I NO. so54 

### o p lnl o n l Mtrulng Artlola t997a,and holding:
1. ShoupVotingYiohlna,upon arml.nat1on, he14 to OomPlJ rith the roqulromont8 oi Baotlon9 and Sootlon28 i oi Art1010 Z997a,rbioh Artlolo l o t a forth roqulremntr of rotlngrobin00 in Tuba.
t. 0 lnl~a'uprotslyl ondltloaod

and m&do mubjootto **&ullngm or**  **throo** u a m ln um l**8** proridad for in 800ti0a 1 or utioio 8997m.

. ku Mr. wlllluri

* Rot Whothor.or not Slmup VotingMaoh-

. ino ocmpllor

dth SootionZ aad **m0ti0n** IS or ktioi0 ~997a,R.C.S.
W&r 19 in npl to hour lottor of May 8, 1959, in whloh ~JounQuort the OR

lnl on of thlr Doputmont upon tho quortlon of whothor or not the Bhoup VotingMaohi~o oanpllor with tho roptim**untr** of 8aotlona8 ati I.0 oi Art1010 9999a of **Vomonvs** Anmtated 01~11 **Btatutoa** Of Torae,which Artlolo lo Chapter WSot.tho Aots or tho TourthUallod sualon Of tho 4lat Laglalaturo, a0 &?iOndad by Chapterse of tho Aoto y the 8ooon6 0alloaso8rlon ot the **45th** LsglrIaturo. ~‘.~o’quoto

tho followingPortionS?i your lotto?:
'1 dorlro an oplnlonfrom your .mpartmantu to * whethor'or

not the Shoup VotlneMaohbo OO~P~~OB dth Art1010 **89978 BootiOh**  **8 05**  tho **ROViOed CiTil**  **6tatUtOU** of TUW 19eb. I aloo bodro to know if tho rorldom of rootlbnl8 Art1010 tQQ7a of tho RovlrodC rilB%atUtOr f or TOXU loeb rould prorod hla.mnohlna **being rued**  **in** T~XE,E u&or thi ddflaltlonof rpubllouxb prOtOOtiv0 oountom" in Eeotlon .SS of Art1010 t997~. *par JOUZ-

oonvadenoo, gttaohadam photograph Ot thd Shoup **Voting** k3OhinO."
T&I are adriaedthat in oompllanoo with our roquost, Er. -=x-o06 006 YT. rumsty or *hia nqortment L l ~o t o dt h.

S h o w VOtingXaohh in the City of Aurtln,TODXS, on &by 5, 190~9.
Before umvoring tho speilfloinquiry00ntdno4 in your lotter Of lday

5, 1939,we dodro to call your attention to . SOotlo!1 of Art1010 Z999a,whloh provldoa as tollmrs: Vrovidlng for raminatlon and **Approval** of Voting Maohinesby tho Seorotaryor St&o. Any peraon,rlrm or aorporatlon

owning or oontrolllng any voting naohl~ and dOmiringto haro tho same adopted for use in tho Stats of Toraa map apply to the Seoretarpof State to haro moh~maodno oxar&wd. Before tho rxamlnatlon tho applioint8hall pay to tho Boorotaryof State the mm of **iour** hundred **arty** ($450.00) dollars. The Sooretary of. .Ilan. QL.Au~O A. Nllllui, abne 1, 1939, mg~ t. I.

lkto 6hll oauoo 0.14 rohlno to bo -06 ‘o bmbftu DrwidOd And Oh811m&O Add f&i0 md koop UL fii0 bI th0 OrriO oi th0 SoOMOrt Of Et.to

. rn&.t 02 auoh ,OXadmtiOa; whioh ab~ll ahow whothortho Liti of YOhinO 00 Usdhod OUI ufoly k uati by tho rotorm l t M *l OO ti On

w p r i r u2 - y

l lwtiM, uador tho oon<loM horolndtor'

prwidod. If th ?WOrt 6t.t.~thmt tho nObin 

### aan ti.60~806,it ah11 bo domod A~~X-OVO&,

- mohlmo of lt.0 kind M bo ‘6OPtOd. ior MO .t l lOOth lO

ëli d p h i a I WO= mklnu ‘ml fifing mob report tho 8oorot0 l lOOt on6 ‘6 herolaprorldod, Stat0 ahall roauln aoh rot* mohin0 to b0 0 W t&u urminur.tO bo ‘PDOintO~,bb tho 800rotarf

of x8&Z
M‘tO for luOh DWDOIO, OM Ol wha ab011bo .M oxport b PAfOnt lmw, UII tho othar two roohdloal l xp0rt0 0116 l h11 =WbO OSthrpla wdttannport m 

# l uahmohfno,
. MU rhioh roportr ah0llbo l tt o h o a

to tho ~OOW,A~ O f ~*~tO O

TOPOrtl

n bk b p t 0n

Zll o .

& o h l xamlnw l ~n001r0 tha l

amoraxlo huldroduIdflfty

lblthor tb’ S a o m

. ,

ported on **,puroumt** to law ind ita umo rpoolfloally luthorhod by low :oannat bo turd ‘t any l lootloaor 

## p r l mhy l l~odon in the 8tatr of Toraa.*
BJ Thtuo of the ~Uotm4prmi#iolu oi bootion1 a@ the Aot, 

### It ir rdo tho duty OS tbo l3oontmy OZ et&e to hro tho maohlnm in guortlonl

xe t m ln ed

by throo mamlnors, one of whao #hallbo an axput in ptont law and Q&o othor tw moolualoal oqmrtn, *ho 6hd.l a8ko A WrittOri rapwt t0 tho SOOrOt8q 6f St&& Boo0uao ot tho prorl0lona oi Sootion 1 of th0 Aot, n bollovo the Loglrlatun plainly 0Onto8@0tod ana lntodod thot tho Boontuy ot 6tote*aootion in AD rwlng or ~~OAPP+~JI~ a partloulu tot- rohlno nhould bo l‘r&on, &OiorllOd ‘d oontrollo~ by the ,: uwfcmtlon ‘nd mDOP$ Of tho U‘dnu6 prWi404 for ti tho &w. In auoh riow of tho Stotuta,our o)lnlon011 ,th6 mttor 18 mado //I l

ntlralyl

&riaory

AM la **aubjoot** to tho finding8 UI~ report of ! t he

l 8mlnwa provldodfor **in the**  l **tatuto; Thnt**  lm to any, it 

### t h a l raminor6,

oftor 

### 8n

mmlrution, 

### a h o r il d

find and report 

### t h a t t he bhoup VotlnqM~ohSno 6001 notuot tho rrqulr0wnt0 l 0t Out i2t

mi0ie eo99a, 8nd ii OUO~ rindin 8nd r0mt AN ‘D~WOd by tho Soomt‘ry ot **St ‘** **to, our**  **ODiniOn** dU. bo 0011- troll04by tho **hoto** found by tbo oxport l x wlnw e.
Th~'in~~otlon 10 ha-0 88Q0 Of the &up VOtbg XMhinO ntoalr that auoh maohlno oontdrm tro oountarr. On0 oi l u0h oOuntor0la l&at06 On tho titaldooi the raohlno in 0 position wlmro it will be rlalblo to and. in full~lw of tho l lOOtiOn atilolalm

whll0 the rotor 18 toting. Buoh OOuntor, ao 8~0 lniormud,

noordo tho total mumber Of mwamonts of tho ODU*ting loror a n d

l uoh oountor00na0tbo n-•ot. Wo are rumor informocl,

and thlo OpitiOn 10 ooudltlonod upon tho rOtit Of 0-h lnazmntlon, th8tth8 opontlng lwor, *ho mwownt8 o? whloh .m noorded by tho out&do oountor. Qan OBb to mmoa wboCa rot0 la 00Ot in M l 10OtlM. In Oh-t, w0 Or0 O&loO~ thAt the WTWOIitS Of th0 OpUAtiIUJ lOTOr On tb PaobiM *rdI idontiod in numberulth the tote0 6ut antho m00hlno.

### i-J

On tho in8ldo of tho roh5.110 la foundwh.t la tonod A "&fly rotor oountor,w

mhloh oountor, wo .N lnformd, rao~rtl~ only tho number of t o t o a

l a a t On tho m.ohino duringA pmtloul8r l l~otlon. .Thlr oountar l

an bo roaet, It10 80 DhOOa th.t it dll not **bo** in Pull tlow of tho l

lootlon'Mr1o1.18

wbllo tho **votor** lo rotirrg for tho ro.80.that tho aurtdna of tha 

# t o t- rohlno 

# l

utm&o.lly c 01088 l

raund A voterwhllo ho la votjdp, thorobyob8tauotlng tha full tlow of tho l

lootlonoff1ol.16.
Iootlon 6 .f &tlolo 6999. a'..68 .I f~llowa:
-A rothi@ uohha #ppror#d b muot bo w l

o n a t m o t o d

ia to tho Soorekry of Bkto mot I do foollltloa ior toting for auoh l

odld.toa a0 uy k lo6.llypl.004 on. b.llot lntha St&o of TSXAOS Itrmatclao parrit. totor in8 6onozrll

l.ootlon

to rot0 for my paraon for .4 cbfloo, whothor or rot nadaetoao~~ l uidl&to by.4 gwtybut rho80 aamo la legallyen ttm Mllota 88 us indopmnbont osndldota.

.nd muot pa-t toting ln .b8olutol oorooy. It 8l.80 nuot bo 00 ooxutruotod a0 to proront

tot* for mu0 than 0110

prroori tar tka up0 ~flao 8nd:ot tha mm0 tiu pwontlng hla toting r0r the ~uu puron Moo. lt muat bo peal&od dth a look OFl&oh, by,tha uao of whloh mdktoly door tho poll6 .rg olo806 or the sparation of l uoh mohlna Sor auoh aleatlan~br @.mry la oomplotod, any MO- * ' hunt of the tot&n6 ox ro6lotiring uohudm la ob.olutou porontok 6uohrohlno l h.ll bo l

qmippod with ono or uro protootlto oouatora.* -.' '8ootlm UJ of Art1010 69!7* rude, la p.r$ 80 follora:~

,. =a.n?.aa

of tho Voto A@ tho ~FrQ&&ion ot tho Roiult. ' .Ao soon 08 tho pol&8 ai% aloaod,offlol.18 thorod l

h.ll

. ~odlotoly look the uohlno ogolnatrotin& They than #Ml1 alga A oor tl f l o8t o l totlog’that

tho'maohini no look0d Md SOAlOd, (YivinP: fh0 l x AOt t kq auoh O b~ifi OAtO giv- %n6 tho numbor of votora ahown on tho'publl~'oamtora. rbioh ahall **bo** tha toW.aw&or of rotor aaat on 6uQhmohino in '. thd proolnot~

tho **aumbor on**  tho **mall** tho nwbor ra6latorod ’ .c on tho protaotito oountar. (This#lao l lmllbo tho proooduro ottto oloro of obooatoia rotin when the mohlnoa uo uood

. for l

baantio votingprior to l lootlon6.y.) They thon 8h.U open $ho oountia&

raiputment in tho pmaonoe of ntohor8, o n & l t l o * a t

a n0 mpnoont8tlvo of a n y ~mwopiparor

pm08 . l

aaoalotlo.

uhloh .eoa to bo npmaantad, 61~1~16 fnll tlrir of 8l& tho eounto? .&umbora. Tha pmaldiry oftloorl l m ll andor the a&utiny'of &ho ntchua, ln tho ardor 07 the -.: Diilodr .o thdr %ltloa ua u-rmgod on th? maohlno,rmd and anaoun~oLn~~atlnot tonoa theJ doalmuWn(l numbor l nb lottor 00.

• AO~.~OUIL~W iOr d#eh o#ndi6#to*~a.nam# And tho kault is ah- br tha aountarnumbora,and old thon m.d ,tho

“tfo j.,+*. ,‘ : ‘ : .8ootiQn id'at'ti,olo 2999‘ oontnlni6oiialt1Qni Qr torna uood 1.) in the AOf. The tori *pr~too~lro 0auntorR8nd Eplbllooountora uo doflno4go ~follQw*t :.q'.,; :' .i .- ;:T,-

. '~

?;"' "

. 6 t~'~~btrot~t-bo~t~~~~na~ili~~rata-anmt~r :, intO tho nuohlno*hioh oannot bi roaot, and whloh rotha total numbor bi iol8mantaof fho operating lo-r."
u;r -ho tirm *pibllooountor@ amns l ~dovloola full rlor l lootlonofiilol.18

whlla tho rotbr la Votllywhl.h ,tho numbor oi rotor 

### oq OIL th. ~Ohla0~' &oti6llE of tho Aot, **whioh** l ota out the 8’ .qUir~entO Of VOtincl not npuiro that tko totlq mnohlaoa hato 8 *pub110HO& Ol~d8 A. Willi‘ma, JUL. 1, 1939, A60 4.

l Nnt u.*

Bald aootlon4oaa ngulra that A tot- 

### rohh0 hate Oor 

### more wprotootlto l 

### ountora.~ Thm

outaldo oountor

whloh wO rind on tho 6hOuDVotbq M~ohlno oloorly moots 011 of tho ropulrOmontg ot 8 " Our 1rotootlto

l ountor”88 A~fln~din Sootion 6A Of the A0t. ORnion, mob OutslAooountorl lao oampllo#

dth all Of the fn mqulraanta l

ontdned fn tho doflnltlon of l -Dub110aountgr* l g l ot forth ia l

ootlon 66 Of tha Aot. The outaidomountoron tho ‘Ehoup VotingUohlno la 0 Aovloo "in till vln of tho l lootionOffil lal rhilo tho voter la toti* #nd auoh l ouator, l

odordlllg to our informtlon, •~o~rA# 0nl7 tho numbor of rotor o#at On tho uoh1no.r Wo ire, thorofon of tho opinion that tho oataldol o u nt or On tho 8houpVoting Wohino la not only A l pretootlro

oountor- but la 0180 a apubllooountor- within tho moanlug or the Aot.
four nquoat for On l plniOn ~laoa tho pruatlon 88 to vbotbar tho n~uiraonta of Sootlon LB oi tho **AOt** do **not,** by n~o~aury kpllution, n@ra A yotl 2 m ‘ohkio to hto l ttaohodto it ln full tlow **of** tho l

loot:Ouofflola A o&&or whloh l UI bo s o t l

**t** wro **ot** tho boglndn& of A prrtloula~ l lootlonon& whloh will rooord 0nly tha OxOotmuabor Of tot08 ooat l t i partloular

l lootlon. The partloular &uugo in IMotion l0 whloh nlaoa thlo th8t tha offlo~la ot on l loqtlonl

hOl1 

### r 4uoatlonla the mpulmmont lo l oortlfloato 

### ot tho l ~nolurioa

0s tho l

lo0tlOn,"NOh 

### oortlflo‘to &lTl!l& thr number of. totor# #horn an tha bllo l ouutora,

whloh shallbo tho total pnbor of totoa uat% auoh Mohlw ln tlmt Pmolnot...w
Utu a **08mrta** l

onoidoratlon,

wo biro oom to tho oonolualoní tlmt tha l bovo quotedZllyugo in 8ootian 18 oi the Aot dome not oxpramsly,

nor by noaoaa ‘%a **imD~i# ‘** **tiQll, ~~I&** **‘ 0**  **t&t** tb **OUtSid** l auntor an A toting rch bo A Aotloothat @an bo meet l t LOX-O at the bofinningOf .thA l lootlon. It Is our oplnfon th8t a oountor dotloo wh oh othorvlao moots 021 tho rapuk#monta et tho law but
‘wbloh iuuwt bo mart **8t** noro **at** tho ba&nn& ‘a? l ooh oldon, MA .rhioh moorer 0 9 the numbor Of totes oeat OPL the maohlno,

will uublo l

lootl0noft10 ‘la to OamD17 fu14 dth tho 1.W in MklW tho l o r tl f l oët o

ropulx%A by Sootion I.& .ByA #Imp10groooaoot aubtxmotlan tho judgoa oan l aoortaln tho u8ot numbor of totoa ooat on A : pOrtlaular

m#ohln# ln #n l

lootlona6 ahowa by tho outddo aountori Tho oortlfloato

la roqulnd to show tho *tot8l numbor af totoa uat o n l uoh rohlno .in

th8t proo in o t.î

By A proooaa of aubtnotlon that numbor eon be lr r lt o d l t by tho l

lootlonoitlol#lo

UIA tho roault Of tho l ubtraotlon

la the numbor, in our opinion, whloh la rOquimd to bo lnaortod In tho oortlflodo. -0thor l aotlona of tho Aot oponto 88 i&+rdo of tho 800ur807 OVA l umty & tho l

lootlonl

0unt.bypopulring that A ponnmont moor& h km p t

or the f l gum ah c m

ontho l

ouptora o f

l ooh mkohiaa. In i@ltlon, tho.I)houp VotlneEaohinm,

~l~'OOnt~ln8 A oaunth6 dorioo rhioh 1~ loootoean tlm f.00 Of th0 ~Ohb0 And whioh r#OOrdOOnly the NO @U OS t o t o g ooat in A p # r t$O u l u l lootlOn~ This 68d.O~.Mtu~;;~,ll opamto !a A furthor hfopuard MA ohook 

### up~ootion -.+‘.

. ~oo&Ain6ly '&:$ro 

# l ~tlaod

### th8t in our opinion tho Shoup V0tln6Xao&o &hplloo dth sootlon 6'0f Artlolo 6999:,RwlaoA 01711 6tOtutoaOf ma, 1966, UIA also with Sootion l6 oi tho a#810 Btatuto. in ln a v or

t o y o u r

le o o n d

q n o a tl o n,

y o u u o lAtl a a A t h a t

vo find n o t h inp in Sootion 18 .oi Art1010 69990vhioh **will** tent tho Shou Voting X.ohlno rnrP bolng urea ~j.n Tax.‘ under tho **ear** E tlon **0s** “pub1 P0 OnA .protootlro

oountora*

#o uoad in Sootlon 65:d thatJOt. \ ._. Tour0 tory truly

RQCIZIT
Thi s 0piri.i~ h A# boon lonaldemd in ONfOmnOO,, ApprWOd, MA o r dud moorAo4. . _.