OCR Text |
Show AN ORDINANCE Regulating Elections and Providing for the Registration of Voters. Sectios 1 Bt it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Teat the munieipil election of said city shall be held on the second Monday of February, 1SS0. aod bi3oniaHy thereafter, for the election of the following fol-lowing officers lor Baid city, viz : One mayor, five aldermen, uidb councilors, coun-cilors, one recorder, one treaiurer, one marshal, and one assessor and collector, col-lector, who shall hold their offices for two years and until their successors are elected aod qualified to office. Sec. 2 Xo person Bhall be elected or appointed to any office of asid city unless he is a citizen of the United Stales, and has been a constant con-stant resident of said city for one year neit precedine such election or appointment. Neither shall any person be eligible to cte at : any election unless possessing the qualifications of a voter, as prescribed pre-scribed by tha laws of the Terr.tory of Utah, aod has been a constant resident resi-dent in Baid city during the six months neit preceding aid election. No officer or Boldier of the United States army, or other person subject to its military authority, shall be eligible to office or entitled to Tote at aoy municipal election in said city, unless his home or place of residence was therein at the time of engaging in such service. Sec. 3 It shall be the duty of the recorder of said city, within three dayB from the first publication ot this ordinance, and before the first day of November, biennially, thereafter, to apply to the clerk of the county court of Salt Lake County for a certified copy of the registry 1 ist e of voters, as laat returned, of , all the precincts, or parte thereof, 1 within the corporate limits of Salt Lake City. The proper leea for which lists shall be tendered and paid out of the city treasury. Sec. 4 Upon the receipt of said lie td the recorder shall deliver the same to the city assessor, who is hereby constituted the registration officer for said city. Said assessor shall appoint a resident deputy in each municipal ward to assist in carrying car-rying out the provisions of this ordinance, or-dinance, who Bball qualify as provided pro-vided by Bection 11 of "an ordinance to provide for assessing and collecting city tares," passed M'irca 12th, 1S78, and before the third Monday in December De-cember preceding any municipal election, in person or by deputy, shall visit every dwelling house in each municipal ward, and make careful inquiry if any person, whose name is oa Bivid registration list, has died, or removed from the ward, or is otherwise other-wise disqualified as a voter, and if 9.1, to erase the same therelrom, or whether aoy qualified voter resides therein, whose name is not on Baid registration list, and if so, he ahall ascertain upon what ground such person claims to be a voter, and shall require any such person entitled to vote and desiring de-siring to be registered, to take and subscribe in substance the following oath or affirmation: Territory op Utah, 1 Salt Laks Citt. I"' X, . , being frst duly sworn, dopose and say that I am oyer twenty -one years of see aod have resided ia tialt Lake City :or six months neit pr-cedicg pr-cedicg the date hereof, and (if a male) am tt ("native born," or "naturalized," ae the case may be) citizen of the United States, (or, if a female,) I am "native born" or "naturalized," or tho "wife," "widow," or "daughter," (as tho case may be) of a native born or naturalized citizen of theUniled States. Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , A.D. 18. Assessor. Upon the receipt of such affidavit, the assessor ab aforesaid shall place the Dame of such voter upon the registry list of the voters of said municipal muni-cipal ward. Sec. 5. It shall also be the duty of the assessor, in person or by deputy, during the week commencing the fourth Monday in December, preceding pre-ceding each elect'on, at his office, to enter on his regiitry list the name ot any voter that may have been omitted, on such voter appearing and complying comply-ing with the provision of the preceding pre-ceding section of tbii ordinance required of voters for registration purposes. Sec. 6. Voters removiog irom one municipal ward to another, may appear ap-pear belore the assessor at any time previous to the delivering of the registry list to the city reenrder, and have their names erased therefrom, and they may thereupon have their names registered in the ward to wbioh they may remove. Sec. 7. Upon the completion of the registration it shall be the duty of the assessor to proceed to make out 1 a list in alphabetical order for each municipal ward, containing the names of all the registered voters ol such ward, aod shall on or before the second Monday ol January preoediog each election, deliver all of said lists i and affidavits to the recorder, whe ahall file and carefully preserve al said affidavits aud registry lists, one shall make a copy of each ward registry reg-istry list, aud cause the same to bt Dosted up at least fifteen days befon any election, at or near the place o election, and shall make aud trans mit another copy to the judges o election. Sec. 8. The city recorder shall ouuse a notice of the time and placei of voting and the number and kind of officers to be elected, to bi posted up in each municipal ward ; or advertised in some uewapapei published within said city, at leas fifteen days previous to the time o holding Baid election, and settini forth therein that the polls willopei at oue hour after sunrise and continu open until sunset. Sec. 9 Tbe city council at it second regular session in Jauoar; preceding each municipal electioi shall appoint three capable and die creet persons, io each municips ward, one at least of whom shall b of tbe political party that was in th minority at tho last previous munic pal election, if any Buch party tber be in such ward, to act as judges election, and they shall designate on of the porsons appointed lo preidi and the other two to act as clerks i paid election. And the recorder sha make out certificates of said appoin mrnts aod transmit tho same by ma or other iftfe conveyance to the pe eons so appointed, who, previous entering upon said oSice, shall a pear beiore fid record er.take and an scribe an oath to the ptVct that tin r- mil well and faiibfuiiy perform i L the duties thereof to the l?st of the ability and that they will studious endeavor lo prevent any fraud, d?c ll- or abuse at the election over wbi they may preside. If. io any war any o! such jvi iges d-c'ine to we D fail to appr. tne rote of a-.d wr first assembled on the day of electo a to the Dumber of six, at or :mm&: ateiy aiter the time designated for openicg the polis, may eieel a judge or judges to fill the vacancy, and aoy person so elected snaii qualify as hereinbefore here-inbefore provided before aoy person authorized Id admin'ster oaths Seo. 10 Toe city council shall provide the necessary books, blanks, stationery and ballot boxes, which ballot boxes eh 11 be made of galvanized galvan-ized iron of suitable size, with Yale or other safe lock and two keys, one of the keys to be kept by tbe judges of election aod one by the city recorder. There shall be an opening through the lid of each ballot box of sufficient size to admit a single ballot. Sec. 11 The city council shall furnish fur-nish the judges of election io earh ward with a sufficient number of plain envelopes, for electioo purposes; said envelopes shall be uniform ic color and Bize, without any marks, writing, printing, or device umn them, and no other kind shall be ufcJ ; at any election. Before opening t;ie i polls, the ballot bor ahall be carefully and cubliclyexam'ned by thejudges of election, who shall satiety themselves that nothing is therein. It shall then be locked and the key thereof delivered de-livered to the presiding judge, and said ballot box shall not be opened during the election. Sec. 12 At the opening of the polls at all elections, tbe judges of election, for their respective wards, shall designate one of the judges acting as olerk, who Bball bave in custody the registry list of voters, and eh all make the entries therein required by law; the other of Baid judges acting as cletk shall write tbe name of each person voting, and opposite to it the number of the vote. Sec. 13 Every votersball designate on a single ballot written or printed i tbe name ot the person or persons voted for, with a pertinent designation designa-tion ot the office to be filled, and when any question is to be decided in the affirmative or negative, he shall state the proposition Jat the bottom bot-tom of the ballot, and write thereunder "Yes," or "No," as he may desire to vote thereon, which ballot shall be neatly folded and placed in one of the envelopes hereinbefore provided for and delivered to the presiding judge of election, who shall, in the presence of the voter, on the name of the propoflfd voter being found on tbe registry list, deposit it in the ballot bal-lot box, without any mark whatever what-ever being placed on such envelope, otherwise the ballot shall be rejected. Sec. 14 Whenever any ballot shall be deposited in the ballot box, the judge having the registry list shall write the word "voted" opposite the name of the person casting the vote, and the other judge acting as clerk, shall write the name of the voter and the number of tha vote upon a list to b? made by such judge. Sec. 15. As soon as the polls shall be closed, tbe judges of election shall immediately proceed to canvass the votes cast at such election, and continue con-tinue without adjournment until completed, com-pleted, and all candidates voted for may be present, either in person or by representative, to witness said canvass. If any envelope contain two or more ballots ol the eame kind folded together to-gether one only shall be counied. Sec. 16 The canvass shall com-meuce com-meuce by the judges who have aoted I as olerks of the election comparing I their respective lists and ascertaining from said lists the number of votes oast. The box shall then be opened and the ballots therein taken out, and counted by the judes, and the judges aoting as clerks, ehall each make a : list of all the offices voted for. The presiding judge ehall then proceed to open the ballots and call ofl therefrom the names of tbe persons voted for, and the offices lhay are intended to fill, and the judges aeting as clerks shall take an account of the same upon their lists, and all the ballots shall be immediately returned to the ballot box, and the ballot box Bball be locked and securely sealed, Sec, 17. Alter the oanvass shall bave been completed, the judges of election shall add up and determine the number of voteB cast lor each person for the several offices, which result ehall be placed on the Hate made by tbe judges acting as clerkf of the election, and the judges shall thereupon certify to tbe eame, aud forward all the lists, seourely sealed, together with the ballot bor, to the city recorder, by a qualified voter, who Bball, before taking the same, take and subscribe an oath to tbt efiect that he will deliver the same tc said recorder, without uunecessarj delay, and that he will use his utmosl ability to prevent any interference whatever therewith, by any peraot whomsoever. Sec. IS On receipt of tha ballo1 boxes and returns of election, th( recorder in the presence of at leas five reputable citizens, selected by thi mayor for that purpose, aod who an not publicly known as candidate voted lor at such election, who afte being sworn to faithfully perform thi duties assigned them, thall break th seal of the returns, ami all candidate may be present as provided in sectioi i fifteen of this ordinance, and th I recorder aud tho citizens aloresaii . shall carefully examine the returns and if no irregularity or discrepauc i appear therein, alfecting the result c ; the election of any candidate, the I shall accept said returns as correct - but if the right of any person vi'ta I for, for aoy office, is in any wa afiecled, then the recorder and oiti tens aforesaid shall open the ballot ) and canvass the same, so far as t . determine tbe rights of the porson whose office may be aflected. They , may also cause to appear before them ' any persons whom they may deem i proper, aud take their testimony in i relation to said election. j ; Sec 19 After the ojrapletion ol 1 the caovass, the recorder and the 5 said citizens shall declare the result thereof, and the recorder ehall im-s im-s mediately make out and transmit a j certificate of election to each person 2 elected to any office, attested by the - corporate Beal of the city. Pronded, 1 That when two or more candidates e for an elective office shall have an s equal number of volw for the same i- office, the election shall be deter-e deter-e mined by the city council, who shall it give notice to the parties of the time e and place at which thelieebail be , decided. )f Seo. 20 Immediately alter the il inspection of the baiiots, in any ballot t- tor, the bailnts shall be returned into il the box, which shall be locked ami r- securely sealed, and the boxes pn-v, lo be so preserved far ten days after t ; . t-3- result of the election baa beca d2-b d2-b ciared, and immeJia:eiy after IlcI Jy ejcpiratioo of the tea day?, anl no ii notice ol a contest bficz fil, ir requiring further delay, the recrdi-r ly stiall. in the presence of at lfit cue u of the cit:zens who asi-ttsd in the m canvAes, and such candidates votri fr-r d, a rray be present, opsn e.-? of th-1 or bill t tvix" an! d'-try .ill hiii''-d, hiii''-d, nnun'-l th'T-ia. n, Sec, 1 T;:o racord r sh:l a's". Li- as toon as poeeibie after the result of r ; toe election has been so determined, ;e i mske oat a general abstract thereof y ! in duplicate, and certity to tine cor- rectness t er--cf,cvje o! winch h shall n file, and the other ha shall p.-st up in his office, and every person e'wted cr ll appointtd to au fir.-tivt. ju-licial or s, administrative cfiot?, shall. bfire he h enters upon the duties tterof, app?Ar i- before the recorder and tate and ir subscribe an oath or affirmation that jf he will support the Constitution of the )f United States, the lwsoMS."is terri-r. terri-r. lory and the ordinances of ibis city, h and that he will well and truly pr it form all the duties o- his office to the ' be' of his kscvr'e.ige and abUity; ard r- ?h:!l fiie the sku? i n sa J recorder, h Tne mayor ji; ', ;r. ndoi;i n to i.e j usual OitJ, swtrir or affirm th.nt he will devote so much ol his tune U the c duties of his office a a erTii-.ent and j ;a:"-fa fill dwh irg t::ereo' ny re n cure, ar-i :y prsna el-oo -i or ;p J ; ; ;:n;ed to .i-.y pffi.'n in sJ :-:--, w;i i, e' !or thrty -.ys after such ti'Otio'o or v I sppoirtroeEt, :v.:s to qualify ind ev'.-:r if upon the duties ot such office ea re's re-'s quired by law, the city council may o declare said office vacant aud proceed i. to fill the tne as other vacancies are d filled. d Sec. 2'2 The mayor and aldermen, before entering upon the duties of Is their respective offices, ehall give i, bonds with approved securities, each 11 in tbe penal sum of five thousand ,3 dollars to tne people of Salt Lake City, ,e conditioned for the faithful perform-e perform-e ance of thedulies thereof, which bonds ; ihall be approved by the recorder and 13 filed in his office, h Sec. 23 Tne assessor and his depu-it depu-it ties shall receive such compensation for the services required of them by e thiB ordinance, ae the city council d shall determine, and tbe judges of i9 election shall receive for their Ber-i- vices fitly cents per hour for all ser-d ser-d vices rendered in conducting elections n and canvassing votes, aud each of 11 said officers is hereby authorized to t- administer oaths whenever noceisary r to carry into efiect tbe provisions of .o this ordinance. ie Sec. 21 Any omission or irregu-)f irregu-)f larity of any assessor or other officer, d pertaiuing to election matters, shall g not invalidate any election or aulhor-e aulhor-e ize the rejection of any It-gal votes if cast. n Sec. 2o Any person who shall dia-- dia-- turb or be guilty of any riotous cou-t- duct at any municipal election, or i, who shall disturb or interfere witn the I, canvassing of the votes, or iuterfere )t with tne making of the returns, or e, who Bball iuterfere with any voter in 11 the free exercise of the elective (ran-ie (ran-ie cbise, shall, on conviction, be fined 3, in any sum not exceeding ninety-e, ninety-e, nine dollars, or be imprisoned not id exceeding one hundred days, or both. ,o Sec. 26 Any person who shall give, or promise cr ofler to give to an ,11 elector, any money, reward or other ,11 valuable consideration, (or his or her ie vote at an election, or for witbhold-i- ing the same, or who shall give, or i- promise to give, euch considerations 3r to auy other person or party, for such y elector's vote, or for tho withholding a. thereof, or any elector who shall re-re re-re ceive or agree to receive, for himself o- or for another, any money, reward or otber valuable consideration tor his a- vote at an election, or for withhold-?d withhold-?d tbe same, shall, on conviction, be ig fined in any sum not exceed tug ig ninoty-nino dollars, or be imprisoned 94 not excecdiug oue hundred days, or ?d both, and shall also forfeit the right to id vole at sach election, aud any elector es whose right lo veto eui.lt lie chal-a chal-a lenyed for such cjiue, be.'oro the ie election officers, shall he required to to swear or affirm that the mailer ot the m challenge is uotrun, before his vote r, shall be received. to Sec. 27 Any person who shall us ofi:r any bribe, threat or intimidation ie to auy elector for the purpose of its iufiueuciug his or her vote, or shall ie examine aoy ballot offered or cast at ie the polis, or fouud in any bullot box, for any other purpose than to aacer-ill aacer-ill lain what candidate has been elected, Df or who votes more than once at auy ie one election, or knowingly offers to ;h vote two or more ballots, oi in any ?h manner changes any ballot after the its aame has been deposited in tbe ballot ks box, or adds, or attempts to add, any ill ballot to those legally polled, shall on id conviction be fined in any sum not d, exceeding ninety-nine dollars or be e imprisoned not exceeding one bun-;r, bun-;r, dred days or both. e, Sec. 28 That chapter IV ot the he Revised Ordinances ol Salt Lake City, to "Regulating Elections," be and the ry same is hereby rppaaled. ,st Passed November ISth, 1S79. ce 00 FERAMORZ LITTLE, Mayor, lot John T. Cains, be Recorder. t b. B Territory of Utah, .re City of Salt Lake. M' teB I, John T. Caine, Recorder of Sail ter Lake City, do herfby certity that the ne foregoing ii a full, true and correct ue copy of An Ordinance entitled "Ar tC8 Ordinance Ro ulatiog Elections anc D Providing for the Registration o ".e Voters," psiescd by the City Connci iX of said city on the 18ib day of No us, vemher, A. D. 1S7'. as appears o icy record in my offico. 3- v In testimony whereof I havi 'rt- J i , t hereunto set my hand ant ion 1 i affixed the corporate ecu of Salt LVie City, thi i. 18th day of November, A. D. 1879. otfl John T. Caink, Rprnrdnr. ton ' |