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take such oath so tendered, his vote shall be rejected, and after taking such oath, if the judges have good reason to believe that the person so offering to vote is not a legal voter, they may reject the same.

Sec. 15. If any person so offering such vote shall take such oath, knowing it to be false, he shall be deemed guilty of wilful [sic] and corrupt perjury, and shall, on conviction, suffer such punishment as now is, or shall hereafter be prescribed by law for persons guilty of perjury. And if any person shall vote at any election who is not a qualified voter, he shall upon conviction thereof, be confined in the county jail of said county, not more than six months nor less than one month, and if there is no jail in said county, he shall be confined in the nearest place kept for such purpose in this Territory, he shall also forfeit and pay into the county treasury of the county in which such action was held, for the use of common schools, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars.

Sec. 16. There shall be provided and kept by the judges of each election precinct, (at the expense of the county in which such precincts are situated,) a suitable ballot box with lock and key.

See, 17. There shall be an opening through the lid of such box, of no larger size than shall be sufficient to admit a single folded ballot. Before opening the polls, the ballot box shall be carefully examined by the judges of the election; that nothing may remain therein ; it shall then be locked, and the key thereof delivered to one of the judges to be designated by the board, and shall not be opened during the election, except in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

Sec. 18., When a ballot shall be received, one of the judges, without opening the same, or permitting it to be opened or examined (except to ascertain whether it be a single ballot) shall number the same to. correspond with the number ow the poll list opposite the name of the person casting said vote, and deposit it in the box.

Sec. 19. Each clerk shall keep a poll list which shall contain the names of all the persons voting at such election in their numerical order.

Sec. 20. At each adjournment of the polls, the clerks shall,