The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-23

Territory OF Kansas, do proclaim, as the
law requires,
"That an election shall be holden on the
first Tuesday Of June, A. d. 1859, in the
several voting precincts in the Territory Of
Kansas, for delegates to convention to
frame Constitution and State Government
for the State Of Kansas.
seThat said convention shall be composed
of fifty-two members, to be apportioned
among the several districts of the Territory
as follows, to wit: The county Of Leav-
enworth shall constitune the first district,
and shall elect ten delegates the county of
Atchison shall constitute the second dis
trict, and shall elect three delegates ; the
county of Doniphan shah constitute the
third district, and shall elect FIVE delegates,
the county of Brown shall constitute the
fourth district, and shall elect one delegate;
the county of Nemaha shall constitute the
fifth district, and shall elect one delegate
the counties of MARSHALL Washington and
Arrapahoe, shall constitute the sixth dis
trict, and elect one delegate the county of
Jefferson shall constitute the seventh dis
trict, and elect one delegate the county of
Calhoun shall constitute the eighth dis
trict, and elect one delegate; the county Of
Riley shall constitute the ninth district, and
elect one delegate the county of Potta-
watomie shall constitute the tenth district,
and shall elect one delegate; the county Of
johnson, shall constitute the eleventh dis
trict, and shall elect two delegates the
county of Douglas shall constitute the
twelfth district, and shall elect sew
en- delegates f; the county Of Shawnee
shall constitute the thirteenth district,
and shall elect three delegates the
counties of Richardson, Davis, Dickerson
and Clay, shall constitute the fourteenth
district, and shall elect one delegate the
| county of Lykins shall constitute the fif-
teenth district, and shall elect two dele
gates the county of Franklin shall consti-
tute the sixteenth district, and shall elect
one delegate; the counties of Weller,
Breckenridge and Wise shall constitute the
seventeenth district, and shall elect two
delegates the county of Linn shall consti-
tute the eighteenth district, and shall elect
two delegates the county of Anderson
shall constitute the nineteenth district, and
shall elect one delegate the counties of
Cotfey and Woodson shall constitute the
twentieth district, and shall elect two dele
gates; the counties of Madison, Butler,
| Hunter, Greenwood, Godfrey and Wilson,
shall constitute the twenty-frst district,
and shall elect one delegate the counties
Of Bourbon, MCGEE and Dorm shall con-
stitute the twenty-second district, and shall
elect two delegates the county of Allen
shall constitute the twenty-third district,
| and shall elect one delegate.
"That the delegates, elected under the
provisions Of this Act, shall assemble at
Wyandott, on the first Tuesday of July, A.
ID. 1889, and shall proceed to frame a con-
stitution and provide for the organization of
State Government for the State of Kan
sas.
"That all white male citizens of the
United States, and all those who shall have
declared on oath their intention to become
such, and all male Indians who have been
made citizens of the United States by treaty
or otherwise, and who shall be over the age
of twenty-One years, and who shall have
been bona fde inhabitants of the Territory
of Kansas, for the period Of six months
next preceding each of the respective elec-
tions provided for by this Act, and who
shall have been bona fide inhabitants of the
county in which they may offer to vote for
ten days next preceding eachsof the respec-
tive elections aforesaid, and none others !;
shall be entitled to vote at the several cleo
tions herein provided for ; Prorided, that
no officer, soldier, seaman or marine, or
other person in the army or navy of the
the service of the United States, shall be
allowed to vote or hold Office under the pro-
visions of this Act, by reason of being on
service in this Territory.
"That the persons who may be Judges Of
election in the several voting precincts of
this Territory, at the time of the respective
elections provided for in this Act, shall be
the Judges of the several respective elec-
| tions hereinbefore provided for
"That the said judges Of election, before
entering upon the duties of their Office,
shall take an oath faithfully to discharge
their duties as such /; said oath shall be ad-
ministered to them by any person duly
qualified by law to administer oaths and
in case no person thus qualified, shall be
present at the time of opening said elec-
tions, then said judges are hereby author
lied and required to administer such oaths
to each other. They shall appoint two
clerks Of the clerks OF election, who shall
also be sworn by said judges faithfully to
discharge their duties as such. In the
event Of any vacancy or vacancies occur
ring in the board of judges, the bystanders
shall supply such vacancy or vacancies
from their own number.
"That at the several elections provided
for in this Act, the polls shall be opened
n,
A. NJ, and shall be kept open until, and
closed at sunset.
"That the tribunals transacting county
business Of the several counties, shall cause
to be furnished to the several boards OF
Judges in their respective counties, two poll
books for each election hereinbefore pro-
vided for, upon which the clerks of elec-
tiOn shall inscribe the name of every per-
son who may vote at the said elections.
"That after the closing OF the polls at
each of the aforesaid elections, the Judges
of such election shall proceed to count the
votes cast, and designate the persons OF
objects for which they were cast, and shall
make two correct tally lists of the same.
"That each Of the boards of Judges shall
hold in safe keeping one poll book and tally
list, and the ballots cast at each respective
election and shall, within ten days after
such election, inclusive, cause the other
poll book and tally list to be transmitted by
the hands of sworn officer to the clerk Of
the tribunal transacting county business Of
the counties in which said elections were
holden, or to which the county may be at
tached for municipal purposes.
"That the tribunals transacting county
business, shall assemble at the county seats
of their respective counties, on the second
tuesday after each Of said elections, and
shall canys IS the votes cast at the elections
held in the several precincts in their respec-
tive counties, and of the counties attached
for municipal purposes. They shall hold
in safe keeping the poll books and tally
lists of said elections, and shall, within ten
days thereafter, transmit by the hands Of a
sworn officer, to the Governor of the Terri
tory, certified abstract of the same, show
ing the number of votes cast for each per-
| son or object for. at each of the several