The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-08
votes - and in such case his ballot shall

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be sealed up by the commissioners in al
/ envelope or cover endorsed " The ballot 0
A B, rejected this twenty second day of DC
tober. eighteen hundred aud sixty-three,
and be returned with the other ballots tc
| the superintendents for the county.
IL. 1t shall be the duty of the superin
tendents for each county to cause the com
missioners for every place Of voting in the
county to be furnished with proper ballot
box, with an aperture in the lid TO receive
the ballots of those entitled TO vote. The
box, while the polls are open, shall be kept
where it may be seen by the voters. Every
parson desiring to vote shall offer to the
conductor a single ballot or piece of white
paper, on which is printed or written, or
part y printed and partly written, the
names of the persons for whom he intends
to vote, with designation of the office he
desires each to fill which ballot shall be
50 folded or rolled that its contents cannot
be seen. The conductor shall proclaim the
name of the person offering to vote, and
hand the ballot to ike commissioners, who
may examine the same to ascertain if it be
single, but without so far unfolding or un-
rolling it as to disclose its contents; and ii
they, or majority of them, are satisfied
the ballot is single, and that the person Of
fering it is entitled to vote at said polls, one
of the said commissioners shall deposit the
ballot in the box, and the clerks shall enter
the name of the voter on the poll books,
which shall bear on the first page thereof
the heading: "Names of all persons vot-
ing at --, in the county of -, on
the twenty second day of Oct ober, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three'
IL. AS soon as possible after the pollsa
closed, the names entered on the poll books
shall be counted by the commissioners, and
the number set down in words at length at
the foot of the list, which shall then be
signed by the commissioners, conductor and
clerks. The ballot-box shall then De opened
by the commissioners, and the ballots found
therein be counted in the presence of all
the officers employed in conducting the
election, and then be again placed in the
box. If the number of ballots exceed the
number of the names of the voters entered
on the poll books, one Of the commission
ers, in the presence OF the other officers,
shall promiscuously draw from the box as
many ballots as are equal in number to the
excess, which, without opening, he shall
destroy. One of the commits
sioners shall then, taking from the box one
ballot at time, read therefrom distinctly
the designations of the offices to be filled,
and the names of the persons voted for, and
hand the ballot to the other commissioner
or commissioners, who, if satisfied it was
read, shall deliver it to the con.
ductor to be strung by him upon thread.
The contents of the ballots as they are read
shall be entered by the clerks, under the
supervision of the commissioners, on books
or tally papers provided for the purpose, by
suitable marks opposite to or under the
names of each person voted for, so as to
show the number of votes received by every
person for any Office. If two or more bal
lots be found folded or rolled up together,
they shall be rejected and Immediately de.
stroyed and if any ballot be found to con-
tain more than the proper number Of names
for any office, it shall not be counted as 30
the said office.
I3. When the result is fully ascertained,
the commissioners shall Immediately make
and sign two certificates to the following
effect: eve, the undersigned, commission
ers of the election held at -, in the
Of on the twenty second day
of October, eighteen hundred and sixty
three, do hereby certify, that having been
first duly sworn, We have fairly and i'm
partially held the said election according TO
law. and that the result thereof is as fol-
lows: For delegate, A. b. received -
votes, and G. ID. - votes; for assessor
Z. F. received - votes, and G, II. -
votes; for senator, J. K. received - votes,
and l.. NJ votes; and for representative in
the congress Of the United States, n. 0. re-
ceived - votes, aud P. R. votes;' and so
on, stating according to the truth the name
of every person voted for for either of the
said offices, and the number of votes he re-
ceiyed for the same, and concluding as fol
lows: "Gven under our hands this - day
of October, eighteen hundred and sixty
three" The ballots shall then be enclosed
by the commissioners in an envelope or
cover, which they shall seal up, and write
their names across the seals, and endorse
on the envelope or cover the following
"Ballots of the election held st -, in
the county OF -, on the twenty-second
day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty
three" The said commissioners, or one Of
them, shall, on or before the twenty seventh
day of October, eighteen hundred and SIX
ty-thres, deliver the ballots SO sealed up,
one copy of the poll books, and one Of the
said certificates, to the superintendent OF
the election for the county; aud deposit the
other copy of the poll books, and the other
certificate, in the Office of the recorder of
the county, to be there preserved.
IA The superintendents of the election
for the county, or a majority of them. sha |
on or before the thirty first day of October,
eighteen hundred and sixty three, carefully
and impartially ascertain from the returns
received by tGem, as aforesaid the result
of the said election within their county
For this purpose they may, if deemed ne
cessary and proper, open and examine any
of the sealed packages of ballots; but in
such case they shall seal the same up again
along with the original envelope or cover,