Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-30
COUNTY PRIMARY ELECTION
SATURDAY, APRIL 18th, 1872,

committee hereby request the Republican
voters OF trinity county to assemble in their
| respective precincts ON
SATURDAY, APRIL 18th, 1872,
a. o'clock, P. NJ, for the purpose of voting for
THREE DELEGATES, to attend tho Repub-
llcan state Convention to be held at the city
| OF SACRAMENTO on Thursday, April 18th, 1871
| Said Primary election to be held under POrter's
| Primary Law, and in accordance with the call
OF The Kepublicanfotate Central Committoe.
The appointment Of Supervisors for the sew
oral precincts is rs follows
Meaverville, Orson Fox; Douglas City, 4.
II. Marshall Indian Creek j. b. Siegtricd
Canon City, III. G. Wilt; North Fork, W. B.
Loyett; Cox's Bar, W. A. Pattison; Martin
vile, Il, Bontecou Hobuken, q. S. Dyer Car
raway'ss, Y. .Carraway Taylor Flat, Il. B. Bar
nun. !; Trinity Center, Ii. A. Whitmore Min
erSvllle, q. Nj. Mead; Lewiston, j. 4. lload-
ley: junction City, Asa Taylor; Georges, l..
D. kellogg Ruch's, X. B. Wells.
AT Ruoh's, Martinyile, Hoboken and Cara
Ways precincts the Primary may be held at a
9iherent hoar than that specified, provided
uue notice thereof be given by the Supervisor
OF Election, stating what time the election will
be held
Supervisors arc particularly requested to
forward the result of the Primary election in
thetr respective precincts, as soon as possible,
10 H. L. LoVejoy, Secretary County Committee
!, Inc attention of Supervisors is directed to
the following
NNTRACTs FROM Porter,s Pri.
mary Law-Statutes lSti5-0, Pages.
4iS and l39: -
!, oEC' .. The person named as Superv Isor in
tho notice required by Section / of this Act or
any person in his absence or refusal to servo
assuming OF CHOSEN to be such Supervisor OF
lhe eleGtlon aforesaid, shall first BIO sworn by
some oliiceT authorized to administer oaths or
by some resident ireeh0lder or any qualified
voter oi the precinct, ward or district, in tho
ostneo vi al ieast two witnesses of like quail
lucations' that he Is legal voter of the pre-
clnct, ward or district in which such election
Is to be heid, and tina he will correctly and
faithfully conduct such election, protect it
against all fraud and unfairness. carefiIlly and
truly canvass and report all votes east thereat
III Sucn manner as may he required by tho
authority appointing the election, and he shall
tapnolnt such assistants as shall be necessary
~ receive ana take count of the votes east,
qualified voters of the precinct.
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the Super
visor of such election to entertain objections
male by any qualified voter at said primary
erection to any vote that may be offered on tho
ground that the person offering it is not entitled
a. Uto s,, uliueI the terms OF tho published call
l3r such election, or that he is not a citizen of
.ho United states: legal resident and voter OF
nv eieftioh precinct, or that he has voted at
@ sn"' piioe OF some other on that day at tho
N.OS''oh anu III snail be the duty oil tHo
supervisor to administer to the person so offer
ihg 10 vote an OATH or affirmation, to the effect
that ne VIII truly testify concerning said mat
ters OF objection. 1t shall then be the duty of
tng supervisor to interrogate the person so OBJ,
?eeted TO concerning the objections made, and
II the person so objected TO shall refuse to an
sWer such questions after said oath shall have
Sooh administered, ii shall be the duty of tho
supervisor to reject such vote If such oath
pc ne taken and such questions be answered sat
n.y. tnb GuperVlgOr must admit the VUtb
sworn TO be qualified according to the terms OF
'he call and the provisions of this Act.
A. oEG. p Any person who is not citizen OF
on ano United states and qualified TO vote in the
county wherein the election is held at the next
uH,nlhg state, county, or municipal election
VINO shall vote ut an election held under the
ploviis:lohs OF this Act after objections made as
spe9iihed IN Section Four or any person who
shall vote more than once at the same OF differ
thd the precincts or polls on the same day and 70
the same election, whether suoh objection bo
llade or not, shall be doomed guilty of mis-
uu.iehh9r u'i ana, on conviction thereof, shall DO
punished by line, imprisonment, or both
Il, b. JUMPER, Chairman
H. r. LoVEloY, Secretary.