The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-22


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c.cl "cil Wd truly conduct tW 'lpo'
. ton, Without rultlnliiy az rrcJuIico,
HUI ngr'cnIlY ,u lnw, according ~ he
bet Of thcIr skiil and understanding
aud one ~ ihc Judges NJ election shalt
lWfUtc opening lhc pole, administer to
/ tiC presiding officer IA Unth that he
viii faithfully mud lmpnrllnlly diH-
charge the duties of presiding officer Of
election 10 the best Of his skill and
understanding.
Soc. o. In case tho presiding officer
should fail to attend on the day of cleo.
ton, or refuse or fail TO hct, or in case
no manager has been appointed, II
shall be lawful for the directors pres
ent at the precinct votlngplacc Oh that
day 10 appoint, from among the elect
orS of the precinct, presiding officer
to net as such ut that election; and the
person SO appointed shall be author
lied to act ms presiding officer as fully
~ the presiding officer herein hcfOre
provided for could do, if such licsiGing
officer was present and acting; and in
making their return Of the election
they shall certify that the presiding
officer was appointed from the electors
present mt the precinct voting place on
that day, because the regular presiding
officer failed to attend, or refused TO
act, rs the case may be.
Sec, 10. That all presiding officers,
Judges and clerks of election, are here
by authorized to administer all Uaths
connected in any way with the holding
of elections.
Sec. II. Electors, in all cases, shall
be privileged from arrest during their
attendance at elections, and in going
to and returning from the same,
except in eases Of treason, felony, or
breach of the peace.
See. -. That all the elections in
this state shall be held for one day
only ut each election, and the polls
shall he open on that day from eight
O'clock a. NJ. to six O'clock p. NJ.
See. !3. That each of the clerks shall
write and number the name of each
voter ut the time of voting; and in case
the voter shall not be entitled TO vote
for all the officers that the election is
held for at that precinct, the clerks
shall write opposite to his name the
officer Or officers for whom he is enti-
tied to vote, and also on his ballot, for
the purpose Of knowing what officers
to count his vote for, and afterwards
purging the polls, in case the election
shall he contested; and one ofthe Judges,
in every case ut the time Of receiving
the ticket or ballot, shall write upon it
the voters number, corresponding with
the number on the clerks list; and no
manager, or officer of election, shall
unfold or examine the vote received,
nor shall they examine the indorse-
ment on the tickets, by comparing it
with the clerks list of voters, when
the votes are counted out, nor shall
) they examine, or permit to be eXamin-
ed by any other person, the tickets,
subsequent to their being received into
the ballot box, except as hereinafter
provided; and any presiding officer,
Judge or clerk of election, who shall
violate any of the provisions of this
section, upon conviction thereof, shall
be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall
be punished by imprisonment in the
penitentiary not less than one nor more
J than two years.
Sec. II. When any person shall offer
to vote III the precinct where he resides,
one of the Judges of election shall en-
anime the registration list furnished
the presiding officer by the clerk of the
District Court, as provided by law. and
if the name of the person offering to
vote shall be found upon said list, shall
call the name of the voter aloud, and
mark on said list, opposite his name,
the letter "V," and the other Judge
shall receive from the hands of the vo-
ter the ticket, and number the same as
4 provided by this act, and shall deposit
the same in the ballot box i'm the pres
ence of the voter himself And when
any person shall offer to vote out of the
county of his residence, aud in any dis
trict election, where the district is COM
posed of two or more cOunties, in one
of which he is a registered voter or
where he desires to vote for State Off
GERS only, he shall be permitted to vote;
provided, he delivers to the judges OF
the election u certificate from the clerk
of the District Court of his county, I'M
der HIS hand and seal of office, that he
is duly registered voter in such coun-
ty, and entitled to vote at that election,
and will make oath that he happened
in the county where he offers TO vote,
but Is not absent from his own county
for the purpose of voting elsewhere,
and that he has not voted, and will
not vote elsewhere In that election,
which oath, reduced to writing, hewill
sign and swear to before one of the
judges of the election, which, with said
certificate, will he deposited with the
clerk of the District Court of the county
wherein he voted, for safe keeping,
and for the inspection of all persons.
Sec. Is. No ticket, not numbered as
provided i'm this act, shall be counted
or noticed in counting out the votes,
nor shall either of two or more tickets
folded together. That Immediately
after the counting of the votes by the
managers Of election, the presiding
officer thereofsha place all the tickets
or ballots voted intoa wooden or metal
box, of sufficient size to contain them,
and to securely fasten the same with
nails, screws or locks; and he shall,
within five days after the election,
deliver said box to the district clerk,
whose duty it shall be to keep the same
securely, and, i'm the event of any con-
test growing out of the election within
one year thereafter, he shall deliver
said box to any competent officer hav-
ing writ or subpoena therefor from
any tribunal or authority authorized to
issue such process; and, in the event
that no contest grows out Of said cleo
ton within one year the election, then
the said clerk shall destroy the said
tickets or ballots by burning the same.
The violation of any of the provisions
of this section shall be deemed m s.
demeanor, and any person convicted
thereof shall be punished by fine not
less than fifty nor more than five hun
dred dollars, and by imprisonment in
the county jailnot to exceed six months.
ANY presiding officer, judge or clerk OF
an election. who shall divulge how any
person shall have voted at any cleo
tion, from an inspection of the tickets,
unless in judicial investigation, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and, on conviction, shall Ue fined i'm
any sum not less than fifty nor more
than five hundred dollars.
See. 1G. That any person, being a
registered voter I'm the county of his
rac;danoa opd wishing fO vote ont of /