, 1872-07-24

the Elective District Of Christiansted 9 members
and the same number of crown-members for St.
Croix. The Members who withdraw may be
reelected.
The franchise or right of voting is vested in
every man of unblemished character, who has
the Right of Nativity, or has resided in the
Danish Westindia Islands for 8 years, who has
attained the age of 25 years, who has not been
legally deprived of the management of his pro-
perty, and who either owns a property in the
municipality that is calculated likely to yield a
yearly rent of at least 100 dollars in St.
Thomas. and of at least go dollars in st. Croix
and st. j John, or in the preceding year has had
a clear annual income of 500 dollars. He must,
moreover, have resided at least l year in the
municip atty and be settled within the Elective
District in which he ~sojOurns at the time the
election takes place, and his name must be on
the list of persons entitled to vote. A person
having residence i~nseveraI elective districts can
determine in which Of them he will exercise his
right of voting.
No person can be considered of unblemished
character who by judgment of the court has
been found guilty Of an act ignominiouS in the
public opinion.
10.
Every person who possesses the qu%alifica-
tlOuS OH WHICH Lu0 TlSnG vi FOtIhS Is UdS6u IL
eligible to be voted for as a Member. 1t is
not, however, necessary, that he shall have resi-
ded permanently in the elective district, or
that his name shall be on the list of persons
entitled to vote. The Governor and the Presi-
dent, as we'll as the Governments Secretaries
and the Presidents Secretary, rs also the Off
Gals and the Assistants in the Secretary's, the
BoOkkeeper's and Treasurer's Office, are
not Eligible.
The elections in every district are to be I'M
der the "Herintendence of Board of Directors,
consisting s.. the Judge in the Jurisdiction, for
st. Thomas with St. John the Judge in St.
Thomas. as chairman and of two inhabitants OF
the municipality, the one appointed by the Su-
perior Authority, and the other by the respec-
tive Colonial Council. In case of no one being
appointed by the Colonial Council, or any one
appointed being prevented from officiating at
the election. the chairman must appoint
another qualified inhabitant to act temporarily
as q member of the Board.
A Protocol, duly authorised by the Superior
Authority, must be furnished the Elective
Board, to which all communications and the
Election-LiSts are to be produced. In this
protocol the most essential points of the pro-
ceedings of the Board and the result Of the
elections are to be entered. The protocol
must be signed by the Directors at the close of
each meeting, and remain in the charge of the
Chairman. In case of diversity of opinioa be-
tween the members of the Board, the majority
of Y~Qtes-decides the question, but the Minority
has the right of entering their dissenting vote
in the Election Protocol.
81.
The elections are to take place according to
lists containing the names of the persons emit
tied to vote, which lists are to be drawn up eve
ry year by the Elective Board in the month Of
January, and founded upon the tax-reports
adapted for this purpose.
For the use of the Elective Board, the Tax
Commission of each municipality shall, in the
month of December, furnish the chairman of
each Elective Board with a list comprising
those who have on the latest rendered taxlists
reported a clear annual income of 500 dollars,
and those who own properties in the district,
which, according to the latest assessment of
yearly rent for the calculation of the ~rent-tax,
are considered likely to yield the amount of
yearly rent mentioned in ) Is, as also a list of
such persons who possess property in the dis
trist, not assessed for the ~rent-tax, but which
according to an estimate based on the same
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