The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-09-17
OF Fl MANNER OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.

Sec. 7S5. The elections shall take place in the
presence of the District Justices, the Tax-Collector.
and the School uperintendent of the district or, in their at
sence, Of agents appointed by them for that ATpose, any three
Of whom shall constitute a Board Of Inspectdo to conduct the
Justice, or in case there is more than oSe, the Justice VINO mas
been longest in Office, or his agent, shall be chairman Of the said
Boari. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed as
applicable to those cases where mere than one place IS appointed
for receiving votes in any district, as provided in section 1872.
Sec. 1856. The Minister Of the Interior shall provide,
at the expense Of the government, a suitable ballot
box, or boxes, for each election district, with suitable locks and
keys for fastening the same.
Sec. 1877. Every Board of Inspectors in any district
shall appoint a clerk, whose duty itxshall be, under
cath to be administered to him by the chairman, to record truly
the names of all persons who vote at the election. Such clerk
shall receive a compensation Of five dollars. to be paid out of
any government moneys in the hands of the chairman.
Sec. 7SS. The polls shall be opened, and proclama-
ton made thereof, at eight O'Clock in the morning
on the day Of election, and shall be kept open till five o'clock in
the afternoon, and no longer. The electors shall vote by ballot
OF the inspectors. who, on receiving such ballot. shall direct the
clerk to record the name of the person delivering the same, and
examine said ballot 50 far only as to determine whether the
il in the banot-box; but if it do, he shall make it manifest. and
reject the same. The ballots, after having been placed in the
box, shall not be removed from such box until the same are
Sec. 799. The ballot shall be a paper ticket, which
shall contain written or printed, or partly written
for whom the eiector votes. After the close of the polls, the in
spectors shan proceed without delay, first to ascertain from the
sort and count the whole number of votes given for the different
candidates and all persons who choose to attend at the count
ing Of such votes shall be at liberty TO 10 So
Sec. 100. When the inspectors have ascertained the
number of votes given for each candidate respective
Iy. they shall make public declaration of the whole number OF
given in. the names of the persons voted for, and the num-
Der Of votes for each person, and the clerk shall make a fair re-
cord Of the same. which shall be signed by the inspectors, and
forwarded 70 the Minister Of the Interior
Sec. 791. In those districts where there is only one
place appointed for receiving votes, the Board of In
suectors shall deliver a certificate 70 the candidates for represent
in their respective districts, who have received the
greatest number OF votes for that Office, in the following form.
viz: We. the undersigned, inspectors 0f election for the district
d. Island Of do hereby certify that -, was duly
elected a representative for said district, on the day OF
d. IS
Given under our hands this day of -.