The daily Butte record., 1858-09-01
ARTICLE Ii.
OF THE QUALIFICATIONS AND pIsAnILrrIE

citizen of Mexico who shall have elected TO
become n citizen of the United States under
the Treaty Of Peace exchanged and ratified
at Queretaro on the Both day of May, 1S48,
OF the age Of twenty-one years, who shall
have been n resident of the State six months
next ptecedipg the election, and the county
or district in which he claims his vote, thirty
days, shall he estitled to vote at oil elections
which are now or hereafter may be authori-
lied by law.
SEc. II. For the purpose Of voting. no
person shall he deemed to have gained or
lost a residerce by reason Of his presence or
absence on the service of the United States
TOR 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
any seminary of learning nor while kept Mt
my almshouse or any ether asy um, nor
wLilo colf fined in any public prison.
SIC. -. No IDIOT or insane pers n, or
person convicted Of my infamous crime.
shall be cutitlcd to the privileges of an
e'cctcr.
SIC. A. A criwe Shall he deemed nfl =
nous which is punishable ~ denth or by i'm
prisonl eut in the State Prison.
ARTICLE ILL.,;
OF THE PLACE Or HOLDING ELECTIONS, AND
ALSO or INSPECTORS, JUDGES, AND
CLERKS OF ELECTIONS.
SECTION lG. When an election is ordered
tho County Judge shall appoint for each
precinct. from the qu1lfcd electors of the
township in which snch precinct lies, one
inspector and two judges, vho shall nsti-
tute board Of judges Of election. In case
said hoard be no, appointed for any precinct
by the county judge the electors present on
the morning Of the day of election, Mt the
p'nce where the polls were oJencd on the
day Of the lrst previous election, may ap.
point board of Judges for such precinct.
SO. II. 1t shall be the duty Of each in
spect,r to be Mt the place where the polls
are to he orcned in the precinct for which
he is appointed, fir, IN eight o Jock in the
" nirg until sunset on the day Of election.
! Should such inspector not app ear Mt eight
o'clock ia the morning. the electors present
at the rlace where the polls are TO lie opened,
may appoint an Inspector + the precinct.
Src. 49, The board of inspectors for each
precinct shall, before the time CT opening
the polls, appoint two suitable crsons to act
MS clerks.
SIC. 10. B fore any election shall be
"pVHtut NV ihsINN'V'b J""SV' """ ''c' no
shah each. before any officer authorized to
adu,inl1kr oaths, take mn oath that he will
fnithfulsy NJ impartally discharge the du-
ties assigned him by law. If there is no
person present authorized TO administer
oaths, the inspector shall administer tho
same to the judges and clerks, and one Of
the judges shall then administer the oath to
the insp, ctor.
Sfc. 20. The inspector shall he chairman
of the board, and after its organization,
shall have power to administer all necessary
| onths which may he required in the progress
of the @ ection. He shall also have power 10
fiji any vacancy thet mny occur in the board
of iiirrs o. by absence or refusal to serve
e either of the clerks, after the polls have
been opened,
ARTICLEIV.
OF OPENING THE POLLS; OF VOTING, AND
CHALLENGES.
SECTION 22 At nil elections the polls
shalt be opened Mt eight o'clock in the morn
ing, and shall continue open until sunset, at
which time the judges shall close the pol $
provided that the judges Of the election may
take recess of enc hour at any time they
may think PROF or during the day, before
thrco o'clock in tho afternoon.
Src %. The board of judges, before they
commence receiving hallots, shall cause it to
be proclaimed aloud at the place of voting
that tho polls are opened.
Src. a. The voting shall be by ballot.
The ballot shall be piper ticket containing
the names Of the persons for whom the elec-
tors intend to vote, and designating the of.
fee to which each person so named is To-
tended by him to be chosen.
SEc. 25. Whenever any person offers to
vote, the inspector shall pronounce his name
in an audible voice, and if there be no ob-
lection to the qualification of such person as
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
ballot has been thus received, shall be i'm i
mediately entered by each clerk in the col
umn Of his poll list, headed "names of vo-
ters," numbering each name in the addition.
al cclnmu, as il is taken down. so that il
may be seen at any time whether the two
lists agree.
Sac. q. Any person Offering to vote
may be challenged as unqualified by the in
spector, or either Of the judges, or by any
legal voter, and it shall, in all cases, he the
duty OF the inspector aud each of the judges
to challenge any person Offering to vote
whom he shall know or suspect not to be du-
ly qualified as an elector.
Sac % When any person Offering to vote
is challenged. IL shall be the duty of the
board Of judges to declare to him the quail
tications Of an elector.
Sac, 20. Ifsuch person shall still insist
that he lis entitled to vote, and the challenge
shall not be withdrawn. the board Of Judges