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Show bt A V THO SIT Y.J An Ordinance Regulating Elections. See. 1. Bo it ordained by the City Council Coun-cil ol Suit Lake City, taut the city dcL'tiuo rb:ill be hold on tho second Monday ol -February. Js"-. and every two years thereafter, for oho -Mujor, five Aldermen, nine Councilors, Coun-cilors, one Kecorder, aiii Treasurer uuii one Marsha!. sec. -- io per?on shall be elected or appointed ap-pointed to auy city oUice unk-si be is a citizen citi-zen ol l lie 1 nittd ctatei. aud b:is been u Constant rusidi nt ol sui J city uunug at least one ya;ir nest pre.-eJinK mi oh election or appointment; neither ilail any per.-on be eligible to vote at any election without they pofsesa the iualuieatioD of voters us prescribed by tha laws of tho Territory, and uuleii ho or sho i a citiien of the I ni-ttd ni-ttd States, over twenty-one years ol nirc, ar.d ha been a constant resident in said city during ino six months nesi preceding saiJ election. teo. No ollicor or soldier of tho United States army, or other person subieat to their military authority, shall be eligible to oiliee, or votu at any municipal election in this city, unlosj his homo or placo of residence resi-dence was therein al the time ol on b 'sing in such service. ticc. 4. Ibo City Kccordcr shall caused notice ol live lime and pla;'c, tho number aud liinJot olliecrs to bo elect-.d.to be posted up in li vo public place:', cr advi rtied io some newspaper published within ,aid city at least eve days previous to the time of holding- said elections. be:. 5. Lbo Uily Council shall appoint one or more Judges an.t t'lerki of election at vaeh place ol holdiog elections, who thall, betoro entering upon their duties, take an oatli lor tho laithful pcriurtnanoo thereof. Said Council shall lurnisb tho ncceefary stationery sta-tionery aad ballot boxes; and tho voting shall po by ballot. cec, 6. The place or places of hohiins said elections shu'i bo determined by the City Council, and the polis shall be open to receive re-ceive votes at tho hour ol eight, o'clock in -the .morning, aad continue- oien until six o'clock in trie evening, li.it h elector saall proviuo hitnself wim a b:illot, enntsiuine mo names ot the persons he wishes oieclcd and tho ollieu ha would have ihem till. Ween such ballot is presented, one of the Judges Hall number and deposit it in the ballot box, and one of tho clerks shal I write tho name ol the elector opposite tho number num-ber of h:s vote. 'Ttio legality of any vote challenged shall bo dtteriuined ly the J udtios. Any person easting ou illcg.tl vote at any city election, or voting, or aueuipt ing to vote twice at the tamo election, t-li.il I ho decjicd guilty of a misjeuieiinvr. nnd lor each oli'enso shall bo liable to a line not exceeding ex-ceeding one hundred dollars, aud to imprisonment impri-sonment not exceeding sit months, or to both lino and imprisonment. tec. 7. iVhen Iho time for holding the election shaU have expired, tho Judges shall seal up tho ballot boxia containing tho votes and tho list of iho names of the electors, elec-tors, and transmit the sai.o within twenty-four twenty-four hours to tho City Kec-T'Jcr, who shall immediately proceed, in tho presence of tho iiay or or any Aldermen of t he cityi to unseal the ballot boxes, and ihey .-hab, with such assistance in they may require, proceed to count and compare tile votes with the Hit ol iiaiueJ. and tho persons respe.tivC'j receiving receiv-ing tho highest number of vuts for said ol-tjeed ol-tjeed shall bo deemed tlu.p.d; and tho Kccordcr Kc-cordcr shall forihflith make a bnol abstract of the othcers and names voted lor. Willi ihc number if votes each por-oti received; a copy if wcich ubit aeL shall be conspicuously conspicu-ously posto 1 at tnu City iiall. tec' S. 1'artics designing t contest tho election of any person ;hail make ihtir in tentiou known to tno Lity Coun. il, by setting set-ting forth in a plain, clear and Lt-tiiniu manner man-ner the grounds ol complaint in writing, which suall he tiled with ihv Uiiy he urdtr within three dujalier ikj abstract sbj.1 have been posted, in woich ease the votes and list soall bo preserved until ttio coutcl is ended. It no notice ol earnest is ri cd witiitn three da; a, the uty hteoruer sUall do;troy tho votes and list. In case ot a tie of voles lor two or mora uorsons lur the same oiliee, or ol a contest, the City Council shall determine wliich shall take the seat. bee. y. The City Kccordcr thall lurward to each person oiceied a written notice ol hi election within tivo uuys therealter.and each e:t on SO uolilicd sh.il 1. oi luie emu in:; up n mo duties ol bis othee.iake and sui scribe an oaih or allirmaiion th it bo willtuyport Hie Constitution of the United states, Hie law s ot thij Territory, und the ordinances ot this city, and tint he will faithfully perioral the dutioi of his otlico. bee. 1U. The Miyur and Aldermen before entering upon tho duiies of their respective ollioes snail give bonds with approved securities, secu-rities, each in I3e kcnal sum ot ion thou sand dollars. to Ihe Wiiplo ol ball L ike City, conditioned for liiu iiithlul performance tbcrcol, which shall bo approved oy the ro-cordor ro-cordor and hied in hb ooicc. tec. 11. That tho ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Kegulaiing Elections," passed February iSib, Uu , no, uud ihu same it. hereby lepead. Passed January 20th, lt72. JJANJ.KL ii. WELLS, Mayor, ROBERT CAMPBELL, tity Recorder. Territory of Utah, bait Lako tJity. JSiS This certifies that tho fortgoii),r is a true copy of the Ordinance fus-ea b, iho City Council. J ntt"y ''Jih.iUli. . ( Uiven under my hand and tho f -i Corporate Seal ol alt Lake City, J SEAL. luJj Olh day cl" febrary. A.it. iw,i koEEUT CAMPBELTj, f7 City Kc;ordcr. |