The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-01-24

be to list in a book prepared for each
for Che purpose, the name 81 such
voter, in the order voting, with the
number of the vote. These three
Judges shall also select a discreet
voter, of good standing, receive ballots
and cry the votes at such election.
He should be sworn as the others.
None but the said officers so acting
should be allowed to be, or remain IL,
the room or place Of taking said
votes while said votes are being ia
ken, nor until after they are fully
counted, as hereinafter stated
Noso the ooting begins Each
voter who desires to have his vote
counted, should see that the name or
names of all persons voted for by
him, are so plainly written or printed
on his ticket as to leave no reasona-
bic doubt as to the persons so voted
for, and so signed by him, as nfore-
said, shall be handed by the voter
to such crier of the election, whose
duty it shall be to enquire and cry
aloud the name Of such voter--this
ticket so folded as to conceal the
said ,critten or p, inted matter on its
face, shall be handed by the crier to
Clerk No, 1,who shall write his name
on the back of the ticket, with the
number of the vote opposite his name,
as entered on his book. He should
then hand the ballot to Clerk No. 2,
who shall sign his me,and number
it ON the other, and drop it into the
ballot box prepared for the purpose,
where it shall remain until counted.
The said three Judges to determine
all questions touching the qualifca-
ton of voters. The said ballot box
to be, and remain in the custody of
said Judges, and under lock and key,
until the vote is fully counted-(if
the votes could be strung or stuck,i in
the order given, it would save much
trouble). The vote being declared
closed by the Judges, their first duty
should be to examine the books or
lists so kept by the Clerks Nos.1 and
2, to see that they are regular and
full, and made to harmonize Wth
each other, and the facts; then they
should be certified by the Clerks to
be SO, and signed by them, and coun-
ter signed by the three Judges; then
said Judges shall open said ballot
box, and in the presence of each
other, examine and count the vote
polled for each candidate voted for;
and compare each ballot with said
lists. the said Clerks to each keep
tally of the count in the presence of
said Judges; if any of such ballots
are rejected by the Judges, the word
rejected shall be plainly written
across the names of the Clerks on
such ticket. When the count is so
completed, the said District Judges
shall certify and declare the result
Of such election, and give certificates
thereof to the persons so declared
elected for district Offices IN each d.
trict-this being done, said Judges
shall seal up and preserUe all Of said
ballots, both the counted and reject
ed, and the said two books or lists of
votes, and write their names iaeress
seal, and transmit the same to the
Clerk of the County Court of said
county, to be by him safely kept,
with seal unbroken, until called for
by the County Canvassers or Judges,
as next provided, within, say, five
days next after the election, the
aforesaid t,co county Judges should
meet at the Court House. of the
county, and select third Judge or
umpire in the same manner that the
umpire Of the District Judges were
/ elected. This done, all three shall
be sworn in the same manner that
the said District judges were
sworn-they shall then demand and
receive from the Clerk of the County
Court the said several lists and pack
ages Of, ballots. and open and count
them as to all persons Uoted for, above
district officers, before mentio ned, and
certify the same, and shall declare
the election, and give certificates
thereof to county officers so voted
for and declared elected. When this
is done, they shall, in the presence
of each other, again seal up
said several lists or books, and all
the ballots so received by them, keep
ing each District separate, and write
their several names over and across
such seal, and deliver the same to
the Clerk of the County Court, to be
by him safely kept in his Office, un-
opened by any one, unless by due
process Of law, issued in some legal
proceeding touching said election,
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