The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-22

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one of the judges of the district courts
of the Uuited States within his circuit
es abshall oeem best; and upon such
selection aud assignment being made,
i. shall be lawful for, aud shall be the
duty of, the district judge so designa-
ted to perform and discharge, in the
place aud stead of the said Circuit
judge, all the duties, powers, and
obligations imposed aud conferred
upon the sail circuit judge by the pro-
visions of this act.
SEC. 4. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
it shall be the duly of the supervisors
of election, appointed under this act,
and they aud each of them are hereby
sufh orized and required, to attend at
all times and places fixed for the regis
tratiou of voters, who, being regis
tered, would be entitled to vote for a
Representative or Delegate in Congress,
and TO challenge any person Offering
to register; to attend at all times and
places hen che names of registered
voters may be marked for challenge,
and to cause such names registered as
they shall deem proper to be SO marked;
TO make, when required, the lists, or
either of them, provided for in section
thirteen of this act, and verify the
SdmcY duu upOn nby oSSoSiOu, oho nv
any time when in attendance under
th- provisions of this act, to person.
ally inspect and scrutinize such regis
| try, and for purposes of Identification
To affix their or his signature TO each
and every page of the original list,
aud of each and every copy of any
| such list of registered voters, at such
| times, upon each day when any name
| may or shall be received, entered, or
registered, and in such manner, as
will, in their or his judgment, detect
and expose the improper or wrongful
| removal therefrom or addition thereto,
in any way, of any name or names
/ SEC. .. and be il further enacted, That
it shall also be the duty of the said
| supervisors of election, and they, and
| each of them, are hereby authorized
aud repaired, to attend at all times and
places for holding elections of Repre-
sentatives or Delegates in Congress,
and for counting the votes cast at said
| elections; to challenge any vote offered
by any person whose legal qualifica-
tions tie supervisors, ,or either OF them,
shall doubt; to be and remain where
the ballot boxes are kept at all times
after the polls are opened until each
and every vote cast at said time and
place shall be counted, the canvass of
all votes poIled be wholly completed.
and the proper add requisite certificates
or returns made, whether said certifi>
catee or returns be required under any
lsw Of the United States, or any State,
territnrial, or municipal law, and to
personally inspect and scrutiI ze, from
time 10 time, and at all times, on the
day of election, the manner in which
the voting is done, and the way and
method in which the poll books, regis
try lists, and tallies or check books,
whether the same are required by any
law of the United States, territorial,
or municipal law, are kept; and to the
| end that each candidate for the Office
OF representative or Delegate in Con-
gress saall obtain the benefit of every
voto for him cast. the said supervisors
Of election are, and each of them is,
hereby required, in their or bis re-
| spectiye election districts or voting
precincts, to personally scrutize, count,
and canvass each and every ballot in
their or bis election district or voting
precinct cast, whatever may be the in
dorsement on said ballot, or in what
ever box it may have been placed or be
found; to mage and forward to the
officer who, in accordance with the
| Ob eCNtAUA t1IAccu Ot THIS
act, shall have been designated as the
chiet supervisor of the judicial district
in which the city or town wherein
they or he shall serve shall be, such
certificates and returns of all such
ballots as said officer may direct and
require, aud to attach to the registry
list, and all copies thereof. and to any
certificate, statement,o or return, wheth-
er the same, or any part or portion
thereof, be required by any law of the
United States, or of any State, territo-
rial, or municipal law, any statement
touching the truth or accuracy of the
registry, or the truth or fairness of the
election and canvass, winch the said
supervisors of election, or either of
them, may desire to make or attach, or
which should properly and honestly be
made or attached, IN order that the
facts may become known, any law of
any State or Territory to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Sec. 8 And be IL further enacted, That,
the better to enable the said supervisors
| of election to discharge their duties,
they are, and each of them is, hereby
| authorized and directed, in theis re-
spective election districts or voting pres
cincts, on the day or days of registra-
| tion, on the day or days whom register
ed voters may be marked to be cbal-
lenged, and on the day or days of elec-
ton, To take, occupy, and remain in
| such position or positions, from time
to time, whether before or behind the
ballot boxes, as well, in their jadgment
best enable them or him to see each
| person offering himself for registration
i or Offering to vote, and as will best
conduce to their or his scrutinizing the
manner in which the registration or
voting is being conducted and at the
closing of the polls for the reception of
votes, they are, and each: of them 10,
hereby required to place themselves or
himself in such position in relation to
| the ballot boxes for the purpose of en-
| gaging in the work of canvassing the
ballots in said boxes contained as will
enable them or him to fully perform
the duties in respect to such canvass,
| certificates, returns, and statements
shall have been wholly completed, any