New-York tribune., 1872-11-04
THE POLICE AT TIE POLLS.

The Superintendent of Police issued, on
Saturday, the following general orders in relation to
election day:
Tuesday Nov g. ia assigned for holding election IN
the City OF NewYork. The polls OF election are qued
by law to bo opened at a. M and closed al p. m On
that day you will order tEe whole OF your command on
duty. Except those who are specially detailed by Lbe
superintendent for that day. excuse no member OF your
command who is able TO do patrol duty You %ill det
members OF your force 10 duty at the eaeh OF the
polling places from until the complexion OF eau
yassing OF votes at evening, with such tours OF dly
and rehel as YOU shaii deem proper. lou "i,i n
order in the streets and especially IN tho Nclhlty
OF the polls and about the election booths or D0Xesi 10
promptly arrest all persons violating tAe p & U
med 10 enforce the Observance Of the provisions or
the Excise law, prohibiting the selling or giving away
OF flnt0xcaun- liquors on the day WnGn ag SCc'Ia ~
Is held within quarter Of mile or the place where 'le
election is held. You will SEQ that your telegraph IN
suument Is IN order ahd III eHaIseo OF sergeant IJ
competent to work It, from M until tho completion
tion day call the adjoining precincts for their reserve,
aud furnish the required aid when called by adjoining
assumes serious aspect, telegraph tiis Office. You
will sec tiat your ballot-boxes, locks, ana Ee5s
are in order, the baOtbOXes marked or labeled as
required and properly distributed 70 the several po-
ing places in your precinct and delivered TO inc IN,
election day You viii give notice 20 tins officer promptly
OF the absence Of inspectors OF elecllon or pOcSrhs
from the pollingpaces in your precinct You viii In
sruct the members OF your force TO protect all persons
who NAV be legally acting in an orderly manner as chal
lengers at any poll OF election within your precincts ana
TO prevent the erection Of and 70 remove n erected any
box BOOTH or structure for distributing ballots within
$50 feet Of any polling place fOuI attention Is parllc1
larly called TO section Al Of tue Election laws ot Ioi2
which provides that Each candidate for any Office To
him, DESIGNATE one pgfon fo ta5h election district il
of the bsIots Containing the names OF the persons
designa6a for that Office. The Inspectors OF Elee
at such election district specified in said certificate, shall
make passage for such person 10 the sd lhspectoIs
and the said inspectors shall permit hm to be present t
the canvass OF all the ballots in the box containing the
ballots the office specified in the said certificate and
so near 10 them that ho that such canvass ana
the statement required of the votes found In each box
are correctly made And no Inspector Of Election OF
Board of Inspectors police other officer, shall allow
such person TO De molcsted or removed during the eau
yass Of such ballots or un snch s,n'eneni ~ ma oeo
made completed ahd signed uness ue 5hAI ~
ally guilty Of fraudulent or dlsOrdcrly CONDUCT IN
speCtOrs OF Election are now by law canYasc5 OF the
votes cast at elections You Will tneIeIoIS Z Zuiiuet
all circumstances protect them III the uholstutOed
improper interference with them while canyasslng tho
votes aud completing the canvass The United STATES
pacyass he wholly completed aud the proper returns
made: and personally to scrutnize. count and canvass
eIcn every ballot cast in his OF Jher respective ce
ZION districts for Representative IN Congress, whatever
NAV be the indOrsement said ballot, or IN Whatever
box IL may have been placed or Dc ouh 70 INC ma dS
the act of gress decaro that each candidate for the
Office of Representauye IN Congress shall obtain the ben
eit every vote for him cast When the canvass ms
been completed. you will take charge o. the DaoI-DoAe'
| and KEYS and return them 10 the station-hotise
JAMES j. KELso, Superintendent.
| G. ". Dilks Iuspector.
OFFICE OF THH sUPERDTEYDENr OF PoLICgl
OF TIE CITY OF NEw-lORK,
NEW-YORK, Nov. 2, 1872.
Tho pollce telegraph instrument, alter o'clock p a.
| on Nov ON lust viii be used exousyeyln transmit
ting election returns. The only exception VIII be IN
Informing the Central Onice Of any serious dtuI1auee
requiring aid the locality or hft, or the detehloh p
| lost children No cOmmunicat ON whatever must DC
made between statonhOdse and another during inc
period OF transmitting the election returns unless on IN
order from the Central Office. Nou VIII so dispose oI
the members OF your command a. 20 insure the trans
mtng Uf the result OF the canvass Oi each ucKet a INC
several election districts within your precinct 10
| vour statiOu-hOuse without delay, thence 10 be
sent Immediately, by election districts, To the Cen
tral Ofce. You will obtain canvass or each cleo
tion district in full ON the state Ticket as PIOs!deu
for by the blanks but you will only transmit by tee-
Rrapi the results Governor ana Congressman at
| Inrge Tic Fourth, Firth, SIXTH Seventh Eighth,
Ninth Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth Fourteenth, III
teent1 sixteenth Seventeenth, Eighteenth Twenty
first Twenty-eighth and Tweniy-nmth Precincts VIII
send their forthwith by special messenger as
yey received; the remaining stations Will trans
NIT their returns by telegraph. No question relative 10
the progress of will be answered from the
Central ONCE, but the canvass OF edch ticket
is completed the result WILL alarm, be transmitted 20
every for the Information OF the residents
in the vicinity. Reporters will be furnished with returns
| ut this Otiice only. ,.--,.
GEORGE w. DIKs Inspector