Show THE NEW LAW an lii iii 0 A act aco it tit for r th the gion tion 01 ol voters nua nud to further gle the wanner manner of 6 conduct lyd gue elections fei fri 10 this territory sec seb r Y se be it enacted by the governor find legislative assemble of the territory of 0 f utah that the assessors in melr weir respective counties are hereby constituted the registration officers ri and they are required to appoints a r resident est esl derit deputy in each precinct to assist in hyi carrying out uhe the provisions orthis of this act ach and before iha arst monday dio blo in june I 1 1878 in pe person isan isbn or by deputy they shall visit every avery dwelling in each precinct and make inquiry as to any or all persons eti etl titled to vote yote arnd annd irid arid ench each deputy in all cases eases ishall nall ascertain upon oon what ground such person claims t to bei beh be a voter and ile lle he tie shall require each person entitled to vote ote and desiring to be registered to take and subscribe in substance the following oath or affirmation i I 1 ter ten TERRITORY X T 0 R Y OF PF U UTAH tair 1 COUNTY 0 J ba I 1 being first duly sworn depose and say that I 1 am aver twenty one yeara of age and have resided in lit the territory of utah tor for six months kud and in iii the precinct of it one month next preceding the date hereof and if a male am hm a native nh native tive bom born or naturalized ai ni th the wiese case maybe may bej citizen of ohp the united states and ind a taxpayer tax payer in in this territory orif or it a it female I 1 am native born or I 1 gnat u rallied or the 19 wife ife widow or daughter tryal W a the case may be of alla atia a native bom born or naturalized citizen of the united state states subscribed and sworn ivorn A 16 before me this day 0 A D 1 l 1 18 assac asset sor 3 up upon on the receipt of such the assessor a as aforesaid shall bhail place the name nameon of suph euph voter upon the lister list of the voters of the county thee sec 2 it jt shall also aiso be the duty of the a assessor of each county y in person a or r by deputy at the time ot of making we he annual assessment for taxes in ja each year beginning in 1879 to take tabe up the transcript of the next preceding registration list and proceed to the revision of the same samland and foi for this purpose her he shall visit every dwelling dwell ng house housed in lix each precinct and mak make c careful I 1 inquiry air y if it any person whose narno naile is on oil hi his s list has dieder died or removed from the precinct 2 or is otherwise disqualified as a fl voter of sueh such precinct and if it so to erme erwe alia amft luft aa or whether any qualified voter resides therein whose name is not on his big li stand ifo if so to addae add he same thereto in the manner as provided in the preceding section sec 3 it shall also be e the duty of eich e ich in person or by deputy during the me we week ek commencing the first monday aday in june of each year at his office to enter on his registry list the name of any voter that may have been omitt omitted pd on such vote voter r appearing and cona coca plying with the provision 61 of r the lirt first section of this act required pd of voters for registration purposes sec 4 upon tha the completion of tb the e 11 list t I 1 it shall be th the 6 d duty a ty of ea each ch assessor as aforesaid to proceed to make out ont outa onta a list in alphabetical order for each precinct containing the names narges of all the registered voters of such precinct and shall on or before the first day of J july uly in each year deliver all of said lists and affidavits to the clerk of the county court sec see 6 the tiie clerk of the tho county court e to tb the asgeir the registry lists whenever obury for the revision thereof or adding names i thereto anid annd arid the ast essory in perso person n or by deputy shall ing inz in the week commencing the alfonda monday in september ib in the year 1878 1818 J and every second year thereafter enter of vote voters islon on mhd registry list in the tho manner man eier fier provided in ih section 3 of this act wrid and upon ii the list hat being eow cow completed p ete broce proceed ced as beqai red by section 4 ef of this det del provided cabe he shail shall deliver doliver the hats and aud affidavits onn ozy orbe rote fote the loh lda ida dakof of october in each year 11 A 1 se sec see AV voters otero removing fram one elect fo tb to sno 4 her in the same county may appear appeal before the ases ase assessor s 0 t at nuy any t unie k 01 0 pl previous tal vil 0 uis t to 0 t abe fi e delivering of dr the registry lialo H to he be clerk of ohl the court coutt and add have helve their names erased erased and they laa may b bave their name names sieg registered feied inthe in the precinct to which they may remove sec see 7 the clerk of the county court shall file and carefully preserve am said affidavits and registry registry lisa liste and shall make a copy ot each precinct registry list and cause the same to be posted up at least fifteen days dass before any elec elect tiou ioD ator near the thin place of election and shall make and transmit another copy to the judges of election bee bec 8 the clerk of the county cohrt court shall cause to he printed pr written a notice which shall ldes ides designate fg the offices to lre to jle filled arli aull and I 1 1 1 stat stating staging ilig that the will dom mence menee at the place for holding the poll ti one lond hour after sunrise and ani cinti continue nue until sunset on the day of 1 3 IS 18 naming the day of biec election dated daled at AD 1 18 clerk clerk of of the c county 1 court A copy of which shall be posted up a at t least days before the election in iri three public places in said sald precinct pre elnet cinet best calculated to give notice to all the voters it shall also bethe be tho the duty of the clerk elerk of the county court to alve give notice ba the lists jiso so su posted that the senior justice of the peace for said precinct wiil will I 1 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 justice who shai issue a written notice to the person objected to stating the place day and hour when the objection will be heards beards the person making the objection shall serve or cabie to reserved be served said notice upon the person objected to and shall also make returns of such service to the justice before whom the objection shall be ue beard upon the hearing of the said justice shall find that the person objected to is not a qualified voter bu lit shall within thre days prior to the th e elic election tion transmit a certified list of the eames names of all ail aubuch sueh such unqualified lifred persons to tb the judges of elec elee i lion tion and said judges shall strike buch such names from the registry nat hat before the opening of the polls bec bee 9 the county court shall at its first session in june tune of each year appoint three capable and discreet persons in each precinct in the cou county 13 ty one at leaston least of whom shall be of the political party that was inthe in the minority at the last list pre pro election if any such party there be in sueh such precinct to act as judges of general and special ele eie election caious and they shall designate one of the persons persona appointed to uie Viv preside alde aide aud and thua thia othet vw v 0 iua lua lubet et cle said elections and the gerboc Ger bot bof of baid saidi court ahall make out certificates of said appoint mems and transmit by maii mall or other safe conveyance to the pet pel sons so appointed who previous oust to entering upon luport said office shall take and subscribe an oath to lo the effect they will well and faithfully perform all aft the duties thereof to the beau best of thor their ability and that they will wiil studiously endeavor to prevent any fraud deceit or abuse at any elee elec election ilon over which they may preside if it in any precinct any of such judges decline to serve berve or fail fall co to appear the voters of said pre cincu nors firs t assembled on th he a day of election to the number of six at or immediately after the time deal deai designated g bated for opening the poll poil may or judges to fill the vacancy and the persons so elected shail shall qualify us as hereinbefore provided bee see 10 the county court shall provid provida tt the necessary books blanks A stationery and ad ballot boxes aich which ballot boxes shall be made of galvanized iron of 0 suitable size with withe X nale yale aie ale or other safe eafe jock and two keys onie orie of the keys to by the judges of election and aud one by the we clerk of the county cout court L provided if any auy county has good and substantial ballot boxe boxes with yale laeko and feyd the same may be bb used theire thore shall be an through the lid of each ballot aitt alit uba sike size to admit single ballot sva 1 11 I the county court shall furnish i the judges of elections in eve every ry precinct with a sufficient number of plain envelopes for election tion purposes said baid envelopes shall be uniform iu in color and size without any auy marks writing printing or device upon cwm and nl othur other kind shall bhail be bo use used V 1 at keuy given election erection before heiing the poil poll 3 the billar box be carefully and anif by the of election who shall satisfy thu themselves that nothing Is the it shall then be locked and the key thereof delivered to the presiding judge and said ballot box shall not no be opened during the election sei bei heel 12 at the opening oc of the polls at all general or special elections the judges of election for foi their respective precincts shall designate toone one of the judges acting as clerk who shall shaft have in custody the registry v of f voters and shall make th the ty ep t aa t herein therein required by bi law a W the other othey of said 1 judges acting aa as clerk shall 1 arl write the name of each person voting and opposite it tap th number of the vote gec gue sec see 13 every voter shall designate on a single ballot written or printed the name naine of the person oi ot persons arons voted for with a pertinent designation of the office to be filled i 4 bud and when any blu ilu question estion is to be ue d e eid cid edlin ediin the affirmative or negative he shall stat state ethe the proposition at the bottom of the ballot and write vea yea orno as he hd may desire sire to vote thereon which ballot shall be neatly folded and placed in one of the envelopes hereinbefore provided foroud for fon and delivered to the presiding judge of election who barll in the presence of the voter on the name of the proposed va voter ter being found on the ibe registry list and afi on f all challenges to such vote being dac decided in favor of such voter deposit it in the ballot box without any mark whatever being placed on such envelope otherwise the ballots shall ber bey je ced 1 sec 1 14 whenever Vh enever any ballot shall be deposited in the ballot box buz the judge having the registry list i hall ball write the word voted opposite the name of the person casting the vote and the other judge acting as elerk clerk shall write the name bf br atte voter and the number of the thih vote upon a list to be made by such judge see sec 15 As soona soon aa 9 the polls shall be closed the judges of election shall immediately proceed to canvass vasi the votes cast at such election and continue without adjournment until completed and all candidates voted for may be present either in person or by representative to witness said paid canvass if ig any envelope contains ins two or more lb ballots allots odthe of the kind wind same samo kind klud folded together one only shall be counted ac 16 the can cAu canvass canvass vass shall commence by who have acted as clerks of the election comparing their respective 1130 and ascertaining froin said sald lieta the number or votes cast the box shall bhail then be op ened eded and the thid ballots ther therein ein eln taken out and co counted b by tile tiie the 1116 judge judges sand and the judges acting as clerks shall ach each make h a listef list of all the persons voted for the pre pie ahau ulen ti open the ballots arld and call off the of the persons vot ed for and the offices they are intended to fin and the judges acting as clerks shall take an account of 01 the barule upon their lists list sand gand and all the ballots shall be Immediate immediato immediately iv re turned to the ballot box and the ballot box shall be locked and securely sealed ea eick 17 after the canvass shall havu have baden biden completed the judges of election cahall add up and determine the number of votes cast for ench each person for the tha the several offices which result shall be placed on the lists lista made by the judges acting aa as clerks of the election ejection and the judges shall thereupon certify to the ame parne and forward all the lists 2 securely sealed together with the ilie ballot bailot box to the i clerk elerk odthe of the county court by a qu qualified allried voter 0 of f the county who shall before taking taa the sime same take and sul sut scribe an oath to the effect that he will deliver dellver the same to said clerk without unnecessary delay and that he will use bl bis is utmost I 1 ability to prevent t any in interference terrer ence euce whatever therewith by any pc person wh whomsoever 1 sed ked SE 18 19 on receipt of the thie ballot boxes and returns of die election 1 ebion the clerk of the ibe county bounty c court ourt in th the presence b of at at least one rne rue member M bor ber of the tho county urt W who bo is not publicly known as a candida candidate 16 voted for to r at such buch election shall break the seal or the re return tunis ard and all ali candidates may ba lie present aa us provided in section 15 of or this h act et ani and ani f sald said ald fraid berk aad member br members mem bers hers of the county court shall carefully examine the ibe return returns sand gand and if no irregularity or discrepancy appear the therein reiny affecting the result of the election of any candid candidate aie afe they shail accept said baid returns as correct butia but if the right of any person voted forier forI for tor for or any office is in tir any way affected then the clerk and rall pan members of f the county court shall 0 open fi the ballots froni from mid said precinct ate aie and d canvass theban the same bame feso ieso so far as to determine the rights of the person chosa office may be affected they may also auke to appear before them any persons whom they may deem proper and take mony in relation elat lou loh to said baid election in said taid precinct SEC 19 if there thero shall be beany benny any disagreement in the returns in regard to uhe the number of bf votes cast for any territorial officer or rany any officer who whose ae elect election loir is effected affected by the of more count counties les ies than one ilen then said members of the county dounty court shall bhail canvass the votes and proceed aa as herein directed alter the completion onha onlia canvass said member or members and clerk of the county court shall declare the result thi thereof beof and the clerk of the court shall immediately make inake out and transmit a certificate of election to each per person sofi elected to any precinct or coun county ty office pro aided vided that whenever a tie shall occur between two or more persons for the bame same office the clerk of the county court shall notify each of them thereof and the same shall ber her decided by joh lot in the presence and under the direction of the county court the notice herein herolt provided for shall state tate the time and place and the manner in |