Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-03

| cd or examined into the ballot box.
Sec 2G. The name Of each electOr whose
ballot has been thus received, shall be iInme.
diately entered by each clerk, in the column
Of his poll list headed "namcs Of voters,
numbering each name in the additional col
umn, as it is taken down, so that it may be
seen at any time whether the two lists agree
SEC. %. Any person offering TO vote may
be challenged as unqualified by the inspector,
or either Of the judges, or by any legal voter,
and it shall, in all cases, be the duty of the
inspector and each Of the judges to challenge
any person Offering TO vote whom he shall
know or suspect not to be duly qualified as
an elcctor.
is challenged, it shall be the duty of the board
Of judges to declare to him the qualifications
Of an elector.
SEC. ~. If such person shall still insist that
he is entitled to vote and the challenge shall
not be withdrawn, the board of judges in their
discretion may administer ali oath Ur allrIna-
tion to the voter
"You do swear or affirm that you are a
citizen of the United States that you are Of
the age Of twenty-onc years. according to the
best Of your information and belief; that you
have resided IN this State six months next
preceding this election, and in this county
Tor district. or township as the case may be-
thirty days, and that you have not before
voted OH this day"
SEC 80. If the person thus challenged shall
take the oath as rendered to him by the board
of iuAgcs, he shah he admitted vote, and
it Shall not bc lawful, after he has taken such
oath Or affirmation so rendered to him, his
vote shall not he rejected.
SEC, -. When the polls are closed, procla-
nation thereof shall be made at the place OF
voting, and no votes shall be afterwards re.
ceivcd.
SEC. SO. On the closing of the polls, the
judges shall commence counting the votes,
and keep the ballot box in the room in which
any election may be held, until all the ballots
are counted. The counting shall be public.
The ballots shall be taken out carefully, one
by one, by the inspector or one Of the judges,
who shall open them and read aloud the name
Of each person contained therein, and the Of.
flee for which every such person is voted for.
| Each clerk shall write down each office to be
| filled and the name of each person voted for,
for such office, and shall keep the number Of
votes by tallicS as they are read aloud by the
inspector or judge. The counting of the votes
shall be continued without adjournment until
! all are counted.
SEC. 81 If two tickets are folded together,
they shall both be rejected and if more per
sons are designated for any ticket for any
office, than are to bc elected for such office,
such part Of the ticket shall not bc counted
for any Of them; but no ticket shall be lost
for want of form, if the board of judges can
determine to their satisfaction, the person vo-
ted for and the office intended.
SEC 35. As soon as all the votes are read
off and counted, q certificate shall be drawn
up OH each Of the papers containing the poll
list and tallies, or attached thereto, stating
the number Of votes each person voted for
has received, and designating the Office to fill
which he was voted for, which number shall
be written in words Mt full length. Each Ger.
tiiicate shall be signed by the clerks, the
judges and inspector; one Of said certificates,
with the poll list and tally paper to which il
is attached, shall bc retained by the inspector
and preserved by him at least six months.-
The ballots shall bc destroyed by the inspcc-
tor. The other OF saitl certificates, with the
poll list and tally paper to which It's attached,
shall be sealed up by the inspector, and en-
dorsed Election Returns" and be directed
and delivered, or sent by the inspector to the
County Clerk Of the county in which the
election is held.
SEC. 30. The sad package shall bc delivered
to the County Clerk by one of the judges or
clerks Of election in person, or may be sent by
private hand or by mail. If sent by private
hand the person delivering it shall, before the
county Clerk take and subscribe an affidavit
that the package was delivered to him by one
Of the Judges, (naming him. that it has not
been out Of his possession since it was re-
ceived, and has undergone no alteration while
in his possession. The affidavit shall DC CHI
dorscd on The package. If sent by mail, ii
shall be mailed by ono of the judges, and the
postmaster shall make upon 1t un endorse
mcnt, that he received it from one Of the
judges naming him. ....