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.t and Amending Sections s3s, pa
,, and 246 ofthe Compiled Laws Of
N UtSh, 1855, relating 10 Regis
4 traiion and Elections.
e Chapter ].
e Section 1. BE n enacted ~
# He GoueyJior and Leg7adtirc As
e seDi5y Of he Territory Of Utah:
That Section DIS of the Com
pilei Laws OF Utah OF 1855, is
hereby amended by striking out Of
e the first line Of said section the
4 words, ''first Monday of Angus, -
!. and inserting in lieu thereof the
words, TUESDAY next after the first
Monday in November"
E Sec. .. That, on or before the first
day of August In each year, there
shall be appointed registration Of
ficer for each county IN this Terri
tory, aud registrar for each cleo
: ton precinct in the several counties
thereof. Before entering upon the
, discharge CT his duties, each of said
officers shall take and subscribe an
oath TO faithfully perform the duties
of his Office and he shall enter into
a bond to the Territory Of Utah,
with two or more good and sufiic-
lent sureties, to be approved by, and
with said oath filed with the clerk
Of the probate court OF the county
in which his official acts are to be
performed. the bond OF the county
registration officer shall be in the
sum Of one thousand dollars,and the
bond OF the precinct registrar shall
be in the sum Of five hundred dol
lars, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance OF his official duties.
See. 3. There shall be an annual
registration Of voters in each cleo
ton precinct in this Territory, the
boundaries Of which, In whole or i'm
part, are within the limits of any
Incorporated city in this Territory,
aud il shall be the duty of each pre-
Observation-Disclosures provideh him.
self with an office which shall be stu
ated in some public and convenient
place in the precinct, and be open
to the public every week day during
the first fifteen days of the month
Of September in each year, during
the following hours: From am. |
till IL M; from . pm. till PM; |
and from pm. till 9p.m.; during |
which time he shall attend and |
register, Mt his said office. and at |
no other time or place, all persons |
entitled u vote in said election pre-
cinct, who shall appear before him |
at his office, and there take and
subscribe the following cath or afIir-
nation:
/ TERRITORY OF UTAH,
County Of - ~
I -, being duly sworn, Tor af-
hfmed) depose and say that AN over
tweniy-ons years of age: that | have
resided in the Territory of Utah for
six months last passed and in this
election precinct or in the election pre-
cinct from which has been created
within the thirty days last past this
election precinct. as the case may be,
Tor one month Immediately preceding
the date hereof: and that / am a ina
tive born or naturalized as the case
may be- citizen OF the United States.
that my full name is.............. ............
tnat am ----.-....-.... ........years OF age,
that my place Of business is ...............
that my place Of residence Is ............
that am single or married) man;
that the name Of my lawful wife is.....
-......-.; and that will support the Con-
stitution Of the United States, and will
faithfully obey the laws thereof. and {
especially will obey the act Of Congress
approved March p, 1852, entitled: San
act to amend Section 5Sj2 of the Re
vised Statutes Of the United States in
reference to bigamy and for other pur-
poses and that ! will also obey the
act Of Congress Of March 5, 1851, en-
titled: AN act to amend an act en- |
Titled An act to amend Section 1852 OF
the Revised Statutes Of the United I
states IN reference to bigamy and for
other purposes. approved March -, {
1857, IN respect Of the crimes in said !
act defined and forbidden, and that I
VIII not, directly or indirectly, aid or a
abei, counsel or advise any other per \
son 10 commit any Of said crimes de- :
fined by acts of Congress as POLY gamy.
bigamy, unlawful cOhabiiaiion. incest,
and fornica;ion, that am NOT |
a bigamis ST, polygamist, or living in I'M q
lawful cohabitation, associating or CO. q
hablIing pOlygamously with persons
Of the other sex; and that / have not 4
been convicted Of the crime OF bigany, !
polygamy, unlawful conabiizti0n, in 4
cest, adultery or fornicaiion.
Subscribed and sworn TO before mo
this..-....-.. Of. ............., AID.
Is. 7
cAsAh lof s...-.----..--.. Brecincts -
lu.--.----.. ----....-.... County. z
Upon receipt Of said oath or affir-
nation the registrar. in the presence q
Of said voter, shall place his name :
upon the registry list Of the voters n
Of the election precinct in which he
resides, and all Of such oaths or u
aflirmations and the registration a
list shall be delivered by the pre-
;inct registrar TO the clerk Of the II
probate court OF the proper county,
Il least thirty days prior 10 any ie
election for which they may have u
cen taken and prepared, aud they p
'halI be public records therein. and IL
'ueject TO inspection and examina- "
ion by any person applying TO see ie
hem during usual business hours. III
Sec. 4. Objections TO the right to III
'ote OF any person registered shall n
Ne heard and determined by a board "
# three persons, who shall be an III
ointed annually in the same man. OF
Ter as the registration7ofiicers, none "a
4 whom shall have acted as regis 10
ration officers or precinct registrars =,
Turing the registration Immediately ei'
reeeding the filing OF such ohjec- =,
ion, or be candidates for any office IN
be filled ut the next ensuing cleo
lon; not more than two Of the iil
members OF such board shall belong te'
the same political party, il there 10
more than one political party in
lch election precinct. and one Of IN
ZEN shall be Of the political Iarty "a
'hich was in the minority at the 'u'
st preceding election, IL any such el'
arty there be in such election pre- I'M
met, and where there are three ce'
1litical parties therein, one mem an
sr of such board shall be selected uo
ON each OF such parties. The Oh. ere
elton shall be In writing and shall eis
'ecify the grounds Of disqualifca-
on and the burden Of proof to sus- as
in the objection shall rest upon ne
e OhJectOr. Decision shall be rec
ndered and announced on each an
lection within forty-eight hours ua
ter the hearing thereof, and a list sue
the names ordered stricken of tnt
all be posted at the same place the the
gisry list is posted at least eight l
Us Immediately preceding the yo,
ection. yo'
Sec. 5. Section e45 Of the Com an,
led Laws Of Utah, lsss, is hereby ual
lended by striking out Of the At
nth line Of said section the word :
fifteen" ami inserting in lieu or
ereof the words TWENTY-FIVE .
Sec. 6. Section 2i5 Of the Com or {
ed Laws Of Utah OF 1855, is :
reby amended by striking out ayr
e word Fifteen" in the tenth line =
said section, and inserting in lieu oil
ereof the rds'.twenty-fve. "and que
striking out the word "htho in une