Show FIRST general GENE ehl EAl ELECTION UNDER tindee THE constitution As will be been seen in refe reference renco to section 5 article VII vil the first general election under the constitution of the sta teof deseret Is ig to be held on the first monday the edday ad day of march next and conducted in the same manner as aa prescribed by the exis existing ting 0 lauson laws of the territory regulating elections elect loni ioni the tha provisions of the statute are that at least six days before the time of election electia ii the county clerk shall cause notices of the time and place of holding the same to be put up in at least two places in each precinct in their respective counties said notices must state the number and kind of offices to be filled which abich in this instance will be a governor lieutenant governor member of congress and as many state senators and representatives as each county would woula be entitled to elect councilors councillors Counci lors and representatives presenta tives und under erthe the recent act apportioning the representation of utah territory by the provisions of 0 0 ton county is entitled to te elect one senator an and d one representative senta tive iron and beaver counties jointly one senator and each one representative millard and juab counties jointly one senator and each one R representative sanpete county one senator and two representatives utah and wasatch counties jointly two senators and utah county three representatives and IVa wasatch batch one representative great salt sait lake tooele thoele summit and green river coun counties countie tle tie J oin lly liy gur our senators and great falt salt Salt sait Lake ke county six representatives R tooele cooee county c nty one on aud ald ena pud e na summit and green river join jointly y one representative ite lle davis davia and morgan counties jointly one senator and two representatives weber and box elder counties jointly one senator and weber coun county aty ity two representatives and box elder one representative and cache county one senator and one representative the justice of the peace in each precinct is the judge of the election therein where there are more than one the senior is the judge and in ia the absence of a justice of the peace the electors first assembled to the number of six can appoint a person to act as judge of the election the tle judge appoints a clerk furnishes a ballot box also a poll book in which the clerk writes the name of each elector as he presents his vote and the number of the same as written writ terl teri onh anh it by the judge before depositing positing C it in the ballot box at the close of the election the poll book is placed in the ballot box which on being sealed up by the judge of the election must be transmitted without delay to the county clerk on the receipt of the returns from the several era precinct in their respective counties the law provides that they shall be canvassed by byi the bounly county clerk and probate judge or one ogie of the k selectmen elect men and an abstract made of the offices and names voted for and the number I 1 of votes each person received and a certified copy thereof forwarded immediately to the secretary of the territory but ill in this case as specially provided for in the constitution the certified copies of the abstracts must be directed and forwarded to Wil wll william liani clayton claytom Clay tom toa esq secretary PE the convention great salt lake city ity and canvassed caby caay assed or examined as provided fo for r by the constitution each elector who is ia in favor of ratifying ratify ng the constitution must have the words for if tor or the constitution ly either elther written or prin printed tedd on miss his ballot and those not lot in favor of its approval will 01 of course have the the words a against ainest the Constitution constitutions 9 similarly expressed on their ballots but we do not believe there will be a dozen opposition votes cast in the territory on that occasion we have been boen thu S particular in stating the provisions provi siona of the law regulating elections for the special benefit of the citizens of the ther counties and precincts recer recel recently itly organized who have hese not been furnished with copies colles of the statutes judged judges and clerks of election and county clerks will of course couise conform strictly in the discharge of dr their duties to the provisions vis ions lons of the law thata that a fair ex expression on of the may be had bad in relation to the lm im pora tnt matter of oe establishing L a state govern ment rient submitted for far thir consideration and action and also in i le efe reference ference rence to the choice of rulers and representatives that all ali will be vigilant there can be no arid and a larger vote by fano faro fan far we wd predict will beast at li the he elc elation flon floh on the third dayot march than ever before in des ret to enable the citizen citizens st 0 of was vas itch and to vote at the first celecion hele fhle cion clon those counties countie should be orani organized zed withof t delay |