Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-08-31

ulSpenSe with this list, II In Tue Juus"iN"
said Board it should be found unnecessary anu
inconvenient in practice. Act March 81, iooo'
S6.
155. If the vote of any person be challeheeu
on the ground that he has been convicted OF ah
infamous crime, or dsfranchised by any court
of competent jurisdiction, he shall not be requir-
ed To answer any questions respecting such nj
legged conviction and in the absence OF any au-
thenticated record of such facts it may be COM
petent for two disinterested Witnesses upon oath
TO prove the same. Act March %, lSoO, s3l,
/ p. l0l.
1856 When the polls are closed, proclamation
thereof shall be made at the place of voting, ana
votes shall be afterwards received. Same
Act, S32.
COUNTING, Nc DECLARING THE RESULT. MAKING
RETURNS, AND GIVING CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION
l57. As soon rs the polls are closed on the az
ternoon Of the day of election, the Judges shall
open the ballot box and commence counting the
votes and in no case shall the ballot box be
removed from the room in which any election
may be held until all the ballots are counted
the counting of ballots shall in all cases be pub
lie. The ballots shall be taken out carefully, one
by one, by the Inspector or one Of the Judges,
who shall open them, and read aloud the name
of each person contained therein, and the office
for which every such person is voted for. Each
Clerk shall write down each office to be filled, ami
the name of each person voted for for such office,
and shall keep the number of votes by thllles, as
they read aloud by the Inspector or Judge.
The counting Of the votes shall be continued
without adjournment until all are counted. Act
March 3D. 1880, p. l0l, z33
! 1873. If two tickets are found folded together,
they shall both be rejected aud if more persons
are designated on any ticket for any office than
are to be elected for such office, such part of the
ticket shall not be counted for any OF them but
no ticket shall be lost for want of form, if the
Board of Judges determine to their Satist,tc-
ton the person voted for and the office intended.
Same Act. E34
! l59 As soon us all the votes are read oil and
counted IL certificate shall be drawn up on each
of the papers containing the poll list and talieS,
/ or attached thereto stating the number OF votes
each person voted for has received, and deSlgna-
ting the office to fill which he WAS voted Tor,
which number shall be written in words ut full
! length Each certificate shall be signed by the
Clerk, the Judges and Inspector. One of said
certificates with the poll list. and tally paper to
which it is attached, shall be detained by the
/ Inspector, and preserved by him ut least six
months The ballot SHALL he strung upon cord
or thread by the Inspector during the counting
of the ballots, in the order in which they are
/ entered upon the tally list by the Clerks; and
said ballots. together with the other of said GER
| Itcntcs, with the poll list and tally paper to
which it is attached shall he sealed up by the
/ Inspector in the presence of the Judges and
! Clerks and indorsed - Election Returns, and he
/ directed and delivered sent by the Inspector
to the County Clerk of the county in which the
election is held and the said ballots shall be
kept for at least six months by said Clerk and
it any person be of opinion that the vote of any
precinct shall not have been correctly counted,
he may appear the day appointed for the
+ Boar, of Supervisors to open the returns, and
demand IL recount of the vote of said precinct !;
and the Board of Supervisors shall proceed to
recount the vote OF the precinct that is so claim
ed to have been Incorrectly counted. Amend
mcut, April 20, l8G3,I5, p. 353.
100. The said package shall be delivered to the
County Clerk by one Of the Judges or Clerks of
Election IN person, or may be sent by private
hand or by mail. If sent by private hand, the
person delivering it shall, before the County
/ Clerk take and subscribe affidavit that the
package was delivered TO him by one of the
Judges (naming him. that it has not been out
of his possession since it was received, and has
undergone no alteration while in his possession.
The affidavit shall be indorsed on the package.
! If sent by mail it shall be mailed by one Of the
Judges and the Postmaster shall make it
Endorsement that he received it from one of
the Judges, (naming him.) Act of March %,
| 1850, SS6
l6l No tally paper, poll list certificate, re-
turned from any election, shall be set aside
rejected for want of form, nor on account of not
being strictly in accordance with the directions
of this Act, if the can be satisfactorily un-
derstood. 5 lme Act. &37
1862 The Board of Supervisors of each county
shall meet at their usual place of meeting the
first Monday after each election to canvass the
election returns, and if the returns from each
precinct of the county or township where polls
were opened at such election shall not have been
received By the county Clerk ut that time, then
said Board shall adjourn from time to time until
said returns shall be received. but not hey ond
the second Monday after such election, and the
said Board shall then proceed, in public, to open
the returns and estimate the vote of such county
or township for each person voted tor, and for
and against each proposition voted upon at such
election and declare the result thereof. The
clerk of said Board shall, at such meeting, enter
on the records of such Board statement of ;hc
result of such election, containing the names of
the persons voted for and the propositions voted
upon; the Office to fill which each person was
voted for the number of votes given at each
precinct to each of such persons, and for aud
against each of such propositions the number
Of votes given in the county to each of such per-
sons and for aud against each of such PROPOSE
tions, and the whole number of votes cast in said
county. Amendment, May Is, 1861. II, p. 529.
AFFECTING THE FREEDOM AND PURITY
ILEtToSs.
1884, If any person shall, directly or indirect
ly, use any threats, menace, or force, or any cor
rupt means or device, ut or previous TO any cleo
ton held pursuant to this Act, towards any cleo
tor to hinder or deter him from voting at such
election, or shall attempt by any means whatev-
er to awe, restrain, hinder. or disturb any cleo
tor in the free exercise of the right and suffrage
he shall npon conviction thereof be fined in any
sum not exceeding FIVE hundred dollars. [Act
March %, 1880, S9S.
| 1856 If any person shall furnish any eector
wishing to vote at any election held pursuant to
the provisions of this Act, who cannot read, with
a ticket, such person informing giving such
eector to understand that it contains a name or
names written or printed thereon different from
the name or names which are written printed
thereon, such person shall upon conviction there
of be fined in any sum not less than fftv nor
more than FIVE hundred dollars. ISame Act. z99. I
1856. If any person shall defraud any elector at
any such election by deceiving him and causing
him to vote for a different person for any Office
that such eector desired or intended to vote for,
or shall fraudulently attempt to deceive, and
cause such elector thus to vote for different
person for any office than he intended and desir-
ed to vote for, such person upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than
fifty nor more than FIVE hundred dollars. Same