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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
15 days before the day of·election, and being thus assembled they shall appoint three secretaries to record the proceedings of the election Art. 53 The election shall then commence and the name of each ,oter recorded by the secretaries, elections must be opened at 9 oclock A. M. and closed at 6. P. M. The law shall determine wheither the votes shall be given viva voce or by ballot, and shall regulate 1tll the necessary formalties of elections not herein provided for- Art. 54. Each of the secretaries shall make a complete record of the election, which shall be signed by the presiding alcalde and the two assistents and witnessed by all the secretaries. Art. 55 The caption of the records mentioned in the Inst article shall state the name of the Parish, number of the district name of the Province, time, and object of the election, names of the presiding alcalde and assistents, and name of the Secretary by whom mnde. Art. 56 Two of said records shall be sealed up in presence of the said Alcalde, the two nssistents and the clerks, one of which shall be sent to the Secretary of the Provincial Deputation or Political Chief of the Province and the other shall be taken by the said Alcnlde or one of the assistents to the President of the Electoral Junta of the district, and the remaining record shall be deposited in the archives of the Parish church for the inspection of any person. Art. 57 On the fifth day after the Parish election the electoral Junta of the district shall meet at the place designated as the capital of the district agreeably to the 47 th article and at such house as the • president of the Junta may appoint. Art. 58 The electoral Juntas of districts shall be composed of the Alcaldes, or one of the assistents who presided at each of the Parish elections; and the Alcalde appointed agreeably to the last clause of the 50 th Article, who shall be President of the Junta. Art. 50 The electoral _Junta of the District being assembled the President shall in presence of the Junta open the records and add up the votes taken at the parish elections within the district, and the person who may have received the greatest number of votes in the district, shall be elect.ed a Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Art. 60 Triplicate certificates of said election shall then be made out by the electoral Junta, stating the name of the Province, number of the district, time and object of the election and name of the person elected; which certificates shall be signed by all the members of the ,Junta present and attested by the President. Art. 61. Two of the certificates mentioned in the last art. shall be sealed up in presence of the Junta and endorsed on the back" certifi- cate of the election for deputy in the -- District of the Provinr.e of ---" ( stating the number of the District and name of the
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