The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-03
ELECTION LAWS.


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ton; Prorded, That informality in the delivery of the
poll book as described by this section shall not invalidate
the vote of any precinct.
SEC. 80. On the fifteenth day after the close of the
election, or sooner, if all the returns be received, the
county clerk of the county, taking to his assistance two
~ justices of the peace of his county tone of whom shall
be of a different political party from himself, if one can
be found in his county,, shall proceed to open said re-
turns and make abstracts of the votes in the following
manner: The abstract of votes for delegate to congress
shall be in one sheet, and the abstract of votes for men,
bers of the council and house of representatives of the
general assembly shall be on another sheet; and the abb
stract of votes for county officers shall be on another
sheet; and it shall be the duty of the said county clerk of
the county Immediately to make out a certificate of cleo
ton to each of the persons having the highest number of
votes for county officers respectively, and deliver such
certificate to the person entitled to 1t, on his making
application for that purpose to the county clerk at his
Office. saGezA
SEC. 40. 1t shall be the duty of the county clerk of
each county, on the receipt of the election returns
of any general or special election, to make out
his certificate, stating therein the compensation
to. which the judges or clerks of such election may
be entitled to for services, and lay the same before the
board of county commissioners at their next meeting and
the said board shall order the compensation aforesaid to
be paid out of the county treasury.
SEC. Al. The county clerk of the county, Immediate
ly after making out abstracts of the votes given in his
county, shall make a copy of such abstract, and transmit
the same by mail, or by some proper person or persons,
to the office of the secretary of the Territory.
SEC. AZ. If the returns of the election of any county
in this Territory shall not be received at the office of the
secretary OF the Territory WITHIN thirty (3U) days after the
election, the said secretary shall forthwith send a messen-
ger to the county clerk of such county, whose duty it shall
be to furnish such messengerwith a copy of such returns;
and the said messenger shall be paid out of the territorial
treasury the sum of five (5) dollars per day, and fifteen
G5) cents per mile for each mile he shall necessarily travel
in going to and returning from the office of said clerk.
SEC. AZ. The secretary of the Territory, auditor, treas
urer, or any two of them, in the presence of the COVER
nor, shall proceed within thirty 800 DAYS after the cleo
ton, and sooner, if all the returns be received, to canvass
the vote given for all territorial officers and members of
the council and house of representatives, and the COVER
nor shall give a certificate of such election to the persons
having the highest number of votes for. each office. In
case there shall be no choice, by reason of any two or
more persons having an equal number of votes for the
same office, the governor shall call Especial election in
the manner provided by law. If any judge of the cleo
ton, or clerk, or any other officer or person, in any man
ner concerned in conducting the election, shall wilfully
neglect, improperly delay, orrefuse to perform any of the
duties required by this act, after having undertaken to
perform such duties, he shall forfeit and pay to the Ter
ritory the sum of one hundred 900 dollars and if any
such judge of the election, clerk, or any other officer or
person, in anywise concerned in conducting the election,
shall knowingly admit any person to vote not qualified
according to law, or shall knowingly receive and count
more than one vote from one person at the same election,
for the same office or shall open or unfold any ballot
when the same is presented to be deposited in the ballot
box, or shall be guilty of fraud, corruption, or partially,
or manifest misbehavior, in any matter or thing relating
to said election, each and every person so offending shall
forfeit and pay to the county the sum of five hundred
$500 dollars, to be recovered in any court of record in
this Territory, for the use of the county, in an action of
debt, with costs of suit, or at the suit of any person who
may sue for the same, one-half for the use of the person
sueing and the other half for the use of the county; and
every such person so offending shall, on conviction, be
rendered incapable of holding any office within this Terri
tory.
SEC. A. If any judge or judges of election shall re-
fuse to receive the vote of any eector, who shall comply
or offer to comply with the provisions of this act, then
every judge, or the judges so refusing or neglecting to
receive the vote of the person aforesaid, and to record it
as a legal vote, shall be liable ito be indicted, and on
conviction, be fined five hundred $500 dollars, and
imprisoned not exceeding thirty 800 days.
SEC. As. 1t the county clerk of any of the several
COMMITTEES of This Territory shall nao1ect ar raf,Sa 10 nor
form any of the duties as such clerk, as specified in this
act, he shall be liable to be indicted, and, on conviction,
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding FIVE hundred 5000
dollars, and imprisoned in the county Jail not exceeding
thirty 500 days.
SEC. 46. If any person shall mutilate or erase any
name, figure or wordin a poll book, taken or kept at any
election, or if any person shall take away such poll book
from the place where it has been deposited for safe keep
ing, with an intention to destroy the same, or to procure
or prevent the election of any person or if any person
shall destroy any poll book.so taken and kept at any cleo
ton, he or she shall be liable to be indicted, and, on con-
veion, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred $500
dollars, and imprisoned in the county Jail not exceeding
thirty 800 days.
Sec. At. The county board of canvassers shall not
throw out the vote of any precinct and the vote of every
precinct returned to the county clerk shall be counted.
TITLE III.
PROVIDING THE MANNER OF coNTEsTING ELECTIONS.
SEC. 48. The council and house of representatives
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