Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-12-21

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moderator shall be elected.
SEC. 1. When o moderator shall have
been elected under the provisions of this
uct. or in the ordinary method az now
regulated by statute, any person may
present to the moderator demand IN
writing signed by at least twenty legal
voters. in the following form, to Wit ;
I'VE demand a ballot with a record of the
persons voting fer the following town
officers, TO wit.
One Town Clerk.
Three SeectmeR,
One Town Treasurer,
One 0verseer of the Poer,
One frat Constable lwhe shall be collector Of
taxes
Three Listers or Assessors.
Three Auditors.
One Trustee OF Public Moneys,
Thee Fence Viewers
Three Grand Jurors,
One Inspector OF l., ather,
One Tow n Agent,
One superintendent Of Common Schools"
And ,heleupon the moderator shall order
ballot with such reco, d, add the raues
of the persons voted for shalt lie Written
or printed on one ballot under the des.
nation Of the office th,y arc Intended to
fiji.
SIC, S. After giving reasonable tine
80 the voters to deposit their ballots, the
moderator shall proclaim that the bal
letting will cease in fifteen minutes. ard
at the expiration of said fifteen minutes,
If any voter shall demand adddtionsl
time to deposit ballots, the moderator
shall proclaim that baloting will perem-
ptorily cease in Fifteen minutes, at the ex-
riratiou Of which time the moderator, &C.
lectmen and civil authority, shall proceed
to cut apart, sort, and count the votes
given for the respective officers and The
person re ewing the greatest number Of
votes for the respective named tfiicIs
shall be declared elected ard their uam
shall be recorded in the Town Ce,k's
office as the person elected to their respec-
tive Offices for the year ensuing.
SEC. s. Should there be equal number
OF votes for any of the ofhc ers mentioned
in section four Of this act, further bal
lot may be had under the provisions Of
this act, or in the ordinary method as
now regulated by statute. until such office
shall be au election.
SEC. 7. Any vacancy ia any Of the
above named of6c es during the year may
be filled at any legal town meeting named
for that purpos under the provisions Of
this act.
Src. s. The record of the names of the
persons voting shall be led in the Town
Clerks officer, and the original record or
q duly certified copy thereof shall be trea-
ted in all courts this State as legal evil
dence Of the fact, that the persons whose
namesappear upon said record, did cast
their ballots as indicated in said record,
end all the provisions of the General Stat.
uies inarega,d to the rights, duties, and
powers Of town officers shall apply to the
officers elected under the provisions of
this act aud all penalties for fraudulent
illeg voting. or attempt to vote, or the
disturbances of town meetings. shall apply
to such persons as shall commit any Of
the crimes or misdemcanors above speci-
Sed. 'if'-i5 sna
Sec 9,-This act shalt not apply to
towns having less than three thousand
i've hundred iuhabitants by the last Uni
tel States Census report, and the proyis-
ions of this act shall not be enforced in
any town until said town shall vote to &C.
cept the same, at the town meeting regular.
ly warned and holden for the purpose.
SEo,olo. This act shall take effect from
It's passage
Approved, November. q, 1854.