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Show THE COMING ELECTION. The manner in which the registration and election are to be conducted. The following are the rules adopted by the Utah Commissioners for the registration of voters and the holding of the November election. RULE 1. There shall be appointed one registration officer for each county, and one deputy registration officer for each precinct thereof. RULE 2. Such registration officer shall, on the second Monday in September next, proceed by himself and his deputies in the manner following: The registration officer of each county shall procure from the office of the clerk of the county court, the last preceding registry list on file in his office, and shall by himself of his deputies require of each person whose name is on said list, or who applies to have his name placed upon said list, to take and subscribe the following oath of affirmation. Territory of Utah, County of Salt Lake, I, -, being first duly sworn (or affirmed), depose and say that I am over twenty-one years of age, and have resided in the Territory of Utah for six months, and in the precinct of - one month immediately preceding the date hereof, and (if a male) am a native born or naturalized (as the case may be) citizen of the United States, and a tax-payer in this Territory, (or, if a female, ) I am a native born, or naturalized, or the wife, widow or daughter (as the case may be), of a native born, or naturalized citizen of the United States, and I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am not a bigamist nor a polygamist, that I am not a violator of the laws of the United States prohibiting bigamy or polygamy, that I do not live or cohabit with more than one woman in the marriage relation, nor does any relation exist between me and any women which has been entered into, of the United States prohibiting bigamy or polygamy (and if a woman) that I am not the wife of a polygamist, nor have I entered into any relation with any man in violation of the laws of the United States concerning polygamy or bigamy. Subscribed and sworn before me this - day of - 1882. Registration officer, - Precinct. And said registration officer of his deputies shall add to said lists the names of all qualified voters in such precinct whose names are not on the list, upon their taking and subscribing to the aforesaid oath, and the said registration officers shall strike from said lists the names of all persons who fail or refuse to take said oath or who have died or removed from the precinct, or are disqualified as voters under the act of Congress approved March 22, A. D. 1882, entitled "An act to amend section ?? of the Revised Statutes of the United States in reference to bigamy and for other purposes. Provided, that the action of any registration officer may be revised and reversed by this Commission upon a proper showing and Provided further, That if the registration officer be unable to procure from the office of the clerk of the county court of any county, or if the same have been lost or destroyed, the said officer and his deputies shall make a new registry list in full of all legal voters of each precinct of the county under the provisions of these rules. RULE 3. Upon the completion of the lists if shall be the duty of each registration officer to prepare triplicate lists in alphabetical order for each precinct, containing the names of all registered voters, one of which lists, together with the affidavits, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county clerk, one list he shall cause to be posted up in each precinct at least fifteen days before the day of election, at or near the place of election, and the other list shall be transmitted by him to the judge of election of the several precincts for use at the polls. RULE 4. Voters removing from one election precinct to another in the same county, may appear before the registration officer at any time previous to the filing of the lists in the office of the clerk of the county court, and have their names erased therefrom, and they may thereupon have their names registered in the precinct to which they may remove. RULE 5. The registration officer of each county shall cause to be written or printed a notice which shall designate the office or offices to be filled, and stating that the election will continence at -(designating the place for holding the polls), one hour after sunrise and continue until sunset on the - day of -, A. D. 18-, Dated at -, on this - day of -, A. D. 18-. Registration officer, a copy of which shall be posted up, at least fifteen days before the election, in the three public places in te precinct best calculated to give notice to all the voters. It shall be the duty of the registration officer to give notice on the lists posted as aforesaid, that the deputy registration officer of each precinct will hear objections to the right to vote of any person registered, until sunset of the fifth day preceding the day of election. Said objections shall be made by a qualified voter in writing, and delivered to said deputy registration officer, who shall issue a written notice to the person objected to, stating the place, day, and hour when the objection shall be heard. The person making the objection shall serve, or cause to be served, said notice on the person objected to, and shall also make return of such service, to the deputy registration officer, before whom the objection is to be heard. Upon the hearing of the case, if said officer shall find that the person objected to, is not a qualified voter, he shall, within three days prior to the election, transmit a certified list of all such disqualified persons to the judges of election appointed by this Commission, and such judges shall strike such names from the registry lists before the opening of the polls. RULE 6. The Commission will appoint three capable and discreet persons, who are eligible under said act of Congress, in each precinct of the several counties, to act as judges of election, one at least of whom shall be of the political party that was in the minority at the last previous election, if any such party there be in such precinct. And the persons who shall be appointed registration officers in each county are required as soon as may be after their appointment to transmit to the secretary of this Commission, by mail, at Salt Lake City, the names of three persons who are proper and eligible persons to act as judges of election in each precinct of the county, for the information of this Commission. The secretary of this Commission will make out certificates of said appointments, and transmit the same by mail or other safe conveyance to the persons so appointed, who, previous to entering upon said office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that they will well and faithfully perform all the duties thereof to the best of their ability, and that they will studiously endeavor to prevent any fraud, deceit, or abuse of any election over which they may preside, and that they are not bigamists or polygamists. If in any precinct any of such persons appointed judges decline to serve or fail to appear the deputy registration officer of the precinct shall appoint a judge or judges to fill the vacancies, and the persons so appointed shall qualify as herein appointed. RULE 7. After the canvass shall have been completed, the judges of election shall add up and determine the number of votes cast for each person for the several offices, which result shall be placed on the list made by the judges, acting as clerks of the election; and the judges shall thereupon certify to the same, and shall forward all the lists securely sealed, by mail or safe conveyance, to the secretary of this Commission, at Salt Lake City, Utah, and the ballot-box may be transmitted to the office of the clerk of the county court. RULE 8. The registration officers and their deputies shall hold their offices during the pleasure of this Commission, and shall each, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take and subscribe an oath in substance that "he will support the Constitution of the United States, and will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office, and that he is not a bigamist or polygamist." RULE 9. The county registration officers and their deputies, shall receive compensation as follows. For county registration officers $4 per day, for each deputy registration officer $4 per day, the compensation to be paid for the time during which said officers have been necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, and the judges of election shall receive compensation as follows $3 per day for conducting the election and 30 cents per hour for the time necessarily employed in canvassing the votes, and all of said officers are authorized to administer all oaths required in the registration and conduct of the election. |