The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-10-31

hallul Dc counted which has an h the
name of moro .t"I "uc P',sun Tor lIle
same office,
Sec. q. Anrr said hmliula are roGnt-
ed, they shalt hr carefully hOund up in
bundles, 80 that those lrun carll pre-
clnct or voting place shall be- separate
from those from the u;hrr-, nnd shall
he delivered to, ard preserved hy the
county clerk, IN the same way ihat
pOlihOOks are required to he preserved,
for the period of two years Ut least,
The boxes shall be delivered to the
county clerk, who shall preserve them
for use at the succeeding elections.
See. 10. In all respects where the
same are applicable, ali laws of the
commonwealth pertaining TO elections
are expressly made 10 apply to the
election provided for IN this article,
whether such laws provide for the pun
ishment of Ollrnses or othCrW is", pro-
videt they are not in conflict with tie
provisions Of this article.
See. H.. Any person or persons Vio-
iating any Of the provisions of this ar
ticlp in regard to the conducting Of
such election, or if ANY officer of the
election, or sheriff. or member OF the
board of examiners, or county court
clerk, shall fail faithfully t. discharge
all his duties hereunder, he or they
shall, on conviction thereof, he fined
not less than fifty nor more than five
hundred dollars.
See. II. And if any person or per-
sons shall be guilty of unlawfully, or
fraudulently, or corruptly, opening, or
ntt ~ i,,, - nt tln
said boxes while they are by this act
required to be kept locked or sealed;
or if any person or persons shall be
guilty of changing, or attempting to
change, or alter any ballot that has
been deposited in the box aforesaid, or
if any person shall he guilty of fraudu-
lcntly or knowingly destroying any
one of said ballots before they
are counted by the examining
board or, if any person or persons
shall forcibly, and against the will
OF voter, and before he has voted, in
spect and look at the ballot of snch
voter 50 rs to see the name Of the per-
son for whom he intends to vote, as
shown by such ballot, every such per-
son guilty, as aforesaid, shall be fined
not less than two hundred nor more
than one thousand dollars. And any
person or persons WHO ~ShallNnlawiul-
" remove, or attempt to remove, or
take from any of said boxes, one or
more OF the ballots deposited therein,
and any peIsOn who shall unlawfully
take and carry away from the proper
custody, or who shall attempt TO take
and carry away one or more of said
boxes from The proper custody and
place Of Keeping thereof; and any per-
son, being M officer of the election,
who shall fraudulently fail to deliver
said boxes, with the ballots therein, to
the county clerk within the time
allowed by law, every person
thus offending shall, OH conviction
thereof, be liud not less than two hun
dred nor more than one thousand dol
lars and any person or persons VINO
shall frauduieItly aud wrongfully put
or insert one or more ballots, or papers
intending to represent ballots, into any
one or more of the boxes mentioned in
this act, at any lime before the count
ing of the ballots is concluded and
completed by the board for examining
the polls, and their certificate made
out, on conviction thereof, shall, for
each fraudulent and wrongful ect, be
fined not less than two hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars.
Sec ~. When an elector shall offer
his ballot to the judges of the election,
il shall be the duty of the sheriff to an
nounce, in an audible voice, the name
of the electOr who offers his ballot.