Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-11-04

We present below list of the judge
of election next Tuesday III the several
precincts Of Thurston county. The
names Of inspectors appear first:
Olympia-Benj. Harmed, d. Il. Bigelow
and William Pix.
Tumwater F b. Kendall, Joseph
Cornell and Jesse Ferguson.
Chambers Prairie-J. NJ. Hawk, VIM.
Parsons and John Chapman.
Union-C. p. Judson, James Wood
and Isaac Sayles.
Black Rivera. E. Young, Thomas
Rutledge and Jacob Krall.
Grand Mound-Reece Brewer, John
5. French and Russ d. Candy.
Coal Bank-Aaron Webster, Alex.
Yantis and Stephen Hcdgden.
Mud Bay-Wm. Campbell, Thos. Car
ney and Henry Burns.
Yelm-James Longmire, Geo. Lott
and Thos. NJ. Chambers.
The judge and inspector of each pre-
cinct before opening the polls shall APP
point two clerks.
Polls shall open at 9 A. NJ. and keep
open until 6 P. NJ, except recess may be
taken of one hour at any time previous to
Bpm.
The following is the text of the first
four sections of chapter one of the cleo.
ton law, in regard to qualifications of
electors, section No. l having been re-
pealed:
Sec. 2. For the purpose of voting, no
person shall be deemed to have gained or
lost residence by reason of his presence
or absence while employed in the service
OF the United States, nor while engaged
IN the navigation of the waters of this
Territory, Or of the United States, or of
the high seas; nor while student of any
seminary OF learning; nor while kept at
any alms-house or other asylum; ror
while confined in any public prison, ex-
ceplng when serving out a sentence in
the penitentiary for an infamous crime.
Sec. 3. No idiot or insane person
or persons convicted of an Infamous crime
shall be entitled to the privileges of an
elector.
Sec. 4. "Absence from the Territory
on business shall not affect the question
Of residence of any person; awovided,
The right to vote has not been claimed OF
exercised elsewhere"
SEC. 5. A crime shall be deemed in
famous which is punishable by death or
by imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The following is the text of an act to
define the duties Of the inspector and
judges Of election:
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted bu the
Legislative assembly Of the Territory of
Washington, That is shall be the duty of
all inspectors of elections, before deposit
ing the ballot of any voter in the ballot
box, to number each and every ballot
with the number to correspond with the
number OF the voter as registered by the
clerks Of election.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
judges and inspectors of elections in each
precinct, after the close of the polls, for
the judges to count the votes; the insrec-
ter to string the ballots at time of count
ing, and after all the ballots have been
counted and strung, it shall be the duty
Of the inspector to place them in sealed
envelope and write thereon ballots Of
precinct -- county, Washington Terri
tory, of election held this - day of
.-, 1856, and send said sealed enve-
lope to the auditor of the county where
said election is held, who shall keep said
sealed envelope containing said ballots
unopened for the period OF six months, to
be used only as evidence in case or cases
Of contest when called for, at the end of
which time it shall be the duty of said
county auditor to burn said ballots in
presence Of two other county officers.