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punishment attached by the laws Of

punishment attached by the laws Of
this Territory 10 perjury.
Sec. Il. If any judge OF the cleo
ton shall Knowingly receive or
sanction the reception of vote from
any person not having all the
qualifications Of an eiector, pre-
scribed by law, or receive or sane
ton the reception Of a ballot from
any person who shall refuse TO an
swcF any persons which shall be
put 10 him, in accordance with the
provisions OF this act. or shall refuse
or sanction th,, ref sal by any other
judge Of the board TO which he shall
belong, 10 administer either Of the
oaths or affirmations prescribed 10y
section ofthis chapter, shall he
guilty Of a misdemeanor.
Chapter 2.
Sec. l. That Oh or before the first
day Of April, in the year 1891, there
shall he appointed for each incorpor-
ated city in this Territory that an
der existing laws would elect OIL
Gers in the year 1891, n regis
.ration officer for such city and
a registrar for each municipal cleo
ton QFccinct in each municipal
wapl therein, and in the year 1892,
and biennially thereafter, there
shall be appointed Il registration
officer for each incorporated city in
this Territory, and n registrar for
each municipal election precinct in
each municipal ward therein. Be
fore entering upon the discharge Of
his duties, each OF said officers shall
take aud subscribe an oath to faith
fully perform the duties Of his office,
and he shall enter into a bond to
the Territory Of Utah, with two or
more good and sufficient sureties, 10
be approved by and filed with the
Clerk Of the Probate Court OF the
comfy in which his official acts are
to be Performed; the bond Of the
city regisqation officer shall be In
the sum OF one thousand dollars,
and the bond Of the election pre-
ciBct registrars shall be in the sum
Of five hundred dollars, conditioned
for the faithful performance Of his
olilClal GuueS-
Sec. .. Each municipal ward 4
shallconsiitute an election precinct 1
for municipal elections and the 4
boundaries Of no election precinct 1
shall be changed within seventy |
days prior TO any municipal cleo
ton, unless il shall appear 10 the 4
City Council Of the city in which |
the election fr.afprf = .;t,.,F.F
that there are more than five hun
dred legal voters residing therein,
in which case the City Council shall
proceed to create within and for
such municipal ward, two or more
election precincts as hereinafter
in this section provided. Whenever
il shall appear from the registra-
ton lists being prepared for any
election precinct that such election
precinct contains more than five
hundred legal voters. the Regis
trati0n Officer having the custody Of
such lists shall Immediately report
the fact 10 the Mayor aud City |
Recorder OF the city in which such
election precinct is situated, and TO
the Secretary OF the Territory; anu
such Mayor and City Recorder shall
forthwith notify the members Of the
City Council, and such City COun-
ell shall Immediately meet and
create, within and for such munich
pal ward, two or more election pre-
cincts, and make such election pre-
cincts as compact in form and equal
in population as may be, so that
there shall not be more than five
voters in any one election
precinct, and no election precinct
shall be made out Of parts Of any
Two or more municipal wards, nor
shall the boundaries Of any election ,
precinct he changed within one .
month prior 10 any municipal cleo
ion. Within ten days after the
Of any new election pre-
met, and prior TO the first ensuing ,
election, the Registration ,
officer for such new election pre-
'inct, il such officer shall have been :
appointed, and II not, then the a
Officer Of the election !
lrecinct from which the new cleo :
ion precinct was created, shall pre- +
are a registration list for such new +,
lection precinct and place thereon /
ne names Of all the registered voters 4
esiding in the new election precinct !
md strike the names Of al such :
'ersons from the registration list Of =
ny other election precinct from :
which the new election precinct 4
nay have been created. There shall =
e but one polling place in each cleo n
ion precinct, and but one ballot y
OK used ut any election therein. n
And the voters shall vote in the !,
lection precinct in which they y
eside. :
Sec. B.. There shall be a registra- y
on Of voters in each municinaI .
lection precinct in each municipal
ard Of every incorporated city I'm II
his Territory that under cNistip, a
.ws would elect officers in the year II
sol, during the first fifteen DAYS in "a
le month Of June In said year, and
here shall I've n registration of voters :,
each municipal election precinct N
each municipal ward in every in r,
city in this Territory i'm In
he yeIr lS92, and biennially there h
Ter, during the first fifteen DAYS in a,
lie month Of Jure in each year. II n
la!l he the duty Of each election Il,
recinct registrar therein 10 provide II,
Imself with an office which shall bf
situated in some public aud con- m
suient place in the municipal cleo 10
on precinct for which he is an m
United, and shall be open to the
iblic every week day during the or
e first fifteen days IN the month T.,
June i'm each year, during the
flowing hours: from o n. m. till 10 m,
p: from . 7. m. till p. m; and or
nm p. m. till o p. m; during I'M
lich time he shall attend and req. n,
er, at bis said office, and at no 60
Der time or place, all persons en- in
led 10 vote IN said municipal cleo In
m precinct, who shall appear be. =
u him at his office, and take and
hscTibe the following oath or afiir. -
alton: Ii
OF UTAH, 4
County Of ............ s.
.....-... ..-..... being duly sworn Tor
irmedl depose and say that / am
er twenty-one years OF age; that /
We resided in the Terri.O-v ~ ITtab