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received, proper to be placed in sucl
p"x' shall DC inserted by tho pcrsor
voting nnd by no other. Each bo,
shall bcproridcd with sufficient lock
and shall bu locked before tho omen
ing Of tho po !, and the keys retained
by the Commissioners, AMI shall no,
be opened during tho election. Such
boxes shall be labelled as follows
Congress, State, circuit, and county
officers.
SEC. II. Each Clerk of the poll shall
keep poll list, which shall contain
one column headed "Names of Vo
ters;' and the names of each clccto,
voting shall be entered by tho Clerk
'. in such column.
I SEC. Is. At the close Of the election,
and within thrcc days after tho day
thereof, the Chairm,,2 Of the Board
/ or Managers, or one of them, who
may he designated by the Board, shall
deliver to the Commissioners Of cleo.
! tions tho poll list and boxes containing
the ballots.
Of The Commissioners of Elections as
Can0osSers, and their Proceedings.
SEC. 16. The Commissioners of
elections shall meet at the county
scat, as provided in the last proceed
. ing section, and shall form the Coun-
ty Board of Canvasscrs.
SEC. IT. They shall meet in some
convenient place at the county seat,
on the Tuesday next following the
election, before ono o'clock in the
afternoon of that day. They may
appoint some competent person as
Secretary. The Chairman Shall then
proceed to administer the constitu-
! tional oath to each member of tho
Board as Canvussers; and shall ad-
minister the constitutional oath to the
Secretary, and the Secretary shall ad /.
minister to the Chairman the Same
oath that he shall have administer to
the other members of the board.
SEC. Is. They shall then proceed
to count tho votes of the county, and
shall make such statements thereof
az the nature Of the election shall re-
quire, within ten days of the timo of
their first meeting as a Board of
County Canvassers, and shall trans
nit to the Board Of State Canvasscrs
any protest and ali papers relating to
the election.
SEC. 10. Duplicate statements shall
be made and filled in the Office of the
Clerk OF the County; and if there be-
no such Clerk duly qualified, accord
! ing to the law, then in the office of the
Secretary OF State.
SEC. 20. They shall make separate
statements of the whole number of
votes given in such county for Reprc
senta,lvcs in Congress; and separate
statements OF all other votes given
for other officers. Such statements
shall coiLtain the names Of. the per-
sons for whom such votes were given,
and the number OF votes given for
each, which shall te written out in
words at full length.
SEC. II. There shall be prepared
by the Commissioners three separate
lists of each statement, besides the
lists to be filled in the office of the
County Clerk or Secretary of Stale,
and each list shall be certified 20 as
correct by the signatures OF the Com
nlssloners subscribed tv such certif
cate.
SEC. 22 After the final adjourn
mcnt Of the Board Of County Cam
vasscrs, and with II the time prescrib-
ed in section II CT this act, tho Chair
man OF the Board shall deposit in
the nearest post office, directed to the
Governor, Secretary OF State, and
ComptroIler-GencraI, Ohc full postage
paid,) each, one OF the certified copies
OF the statement and certificate Of
votes, prepared as provided in the
last preceding section.
Of the Formation and Proceedings of tie
Board Of State Cunvussers.
SEC. %. The Secretary of State
shall appoint meeting Of State Can
vasscrs, TO bc held at his office, or
some convenient place, on or before
the tenth day of November next af
ter such general election, for the pur-
pos Of canvassing the votes OF all Of
iccrs voted for at such election
Sec. 24. The Secretary of State.
Comptrolcr-Gcneral, Attorney -Gcner-
al State Auditor, State Treasurer, Ad-
jutant and Inspector-Gcneral, and the
Chairman Of the Committee on Privi-
legcs and Elections OF tho House of
Representatives,, shall constitute the
State Canvassers; four Of whom shall
be sufficient number to form board.
SEC. rs. If a majority Of these of.
fcers shall be unable, or shall fail to
attend, the President Of tho Svnatc,
being notified by the Secretary of
State, shall .attcud without delay, aud.
with the officers attending, shall form
q board.
SEC. 26. Tho board when thus
formed, shall. upon tho certified copies
Of the statement mado by tho Board
OF County Canvassers, proceed to
make n statement OF tho whole num-
ber Of votes givon at such election for
tho various officers, and for each of
them voted for, Distinguishing the &C.
veral counties in which they were gi-
ven. They shall certify snch state
ments to DO correct, and subscribe tho
same with their proper uames.
Sec. q. Upon such statements
they shall then proceed to determine
and declare what persons have been,
by the greatest number Of votes, duly
elected to such offices, or either of
them; they shall have power, and it is
made their duty, to decide all cases un.