Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-20
%gEGCLsTIONs ADOPTED FOB HOLD.
U3 ING FIRsr ELECTION.


Tor the whole District Of Columbia to consist the
Han GeSrss $ Gfdeep' William g. H He samuel an
W. Owen, Thomas Martin and John i. Oook, q
whose duty i shall 70 make ont a. fui and psr n
Get list ei the qualified voters OF each delegate
said Bcsrd shall d sessSn G IN AND Mee orp I 6e
sa,a deitgate Districts, as follows:
II snG foT the fifth and sixth. the Seventh aud and
Twelfth, the thirteenth and Fourteenth. the FIJI.
,sen,h ana sx,eenth the seven,eenth and Eigh
NJ - and Twenty second, not less than more
esh thTes days and ha give at least i've days
,bsi Msshngton OF the several places and times of
1A'Td-lt shall be the duty of the said board 10
nave the lists Of voters for all the several delegate
day Of April next and as the same shall be com.
pleted ourahg the progress of the work, 10 have
public places in each q said districts the is,t Of
w nlcn shall De printed and 50 put gP not less than
that notice ef the persons inscribed as voters or
emitted from the list res peotvely, may be given
lcts without delaying for the completion of all
EoWrfh.-The said beard shall convene AZ the civ
Hail, IN the city of Washington the 18th dsy Of
April next at the hour Of O'Clock, m, and mold
session Of four days, sitting from O'Clock. a m
III O'clock p. "a tor the purpose Of rr.ctIng
the lists aforesaid ~ striking OF the names of per
placing thereon the names of others who are quaI.
nea 10 Note but which had been omitted In the drs!
Ard the said board shall have the right 70 employ
such clerical assistance as they deem necessary
70 enable tn IN 10 perform their said duties with
efficiency Immediately upon the completion o!
said Board OF BegistTstion shall maze or canse 70 BE-
MADE out duplicate, corrected list of the voters
said onse # which they shall send to the Govsrsor
OF the lhstrict OF Columbia, and the other To the
And no person shall be admitted 10 vote AZ rbe
electen whose mare is not found on the list of the
be deri,d the right TO vote whose name anal ba
found upon the lit OF tbs district where he belongs
Of voters intended tor the use of the Extraordinarily
enis OF election, the Governor is authorized to fur
zion. which shall have the sane authority a. the
RIM 1t thall be the duty Of the Governor Of the
Sic Disttist to have the r.quired number of ballot
and , hd inns Ior tally lists and All the stationery
prepared in time aud furnished TO the superinf, nd
Of ecoS sp etnRs @ the gS E On 9ra1g
the District OF Columbia slSex penses which may be
SlrM.-There shall be APPOINTED three snnsrin.
,enoents OF election for each Of the deet districts
which due notice win be given, whose duty it snail
Oe 10 hold the election as directed and who before
posed each Iast the 81 osS ausS s
en pre- by the thirty first section of the act
Should any one or more Of said superintendants
"a 10 attend or perform the duties hereby assigned
shall be supplied By the oT
tendents present; but should none of Sc ho had
Of Quite. then shall be I
qualified voters assembled at the place Of voting
peTintendenis in the place OF those in dksnlt' Who
shall then proceed TO conduct the election in the
Srsnth.-It shall be the duty of said superintend-
ent: before opening the polls, or entering upon heir
sworn or affirm to the faithful performance of their
en- 1fe M as that prescribed for
II shall be the duty of the clerks appointed and
Potns i that ,ls ss sha
ssos the name. OF all persons who may vote in any
certify 10 be correct ard place them in the ballot
toxea along with the ticxets, sealed up as herein
One Of the CLERKS shall be selected by two Of the
OF election for each of the prerncis
perinteRd. and if there shall not be prese{r ST
Inc opening of the polls at any precinct more than
one of said clerks-prOydei no selection sha have
been previously madeh accordance with this rCgu-
E,ghm The vsting shalIbe By ballot, and every
voter may deliver written or printed tickets as ne
nsmes o. the person or persSSns voted for, and dssg
or IN Connection Win the 9e,rra persons voted
which the vote may lie given.
N,Hta. 1t shsll be the duty OF eacb superiaten-
dent Of election who shall receive the lick of an
elecor to call out aloud the name Of such elector
w.eh shsii De uttered by the clerks IN separate
T-ah-AlI tickets folded az aforesaid. and mar
ally delivered bS the voter and none other snail
be deposited in the ballot boxes, aud sara boxes
shall remain unopened ill the polls are closed.
Itsrenf4 When the polls are closed The said
boz IS shall be opened by snPerntendents who shall
thereon respectively and the clerks shall each care
fully enter, read. each ticket it is taken from
prepared Tor that purpose so that The nnsg II
votes fer each candidate tailed thereon may 10
T,esJiG.-The supefinteDdents shall then forth
with proceed to make out return of the election 10
found Tor each Candidate Tor The SGss Of De-
eeate - CONGRESS- and deeeste 70 the Legislative
respectively which certificates Of returus
Coum6is, ana signed by the superintendents Of Of
siestion, or ma CIity Of them in The respective
person along with the ballot boxes srefHy sealed
mp in which they shall have have fEs, placed an the
kept BY the clerks, and the papers 3ntsnng an
Ytirtesnti. From the return. made to the Cover
nor as aforesaid it shall be his duty to ascertain
the United States: and the persons elected As Dele
gates to the Legislative Assembly Of the District Of
aforesaid, and within two days after bis receiving
said returns in fuil TO transn il certificate Of his
s slsesE !.
notice se,tng ont 10 dsis'i the nn@eer Of soIes
voted for as Delegate to the Congress Of The United
ststss 81 as deiesses to the legislative Assembly
shall retain in some secure place, sealed up they
come TO him. 70 be called for if needd By any com.
'etsn a ss.1S[fh election referred to in tn. pre-.
cediug referred regulation shall be held on THURS
DAY the ath day of April next, at some public aud
Convenient place in each OF fbe twenty two delegate
districts as aforesaid TO be hereafter selected due
and timely notice whereof shall be given, and tine
polls shall be open at O'Clock a In and Continue
open till O'Clock p. M. Of the said day.
Fittssnfh.-The Board Of Registration shall be in
ses.on at che City Hall on the day Of election Tor
the purpose of issuing certificates TO persons IN
whose names residences there may be clerical
errors in irsn,cribipg the lists furnished the Officers
ui eIt ction bus names shall be added TO the fists
or removed therefrom said day These certid-
Gates shall be received by the superntendeots of
election end be returned by them with the list 81
voters kept by the clerks, and no errors whatever
shall be corrected except make he lists fur
nished the neutrality-suspicious. of election conform
The lists originally made by the Board Of Regis
HID. COOKE, Governor
d. X. CARTTER. Chief Justice
ANDREW WYLIE, Justice
r OIJN.