Mohave County miner., 1894-11-03
election board and may,

the progress of the election.
2. Appoint judges and clerks, II dur
ing the progress Of the election any judge
OF clerk cease to ac'.
Anv member Of the board, as well as
any clerk thereof, may also administer
osths; and It IL The duty of the board to
appoint two electors Of the county. to
act AZ. clerks Of the election. Before
opening the polls each member and the
clerks thereof shall take AN oath 10 faith.
fully perform the duties imposed upon
him by law, and any elec,or Of the town.
ship may administer such oath.
Before opening the polls The board
must poat In some convenient place, easy
Of access. not less than two copies Of the
Great Register, and ih. copies 30 posted
must % maintained during the whole
time Of voting. and must not In any
manner he ,oro anil deisced
| The polls must he opsned At o'clock
in the morning aud kept open until sun
set bu, the board Of election may take q
recess Of one hour, provided II be be-
tween the hlnrs OF one and two O'Clock
in the afternoon. AT such recess the
ballot box must not be removed from the
room in which such election IL held, nor
from the presence OF the election board.
The polls must close at sunset.
Before receiving any ballots the board
mnst. in The presence Of any persons
assembled at the polling place. open and
exhibit and close the ballot box and
thereafter It mus, not he removed from
the polling place or presence Of the by
ISLANDERS until all OF the ballots are
counted, nor must it be opened until af.
ter the polls are finally closed.
Before the board receives any ballots
| they must cause II TO he proclaimed
aloud at the election place that the polls
are open
When the polls are closed. that fact
must be proclaimed aloud at the election
place, and after such proclamation no
ballots must be received.
Arg voter may challenge. and the
grounds Of chsllenge are:
/. That he , not the person whose
name appears on the Register.
q That he has no. resided within the
territory for cne year next proceeding lbe
election.
3. That he has not resided within the
county for ten days next preceding the
election.
T. That he has before voted that day
5. That he has been convicted Of =
felony and has not been pArdoBed.
| lFor the osths for the several grounds
herein enumera'ed reference is hereby
made to the Revised Statutes, pages
3o4.5
The boird must canse The clerks to
kee., list showing:
l. Tire names OF all persons challenged.
i 2. The grounds OF such challenges.
| 3. The determination Of the hoard
upon sucu chsHenge.
CANvASSING AND RETURNING
THE VOTE.
Immediately after The polls are closed
the jndgns must proceed TO canvass the
vote. pu ,licly and in th. presence OF the
bystanders, and must continue the same
without adjournment until completed and
the result declared. The ballot, must first
be taken out Of The hox and counted 10 as.
certain whether the number of the bsllots
correspond with The number OF names
kept by the clerks.
The ballots, ss taken In by the board
Of election, must be placed upon string
by one OF the judges, and as soon as all
are counted, pot into AN envelope and
sealed. and each judge viii, write his
name upon the seal OF such envelope.
After this the tally lists furnished by the
Board Of Supervisors are filed ont.
The copy Of the Great Register used by
the Board aud upon which the word,
"voted" was written as the ballots
were taken in, shall then he sesled up
and sent to the Clerk Of the Board Of So.
perv isors, also lis; ol the persons
challenged, also one copy Of the list of
voters, and one OF the tally llsts and lists
attached thereto.
The inspector must retain open to the
inspection Of the electors, for at least six
no onths. the other lists Of voters. tally
lis, and lis, attached thereto. The
sealed packages containing the register.
lists. papers and ballots must, before the
Board adjourns, De delivered to one Of