Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-03
The District i'm Congress.

THE BILL FOR A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THE STAR recently contained the most i'm
portant features of the Durant bill introduced
in the House by Mr.. Gillette OF Iowa, establish
ing government for the District Of Columbia.
The other features of the bill provide that the
governor shall be elected annually on the
Tuesday next after the 1St Monday In Novem-
Der 1850; that he must be citizen of the United
states and have possessed that quality for at
Immediately preceding his election resident OF
the District, and at the date of his election not
less than thirty years Of age; The persons
second council must be citizens of the United
States, having possessed that quality for at
Least hree years nave oeeh or hye years next
of Columbia, and at the date of their election
not less than 25 years OF age. No person shall
be deemed to be a resident Of the District OF
Columbia who during the periods OF residence
above mentioned for the eligibility of the
several officers respectively shall have voted
politically outside Of the District of Columbia;
and no person shall be eligible to hold any Office
of honor, profit or trust, whether elective or
appOintable, under the government of the Dis
tTict of Columbia established by the act, unless
he:be registered voter in the said District. The
register is authorized to appoint in each ward
one person, not less than thirty years of age,
who shall have been resident of his ward not
less than five years, who shall act as register of
voters in his ward. The registration is to COM
mence ON Monday, the goth Of october, 1880,
and continue until and including Saturday, Dc
ted from am. to SPIN. each day. The reg
listers are to be paid four dollars per day,
and have clerk each at three dollars per day.
The ballots for voting shall be made in the
following manner: book for each ward shall
be repaired in the likeness Of an ordinary
blank check-booS, with stub. and attached
thereto blank, which shall be The ballot. The
stub shall contain the number thereof, the date
OF registration, the date Of the election to be
held, and the name of the voter. The ballot
attached shall contain the same number, the
designation of the officers to be voted for, and
the attestation and seal of notary public at
the foot, so that the book shall appear in some
No. 1.-Registered November /, 1879, John
Jones: election November 8, 1879. No. 1.-Elec-
ton November s; ls.S-For governor; Ward
For Delegate. Attest: --. IL. 81 Notary
Public
= The President Of the United States shall cause
a book to be prepared containing fifteen hum
dred Of such stubs and ballots, to be delivered
to each one of the registers OF voters appointed
by him. The President shall appoint notary
public to attend at each one of the registration
rooms for the purpose OF attesting and sealing
the ballots, for which Service he shall receive
three dollars day. The said notary public
shall not attest or seal any ballot until the voter
shall have been duly registered, whereupon the
ballot thus atlested and sealed shall be placed
in the unsealed, above-described envelope, and
handed by the register or his clerk to the voter.
Any notary public who shall attest or seal
ballot before the voter shall have been regis
tered or who shall violate any Of the provisions
VI Ills dCt, Shall De ilauie W prosecution Uy
Indictment or information, and on conviction
shall be punishedaby imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary for not less than one year and not more
than five years.
When the registration is closed the books are
to be deposited with the Secretary Of the Int
rior for safe keeping On Monday, october 9th,
he is to deliver them to an appeal board created
by the act, which is to hear and determine all
appeals. The polls are to be open from am.
to pm.
The President shall cause to be prepared for
I'd hal or hnyY lar 10
usual size, composed Of iron, and similar to the
street letter boxes now in use; each box shall be
fastened with lock and two keys; one Of the
keys shall be delivered to the registers of voters
of the wards respectively, on the day of election
and the other key to the Secretary Of the Int
only in depositing the envelope contain
ing the ballots in the box, which may
be done by the voter in person or by an agent.
and no one shall be challenged or in any way re-
and clerk shall make out in each ward returns
stating the number of votes cast for each candi-
date, and the notary public in each ward shall
attest and seal the said returns, which shall be
delivered by the registers to the Secretary OF the
Interior, who shall examine the same and re-
port the result to the President who shall
thereupOn issue his proclamation declaring the
result, and the new government under this act
shall go into operation On Monday, the 9th day
Of November, 1850.
The first meeting of the council is to be ON the
10th of November, 1880. At the same time the
governor is elected. There is also to be elected
a District delegate to serve the remainder OF the
present 10th Congress. The government thus
created is restrained from issuing bonds of any
kind or to let work out by contract, but is re-
nor's salary is fixed at 81, 600 per year, and the
members Of the council $50 annually