White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-07-15

have prescribed by Law, and shall be en-
titled to admission into the Union AZ a
State under such constitution, thus fairly
and legally made, with or without sls1.
cry, as said constitution may prescribe.
SECTION 2. And Be Il further enacted.
That, for ensuring. as far as possible, that
the elections authorised by this act NAV
be fair and free, the Governor, United
States District Attorney, and Secretary
of the Territory of Kansas, and the pre-
siding officers Of the two branches of it,
Legislature, namely, the President of the
Council and Speaker of the House of
Representatives, are hereby constituted a
Board Of Commissioners to carry into
effect the provisions Of this act, and to
use all the means necessary and proper to
that end. And three of them shall con.
stitute board; and the board shall have
power and authority to designate and es-
tablish precincts for voting. or to adopt
those already established to cause polls
to be opened at such places as it NAV
deem proper in the respective counties
and election precincts of said Territory !;
to appoint as judges of election, at each
of the several places of voting, three dis
Greet and respectable persons, any two of
whom shall be competent to act to re-
quire the sheriffs of the several counties.
by themselves Oh deputies, to attend the
judges at each of the places of voting, for
the purpose ofpre,erTing peace and good
order; or the said board may, instead of
said sheriffs and their deputies, appoint
at their discretion, and in such instances
as they may choose, other st persons for
the same purpose. The election hereby
authorized shall continue one day only,
and shall not be continued later than sun
down on that day. The said board shall
appoint the day for holdin. 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 Ter.
ritory, subject to the provisions Of this
act. The said board shall have full pow.
er to prescribe the time, manner, and
places of said election, and to direct the
time when returns shall be made to said
board. whose duty it shall be to announce
the result by proclamation, and the said
Governor shall certify the same to the
President of the United States without
delay.
SECTION 8. And Le L further enacted,
That, in the election hereby authorized,
all white male inhabitants of said Terri
tory, over the age of twenty-one years,
whe possess the qualifications whichwere
required By the laws Of said Territory for
legal voter at the last general election
fer the members Of the Territorial legis-
lature. and rene ethers, shall be allowed
to vete; and this shah be the only quail
featiSE required to eHtitle the voter to the
right Of sufra Ia said election. And
if any person net Sc qualified shall vote.
or offer to xete. or if any person shall
vote more thaa snce at said election, or
shall make, or cause to be made, any
false, fictitious, or fraudulent returns, or
shall alter or change any returns of said
election, Sxch person shall, upon coavic-
ton thereof before any court of oompe-
tent jurisdiction, be kept at hard labor
net less than six moRtks aad R3t more
than three years.
SEcreE 4. Aad Be Il farker eaGded,
That the members of the aforesaid board
of commissioners, and all persons sp-
pointed by them to carry into effect the
provisions of this act, shall before enter
ing upon their duties, take aa oath to
perform faithfully their respective offices;
and, on failure thereof, they shall be liza
BILE and subject to the same charges and
penalties as are provided in like cases
under the Territorial laws.
SECTION 8. And Be IL further enacted.
That the officers mentioned in the prece-
ding section shall receive for their services
the same compensation as is given fol
like services under the Territorial laws
Approved, May 4, 1858.