Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-12-23

nv" ~ " any DNASO
may present to the moderator a deman
in writing signed by at least twenty lega
voters, in the following form, to wit -
I'VE demand ballot with a record O
the names Of the persons voting for tn,
following town officers, TO wit:
One Town Clerk,
Three Select Men,
One Town Overseer,
One Overseer of the Poor,
One first Constable (who shall be col
lector of taxes,)
Three Listers or assessors,
Three Auditors,
One Trustee Of Public Moneys,
Three Fence Viewers,
Three Grand Jurors,
One Inspector OF Leather,
One Town Agent, and
One Superintendent Of Comm O n
Schools"
And thereupon the moderator shall or
der a ballot with such record, and the
names of the persons voted for shall be
written or printed on one ballot under
the designation of the office they are in
tended to fill.
Sec. 5. After giving reasonable time
to the voters to deposit their ballots the
moderator shall proclaim that the ballot
ing will cease in fifteen minutes, if any
voter shall demand additional time to de-
pusit ballots, the moderator shall proclaim
that the balloting will peremptorily cease
in fifteen minutes, at the expiration of
which time The moderator, selectmen and
civil authority, shall proceed to cut apart
sort and count the votes given for the
respective Offices, and the person receiv-
ing the greatest number of votes for the
respective named offices shall be declar>
ed elected, and their names shall be re-
corded in the town clerks office, as the
persons elected to their respective offices
for the year ensuing.
Sec, 6. Should there be an equal
number of votes for any of the offices
mentioned in section four of this act,
further ballot may be had under the pro-
visions of this act, or in the ordinary
method as now regulated by statute, un-
til such office shall be filled by an elec-
ton.
Sec. Z. Any vacancy in any of the
above named offices during the year may
be filed at any legal town meeting nam>
ed for that purpose under the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 8. The record of the names of
persons voting shall be filed in the town
clerks office, and the original record or
a duly certified copy thereof shall be
treated in all courts in this State as legal
evidence of the fact, that the persons
whose names appear upon said record
lid cast their ballots as indicated in said
'ecord, and all the provisions of the Gen
,ral Statutes in regard to the rights, du>
les, and power of town officers shall ap.
lly to the officers elected under the pro
visions of this act, and all penalties for
fraudulent and illegal voting, or attempt
o vote, or the disturbance of town meet
ngs, shall apply to any such persons as
hall commit any of the crimes OIL misde-
neanors above specified.
Sec. 9. This act shall not apply to
owns having less than three thousand
i've hundred inhabitants by the last Uni
ed States Census Report, and the pro-
isions of this &C. shall not be enforced
D any town until said town shall vote to q
ccept the same at the town meeting reg s
larly warned and holden for that pur- !
ose.
See. 10. This act shall take effect 9
rom its passage. 4
Approved, Nov. 81, 1854. I
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