The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-08-20

SEC. "a The voting shall be by baIlot--The
ballot shall be paper ticket containing the
names of the person for whom the electOr intends
to vote, and designating the office to which each
person named is intended by him to be chosen.
SEC. %. Whenever any person offers to vote
the Inspector shall pronounce his name in an au-
dible voce, and if there be objection to the
qualii ations Of such persons as an elector shall
receive his ballot and in presence Of the other
Judges put the samc, without being opened or ex-
amined into the balot-box.
SEC. 26. The name OF each elector whose bal
lot has thus been received. shall be Immediately
entered by each clerk. in the column of his poll,
list, beaded "names of voters" numbering each
name in the additional column as it is taken
down, so that it may be seen at any time whether
the two lists agree. -.
SEC. 81. ANY person Offering to vote may be
challenged a unqualified by the Inspector. or
either of the Judges, or any legal voter, and 1t
shall in all cases be the duty of the Inspector and
each of the Ju ges to challenge any person offer
ing to vote whom he shall know or suspect not
to be duly qualified as an cector.
Sec. %. When any person offering to vote is
challenged it shall be the duty of the board OF
Judges to declare to him the qualification of All 3
eector.
Sec. 20. If such persons shall still insist that he
is entitled to vote and the challenge shall not be
withdrawn. the board of Judges, in their dscre-
ton. may administer an oath or affirmation to
the voter: You swear (or afirm) that you are "
citizen of the United States. that you are of the
age of twenty-one years according to the hest Of
your Information or belief: that you have resi-
del in the State months next preceding the
election, and in this county Tor district. town
ship, as the may be) thirty days and that you
have not before voted this day"
SEC. so. II the person thus challenged shall
take the oath as rendered to him by the board of
judges, he shall be admitted to vote, and it shall
not be lawful after he has taken such OATH or
affirmation, for said board to examine any wit
nesses touching his want of qualifications but t
he shall refuse to take the oath or affirmation so
rendered to him. his vote shall be rejected
SEC 81. If the vote of any person be challeng-
ed on the ground that be has been convicted OF
an infamous crime or Extraordinarily any court
of competent jurisdiction, he shall not be required
TO answer any questions respecting such alleged
conviction: aud in the absence of any authcnti-
cate records of such facts, it may be competent
for two disintcrested witnesses upon oath toproye
the same.
SEC 49, When the polls are closed, proclama-
ton thereof shall he made at the place OF voting,
and no votes shall be afterwards received.
SEC. 33. As the polls are closed on the
afternoon OF the day of the election, the judges
shall open the ballot-boX and commence counting
the votes and in no case shall the ballot-o box be
removed from the room in which any election
NAV be held, uNtil all the ballots are counted
the counting of ballots shall in all case be pub
lie. The ballo shall be taken out carefully, one
by one. by the Inspector or one OF The Judges
who shall open them, and read aloud the anne OF
each person contained therein, and the office Tor
which every such person is voted for. Each clerk
shall write down each Office to be filled an the
name of each person voted for. for such office
and shall keep the number Of votes by tallles, as
they are read aloud by the Inspector or Judge
The counting of the votes shall be continued
without adjournment until all arc counted
Sec "a. If two tickets are folded together,
they shall both be rejected and if more persons
are drs grated on any ticket for any office thar.
are to be elected for such Off G, such part OF the
ticket shall not be counted for any OF them; but
no ticket shall be lost for want OF form, il the
Board of Judges can determine to their satsfac-
ton the person voted for and the Office intended
SEC So. AS soon as the votes are read of and.
counted q certificate shall be drawn up on each
of the papers containing the poll list and tales
or attached thereto stating the number OF votes
each person voted for has received and deslgnat
ing the Office to fill which he was voted for. wlch
number shall lie written in words at full length.
Each certificate shall be signed by the Clerks,
the Judges, and Inspector; one OF said certificates,
with the poll list and tally paper to which it is
attached, shall be retained by the Inspector. ana
preserved by him at least six months. The bal.
lots shall be destroyed by the Inspector. The
other of said certificates with the poll list and
tally paper to which it is ATTACHED shall be sealed
up by the Inspector and endorsed "ecction re-
turns" ana be directed and delivered. or sent
by the Inspector to the Cohnty Clerk of the coun-
ty in which the election is held.
! SEC. SO. The said package shall be delivered
to the County Clerk by one OF the Judges or
Clerks Of the election in person. or may be sent
by private hand, or by mail. If sent by private
hand the person delivering it shall, before ne
County Clerk take and subsribc an affidavit that
the package was delivered to him by one OF the
Judges (naming hm.) that it has not been out OF
his possession since it was received. and has I'M
dergone no alteration while in his possession.
The affidavit shall be endorsed on the Package
If sent by mail, it shall be mailed 10y one OF the
Judges, and tn postmaster shall max on it an
endorsement that he received it from one OF the
Judges (naming him.( :,
The attention of Inspectors and Judges is call
ed to an Act to amend an net to regulate eles-
lions, passed March 23d. 1853 on page l6o OF
the Statute of 1855.