Big Sugar Creek Precinct.—Beginning in the Osage river at the Missouri State line; thence up said river to the mouth of Big Sugar creek; thence up said creek to the mouth of Little Sugar creek; thence along the dividing ridge between Big and Little Sugar creeks, beyond the headwaters of both; thence by a due southwest line to the line of the fifth district; thence along the same to the Pottawatomie Creek precinct; thence by the line of said precinct to the Osage river; thence by an easterly line, running north of all the settlements on the waters of North Sugar creek, to the Missouri State line, and down the same to the place of beginning.

Election at the house of Elisha Tucker, at the old Pottawatomie mission.

Judges.-James M. Arthur, Elisha Tucker, John E. Brown.

Little Sugar Creek Precinct.-Commencing at the mouth of Little Osage river; thence up the same, and along the line of sixth district, to Big Sugar Creek precinct; thence along the line of said precinct to Osage river; down Osage river to State line, and down State line to place of beginning.

Election at house of Isaac Stockton, at crossing of Little Sugar creek.

Judges.—William H. Finley, Alfred Osborne, Isaac Stockton. Sixth District.-Election at the Hospital building at Fort Scott. Judges.-James Ray, sen., William Painter, William Godefroy. Seventh District.—Election at the house of J. B. Titus, on the Santa Fé road.

Judges.-Eli Snyder, John W. Freel, Dr. Harvey Foster.

Eighth District.-Election at the Council Grove mission house, near the Santa Fé road.

Judges.-A. J. Baker, Emanuel Mosier, T. S. Hoffaker.

Ninth District.-Election at the house of Robert Klotz, in the town of Pawnee.

Judges.-A. D. Gibson, S. B. White, Robert Wilson.

Tenth District. This district is divided into two voting precincts, as follows, viz:

Blue River Precinct.-Commencing at the upper mouth of Black Jack creek; thence up said creek to the head of the main branch; thence due north to the Independence emigrant road; thence up the middle of said road to the northern line of the Territory; thence by the northern, western, and southern lines of the district to the place of beginning.

Election at the house of S. D. Dyer, on Blue river.

Judges.-Joseph W. Russell, Marshal A. Garrett, Joseph Stewart. Rock Creek Precinct.-Commencing at the upper mouth of Black Jack creek; thence up said creek to the head of the main branch; thence due north to the Independence emigrant road; thence down said road, and by the continuous easterly and southerly lines of the district to the place of beginning.

Election at the house of Robert Wilson, on Rock creek.

Judges.-Francis Bergerow, Henry Rammelt, James Wilson. Eleventh District.-Election at the trading house of Woodward & Marshall.

Judges.-Tr. J. Marshall, R. C. Bishop, W. P. McClure. Twelfth District. This district is divided into two precincts, as follows, viz:

Silver Lake Precinct.-Commencing at the mouth of Cross creek; thence up the same to the head; thence due north to military road leading from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence by the continuous northern, eastern, and southern lines of the district to the place of beginning.

Election at the store of Sloan & Beaubien, on Silver lake.

Judges.-Nath. Wingardner, E. M. Sloan, Evan Kennedy.

St. Mary's Precinct.-Commencing at the mouth of Cross creek; thence up said creek to the head; thence due north to the military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence by the northern, western, and southern lines of the district to the place of beginning. Election at the store of B. F. Bertrand, at St. Mary's mission. Judges.—Dr. L. R. Palmer, Charles Dean, Rev. J. B. Duerinck. Thirteenth District.-Election (except as hereinafter stated) at the house of Samuel J. Hard, at Hickory Point.

Judges.-H. B. Cora, James Atkinson, J. B. Ross.

Fourteenth District.-This district is divided into three precincts, as follows, viz:

Wolf River Precinct.-Commencing in the Missouri river one mile east of Mosquito creek; thence by a line corresponding to, and one mile east of, the several courses of said creek and the main branch thereof; thence by a line due south to Cottonwood spring; thence along the Pottawatomie road to the dividing ridge, two miles from. the crossing of said road at Independence creek; thence due west to the line of the district, and by the westerly and northerly lines of the district to the place of beginning.

Election at the house erected by Aaron Lewis, on Wolf river.
Judges.-James M. Irvin, Joel Ryan, E. W. B. Rogers.

Doniphan Precinct.--Commencing on the Missouri river at the south line of Cadue's reserve; thence by the same, and along the dividing ridge between Cadue's creek and Lewis' creek, to Cottonwood spring; thence by the line of the Wolf River precinct, and the western and southern lines of the district to the Missouri river, and up the Missouri river to the place of beginning.

Election at the store of John W. & James Foreman, in the town of Doniphan.

Judges.-M. K. Shaw, Parris Dunning, W. L. Chudys.

Burr Oak Precinct.-Commencing on the Missouri river at the south line of Cadue's reserve; thence by line of Doniphan precinct to Cottonwood spring; thence by line of Wolf River precinct to Missouri river, and down said river to place of beginning.

Election at house of Milton E. Bryant, on St. Joseph and California road.

Judges.-Ebenezer Blackstone, Cary B. Whitehead, Osborne Hulen. Fifteenth District.-Election (except as hereinafter stated) at the house of Charles Hays, on the military road.

Judges.-Thomas J. Thompson, E. R. Zimmerman, Daniel Fisk.

Sixteenth District.—Election at the house of Keller & Kyle, in the town of Leavenworth.

Judges.-Matthias France, J. C. Posey, David Brown.

Seventeenth District.-Election at the Shawnee Methodist Church. Judges.-Cyprian Choteau, C. B. Donaldson, Charles Boles. Eighteenth District.- Election at the house of William W. Moore, on St. Joseph and California road, at the crossing of the Nemaha. Judges.-Jesse Adamson, Thomas J. B. Cramer, John Belew.

Instructions to judges of election.

The three judges will provide for each poll ballot boxes with a slit for the insertion of the tickets, and will assemble at their respective polls at or before eight o'clock a. m. of the day of election, and will make and subscribe the duplicate copies of the printed oath which will be furnished them. This oath must be administered by a judge or justice of the peace, if one be present; and if not, then the judges can mutually administer the oath to each other, which they are hereby fully authorized to do. In case of the absence of any one or two of said judges at nine o'clock a. m., the vacancy shall be filled by the judge or judges who shall attend; and if any vacancy shall occur after the judges have been sworn, it shall be filled in the same man

In case none of the judges appointed shall attend at nine o'clock a. m., the voters on the ground may, by tellers, select persons to act in their stead. The judges will keep two corresponding lists of the names of persons who shall vote, numbering each name. They must be satisfied of the qualifications of every person offering to vote, and may examine the voter, or any other person, under oath, upon the subject.

The polls will be kept open until six o'clock p. m., and then closed unless voters are present offering to vote; and in that case shall be closed as soon thereafter as votes cease to be offered.

When the polls are closed, the judges will proceed to open and count the votes, and will keep two corresponding tally lists, on which they will simultaneously tally each ticket as it is called by the judge, who will open and call out the tickets, which must be done without handling or interference by any other person. When the votes are thus counted off, and the tally lists shall agree, the judges shall publicly proclaim the result, and shall fill up and sign the duplicate certificates of return which will be furnished them. They will then carefully replace the said tickets in one or both of the ballot boxes, together with one copy of the oath, one of the lists of voters, and one of the certificates of return, and will seal up and preserve the same, to be produced if called for. The remaining copies of the oath, list of voters, tally list, and certificate, will be sealed up, directed to the governor of the Territory, and delivered by one of the judges in person to the governor, at his office at the Shawnee Methodist mission, on or before the fourth day of April, A. D. 1855.

In the fifth district the several return judges will meet on the day after the election, at the house of Henry Sherman, on Pottawatomie creek, and select one of their number, who shall take charge of and de

KANSAS AFFAIRS.

liver the returns of all the precints. The return judges of the tenth will meet at the house of Robert Wilson, on Rock creek; and those of the fourteenth at the house of M. E. Bryant, and will make their returns. in the same manner.

All persons are absolutely forbidden to bring, sell, or deal out, in the immediate vicinity of the election ground, any intoxicating liquors; and the judges of election, whenever they shall deem this regulation violated, so as to interfere with the proper conducting of the election, may order the same to be removed; and if the owner shall fail to comply with such order, may direct constables, or other proper persons, to take charge of such liquor till the polls are closed; or, in case of resistance, to destroy the same at once.

The constables of the territory will attend at their respective polls, and will hold themselves subject to the orders of the judges for the preservation of order at the polls, and securing free access for the voters; and, for this purpose, may call upon any citizens present to aid them in the performance of their duty if necessary.

Qualification of voters.

By the territorial bill it is provided as follows:

"That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twentyone years, who shall be an actual resident of said Territory, and shall possess the qualifications hereinafter prescribed, shall be entitled to vote at the first election: Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States, and those who shall have declared on oath their intention to become such, and shall have taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act: And provided further, That no officer, soldier, seaman, or marine, or other person in the army or navy of the United States, or attached to troops in the service of the United States, shall be allowed to vote or hold office in said Territory, by reason of being on service therein."

By the term "white," as used in this and other laws of a similar character, is meant pure unmixed white blood. The man who has any mixture from the darker races, however small the proportion, is not regarded as a white man. This has been repeatedly decided, and may be regarded as settled. When a voter has only declared his intention to become a citizen, he must be sworn by the judges of election, or by a judge or justice of the peace, to support the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of the act of Congress, passed May 30, 1854, to organize the territories of Nebraska and Kansas. When so sworn, the word "oath" should be marked opposite his name on the list of voters; and a voter who has had this oath once administered, will not, of course, be required to repeat it.

It will be seen that the act of Congress is drawn with much care to exclude non-residents from the polls. It provides that a voter shall be an "inhabitant" and "an actual resident." A voter must dwell here at the time of offering his vote; he must then have commenced an actual inhabitancy, which he actually intends to continue perma

nently, and must have made the Territory his dwelling-place to the exclusion of any other home.

The meaning of the last proviso, relative to the army and navy, is, that the persons designated in it shall not vote if their inhabitancy in the Territory is referable only to the performance of their duties. Lik, all other persons, it is not enough that they should be in the Territory but they must dwell in it as their permanent home; and the officer or soldier who would vote must have a residence here, irrespective and independent of his presence here under orders.

Every voter must vote in the election precinct where he resides, and not elsewhere. Experience has demonstrated this to be a wise regulation, and it has been adopted in nearly all the States as a necessary provision against error, confusion, and fraud.

Contested elections.

In case any persons shall desire to contest the election in any district of the Territory, they shall make a written statement, directed to the governor, setting forth the particular precinct or district they intend to contest, the candidates whose election they dispute, and the specific causes of complaint in the conduct or return of the said election; which complaint shall be signed by not less than ten qualified voters of the Territory, and with affidavit of one or more such voters to the truth of the facts set forth therein. Such written statement must be presented to the governor at his office on or before the fourth day of April, A. D. 1855; and if it shall appear that the result of election in any council district might be changed by said contest, a day will be fixed for hearing the same.

Apportionment of members of the legislature, and list of districts.

APPORTIONMENT.

The entire number of qualified voters in the territory, as appears from the census returns, is two thousand nine hundred and five. The ratio of representation in council is two hundred and twenty-three, and in the house of representatives one hundred and eleven.

COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

The first, fourth, and seventeenth election districts, containing four hundred and sixty-six voters, shall constitute the first council district, and elect two members of the council.

The second election district, and so much of the thirteenth as is embraced in the Kansas half-breed lands, containing two hundred and twelve voters, will constitute the second council district, and elect one member of council; and the voters thus detached from the thirteenth will vote at the place of election fixed for the second election district.

The third, seventh, and eighth election districts, containing one hundred and ninety-three voters, will constitute the third council district, and elect one member of council.

The fifth election district, containing four hundred and forty-two