The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-10

the Military or Naval service 81 the.
United States, 70 vote I'm the Election
Districts where they reside, at the
General Election, 20 be held I'm the
month of November, 1s61, and az ALI
Subsequent General Elections, dur.
ing the cOntinuamce OF the present
war.
BE it enacted By the legislature of the State of
SECTION l. That all persons who now are, or
may hereafter be regularly enlisted into the Mil
itary or Naval service of the United States who
have volunteered into the military service of this
State, and who have been for the space of ten
days next proceeding the time when they are mus
tered into the service of the United States, of
this State, resident of any Election District in
this State and entitled to vote therein, or who
We're actual residents at the time of enlistment,
and who have since arrived at the age OF twenty
one years, and whose names are or may be enter
ed upon the registry list of such District, shall be
entitled to vote in such District at the next ensu-
ing Annual Election, and at all subsequent Elec-
tiOns during the continuance of the present war,
for all officers which may be elected at such
Annual Election, in the following manner:
SEC.2 Such person whether within or with
out this State shall deposit his ballot, printed
written or partly printed and partly written, and
properly folded, in an envelope and seal the same
with sealing wax, and shall direct stch envelope
to the Judges of Election of the Election District
where he resided at the time of his entering the
service of the United States, of the State of
Minnesota, together with the name of post of
no post office in said election district then the
name Of the post Office at which the mails for said
election district are usually received, and shall
endorse thereon his name, with designation OF
the Company, Regiment, or service to which he
is attached. He shall take the said envelope, so
sealed, endorsed and directed before Commits
sioner, to be appointed hereinafter provided,
and shall acknowledge the same to be his free and
voluntary vote to be cast at the election to be
designated by him.
them, shall upon presentation of the envelope
containing the ballot of any person claiming the
right to vote under the provisions OF this act De-
tanning the ballot of such person SO claiming the
right to vote under the provisions Of this ACT,
tender to and require such person to make oath
(which oath either of said commissioners are au-
thorized to administer) in the following form:
"YOu do swear (Or affirm, as the case may be-
that you citizen of the United States, of the
age of twenty one years, or have declared your
intention to become such citizen, confOrmably to
the laws of the United States on the subject of
of this State (of Minnesota) for four months i'm
mediately proceeding this election (at which you
offer to vote,) and an actual resident of this cleo
ton district lin which you offer to vote for the
ten days Immediately preceding this election (at
which you offer to vOte) And thereupon in case
said oath is taken and not otherwise, said COM
missioners shall certify, without fee, upon the
back of such envelope in the following form:
Headquarters, specifying the regiment, battal.
ion, detachment or service, l, iinssrt name Of Of
person proposing to vote, whose name is endors-
ed on this envelope, is the identical person who
is engaged in the insert military or naval as the
case may be, service of the United States, from
the State of Minnesota, and that he has personal.
ly acknowledged before me- that the enclosed bal
lot his free and voluntary vote which he desires
insert the date,l in the State of Minnesota, and
that he has taken the oath prescribed by this act.
Dated at insert place. this day Of AID.
Signature of commissioner.
And thereupon such person shall be entitled to
vote at such election, and his vote shall be receiv
ed notwithstanding he may have been challenged
before the Judges of the Election.
SEC +. The person desiring to vote shall then
deposit the said envelope, sealed, directed, en-
dOrsed and certified as aforesaid, with said CON-
missioners who shall deposit the same, with the
postage prepaid, in any post Office, or deliver the
same to the Judges of Election of the election
his entering the service Of the United States, or
of this State the judges, upon receiving the said
envelope, shall keep the same unopened until the
opening of the polls, at the said election, when
they shall examine the registry list of their dis
trict, and upon finding the name of the person
endorsed upon such envelope on aidregistry list,
they shall open the said envelope, and unless the
person whose nameis endorsed upon the envelope
shall have died after the certifying of the same,
shall deposit the ballot contained therein, un-
opened, in the proper box or boxes. and canvass
the same with the other votes cast at such cleo
tiOn in no way distinguishing the same from the
other votes cast, and shall deposite the envelopes,
with the direction and certificates uninjured, in
the office of the town clerk of the district, and it
shall be the duty of the Judges of Election in each
election district, Oh the Gay next prcceOlng Sucn
election to make diligent inquiries at each post
office in such district or to which letters usu-
ally directed for such district for any mail matter
which may be directed to them as such Judges of
election receive the same. Las i.lf S$
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the Judges of
Election in the several election districts Of this
State in making up the registry list for any gene
raj election to insert therein the of all per-
qualified to vote at such election in their
spective election districts, although such persons
be at the time absent in the service of the United
States. of this State. at the same time and in
the same manner the names of other electors
are entered under the general election law. And
if any such absent person whose name is put upon
such registry list or whose name is proposed to
be put thereon shall be challenged as having no
right TO be put thereon, the Judges of Election
shall strike such name from said list or refuse to
enter the same therein, the case may be, unless
the person SO challenged is known to each of the
judges to be a qualified elector in such district or
unless some qualified elector shall, before the day
of election, make oath before such judges that
the person challenged is known to him to be a
ena Us 'ne ss 9, OF
such citizen, cOnformaby to the laws of the Uni
ted States, on the subject of ralizatiOn that
he has been an inhabitant of the State of Mime
sofa for four months Immediately preceding such
election, and an actual resident of such election
district for ten days Immediately preceding the
election, in either of which excepted cases the
name of the person challenged shall remain on
or be placed upon the registry list as the case
may be, and he shall be allowed to vote at such
election. Provided, h0scerer, That the name of
any absent elector whose vote shall be received
by such judges accompanied with the certificate
of the oath provided by section three of this act
shall be inserted in said registry list on the day
of election, and such eectOr shall be allowed to
vote, whether challenged under this act or not
SEC. g.. That there shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the senate, two commissioners for the Eastern
and Middle States and for such of the Southern
States lie east of the Western line of the States
of Virginia, and North and South Carolina; two
for the Western and the remainder of the South
ern States, and two for this State; said commits
sioners to be selected equally from the two recog-
nized political parties of the State, whose duty 1t
shall be to visit the several regiments battalions
and service within thejurisdictions for whichthey
may be respectively appointed in which are found
volunteers or other soldiers from this State, for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
act each of the said commissioners shall before
entering upon the duties of his Office take and
subscribe an oath to be filed with the Secretary Of
State to honestly, faithfully and impartially dis
charge all the duties imposed upon him under
this act and that he will not directly indirectly
attempt to influence the vote of any soldier entf-
tied to vote under the provisions of this act The
said commissioners shall take with them to the
regiments, companies and detachments they visit,
sufficient number of the ballots of the different
candidates to be voted for at the next election,
far as the same may be furnished them free OF
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