The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-25

Vlled with a lock aud Key, An apef-
ture only sufficient for the insertion Of
the ballots shall he made Ia the box,
gueh box shall, within two days before
the day fixed by law Tor holding of
such elections, be, by tle shef-
| in, or other officer acting for hlni de-
livered 10 the officers Of the election ~
each precinct on voting place, Tie OF
Ulcers Of lhe election, before the voting
begins, shall see that no ballots are Ia
their box,
Heo. 3, Al the election the clerk,
under the supervision Of the officers ot
the election, shall record the name OF
each voter on the poll book, which
book shall be 30 arranged ~ 10 have
said list separate nom lle ordinary
record Of votes NJ any other eleG ION
held at the salne ilne aud place ana
shall he headed on the first page "a
list uf those voting for representative
la congress at precinct or V0llllH
place, in-------COunly NJ tho election
held on the day Or, lb-."
The blanks 10 be appropriately nllled
by the officers Of the election AZ each
precnGl or voting place.
Sec 1. The ballot OK shall remain
IA the custody Of tie officers Of the
election, securely locked during the
eleGliOni aud said officers shall secure
Nv keep II IN their custody until the
time al which, M now required by lhw,
the ollioers OF lhe election are 70 have
the pollbooks delivered 10 the clerk Of
the county court ana said box amer
being sealed up 10y the officers Of tho
election, ~ hereinafter provided, shall
also, IN like manner with tho poll
books, be delivered 10 the suld clerk,
seo o. All ballots shall be- printed
or written on white paper, aud shall
have on the name Of the person voted
for, aud shall have no other dlslin-
gliIAhlng marks on them aud each bal
lot shall be 40 folded ms not 10 show
any part Of the name written or print
ed on II,
See. q. The judges of the election,
after ascerlnining, In the mode now
provided by law, that any person 0ller-
Ing 10 vote II legally qualified 10 do 80,
shall examine his ballot, only far
enough 10 aee, and no further, that on-
~ ono ballot In offered, and after
the name OF the voter II Ascerlalncd,
he shall then deliver his ballot to the
Judges, who shall, In the presence OF
the voter, then deposit the ballot In tho
hnllothox. II shalt be- unlawful 70 any
officer Of tho election, while the cleo
ll0n IL IN progress, 10 30 far examine
the ballot of any voter NJ said election
az 10 see the name OF tho person voted
for aud II shall also be unlawful for
any other person 10 do 40 during said
election, unless with the express con-
sent of the voter. such ballots shall
remain In the box until taken out IA
hereinafter provided, IN order to count
them and II shall be unlawful 10 take
them out for any other purpose or In
any other way, than as herein provld-
ed and the said judges and other DILL
GERS OF the election shall he and remain
where the ballot boxes are kept, ut all
times after the polls are closed, until
each aud every vote east at said time
and plnoe shall he counted the canvass
of ali votes polled be wholly complet-
ed, and the proper and requisite GER
tihcates or returns made.
See. T. After the close OF the polls,
and on the same day, all the officers Of
the election, ut their respective pre-
cincts orvoting places, shall, In private,
and without the presence OF any one
but themselves, open the box In which
the ballots have been deposited, and
shall carefully and correctly count the
ballots for each candidate, and shall
certify the number of votes received
by each candidate at such precinct or
voting place, In the same way and
| al l,, all M
are now required TO be certified; but If
two or more votes be folded together,
80 rs TO show evidently that one per-
son voted both orall of them, the same
shall he rejected and counted out. AT
ter said ballots are counted, they shall
all he again replaced IN the said box,
and said box shall be locked and care
fully sealed up and delivered to the
county clerk and, after being so de-
livered to the clerk, 1t shall remain in
his custody, in the same condition rs
when delivered by the officers of the
election, until il is delivered In the
same way rs the poll-books are now
required to b. delivered to the exam
lining board. Said clerk shall take
care that said boxes are carefully kept,
and that no one of them Is in any way
broken open or tempered with while
lawfully In his custody.
Sec. 8. The examining board ofeach
county, at the time and place that they
are now required by law to examine
the poll books, shall also open the said
boxes, and shall carefully examine all
the ballots ia each for each candidate
or person voted for, and shall make out
and transmit certificates of the result,
ana Of the number of ballots or votes
for each person voted for, in the same
way AS now required by law to do IN cleo
tions held forsuch representatives. Said |
way board shall not count, nor in any
| estimate, any ballot that has on it any
distinguishing mark, other than as pro-
vided for In section five; nor shall any
ballot be counted which has on it the
name of more than one person for the
same office.
Sec. 0. After said ballots are count
ed, they shall be carefully bound up in
bundles, so that those from each pre-
cinct or voting place shall be separate
from those from the others, and shall |
be delivered to, and preserved by the
county clerk, in the same way that |
pollbooks are required to be preserved,
for the period oftwo years at least.
The boxes shall be delivered to the
county clerk, who shall preserve them
for use at the succeeding elections.
Sec. 10. In all respects where the
same are applicable, all laws of the
commonwealth pertaining to elections
are expressly made TO apply to the
election provided for In this article,
whether such laws provide for the pun
ishment of otfenses or otherwise, pro-
vided they are not in conflict with the
provisions of this article.
Sec. IL. Any person or persons vio-
lating any Of the provisions of this ar
ticle In regard to the conducting of