White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-25

shall be to keep each correct list Of tbs
voters who may vote at such election
certificate Of the oath taken by the iudo.
es, as herein required, shall be attached -
and returned with the poll books.
SEQ. g. Any voter shall have the mob,
to challenges the right Of any person Of
,fering to vote. and the person so chalIeD.
eed shall, before he shall be permitted 70
vote, be required to answer, under oath
to be administered by one of the Judge,
of Election, all questions put by tbs
Judges or their order, touching his right
TO vote, or whether he has voted in snv
other precinct during the same day, and
evidencecontradicting his statements nav
be introduced, for which purpose tia
Judges are hereby empowered to admins.
ter oaths, and if satisfied that he is at.
tempting to vote fraudulently, the Judges
shall exclude bis vote.
SEC. 7. That the vote shall be By bal.
lot, on which shall be written or printed,
the names of the persons voted for a
Delegates, which ballots, Immediately on
the reception thereof by the judges, shall
be by them deposited in ballot box, to
be by slid judges provided for that pur.
pose. At the close Of the polls, the
Judges shall proceed. publicly, to coun,
the ballots, and shall certify the number
of votes each person may have received,
which certificate, attested by the clerks,
together with one of the original poll
books and tally list, they shall, within
two days after said election, forward BY
one Of said judges, to one Of the Com.
missioners herein appointed for their
County or District the other poll book
and tally list, and the ballots cast at the
election, shall be kept by one of the jud.
ges sixty days for public inspection. It
shall be the duty Of the Commissioners
herein appointed. within ten days after
the election, to deliver sll such returns to
the Governor of the Territory, the Presi.
dent of the Council, or the Speaker Of
the House of Representatives ofthe Leg.
islative Assembly.
SEC. 8. That it shall he the duty Of the
Governor, the President of the Council,
and the Speaker of the House of Repre-.
sentatives, or any two of them, to exam.
inc and count up the returns from the
several counties or districts, make proc
lamation of the result of said election.
and give certificates of election to the
persons having the highest number Of
votes in their respective districts.
SEC. 9. That the elective franchise at
any election held under the provisions Of
this act, may be exercised by all the male
inhabitants of the Territory, over the age
of twenty one years, being citizens Of the
United States, or having lawfully decla-
red their intention Of becoming such,
who shall have resided in this Territory
thirty days. and in the County where
they may offer to vote, ten days next
preceding the election at which they may
offer to vote; and any qualified voter
under the provisions of this act, may be
Delegate in said Convention.
SEC. 10. That if any person by mena-
ces, threats, or force, or by any other
unlawful means, shall, directly or indi.
rectly, attempt to influence any qualified
voter in giving his vote. or deter him
from going to the polls, or disturb or
hinder him in the full exercise of his
right of suffrage at said election, the per-
son so offending shall be adjudged guilty
of misdemeanor, and punished by fine.
not less than FIVE hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not less than three nor
more than six months, or by both.
SFc. IL. That any person. not being
qualified voter, according to the prOvi-
sions of this act, who shall vote at the
election herein provided for, knowing
that he is not entitled to vote, and every
person who shall vote more than once at
either Of said elections, whether ut the
same or different places, shall be sdjudg
ed guilty Of misdemeanor, and punished
by fine of not less than one hundred
dollars, nor more than two hundred dol
lars, or by imprisonment not less than
three, nor more than six months, or by
both.
SEC. II. That any person whatsoever,
who may be charged with holding the
election herein provided for, who shall
wilfully and knowingly commit any fraud
or irregularity whatsoever, with the in
tent to hinder, prevent, or defeat fair
expression Of the popular will in said
election, shall be guilty of . misdemeanOr.
and shall be punished by fine not less
than FIVE hundred dollars, nor more than
ope Thousand dollars mr. imnrisonment
not less than six nor more than twelve
months, or by both.
SEC. 10. That the Delegates thus cleo
ted, shall assemble in Convention at the
Capital on the fourth Tuesday of March
next, and shall proceed to frame Con-
stitution for the State Of Kansas. which
shall be republican in form. for admission
into the Union, on an equal footing with
the original States in all respects whatso-
ever, by the name Of the State Of Kansas
said Convention shall provide for an
election Of State officers, and membersoi
General Assembly, to be chosen at the
same time and under the same regulations
as provided for in the vote on the rstih'
cation of the Constitution the Constitu-
ton thus framed shall be submitted to
full and fair vote of the qualified electors
under the provisions of this set, on the
third Tuesday Of May next said election
shall be held at the same precincts, BY
the same judges, under the same Teguli-
tons, concerning the return and counting
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