voted  for  as  vice-president ;  and  they  shall  make  distinct  lists  of  all  per-
sons voted  for  as  president  and  vice-president  and  of  the  number  of
votes  given  for  each ;  which  lists  they  shall  sign,  and  certify,  and  trans-
mit, sealed  up,  to  the  seat  of  the  government  of  the  United  States,
directed  to  the  president  of  the  senate ;  and  they  shall  in  all  respects
proceed  conformably  to  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  United  States.
Sect.  17.     Each  elector  shall  receive  three  dollars  a  day  for  attend-  Compensation.
ance,  and  the  same  compensation  for  travel  as  is  allowed  to  a  member  llsl'g'aP'^'
of  the  general  court.
Sect.  18.     All  laws  in  relation  to  the  duties  of  sheriffs,  city  and  town  Duties  of  sher-
officers,  and  voters,  in  the  election  of  civil  officers,  shall,  as  fiir  as  the  i,>tr"in*dec-°^'
same   may  be   applicable,  apply  to   the   meetings  and   elections   held  tion  of  electors.
respecting  the  choice  of  electors  of  president  and  vice-president  of  the    "  '^^  *'
United  States ;  and  like  penalties  shall  be  incurred  for  the  violation
thereof.
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ELECTION   OF   DISTRICT   AND    COUNTY   OFFICERS.  [ChAP.  10.
CHAPTER    10.
OF  THE  ELECTION  OF  DISTRICT  AND  COUNTY  OFFICERS.
Section

1.  Election  of  district  and  county  officers.
2.  district  attorneys.
3.  clerks  of  courts.
4.  registers  of  probate  and  insolvency.
5.  sheriffs  and  commissioners  of  insolvency.
6.  county  commissioners.
7.  special  commissioners.
8.  Not  more  than  one   commissioner  to  be
chosen  from  the  same  place.
9.  Election  of  county  treasurers  and  registers
of  deeds.
FAILURES  TO  ELECT.
10.  In  case  of  failures  to  elect  district  attor-


Section

neys,  clerks  of  courts,  registers  of  probate
and  insolvency,  &c.
11.  commissioners   and  special  commission-
ers.
12.  county  treasurers  and  registers  of  deeds.
VACANCIES.
