The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-19


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SEC H. 30 ticket NOS nRmbcfe1 pro-
Vldc5 ia tiia aci shall hcf1'nied o. noticed
ia t0unlinz oui the votes. noi sllaI| fifl,er -
iND ~ mefe iickeis folded together That
Immediately altcr the connfnF 81 lhc VOTES
Is be naraEcr. Of election. tie presiding
officer thereof shall place ail the tickets Or
iiallois Ftge ni 20 euIIe1 ir ~ box ~
suifcient SIZE % ContaiD ilem, and 10 sc-
cuUlF lasien ihe SAME with nails, screws 81
locks: and be shall. within ftc days after
the election. deliver said llox - the district
clerk. whose duty i shah be "a keep the
same securely, aud IN the event 81 any CON
test gruNing out III the election Within one
year thereafter. DE shall deliver said box 10
any competent officer having q writ or sub
puna therefor from any tribunal or author
ity authorized 10 issue such process; and in
the everi that no contest grows out 81 said
election within one year after 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 deemcd amisdcnleanor, and
any person convicted thereof shall be pun
ished by Inc not less than fifty nor more
than FIVE hundred dollars, and by impFison-
ment in the county jail pot to exceed six
months. Any presiding officer, judge, or
clerk Of an election, who shall divulgc how
any person shall have voted at any election,
from an inspection Of the tickets, unless in
a judicial investigation, shall be deemed
guilty Of misdenleanor, and on conviction
shall be finedin any sum not less than fifty
nor moro than ivo hundred dollars,
SIC. l6. That any person, being aregis-
tered voter in the county of his residence
and wishing TO vote out Of the precinct in
which be Is registered, may do so on deliver
ing to the presiding judge Of the election, a
certificate of the clerk Of the District Court
of the county, with his seal of Office i'm
pressed thereon, that the applicant is q reg
istered voter of the county; and the appli-
cant making oath before the presiding judge
that he IS the identical person named in the
certificate, and that he has not and win not
vote elsewhere in that election, for which
certificate the district clerk shall be entitled
to a fec Of twenty-five cents from the re-
ceiver thereof. And any person who shall
vote on any such certificate not issued to
him. by using a certificate issued to another,
shall be deemed guilty Of a felony, and on
conviction shall be imprisoned in the peni-
Tertiary not less than one or more than five
years.
SEC. II. Immediately after closing the
polls the managers Of the election shall pro-
coed to count the votes in the presence of
two registered voters OF their county, of
good repute. and also of different politics,
If convenient to get, and shall continue such
count without interruption until all the bal
lots voted at such election are counted, and
make out a correct return, signed by the
managers, which shall be sealed up and deliv-
cred to the presiding Justice of the county
Cor, in case of his absence, to the clerk of
the District Court, who shall file the same
in his Office, and deliver the said return to
the presiding justice on the day appointed
to open and compare the polls, by the pre-
siding officer, or one of the managers of the
election, D duplicate of which return shall
be kept by the presiding officer of the cleo
ton.
Sec IS. The election returns shall not
be opened by the officer to whom they are
returned before retKrn day, which shall be ten
at the expiration of that time he.shan open
them, and estimate the result, recording the
state OF the polls of each precinct in a book
to be kept by him for that purpose; and,
ALTERNATING such estimate he shall deliver
to the candidate, or candidates, for whom
the greatest number of votes have been
pOlled for county aud precinct officers, q
certificate of election, naming therein the
office to which he has been elected, ths
number Of votes polied for him, and the day
on which the election was held, and shall
sign the same, and cause the seal of the Coun
ty Court to be thereon impressed; and shall,
also, ut the same time, make IN estimate oi
the votes pOlled FOR members of the llegis
lature, and shall, il his county constitute 4
senatorial or representative district, give I
like certificate Of election to the person OF
persons receiving the highest number o.
votes for Representative or Senator.
SIC. 10. When an election shall biy,
been held for members of the Legislature
in district composed Of more counties thar
ono, the presiding Justice. or ether Officer {,
whom the returns in each county are made
who is not authorized to give certificates o.
election 10 such members Of the Legislature
shall make out and send complete retun
lature in their respective counties imne,li
atcly after examining and recording thu
same to the presiding justice of the count,
who may be so authorized, which returns
shall be sealed up, and the name of tbs
officer forwarding them written across thu
seal, and the package marked on the out
side ELECTION Returns, which return
may be sent by mail The presiding justicS
Oh.
upon the twentieth day after the election
which shall be the return day for such cleo
ton, open and examine such returns, and
after estimating the result and recording
the same give a certificate Of election (
the person or persons receiving the highes
number of votes for Representatives or Sen
ator in that district.
SEC 20. In elections for district attorhe,
the votes shall be counted, and returns made
to the returning officer Of the district, as i
provided for members Of the Legislature
whose districts are composed Of more coun-
ties than one, and like certificates Of election
given.
SEC. 81 In all elections Of Comptrollc
Of Public Accounts, Treasurer Of the STATE
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
and superintendent of Public Instruction
United States, the presiding justice, or othei
officer towhom the returns in each county
are made shall, on the tenth day aftel
the election, and not before, max,
out duplicate returns, one Of which
shall be transmitted BY such officei
to the seat of government, directed to thu
Secretary Of State, and endorsed Election
Returns Of --- county for --; th,
other shall be deposited in the Office Of Tx
district clerk, and on the fortieth day aftel
the election, and not before, the Secretary
Of State, in the presence Of the Governor
and Attorney General, or in the case Of "a.
cancy or inability Of either Of those Officers
to act, then any two Of said officers shall
open and count the returns. And the GOV
ernor shall Immediately make out, sign and
deliver certificate OF election, with the
seal Of the State thereto affixed, to the per.
son or persons who shall have received the
highest number Of votes for each or any Of
said Offices The presiding justices Of the
several counties Of the State shall nrompily