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 354 'I`rrm·: xxvi.-—THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. registration be rcipiircd, within not less than ten days prior t0_ the election, shall open t c circuit court at the most convenient point in the circuit. Supervisors of Sec. 2012. The court, when so opened by the gudgenshall proceed to <=l€¢¢10¤· appoint and commission, from day to day; and rom time to time, and WTA under the hand of the judge, and under the_seal of the court, for each election district or voting precinct m such city or town, or for such election district or voting precinct in the congressional district, as may have applied in the manner ereinbeforo prescribed, an_d_to revoke, change, or renew such appointment from time to time, two citizens, residents of the city or town, or of the election district or voting precinct in the county or parish, who shall be of different political parties, and able to read and write the English language, and w o shall be known and designated as sugervisors of election. [See SS 6621. MR-] _ _ _ 0,,,,,., mbekgpt sc. 2013. The circuit court, when opened by the judge as required in open. the two preceding sections, shall therefrom and thereafter, and up to and "@[_‘”‘ including the day followulg the dayof election, be always open_ for the ` transaction of business un er this itle, and the powers and jurisdiction hereby granted and conferred shall be exercised as well in vacation as in term time; and a judge sitting at chambers 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. _ _ _ District judge Sec. 2014. Whenever, from any cause, the judge of the circuit court in mayjpcrformdimes any judicial circuit is unable to perform and discharge the duties herein of *`“'°“‘* J“d8°· im sed, he is required to select and assign to the performance thereof, 28 Feb., 1871, c. in liils place, such one of the judges of the district courts within his cir- 99,¤·3,v·16,1¤-434- cuit as he may deem best; and upon such selection and assignment being made, the district judge so designated shall perform and discharge, in the place of the circuit judge, all the duties, powers, and obligations imposed and conferred upon the circuit ljudge by the provisions ereof. Construction of ac. 2015. The preceding section shal be construed to authorize each preceding ¤c¢t·i<>¤- of the judges of the circuit courts of the United States to designate one 10 y,,,,,Q},7y§TQ_ or more o the judges of the district courts within his circuit to discharge 415, s.1,v.17,p.349. the duties arising under this Title. Duties or super- Sec. 2016. The supervisors of election, so appointed, are authorized viwm Of ¢¢l¤><‘¥i0¤¤- and required to attend at all times and places fixed for the registration 28 F§[,'{8·jfc_ of voters, who, being registered, would be entitled to vote for a Repre- 99, a4, v.16, p. 434. sentative or Delegate in Congress, and to challenge any person offering to register; to attend at all times and laces when the names of registered voters may be marked for challenge, and to cause such names registered as they may deem proper to be so marked; to make, when required, the lists, or either of them, provided for in section two thousand and twenty-six, and verify the same; and upon any occasion, and at anytime when in attendance u n the duty herein prescribed, to personal y inspect and scrutinize suclioregistry, and for purposes of identification to aflix their signature to each page of the original list, and of each copy of any such list of registered voters, at such times, u n each day when any name may be received, entered, or registered, andxin such manner as will, in their judgment, detect and expose the improper or wrongful removal therefrom, or addition thereto, of an name. At}¢¤d¤·¤¢<= M Sec. 2017. The supervisors of election are authorizedy and required to ‘?l‘f°f‘§____, attend at all times and places for holding elections of Representatives 28 Feb., 1871, e. or Delegates in Congress, and for counting the votes cast at such elec- 99,¤-5.**-i6.P·434· tions; to challenge any vote offered by any person whose legal qualifications the supervisors, or either of them, may doubt; to be and remain where the ballot—boxes are kept at all times after the polls are open until every vote cast at such time and lace has been counted, the canvass of all votes polled wholly completed? and the proper and requisite certificates or returns made, whether the certificates or returns be required 'undcr any law of the United States, or any State, territorial. pr municipal law, and to personally inspect any scrutinize, from time to imc, and at all times, on the day of election, the manner in which the