The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-29

and Council, when q return states thI
names ot tho persons voted for and th(
number OF votes for each, and each sigma
ture Is genuine, 10 admit evidence olitlnd
to any neglect In the town officers belorC
or at the town meeting TO comply with
any OF the various requirements Of the
constitution and laws2.
Seventh = 1s II the duty OF the Governor
and Council, or have they they the righi
TO reject return because the whole mum
her 81 ballots is not stated therein, as iu
Otistielda aud other towns; or because the
whole number ot ballots stated differs
from some OF the votes returned for the
several candidates, as in the case Of Farm
ington and other towns?
Etghth-Has ballot, with the names:oi
the candidates printed In columns In.
stead OF l, distinguishing mark within
the meaning OF the statute, so that II
should not be received into the ballot box
II 50 received and returned Is 1t the duty
OF the Governor and Council to count Il
even II a protest with q specimen ballot Is
annexed TO and sealed up with the return
by selectmen, and theireturn madesubjeCt
to tho legality Of ballot. as alleged in The
case OF skowhegan?
Ninth-Should votes returned as cast
for Jno. Burnham and John Burnam be
counted for the same or two different per.
sons ;or votes returned for Alfred Cush-
man, and Alfond or Afford Cushman, or
for James W. Clark and James W. Clarke,
or ior John I. Wallace or John T. Wal.
lace, Jr, are these and all other errors in
names and initials Of persons voted for
corrected by the record?
Tenth-lfthe vote Of the first candidate
named in return is carried out in letters
and names and figures and the votes Of
three succeeding candidates Is indicated
by ditto marks, should the votes returned
torthe last three candidates be rejected-if
any defect exists In such q return Is il cor.
rectable by the record?
Eleventh-Have the Governor and
Council the right to reject q return on
the ground tLat two or more Of the sigma
lures were forged or written by one hand
merely on an inspection OF the return
itself, without evidence from either Of the
officers purporting to sign, as in the case
OF Webster, Lisbon and other towns: or
have they the right to reject such returns
on any evidence submitted by one party
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party and giving him the right to introduce
counter evidence, or have they the right
to act on or consider any protests, afffda-
wits or papers outside the returns, unless
upon the point that the signatures OF the
subscribing officers were not affixed with
their own hands, or have they the right
to reject any return on account Of such
protests, attidsvtts or papers taken er pGrie
and filed by one party without the knowl-
edge Of the other without first giving to
such adverse party notice and the right
to Introduce counter evidence?
Twelfth-Should the return herewith
annexed from the town OF Gouldsboro be
counted for Oliver P. Bragdon or Oliver
B. Bragdon, all other towns In the same
class being returned for 0liverP P. Bragdon?
Thirteenth When the Governor and
Council decide that there is no return
from a city or town on which a Represen.
tattve can be summoned to the LegisIa.
ture, is it their duty to take such steps as
will insure to the voters OF such city or
town new election by which they can
secure Representative in the Legislature.
The cases oftlve disfranchised cities are,re.
ferred to.
Fourteen-Have the Governor and
Council the right, and is it their duty to
recall any certificate OF election impro-
perly or erroneously issued to any sena.
tor or Representative, or il they cannot
recall certificate, have they the right,
and is 1t their duty to issue a new certif.
cate 10 the person entitled thereto2