The daily Butte record., 1858-08-26

The officers of the several Election Pre-. |
,incts are hereby instructed not to attach |
heir accounts to the Election Returns, but !
10 send them in separately, certified to by
the Inspector Of their respective Precincts. |
By order Of the Board Of Supervisors of
Butte County.
+. A. MATTHEWS, Chairman.
Attest, NJ. H. DARRACH.
Clerk of Board.
BY J. II. MARBLE, Deputy.
OF an Act to Re xuIate Elec-
tiOns.
PASSED MARCH %, 1861
The People Of the State of California, re-
presented in Senate and Assembly, do
enart as foilo,Ds:
ARTICLE II.
OF THE QUALIFICATIONS AND pIsABII.ITIEs
OF ELECTORS
SECTION 10. Every white male citizen
Of the United States, and every white male
citizen of Mexico who shall have elected to
become a citizen of the United States under
thu Treaty Of Peace exchanged and ratified
at Queretaro on the 30th day of May, lS48,
of the age of twenty-one years, who shall
have been a resident of the State six months
next ptecedipg the election, and the county
or district in which he claims his vote, thirty
days, shah be estitled to vote at all elections
which are now or hereafter may he authori.
lied by law
SEC IL, For the purpose of voting. no
person shall be deemed to have gained or
lost residence by reason of his presencn or
absence on the service of the United States.
nor while engaged in the Navigation of the
waters Of this State or of the United Stntcs.
or Of the high 'as; ; nor while a student of
any seminary of learning nor while kept at
any almshouse or any other asy um, nor
whilo confined in any pub ic prison.
SEC -. No idiot or insane pers n, or
person convicted of any infamous crime,
shall be entitled to the privileges of an
elcctlr.
SIC. II crime shall he deemed lnfa.
nous which is punishable by death or by i'm
prisonnent in the State Prison.
ARTICLE III.
or THE PLACE OF HOLDING ELECTIONS, AND
ALSO Or INSPECTORS, JUDGES, AND
CLERKS OF ELECTIONS.
SFcTIoN 16. When an election is ordered
the County Judge shall appoint for each
precinct, from the qualified electors of the
township in which snch precinct lies, one
inspector and two judges. who shall c,n.t-
tute beard of Judges Of election In case
said board be not appointed for any precinct
by the county judge, the electors present on
the morning of the day Cf election. ut the
Place where the polls were opened on the
day Of the last previous election, may ap-
point board of judges for such pr rccinct
Sac II. 1t shall be the duty of each in
spector to be ut the place where the polls
are to be opened in the precinct for which
he is appointed, from eight O'Clock in the
mo ming until sSnset on the day Of election
Should such Inspector not appear at eight
O'Clock in the morning, the electors present
mt the rlnce where the polls are to be opened,
may appoint an inspector for the precinct
SIC 18 The board of inspectors for each
precinct shall, before the time Of O, ening
the polls. appoint two suitable persons to act
as clerks.
SEC. 10. Before any election shall be
opened, the inspector, judges and clerks
shall each, before any officer authorized to
administer oaths, take an oath that he will
faithfully ard impartially discharge the du.
ties assigned him by law If there is no
person present authorized TO administer
oaths, the fnapeetor shall administer the
same to the Judges and clerks, and one of
the judges shall then administer the oath to
the inspector.
SEC. 20. The inspector shall be chairman
Of the board, and after its organization,
shall have power TO administer oil necessary
oa,hs which may he required in the progress
of the G ection. He shall also have power g.
6ll any vacancy tn may occur in the board
of judges. or by absence or refusal to serve
If either of the clerks, after the polls have
been opened
ARTICLEIV.
OF OPENING THE POLLS; OF VOTING, AND
CHALLENGES.
SECTION 90 At all elections the pols
shall be opened at eight o'clock in the morn
ing, and shall continue open until sunset, at
which time the judges shall close the polls
provided that the Judges Of the election may
take n recess of one hour at any time they
may think proper during the day, before
three o'clock in the afternoon.
SEC % The board Of judges, before they
commence receiving ballots, shall cause it to
be proclaimed aloud at the place of voting
that the polls are opened.
Src "A The voting shall be by ballot.
The ballot shall be q paper ticket containing
the names Of the persons for whom the cleo
tors intend to vote, and designating the Of
fee to which each person SO named is iu-
tended by him to be chosen.
ssc. %. Whenever any person offers to
vote. the inspector shall pronounce his name
in m audible voice, and if there be no OBJ /
lection to the qualification Of such person a.
an elector. shall receive his ballot, and in
the presence of the other judges put the
same, without being opened or examined,
into the ballot box.
SEC. 20 The name OF each elector whose