Year: 1859

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Sec. 95. The Secretary of the Territory


shall. between the first day of September


and the first day of October in each year,
IN which the official term of any member of
the Council in any district viii expire, make
out, and cause to be delivered TO the sheriff
OF the county comprising such district, or


70 the sheriff of each county, which shall
form part thereof, notice in writing spec
fifylng the number of the district, and the
name OF the member or members whose.
term of Office will so expire
| Sec. 26. ALI special elections for county
officers. and the filing of all vacancies at
general election. shall be ordered By the
sheriff of the county, which order shall be
fcountersigned by the clerk of the board of
supervisors. Ia all other cases of special
leiechons, they shall be ordered by the Gov
Iernor.


i Sec. 81. Every order or writ, issued for


q special election, shall specify the county
or district in which such election is to be


held, how the vacancy occurred, the name


OF the officer in whose Office it occurred, the


time when his term of Office woulo have ex-
pired, and the day on which such election


IS to be held, which shall not be less than
twenty nor more than forty days from the
date of the order or writ, and the same shall


be forthwith delivered to the sheriff of the
proper county, or in case of vacancy, in al
district composed of more than one county,
then to the sheriff of each county in such
district


Sec. 28. The sheriff, on receiving either
of the notices, directed in this chapter to be
sent to him, shall forthwith cause notice
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clerk of each township, and to one of the
inspectors of election in each ward in any
city of his county, or if the vacancy be in
a Council or Representative district, within
his county, then such notice shall be deliv-
cred to such officer in each township or ward
in such district, which notice shall contain,
In substance, the notices so received by
such sheriff


Sec. &C. The township clerk of every
township, or city clerk, or inspectors
previous to any general election, or on re-
eeiving either of the notices directed in this
chapter to be delivered to him, shall give
notice, in writing, under his hand, to the
electors of his township or ward; of the
time and place at which such election is to
be held, and of the officers to be chosen;
and if the notice is for general election,
! it shall state whether any of the officers then
to be chosen are to fill vacancies, and the
names of the last incumbents of the offices
IN which vacancies exist, and such town
ship clerk or inspectors shall cause such
notices to be posted up conspicuously in at
least five of the most public places in his
township or ward.


Sec. 80. Whenever, in any county, the
office of sheriff shall be vacant, and there
shall be no person therein authorized to per-
form his duties, the clerk of the board of
supervisors of such county shall receive
and make out and deliver the notices of cleo
ton, in this chapter required to be received, |
made out and delivered by such sheriff.


Sec. 81. Whenever vacancy shall oc-
cur in the Offices, either of member of the
Council or of the House of Representatives,
otherwise than by resignation, it shall be |
the duty of the clerk OF Che board of su-
pervisor of the county in which the mem |
Der whose Office is vacant shall have resi- |
ded at the time of his election, to transmit, |
without delay, notice of such vacancy to
the Governor.


| Sec. 80. The supervisors of each township
shall be inspectors of election in each town
ship, and the councilmen in each ward of
any city shall be inspectors of election in
such ward: Provided, that when there shall
not be three councilmen in any ward, addi-
tional inspectors, to make up that number, |
shall be elected by UivG voice vote of the
qualified voters present at the hour of open
ing the polls; and when the numberl of
councilmen in any ward shall exceed three,
it shall be decided between such councilmen
by lot, who shall serve as inspectors at such
election.


Sec. 80. In case of the death, absence, or
refusal to act, of any, or all the inspectors,
the electors present may choose, Uiva voice, |
from the qualified electors of the township
or ward, such number, as together with the |
inspector or inspectors present. if any, will
constitute hoard of three, and the persons
so chosen shall be authorized TO act as in
spectors of that election.


Sec. "a. The township clerk. if present, |
shall act as clerk Of the election, and before |
the opening of the polls, the inspectors at
each poll shall appoint another competent
person to be clerk of the election; and if the |
township clerk be absent, the board shall
appoint two clerkso election. The inspee-
tors in each ward. in any city, shall appoint
two clerks of election: but no person shall
act as clerk of the election who is not aqual-
fled elector of the township or ward in which
he is appointed.
Sec. 35. Whenever the chairman of the
township board of supervisors is present, he
shall be chairman of the election board; but
if he be absent, such cne of their number
as the inspectors shall appoint, shall be chair
man. 5,-szt


Sec So. Previous TO receiving any votes,
the inspectors and clerks shall seyeraIy take
an oath or affirmation that they viii support
the Constitution of the United States. and
the Organic Act Of this Territory, and VIII
perform the duties of inspector for clerk. as
the case may be, of election according to
law and IEill stndiofrsIx endeayor to prevent |