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isters of deeds; treasurers; justices of the peace, constables, and all other territorial, district, county and precinct officers, not herein enumerated, that may, by law be provided for.
Sec. 3. The several boards of County commissioners shall respectively, at least thirty days prior to the general election, appoint three capable and discreet persons, possessing the qualifications of electors, to act as judges of election at each precinct, and foreach of the polls of election, as provided for in this act, and to set off and establish election precincts of districts, and the register of deeds shall make out and deliver to the sheriff of the county, immediately after the appointment of said judges, a notice in writing thereof; directed to the judges so appointed, and it shall be the duty of the said sheriff, within ten days after the receipt of the said notice, to serve the same upon each of the said judges of the election.
Sec. 4. The said judges shall choose two persons having similar qualifications with themselves, to act as clerks of the election. The said judges shall be and continue judges of all elections of civil officers to be held at their respective precincts, until other judges shall be appointed, as hereinbefore directed, and the said clerks of election may continue to act as such during the pleasure of the judges of election, and the county commissioners shall, from time to time, fill all vacancies which may occur in the office of judges of elections, at any election precinct within their respective counties.
Sec. 5. The register of deeds of the several counties shall, at least thirty days before any general election, and at least eight days previous to any special election, make out and deliver to the sheriff of his county, three written notices thereof for each election precinct, said notices to be, as nearly as circumstances will admit, as follows, to wit: Notice is hereby given, that on the second Tuesday, the ......... day of ........ next, a the house of......... in the town, district, or precinct of........ in the county of.........an election will be held for territorial, town or district officers, (naming the offices to be filled as the’ case may be,) which election will be opened at nine o’clock in the morning, and will continue open until four o’clock in the afternoon of the same day. Dated this.........day of.......A.
