conducting elections, and the penalties imposed for offences; also containing blanks for all entries required to be made in said poll books; and at the time the said clerk delivers notices for an election to the sheriff of his county, as provided for in this act, he shall also deliver to the sheriff two copies of said poll books for an election precinct; and the sheriff shall deliver the same into the hands of one of the judges of election; and the judges of election, receiving the said poll books, shall deliver, and [or] cause the same to be delivered, to the clerks on the day of election.
Sect. 49. Any citize of Dakota Territory, who is a qualified voter, shall not be deprived of his vote because he is in the military service of the United States: Provided, He resided in said territory at the time when he enlisted. The officers and privates of any company or part of company of the contender for Dakota volunteers, who are in the military service of the United States, shall be permitted to vote at the polls in any authorized precinct at any authorized election, for any of the following named officers, to wit: delegate to congress and all territorial officers: Provided, Such officer or officers are required by law to be elected at such election ; but no officer or private of such military company or companies shall be allowed to vote at such election for any precinct or county office, nor for members of the legislative assembly, unless such volunteer, officer, or private be in the county in which he resided at the time of his enlistment. In case any company or detachment of Dakota volunteers in the service of the United States be without the limit of an organized county, or more than five miles distant from an authorized precinct on the day of an election authorized by law, the officers and privates of said company or part of company may elect three judges of election, which judges shall appoint two clerks; and the judges shall take and administer such oaths as are required in this act; and the polls shall be opened and conducted in like manner as prescribed in this act for elections in authorized precincts; and when the board shall have been organized as aforesaid, and the polls proclaimed open, all such volunteer officers and privates then present, shall be allowed to vote in like manner and for such officers as prescribed in this section, and return shall be made of such election to the secretary of this territory.
