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 434 FOR'I.‘Y—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sm!. III. C11. 99. 1871. f P¥g°dl¤8? to appoint and commi sion, from day to day and from time to time, and 3;; °Pp°mt' under the hand of the said circuit judge, and under the seal of said court, for each election district or voting precinct in each and every such city or town as shall, in the manner herein prescribed, have applied therefor, and _ to revoke, change, or renew said appointment from time to time,. two Q¤¤ll¤9¤¤<>¤¤ citizens, residents of said city or town, who shall be of dliferent political °f°°P°"’°°"' parties, and able to read and write the English language, and who shall U¤¤1’¤¤¤ l>¤ be known and designated as supervisors of election. And the said circuit k°Pt °P°"’ &°' court, when opened by the said circuit judge as required herein, shall therefrom and thereafter, and up to and including the day following the dey of election, be always open for the transaction of business under this act, and the powers and jurisdiction hereby granted and conferred shall be exer- . Y°W°:,°*`.l¤dg2 cised as well in vacation as in term time; and a judge sitting at chambers l;},;,:.?;`,;? °” a shall have the same powers and jurisdiction, including the power of keeping order and of punishing any contempt of his authority, as when sitting in court. m·;‘:';E$1:tft‘}f*{;° Sec. 3. And he itfwrlher enacted, That whenever, from sickness, injury, ,,,;g,,,d“,u,,, or otherwise, the judge of the circuit court of the United States in any duty_by the cir— judicial circuit shall be unable to perform and discharge the duties by $f;·l"'1g°· "“· this act imposed, it shall be his duty, and he is hereby required, to select and to direct and assign to the performance thereof, in his Oplace and stead, such one of the Judges of the dmtrlct courts of the United States Qgfzgxcuit within his circuit as he shall deem best; and upon such selection and §:dg,_ assignment being made, it shall be lawful for, and shall be the duty oi, the district judge so designated to perform and discharge, in the place and stead of the said circuit judge, all the duties, powers, and obligations irppplsed and conferred upon the said circuit judge by the provisions o this act. p°gQg;:g{:Kc_ SEC; 4. And be it further enacted, That. it shall be the duty of the ,,,,,1,, supervisors of election, appointed under this act, and they and each of _ _ them are hereby authorized and required, to attend at all times and places R?g“‘°""°'°“· Hxed for the registration of voters, who, being registered, would be entitled ch°“°“8°°· to vote for v. representative or delegate in Congress, and to challenge any person offering to register; to attend at all times and places when the names of registered voters may be marked for challenge, and to cause _ such names registered as they shall deem proper to be so marked; to 3***- M make, when required, the lists, or either of them, provided for in section &c_;¥°1_:g{;'::_y_ thirteen of this act, and verify the same; and upon any occasion, and at any tune when in attendance under the provisions of this act, to per- S_ m W sonally inspect end scrutinize such registry, and for purposes of identifica- ,m;8“ “’ tion to affix their or his signature to each and every page of the original list, and of each and every copy of any such list of registered voters, at such tamesnupon each dey when any name may or shall be received, entered, or rogisteredpand in such manner -as will, in their or his judgglelnzz depict nad expose the iupproper or wrongful removal therefrom, or _ l ¤0¤ WPG » ¤¤_any Way, 0 any name or names. ug:f,’°S§f;‘:_"° _Sn0. 5. dnd be ot furtlier enacted, That it shall also be the duty of the tiqng qrmpm. sand supervisors of election, and they, and each of them, are hereby ?;¤&:;;¤;§s&:;m authorized and required, to attend at ol] times end places for holding their (mm' elections of representatives or delegates in Congress, and for counting ahem:. the votes cast at stud elections; to clmllenge any vote offered by any person whose legal qualifications the supervisors, or either of them, shall doubt; to be and remain where the ballot-boxes are kept at all times after the polls are open until each and every vote cast at said time and place shall be counted, the canvass of all votes polled be wholly completed, and the proper and requisite certificates or returns made, whether said certificates or returns be required under any law of the United fStates, or any State, territorial, or municipal law, and to personally inspect and scrutnmze, from time to time, and at all times, on the clay of election, the manner in which the voting is done, and the way and