commencement, and a correction of any mistake that may be found therein until they shall be found or made to agree. The box shall then be opened, and the ballots therein be taken out and counted by the judges, unopened, except so far as to ascertain whether each ballot is single, and if two or more ballots shall be found folded togother, as to present the appearance of a single bollot, they shall be laid aside until the count of the ballot shall be completed, and if upon a comparison of the count with the poll lists and the appearance of such ballots a majority of such judges shall be of opinion that the ballots thus folded together were voted by one elector, they shall be destroyed. 66 If the ballots in the box be found to exceed in number the whole number of votes on the poll lists, they shall be replaced in the box, after being purged as above, and one of the judges shall publicly draw out and destroy therefrom as many ballots, unopened, as shall be equal to such excess. The ballot and poll list agreeing, or being made to agree, the board shall then proceed to count and ascertain the number of votes cast, and the clerks shall set down in their poll books the name of every person voted for written at full length, the office for which such person received such votes, and the number he did receive. the number being expressed at full length, such entry to be made as nearly as circumstances will admit. in the following form, to-wit: At an election held at the house of A. B., in the district or precinct of , in the county of, a id territory of Wyoming, on the second day of September, A. D., 1869, the following named persons received the number of votes attached to their respective names for the following offices, to-wit: A. B. hadvotes for Delegate to Congress; C. D. had votes for Member of the Legislative Council; E. F. had votes for Member of the House of Representatives. The judges of election shall then inclose and seal one of the poll books, and under cover, direct to the secretary of the territory, at his office in the city of Cheyenne, and the packet thus sealed shall be conveyed by one of the judges or clerks of the election, to be determined by lot if they cannot agree, or by some other person to be agreed upon by the judges, and delivered to the secretary aforesaid, with the seals unbroken, at his office six days after the closing of the polls, and the other poll book, together with the ballot box, shall be deposited with one of the judges of the election, to be determined by lot if not others wise agreed; and the said poll book shall be subject to the inspection of any elector at any time hereafter who may wish to examine the same. ་་ The secretary shall retain and preserve the packets aforesaid under seal, and as soon as all the returns are by him received, he shall, after having notified the governor and chief justice, open the packets in their presence, when the governor, chief justice and secretary, will proceed to canvass the votes, and the Governor will issue certificates of election to such persons as shall have been duly elected to the offices herein specified. During the day on which said election shall be held, no civil process shall be served on any elector entitled to vote at the election. [L. S.] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the territory to be hereunto affixed. Done at the city of Cheyenne this third day of August. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-fourth. By the Governor : EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary of the Territory. J. A. CAMPBELL. PROCLAMATION, By J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING: WHEREAS, By my proclamation of the third day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in virtue of the power vested in me as governor of the territory of Wyoming, an election was ordered to be held in said territory at a certain time and in certain places, and under regulations therein prescribed, and WHEREAS, It has come to my knowledge that certain modifications are advisable in said proclamation; Now, therefore, be it known that I, J. A. Campbell, by virtue of authority vested in me as Governor of the territory of Wyoming, do hereby proclaim and declare the following changes and additions to my said proclamation: Evanston and Carling's Camp are designated and declared to be election precincts. Pine Bluffs is discontinued as an election precinct. If any person appointed to act as judge of the election aforesaid. shall neglect or refuse to be sworn to act in such capacity, or shall not be present, the place of such person shall be filled by the votes of such qualified electors residing within the county or precinct as may then be present at the place of election, and the person or persons so elected to fill the vacancy or vacancies, shall be and are hereby vested with the same power as if appointed by the executive of this territory. [1. s.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Done at the city of Cheyenne this twentieth day of By the Governor : EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary of the Territory. PROCLAMATION. By Edward M Lee, Secretary, and Acting Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING: By virtue of authority vested in me as secretary and acting governor of the territory of Wyoming, I hereby declare and announce that a term of the district court of the second judicial district of Wyoming, will be held at Laramie city, in said territory, on Tuesday the 12th day of October, A. D. 1869. [L. S.]. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the territory to be affixed. Done at the city of Cheyenne, this sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-fourth. EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary and Acting Governor of Wyoming. PROCLAMATION. By J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING: WHEREAS, Under the laws at present in force in this territory, persons convicted of certain offenses against the laws are required to be confined in the territorial prison; and WHEREAS, No territorial prison has been provided in Wyoming; Now, therefore, I, J. A. Campbell, governor of the territory of Wyoming, by virtue of the power vested in me, do hereby designate the Detriot House of Correction, in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan, as the territorial prison of the territory of Wyoming, to which all offenders who have been or may be convicted as aforesaid, will be conveyed and imprisoned. [L. S.] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the territory to be affixed. Done at the city of Cheyenne, this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States the ninety-fourth. By the Governor : EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary of the Territory. J. A. CAMPBELL. PROCLAMATION. By J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. To THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING: By virtue of authority vested in me as governor of the territory of Wyoming, I hereby declare and announce that a term of the District court of the third judicial district of Wyoming, will be held at South Pass City, in said territory, on Wednesday, the twenty-second day of September, 1869. [L. S.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the Territory to be affixed. Done at the city of Cheyenne, this fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States the ninety-fourth. By the Governor : J. A. CAMPBELL. EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary of the Territory. PROCLAMATION. By J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING: By virtue of the authority vested in me, I, J. A. Campbell, governor of the territory of Wyoming, hereby announce and direct that the first session of the first Legi lative Assembly of the territory of Wyoming, shall be held in the city of Cheyenne, in said territory, commencing on Tuesday, the twelfth day of October, A. D. 1869. [L. S.] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the territory to be affixed. Done at the city of Cheyenne, this twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States the ninety-fourth. By the Governor: J. A. CAMPBELL. EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary of the Territory. PROCLAMATION. By J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING: WHEREAS, The president of the United States has designated Thursday, the eighteenth day of November, 1869, as a day of thanksgiving and praise: Now, therefore, I, J. A. Camphell, governor of the Territory of Wyoming, do recommend that on that day all secular pursuits be suspended throughout the whole extent of the territory; and that our people assemble together at their places of public worship or in the privacy of their own homes and render thanks to Almighty God, the giver of all good, for the many blessings vouchsafed to us as a people. In the year which is drawing to a close, we have been free from war, pestilence and famine. Although we are the pioneers of a future State, we are mercifully spared from the troubles and dangers which have beset the paths of former pioneers. The labor of the husbandman, the miner and the herdsman have met with their due reward, not alone in what they have reaped, but also in rich promise for the future. Life, liberty and property are secured by laws which are faithfully enforced. For all these blessings to us as a people, and for the manifold mercies which have been experienced by each of us individually, it is meet and proper that we render humble and heartfelt thanks to Him from whom all good things come. [L. S.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the territory to be affixed. Done at the city of Cheyenne, this eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States the ninety-fourth. By the Governor : EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary of the Territory. J. A. CAMPBELL. |