Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1858-10-30
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to admission into tie Union as State under
such conctitution thus fairly and legally made,
with or without slavery, as said constitution
may prescribe ,..
SIC. 2, And bell fpvfhr emtidl, That for
the purpose Of iusuving, as far as possible,
that the elections authorized by this aetnmy
be fiit aud free, the Governor United States
District Aitorney, and Secretary of the Ter.
ritoly ,KEhsas, and tha presiding ofiiccrsof,
The two branches Of its Legislature, namely,
the President of the Council and Speaker Of
The House Of Representatives, are hereby
constituted d board of commissjonerstorcarry
into effect the provisions Of this acl, and TO
| use all the means ne,rssaryaud proper 10
thatend And three Of them shall constitute
aboard; and the board shall have power and
authority to dcslgnNte and estollisl precincts
Tor voting, or to Odolt those already estale-
,'lished; 10 cause polls 10 he opened at such
places as it may deem ploperm ihervsmctise
counties and election precincts Of said Terri
tory; toappolnt as judges Of election at each
Of the several places Of voting three discreet
aud respectable persons, any two of whom
shall be competent to, acl; to require the
sheriifs Of the several counties, by themselves
Or deputies to attend The Judges at each of
the places Of voting for the purpose Of meser
wing peace and good order; Or The said beard
may, instead Of said shcrfs and Their d'lu.
ties, appoint at thalr discretion, md IN surh
instances as they may eloosc, otl.,r III pr
sbhsfor the same lurl lose. Thcel,u'cn lun|y
authorized shall continue Gre day only, md
shall not be continued later than shutdown ei
that day The said bodra shall appoint tie
day for holding said election md Tie ssid
governor shall announce The sane ~ lroco.
nation; and the day shall be as early one
as is consistent with due notice Thereof 70 HE
people Of said Territory, subject 70 thcproSl-
sions Of this act. The said board shall lsNc
full power to prescribe tie limc, manner, md
placcs of said election, and 0 direct the time
within which returns shall be iha'le tosatl
board, whose duty itsllall be TO apmunrs ,lc
result BY proclamation, aud the said goyernYr
shHll certify The same 10 the President Of tlie
United States without delay. /"
SEC. Q Iadha Tulisy peda, Thai IN
thg election hereby authorized, all white male
inhabitants Of said Territory, over the age of
tweity-one years, who possessestbe quOhIe'-
lions which were required by tl.e, laws Jf sad
Territory for a legal voter at ibe last general
election for tbe members Of the territorial lc
gisatuye, and none others, shall be allowed TO
vote; and this shall be the only qualification
required 10 cntille the voter 10 the right ,f
suffrage, 10 said election. Aud II any per
mot 50 qualified shall vote OF, offsr.to xQlc,
Or ifany person shall vote more than dice
at sail election, or shall make br caisc
TO bemadc any false, actiHous, or fraudulent
returns, 9g shall utter or change aOy repE
of said election such person shall, upon cov-
viction tlereoG before any court Of competent
Jurisdiction, bekspt ut harllabcr notlcss,lan
six months and not more tlan three years.
| SEC. 4 dadleH further taat'rd, rThattlc
members Of the aforesaid beerl Of comnis-
siohefs, apdall persons appointed by them to
carry inlc, effect the provisions Of this act,
shall, belofe isltcring upon their dnties take
an OATH !p, perform faithfully the duties Of
tleirrcspcctive ohiccs aud, on failure thereof,
/, they sIalibe liable aud subject 10 tlc same
charges and penalties as are provided IN likc
eases under the Territorial laws
SEC. g.. And he 4. )Eytder tpcde3, That the
officers mentioned in tile preceding section
shall receive for their services the samo com
pousaticn as is given Gor Ike scrViceslsupdcr
thc Territorial laws. 81 Z SIS srs,,,,o
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