Douglas Island news., 1906-05-30
TIE ALASKA DELEGATE BILL.
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vote may be challenged Dy any electioH officer or any other person entitled to vote at the same polling place, or by any duly appointed watcher, and when so challenged, before being allowed to vote he shall make and subscribe to the following oath: You do solemnly swear(or affirm, as the case may be) that you are twenty-one years of age and citizen of the United States; that you are an actual and bona tide resi- dent of Alaska, and have been such resident during the entire year i'm mediately preceding this election, and that you have not voted at this cleo tiou," and further naming the place from which the voter came immediately prior to living in the precinct in which he offers to vote, and giving the length of time of his residence in the former place. And when he has made such an affidavit be shall be allowed to vote; but if any person so challenged shall refuse or fail to take such oath and sign such affidavit, then his vote shall be rejected, and any person swearing falsely in any such affidavit shall be guilty of perjury, and shall upon con- viction thereof, suffer punishment as Is prescribed by law for persons guilty ot perjury.
 SEC. II. That the election board at each polling place, as soon as the polls are closed, shall immediately publicly proceed to open the ballot box and count and canvass the votes cast, and they shall thereupon,under their hands and seals, make out in duplicate cer- tificate of the result of said election, specifying the number of votes, in words and figures, cast for each of the candidates, and they shall then immediately carefully and securely seal up in one envelope one of said duplicate certificates and one of the registers of voters, all the ballots cast, and all afiidavits made, and mail such envelope, with said papers inclosed, at the nearest post-officc by registered mail, if possible, duly addressed to the governor of Alaska at his place of resi- dence, with the postage prepaid there on.
 The other duplicate certificate and register of voters, with the oaths of the judges of election, the judges of elec- tion shall at once seal up in an envelope addressed to the clerk of the district court for the division in which the pre- einct is situate, at his place of resi- dence, with the postage thereon pre- paid, and deposit the same in the nearest post-ofice, by registered mail, if possible. And the said clerk shall, as soon as he receives the said dupli- cate certificate, at once make out and duly mail to the governor of Alaska a certified copy of such certificate.
 The clerks of the district courts for the various divisions of Alaska and the governor of Alaska shall each re- tain and carefully preserve all such documents received by them until the end of the term for which the delegate chosen has been elected.
 SEC. F. That the governor, the sur veyor-general, and the collector of customs for Alaska shall constitute a cauvassing board for the Territory of Alaska to canvass and compile in writ ing the vote specified in the certificates of election returned to the governor from all the several election precincts as aforesaid.
 The said canvassing board shall com mence the performance of it's duties at the office of the governor within ten days after the third Tuesday of October in each year in which an election is held under and by virtue of this act, and shall continue with such work from day to day until the same is completed; and said canvass shall be publicly made.
 In case it shall appear to said board that no election return as hereinbefore prescribed has been received by the governor from any precinct in which an election has been held, the said board may accept in place thereof the certified copy of the certificate of elec- ton for such precinct received from the clerk of the court, and may canvass and compile the same with the other election returns.
 Said board, upon the completion of