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Show BY Al'inOKITY.J An Ordinance Regulating Elections. Sc. 1. Be it ordained by tho City Council Coun-cil clialt Li:ei'i;r, tsa". ttc city election :h:iH be ho.d cn the iC?oad Monaay of i'eb-ruiry i'eb-ruiry every two ycirs therealter, for one iJayor. five Aldermen, nine Councilors, Coun-cilors, ens ilecordcr, aul treasurer and Sec. So per;""nfhal! be elected or ap-pointfl ap-pointfl to any city ciacc unlcs he is a ciii-ica ciii-ica ot the I oit.d ttatcs. and h:is been a coiiitant rc;ii,iu of ia:d city during ai Ivaa". y:;ii" nxt prercung tuch election cli'oU- to Ti'Ie ai any election without ttit-v pesscss tne imahticalijD o; voters ar i,rivc:ibcd by the laws of the Territory. jhu unless ho or rhc i a ciiiiea ol itie I ci-tid ci-tid States, over iw ecu-one ye.ir- oi ;i.-c, and has bucti a couta.:it resLdLiiLia ta:d enj diirin. luo six m jntas ucit pre.-edmg Eaid election. , ,. , , tee. j. o oMcer or soldier of the I nite.l Stales army, or other pirsun sutict to their military authority. ?hall t-e elisiolc to oiliee. or vole at ai:y municipal election in this city, nines his home or place of residence resi-dence was Liitrofiial ihe time oi erg.eine ic alSee. !. 1 he City Ke.-order shall cr.uso n notice ol the tune and d:i."e, tno cuaiucr and kind ol o:!-ec- tu be c; eel id. to be ptid up in live puo ie plac.;, or advitsedm some newspai'-T puo.i.-aed wiihili said cuj at lest five a;ijs previous to tue lime ol holding mid eleciioLs. Sec. 5. L ho L'ny Council fhall app 'int one , or uijrc Ju.ii.-es .ml Clerks oi vU-eu.nai each jdiice ol ho.diuy el- i tiotis, who shall, heioro emeriti; upon their duties, take an oath lor tht i.uthtul perlormauce thereof. Said Council f hall lurn:sli ihe neccftary stationery sta-tionery a-d balloL boi.ee; and the- voting shall ce by ballot. tec, b. l'he place or placcsifholding said elections sh.i l be determined by tho Citj Council, and the polls shall bo open to receive re-ceive votes at .he hour ol eight o'clock in the morning, atid lODliuuo ui.en until six y'clock in tr-e evening. Jiuch elector shall provide himself wan a ballot, containing tho names ot the persons ho wishes elected and mo otiice he would have lhcm nil. Vt Den tuch ballot is presented, one of the Judges shall number and deposit it in the ballot bo, and ouo of tao clerks shall write tho name of tho elector opposite the number num-ber ot h.s vote. Ihe legality of uny vote challenged sha'.l bo determined by the Judgos. Any person casting an illegal vote at any city election, or voting, or attorn pt-ing pt-ing to vote twice at the samo election, (hall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeaner, and lor each ofltnse snail bo liable to a tine not exceeding ex-ceeding one hunJrod dollars, and to imprisonment impri-sonment not exceeding sin months, or to both tine and inu risoutuent- Sec. 7. vi hen the time for holding the election fha'l h ive expired, tho Judges shall seal up tne ballot boxes containing tho votes irtid ihe list of the names of the electors, elec-tors, and tiansinit the sa ne within twenty-. twenty-. four hours to ilic City Hccsrder, who shall iuimooiutuly proceed, in tho presonec of the ; Mayor or any Aldermen ot ihe city, to unseal ihe bal.ot boxes, and they shall, with such assistance aa thoy may require, proceed to count and cuutt'arc tho votes with the list o; name--, and the iiuisuns respectively receiving receiv-ing the highest number ot vutj for said of-lices of-lices shul bo deemed elected: and the Recorder Re-corder snah fort a wt h mate a brief abstract of the otliecrs ami names oted lor. with the number f otcs eaeh ier;on received; a copy of wnieh abstract shall bo conbpiou-ous:y conbpiou-ous:y postei ai tuc City if . ill. tec- S. I'artks desuniug to contest tho election ol any person shall make iheir intention in-tention kauwii to tuo Lity Council, by setting set-ting forth in a plain, clear and deiiuile manner man-ner tho greundi of complaint in writing, which saall be nlcd with tiic City He:ordur within thrco dajs after the abstract shall have been posted, in which case the votes and list stall bu preserved until the contest is ended, if no njtice ol contest is liied within thrco da;s, tho Lity Iteconlcr shiill do; troy tbu votea ai.d list. In eao of a tio of voles tor two urinoro persons lor the same office, or ol a coutest, tho City Council shall determine which shall take the ieat. Sec. 'j. Tne City Keeoracr shall lorward to each person oiemed a written cotico of his Qie'iiioii within live Jays therealter, and each person so uoiitiud ,-liail.oclore omormg up in tbc duties of ins oltiee,iake and su t'senbo au o::ih or -iHii aiatij-j th Jt he wilt support the CoiiSL.lui.ioa ot tho Luitid ta'.es, tuolaws .1 tui In rit-Ky. and tho oroiuanoos ot mis city, and ihal ho wild faithlully partorm the dune, uf his oiiieo. Sec. It). laj Miyor and Alderiuon bcfjro entering ui on the du'ies of ttieir resieeiivu utiicea flialt give bonds with approved securities, secu-rities, each m to penal Bum ot ten thousand thou-sand uollars.io the ptop;e ol Salt Like Ui ty, conditioned fjr ihe i jith; ut jierfoi m.inco iheruu!, wmch sliall ho approved by the Ito corier and hied m his otnee. tec. il. I'uui the u diiianco entitled "An Ordiuanco Kcgola'.icg tlcciious," paoaud t'ebruary 2sin, l-.u , do, and tho s.iiaj ir, hurouy iepca.d. Fussed January cbth, DANIEL, tl. WJiLLS, Mayor. RUBER E CAMPBLJlL, til Kecordcr. Territory rTl'iah, j. Salt L..ko -.ty. Js,s-This Js,s-This certifies ihat tho forego in : is a true coj.y of tho ordinance pas.-cd by tho Ctly Council i January ojih, lirfi. ,j Givuu under my hand and tho i ) Corporate Seal ol Sal t Lake City, SEAL. this Oih day i,f February. A.U. 1 J 1S72. KG BERT (JAMPBELb, f7 City Kosordcr, |