The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1859-12-03
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in, do hereby proclaim that an election of
the officers hereinafter designated will be
held at the several voting precincts of the
Territory, included within the State limits, /
on Tuesday, the sixth day of December, A.
D. 1859.
The officers to be. elected are as follows:
I. A Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Su
perintendont of Puplic Instruction, and At
torney General.
II. A Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, one Associate Justice for the term
of four years and one for the term of two
years; together with five District judges,
as follc VS.:
One for the first District, comprising the
counties of Wyandott, LeavenWorth, Jefer-
son and Jackson. z
One for the second District, comprising
the counties of Atchison. Doniphan. Brown,
Nemaha, Marshall and Washington.
One for the third District. comprising
the counties of Potawatomie, Riley, Clay,
Dickinson, Davis, Waubonsa, and Shaw
nee. ~
One for the fourth District, comprising
the counties of Douglas, johnson, Lykins,
Franklin, Anderson, Linn, Bourbon and Al
len. a9. @l
One for the fifth District, comprising the
countless of Osages Coffey, Woodson, Green
wood, Madison, Breckenridge, Morris,
Chase, Butler and Hunter.
III. One Representative in Congress.
w. A Probate Judge, Clerk of the
District Court, and Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction in each organized county.
V. Members Of the State Senate and
House of Representatives in the various
election districts. as follows:
1st District, Doniphan county, two Sen
ators and four Representatives
Cd district, Atchison and Brown coun-
ties, two Senators and six Representatives ;;
Sd district, Nemaha, Marshall and Wash
ington counties, one Senator and two Rep
resentatives
4th district, Clay, Riley and Potawato
mic counties, one Senator and four Repre-
sentative;
9Th district. Dickinson Davis and Wau-
bonsa counties, one Senator and three Rep
resentatives
9th district, Shawnee. jackson and JEFF
ferson counties, two Senators and eight
Representatives
7th district, Leavenworth county, three
Senators and nine Representatives
9th district, Douglas, johnson and Wy
andott counties, four Senators and thirteen
Representatives
9th district. Lykins, Linn and Bourbon
counties, three Senators and nine Repre-
sentatiyes;
10th district, Allen, Anderson and Frank
lin counties, two Senators and six Repre-
18th district, Woodson and Madison coun-
ties. one Senator and two Representatives
18th district, Coffey. Usage and Brock
enrdge counties, two Senators and six
Representatives
18th district. Morris, Chase and Butler
counties, one Senator and two Representa-
lives;
14th district, Arrapahoe Godfrey, Green
wood, Hunter. Wilson, Dorm and McGee
counties, one Representative. J
VI Two justices of the Peace IN each
township.
The Constitutional provisions for the
conduct of said election are as follows:
All persons having the qualifications of
electors, according to the provisions of the
Constitution, at the date of said election,
and who shall have been duly registered ac
cording to the provisions of the registry
law of this Territory, and none others shall
be entitled to vote.
The persons who may be judges of the
several voting precincts of this Territory al
the date of said elections in this schedule
provided for, shall be the judges. of said
election. 1@- LAT 3
The said judges of election, before en-
tering upon the duties of their Office, shall
take and subscribe an oath faithfully to dis
charge their duties as such. They shall
appoint two clerks of election, who shall
be sworn by one of said judges faithful: to
discharge their duties as such. In the event
of vacancy in the Board of Judges, the
same shall be filed by the electors present.
The polls shall be opened between the
hours of nine and ten O'Clock a. m. and
closed at sunset.
The tribunals transacting county bust
ness of the several counties, shall cause to
be furnished 10 the Boards of Judges in their
respective counties two poll books upon
which the clerks shall inscribe the name of
every person who may vote at said cleo
ton.
After closing the polls the Judges shall
proceed to count the votes cast, and desig
nate the persons for which they were cast,
and shall make two correct tally lists of the
same.
Each of the Boards of judges shall safe
" keep one poll book and tally list, and the
ballots cast at said election; aud shall,
within ten days after such election, cause
the other poll book and tally list to be trans
mitted, by the hands of a SWORN officer, to
the clerk of the Board transacting county
business in their respective counties, or to
which the county may be attached for mu
nicipal purposes.
The tribunals transaeing county business
shall assemble at the county seats of their
respective counties on the second Tuesday
after the election. and sfaifcanyas the votes
cast IN the several precincts in their re-