Douglas Island news., 1903-02-04

mence at 10 o'clock A. M, and shall continue until o'clock P. NJ. of the said day, without closing the polls.
 OFFICERS AND TENURE OF OFFICE.
 SEC ?. At each annual election there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City of Douglas seven councilmen and three school directors, who shall hold ofhce Tor one year from and after the 29th day of March, following said election.
 OFFICERS OF ELECTION.
 SEC. 8. The common council shall desig- nate a certain place within the City of Doug las for holding said election therein, and shall appoint three judges and two clerks Of election, who shall possess the qualifications of electors.
 NOTICE OF ELECTION.
 SEC A. The city clerk, under the direction of the common council, shall give ten days notice by publication in some newspaper, published in the City of Douglas of each gen eral election, the officers to be elected there at, and the place designated for holding the election there in, and the judges and clerks appointed to conduct the same.
 QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS.
 SEC. 5. The qualifications of an elector shall be as follows: He shall be male citizen of the United States, or one who has declared his intention to become such, and of the age of twenty one years, and shall have been n bonafide resident of Alaska for one year, and of the City of Douglas for six months next preceding the date of election.
 FILLING VACANCY IN ELECTION BOARD. SEC. S. If any judge of election appointed aS provided in Section 3, fails to attend and serve at the proper time, the electors present may select another in his place, and if any clerk of election fails to attend and serve at the proper time, the judges of the election may appoint another in his place.
 OATH OF ELEcNoN OFFICERS.
 SEC, :. Before entering upon the dis charge of their duties, said judges and clerks hal following oath:
 , do solemnly swear jor; afirm) that I will perform the duties of judge of election Cor clerk. as the case may bel according to law; that will aSsiduouSly endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit and abuse in conducting the election. Said oath may be administered by one of the judges of cleo tion. Any member of the board of election may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress ot an election.
 OPENING OF POLLS, ETC.
 SEC. s. Prior to the opening of the polls, one of the judges of election shall make pub lie proclamation of the same, and thirty min utes before the closing of the polls, public proclamation shall be made by the same off cer that the polls will close in half an hour. When the polls are closed, that fact must be proclaimed aloud at the place of election, and after such proclamation, no ballots must be received. Before receiving any ballots, the election board must, in the presence of any persons assembled at the polling place,
 
 and thereafter it must not be removed from the polling place or presence of the bystand- CTS until all ballots are counted, nor must 1t be opened until after the polls are finally closed.
 POLL LISTS AND TALLY LISTS.
 SBc g. The board of election shall keep a poll list and tally list, and shall return the same with the election returns. No list. tally, paper or certificate returned from any cleo tion must be rejected for want of form, if 1t ha ;cfo
 BALLOTS.
 SEC. 10. All ballots shall be of paper, upon which shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, the names of the persons voted for and the offices designated. Each ballot may contain seven names Tor councilmen and three names for school d. rectors. No ballot must be used or circu- lated on the day of election having any mark on the back thereof whereby 1t might be dlS- tinguished from other ballots, or from which it can be aScertained what persons, or class of persons used or voted 1t. Every ballot must be folded in such a manner that noth- ing written or printed thereon can be seen.
 BALLOTS FOLDED TOGETHER, ETC.
 SEc. Il. If, in the ballot box two or more ballots are found folded together, they must be rejected by reason of any obscurity there in in relation to the name of the person voted for or the designation of the office. if the board, from an inspection of the ballot can determine the person voted for and. the office intended. If the names of more than seven persons are designated on any ballot found in the ballot box for the office ot coun- cilmen, all names designated for such office must be rejected, and if the names of more than three persons are designated on any ballot found in the ballot box for the office of school director, then all the names desis,, mated for such office must be rejected, and the fact of such rejection in either case, and the reason therefor must be noted on the ballot and signed by a majority of the cleo tion board. If a ballot is found in any ballot box containing the name of the person. and the office for which he is designated, or either two or more times, it must not for that req son be rejected; but must be counted as one ballot.
 VOTING.
 SEC. F. The person offering ballot must hand his ballot, properly folded, to one of the judges of election, and announce his name The judge of the election must receive the ballot, and before depositing it in the ballot box shall announce the name of the voter and the same shall be recorded on the poll list by the clerk. The judge shall then depos- ' 1t the ballot without opening or examining the same in the ballot box. Each clerk must of each person who votes must be entered thereon and numbered in the order of voting
 CHALLENGE, GROUNDS OF, ETC.
 SEC. 1s. It shall be the duty of the mem bers of the election board or any elector present to challenge any person offering to vote whom he shall know, or suspect, not to be qualified as an elector. If person offer ing to vote is challenged as unqualified, one of the judges of election shall administer to him the following oath or affirmation: " ou do solemnly swear Cor affirm) that you will well and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching your place ot residence and qualifications as an elector at this election" The judges of election shall then propound such questions to the person challenged as may be necessary to test his qualifications as an elector at that election. The judges may hear such other testimony, and consider such other evidence as isproper upon the question. A majority of the judges shall decide the matter. If the challenge is decided against the person offering to vote, the ballot offered must, without examina- tion, be returned to him; if determined in his favor, the ballot must be deposited in the ballot box. If the person so challenged, re- his qualifications as an elector which shall