The daily Butte record., 1858-08-30
ARTICLE II.

days, shall be estitled to vote at all elections
which are now or hereafter may be authori-
lied by law.
SIC. II. For the purpose Of voting, no
person shall lie deemed to have gained or
lost n resider ce by reason of his presence or
absence ou the service Of the United States
rOr while engaged in the navigation of the
waters of this State or Of the United States.
or Of the high seas nor while student Of
my seminary Of arnng nor while kept at
any nlmshuuse or any other asy um, nor
whlo confined in any pubic prison.
SIC. -. No IDIOT or insane person. or
person convicted of any infamous crime
shall be esti,!ed to the privileges of an
elcctor.
Src. Il. A crime shall he deemed lnfa.
nous which is punishable by death or by i'm.
prisonment in the State Prison.
ARTICLE III.
~ TIE PLACE OF HOLDING ELECTIONS, AND
ALSO OF INSPECTORS, JUDGES, AND
CLERKS or ELECTIONS.
SECTION l6. When nm election is ordered,
the County Judge shall appoint for each
precinct, from the qualified electors of the
township in which such precinct lies, one
inspector and two judges, who shall consti-
,ute board of judges of election. In case
said board he not appointed for any precinct
by the county judge, the electors present on
the morning Of the day of election, at the
place where the polls were opened on the
day Of the LAST previous election. may ap.
point board Of judges for such precinct.
SIC. II. 1t shall be the duty Of each in
spector TO be at the place where the polls
are to be opened in the precinct for which
he is appointed, from eight O'Clock in the
n orning until sunset on the day Of election
Should such Inspector not appear at eight
o'clock in the morning. the electors present
Mt the rlace where the polls are to be opened
may appoint an inspector for the precinct.
SIC. Is. The board of inspectors for each
precinct shall, before the time of opening
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 impnrtially discharge the du.
ties assigned him by law. If there is no
person present authorized to administer
oaths, the inspector shall administer the
same to the judges and clerks, and one of
the judges shall then administer the oath to
the inspector.
Src 20. The inspector shall be chairman
of the board, aud after its organization,
shall have power to administer all necessary
oaths which may he required in the progress
of the election. lie shall also have power to
fill any vacancy that may occur in the board
Of judges, or by absence or refusal to serve
Of either of the clerks, after the polls have
been opened.
ARTICLE Nv.
OF OPENING THE POLLS; OF VOTING, AND
cHALLENGEs.a
SECTION % At all elections the polls
shalt be opened at eight o'clock in the morn
ing, and shall continue open until sunset, Mt
which time the judges shall close the polls
provided that the judges Of the election may
take 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
receiving ballots, shall cause II b.
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 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 in
tended by him to be chosen.
ssc. %. Whenever any person offers to
vote, the inspector shall pronounce his name
in an audible voice. and if there be no OBJ
lection to the qualification of such person as
au 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
ballot has been thus received, shall be i'm
mediately entered by each clerk in the col
umu Of his poll list, headed names Of vo-
ters," numbering each pame in the addition.
al cclnmu, as il is taken down. go that it
may be seen at any time whether the two
lists agree
Ssc. q ANY person Offering to vote
may be challenged as unqualified by the in
spector. or either Of the judges, or by any
lsgal voter, and Ii shall, in all case, be the
duty Of the inspector aud each Of the judges
to challenge any person Offering TO vote
whom he shall know or suspect not 10 be du-
ly qualified a. an slector.
Sac 2s When any person Offering to vote
is challenged. IL shall be the duty of the
board Of judges to declare to him the quail.
iications Of an elector.
Sac. 70. Ifsuca person shall still insist
that he Is entitled TO vote. and the chi llenge |
shall not be withdrawn. the board Of judges |
in their discretion, NAV administer an osth |