Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-14

relations of the law, that it must be thrown
out; with this deduction the county was
canvassed.
Alachua eounty-17 illegal electoral votes,
Republican and Is Democrats at Waldo
precinct were thrown out unanimously. The
vote taken on retaining or throwing ont Of
Archer precinct No. 2, tie secretary CT state
and comptroller voting to retain and the at
torney- general voting to throw it out, it was
retained and the county canvassed with the
before mentioned reduction.
Jackson county-CampbeltO precinct,
giving the Republican electoral and State
tickets u votes, and the Democratic electoral
and State tickets 291 votes, was thrown outof
the canvass on account of a violation of the
election laws by the inspectors in removing
the ballot-box from the election room, at the
adjournment for dinner, into adjoining store
and leaving it there unsealed, and uncon-
cealed from the public during said adjourn
ment Innot counting the ballots at the closeof
the polls and comparing them with the num-
Der of names on the poll-list, and because on
ly 76 Republican ballots We're counted out of
the ballot-box, whereas 133 persons severally
voted the Republican ticket at that poll. The
vote Of tile board was as follows: The secre-
tary of state and the comptrolerfor rejecting,
Friendship Church precinct. giving for the
Republican electoral and State ticket Ala
votes, and for the Democratic electoral and
State ticket l45 votes, was thrown out of the
canvass on account of a violation Of the cleo
ton laws by the inspectors In placing the
ballot-box in such position as to be out Of
view of the voters and public, and In placing
a supervisor at a window to receive ballots in
stead Of an inspector; In not making and
completing the canvass at the polling place,
and without adjournment and IN view of the
public, but In a bedroom two miles away, and
in not counting the ballot and comparing
them with the number of names on the poll
list.
As to this precinct the vote of the board
was that the secretary of state and the comp
troller for rejecting it, and the attoney-gen-
eral for returning it, with these deductions
the county was canvassed, and the board, by
a unanimous vote declared the State canvass
concluded, and directed the clerk to prepare
a certificate of the result. On the suggestion
of the encouragement he was requested to
call in some friend to look over the clerk S
figures, and he to verify the footings. Helm
troduced Mr.. Pasco, who examined and found
said footings correct. The certificate of the
electoral vote having been prepared and ver-
ifed it was signed by two members of the
board, the secretary of state and comptrol- |
Ter, the attorney general declining to sign it,
saying that he would prepare protest setting |
forth his reasons. The board then, at three !
o'clock on the morning of the sixth, adjourned |
TO allow time for the clerical labor of prepar- |
ing certificates of the result of the canvass at |
large, and this having been completed and |
verified It was signed on the eighth, not as |
of date OF the sixth, the day when the can
vass was completed.
WILLIAM LEE APTHORP,
Clerk of the Board of CanvaSSers.
SAMUEL MLINN,
Secretary of State and Chairman Of the Board OF |
CanvaSSerS.
i do hereby certify that the above is a true !
copy of the minutes of the final sitting of the |
State board of canvassers of the State of |
Florida, held on the fifth and sixth days of |
December, 1876
WILLIAM LEE APTHORP,
Clerk of the Board of CanvasSeFs.
SAMUEL B. MLINN,
Secretary of State and Chairman of the Board of |
State CdnvaSSerS
TALLAHAssEE, FLORIDA, December u, 1876.