The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-14

must DC mRue uu1 hbuSS 9H0 S"S
by the commissioners, and one must be
delivered TO the Supervisors Of Registr1-
lion Of the parish, the other to the Clerk
Of The District Court Of the parish, and
10 the parish Of Orleans to the Secretary
Of State, within tWenty.four hours alter
the closing Of the polls,
The Supervisors Of RegiStrRtion must
consolidate these returns, have The con-
solidation certified 81 correct by inc
Clerk Of the District Court, and forward
by mail the consolidated returns, win
the originals, 10 the returning omeers 70
an envelope OF 9strODg paper or CLOTH.
II a voter o i, challenged, he must be
sworn as to his right TO vote. When q
vote Is received the commissioner who
has The list Of voters furnished him BY
he Supervisor OF Registration, accord
ing 10 law, must call the name Of the
voter aloud, and mark the letter V OPP
posite that name on the list.
Every person offering to vote must
show his certificate Of registration: and
when the vote Is received the copmis'
sioners must write or stamp on the GER
tificate the word "voted," to prevent its
being used again.
In case q riot, bribery, or other lr.
regularity, the commissioners must make
In duplicate and under oath . clear and
fuIl statement Of all the facts leading
thereto and OF the effect produced there,
by. must have the statement corroborated
under oath by three respectable citizens,
qualified electors Of the parish, and must
forward Il to the Supervisor OF kegistra'
tion. ..5-s.l,s7 s.-sI
THE RETuNIS6 HOARD.
Five persons, elected by the Senate
from ali political parties, shall be the
returning officers for all elections. With
in ten days after the closing Of 1.-THE election
these returning officers SHALL meet In New
Orleans to canvass and compile the state.
menls Of votes made by the Commission
ers Of Election, and make returns Of the
election TO the Secretary Of State, land,
within thirty days after, the Governor
must tissue commissions TO all officers de-
clared by them elected. n
an such canvass and compilation the
returning officers shall observe the fol
lowing order: They shall compile first
tho statements from all polls or voting
places at which there shall have been 9
lair, free and peaeeable registration and
election. Whenever from any poll OF
voting place there shall be received th'
statement OF any Supervisor Of Registra'
ton or Commissioner OF Election, la torH
as required by section twenty.six Of this
act, on affidavit Of three or more citizens
Of any riot, tumult, acts OF violence, In
timidation, armed disturbance, bribery
| or corrupt influences which prevented Of
tended to prevent fair, free and peacea
bic vote OF all qualified electors entitled
TO vote at such poll or voting place, sucl
returning officers shall not canvass
count, or compile the statement OF vote
from such poll or voting place until th'
statements from all other polls or votinI
places shall have been canyassed anC
compiled. vi. .....
"The returning officers shall then pro
coed to investigate the statements Of riot
tumult, acts Of violence, intimidation
armed resistance, bribery or currupt in
fuences at any such poll or voting place
and II, from the evidence Of such state
ment, they shall be convinced that sucl
riot, &c., did not materially interfer'
with the purity and freedom Of the cleo
ton, or did not prevent a sufficient mum
Der Of qualified voters from registerin!
or voting to materially change the re
sult Of the election, then, and not other
wise, said returning officers shall can
yass and compile the votes IN question
with those already canvassed and com
piled. But il said returning officer
Shall not be fully satisfied thereof they
shall make further examination; and /
they become convinced that the purity
and freedom Of the election have beer
materially interfered with, they shall
not canvass or compile the statement o
such votes, but shall exclude itfrom their
returns; provided that any person inter
ested in said election shall DO allowed
hearing before the returning officer
within ten days" .-l-.. r.,. r-....,