none others shall be allowed to vote,
to entitle the voter to the right of suffrage as
said election; and if aHy person, not so qualified,
shall vote or offer to vote If any person shall
vote more than once at said election OF shall
make or cause to be made any false, fictitious
or fraudulent returns; or shall alter or change
any returns of said election, such person shall,
upon conviction therof before any court of COM
petent jurisdiction, be kept at hard labor not
less than SIX months and not more than three
years. The Judges of election, Immediately
enclosing the polls and before leaving the house
r-alaa -1.ovo . al.
canvass the votes publicly in the presence of
any person desiring to attend the same; and
announce the result publicly at the close there
OF, and they snail IN such announcement declare
the humber OF votes cast respectively for each
PROPOSE ton voted for at said election. Printed
forms of poll books, taley lists and tickets, will
be furnished to the Judges of each precinct
any Office under said act of Congress shall, before
entering upon their duties, take the oath re-
quired by the same.
Poting Places and Judges of Elections
DoNIPHAN COUNTY,
White Cloud precinct, at the town of White
Cloud. Judges of Election, Thomas Shriye.
Thomas L. Lease, fhos. j. Key.
Iowa Point precinct, at the town of Iowa
Point Judges Of Election, Thos. StephenSoSn. nSSn
J. l., Long, Richard Leach.
Wolf River precinct, at the house of n.
Ciineh, Osiel Nelson, Laban Pritchard. pl''
Highland precinct at the town of Highland
Judges of Election. Samuel Yeakly, james
Stevenson, Ed. Burbank.
Judges of Election, 3. h. Brock. C.. Graham,
Uriah Griffith.
Troy precinct. at the town of Troy. Judges of
Election, Harrison Calvert, Matthew lies, VI.
L. Conner.
ElwoOd precinct, at the town Of ElwoOd. Judr- |
es of Election, D. l.. Lusk. Ebenezer Blackiston.
Edward Russell.
Palermo preeinet at Palermo. Judges of Elec- |
ton, Samuel ). Story. z. w. Emery, John j. |
Palmer.
Geary CITY precinct, at Geary City, Judges Of |
Electlon, John n. Curtis, John n. NJ. Hendrick- |
son, kobertJ. Porter.
Doniphan precinct at Doniphan. John Whit |
aker, John Forman. Charles Estis.
Wathena precinct at Wathena. Judges of /
election, Benz. Harding, Carey B. Whitehead, |
lessee Brown.
ATCHIs0S COUNTY.
Atehison precinct at Atehisoa. Judges. I
X Benton, Luther Diekerson. j 7 Hereford.
sumner precinct. at Sumner. Judges, C. A
!f.od worth. D Richardson, John Bennett.
'es, Joseph Potter, James Dougan. Milo Garlic
on.
Pariee precinct at Pardee. Judges, AElIi-
Il ashington Wakefield. A ] WestbroOk.
nan Connely, Noses II Lambason, VIM. Bad
Independence precinct, at the house of Thom-
s Stone Judges. Luther Knox. T Stone,
Williamsport precinct st the town Of VII.
ia4sPort- Judges, Henry I Day, Edwin Blake
- b Herndon-
Alice precinct, at the house of William Alice. +,
Judges, William Alice. 4 d Simmons, Dwight
iillard.
LEAyESEoRTH COUNTY. II
kickapoo precinct as Kiskapoe. Judges.
parton khea. James Beagie. Francis Ford !
LeaEeawerth precinct At usual voting place. ]
. frss ward in LsaxenNorth. Semiah Clark,
Esstin. s E Few. +