The weekly Butte record., 1863-08-22

N conducting the elections and making the retarns.
Section IL Of the law regulating elections, tgyosis
digest)ays;
Before any election shall te opened. the inspector
IaG-es and Clerks shall each before anv oaicer
authorized 70 sdTniniSter o2ths take an oath that
he Viii faithfully and inlnarti4v diScha-ss the 5l-
ties assigned him by law. Il there i no Fsersaa
present authorized 10 administer o2zhs the Inspect
Or shall administer the sane 70 the judges aad
Clerks and one Of the Judges shall then administer
the oath 70 the Inspector.
Ssc. >. When any person Offering TO vote IS
challenged, i shan be the daty of the Beard Of
Judges u declare 70 hin the gualiicAiions Of an
elestor-
SEC. o. II such person shall inSis; that he i en-
titled 10 vote and the challenge shall not lie with
drawn, he shall mol be entitled To vote an les be take
the falIawiag oath, 70 be administered by the In
spector. or one Of the JadseS, VIZ:
You DO swear Tor affirm. as the case may be.l
that you are citizen ot the United St2teS; that ven
are Of the age Of tweHtyole years according 70 the
best Of your knowledge and belief; that you have
resided IA This state SIX months EeXt preceding
this election ana That yQG have not voted tbs day
Upon taking which cath he shall he entitled Ia
vote Tor State ofcers and Il he offer 70 vote for agv
district county. or township ocer, he shall IN al
dIilon thereto, make oath that ne has resided Ia
such district, county or township, (as the case may
be.l thirty days.
SIC. So II the person thus challenged shall take
/ the oath thus rendered u him by the board Of
Judges. he Shall be admitted 10 yele. and L >A1I
not be iawfnl, after he has taken such oath al
I firmatoa for said Board II examine any witnesses
touching his want OF qualifications bal if be shall
refuse to take the oath or affirmation 50 rendered
him, his vote shall be rejected.
Section IS Of an Act entitled An Act 70 ReEs,-
late Elections, passed March 23Ed, ls50, approved
April Goth, lS63, reads Is follows
As soon as all the votes are read Of and counted,
! 4 certificate shall he drawn Up each OF the pa
pers containing the poll >t ana TALES or attached
! thereto stating the number of votes each person
voted for has received. and designating the Office TO
NIL which he WAS voted for which number shall be
/ written in words Al full length. Each certificate
shall be sigued by the Clerks. the Judges and In
and tally paper II which II is attached shall be re-
tanned By the Inspector, and preserved by him az
least SIX months. The ballots shall be strluE Gpon
a cord or thread hy the Inspector during the coant
ing Of the ballots, in the order in which they are
entered upon the tally liSt by the Clerks and said
ballots. together with the other of said certificates
with the poll list and tally paper TO which il Is at
tached, shall be sealed up by the Inspector in pres
ence OF the judges and Clerks ana endorsed " Flee
ton Returns, and lie directed and delivered. or
sent by the Inspector to the County Clerk of the
county III which the election i held and the said
ballots shall be kept for at least SIX months by said
Clerk; and if any person be OF the opinion hat the
vote of any precinct shall not have been correctly
counted, he may appear the day appointed ion
the Board of Supervisors II open the retatus and
demand a recount of the vote OF said precinct, ana
/ the Board Of supervisors shall proceed 10 recount
the vote Of the precinct that is claimed to have
been incorrectly counted