The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-08

persons on the poll llStS WHO are ciai-
lenged and take such oath, and shall en-
ter opposite their names the word
sworn in brackets, and such records
shall be presumtive evidence of such
votes.
SEC. IS. There shall be provided and
kept by the judge of each election pre-
cint (at the expense of the county, IA
suitable ballot box with a lock and key.
SEC. II. There shall be an opening
in the lid of such box of nc larger size
than shall be sufficient to admit Il single
folded ballot. Before opening the polls
the ballot box shall be carefully eX-
amined by the judges of election that
nothing shall remain therein; it shall
then be locked and the key thereof de-
livered to n of the judges, to he desig-
mated by the board, and shall not be
opened during election, except in the
manner and for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned.
SEC. IS. At such adjournment of the
polls the clerks shall, in presence of the
judges, compare their respective poll lists
| compute and set down the number of
votes, and correct all mistakes that may
be discovered according to the decision
of the board, until such poll lists shall
be made in all respects to correspond.
SEC. 10. The ballot box shall be OPEN
ed and the poll books placed therein,
and such box shall hen be locked and Il
covering with a seal placed on the lid of
such boNe so as to entirely cover the
same, and the key delivered to II Of
the judges and the box to another, to be
designated by the board.
SEC. p. AS soon as the polls of the
election shall be finally closed, the
judges shall Immediately proceed to can
&-nsS thn 1-ptn piy-oI, at S,lch c1a.tio, and
the canvass shall be public, and continue
until completed.
SEC. ,. The canvass shall commence
by a comparison of the poll lists from
the commencement, and h correction
of any mistake that may be found there
in, until they shall be found to agree;
the box shall then be opened and the
ballots found therein counted by the
judges, unopened, except 20 ascertain
whether each ballot is single; and if
two or more ballots shall be found 50
folded together as to present the appear
ancc OF a single ballot, they shall be
laid aside until the count of the ballot is
completed, and if on Il comparison of the
count with the poll list, and the appear
ance of such ballots, a majority Of the
Judges shall be of the opinion that the
ballots thus folded together were voted
by one ~elector, they shall be rejected.
SEC. %. If the ballots i'll the box
should be found to exceed in number
the whole number of votes in the poll
lists, they shall be placed in the box,
(after being purged in the manner above
stated and one of the judges shall pub
licly draw out and destroy therefrom so
many ballots unopened as shall be equal
to such excess.
SEC. 2l. The ballots and poll lists
agreeing, on being made to agree, the
board then shall proceed to count and
ascertain the number of votes cast, and
the clerks shall set down in their poll
books the names of every person voted
for, and at full length, the office for
which such person received such votes,
and the number he did receive, the
number being expressed at full length,
such entry to be made as near as circun-
stances will admit in the following form,
tO-wit:
At an election held at the house of A
Is, i'll the township or precinct Of,
in the county Of, and in the terri
tory Of Montana, OF the-day Of,
A. ID. IS, the following named persons
received the number of votes annexed to
their respective names for the following
described Offices, tO-wit:
a had-votcs for DELEGATE to con-
grrss.
CD had--votcs for member Of the
Legislative council.
+ + had--votes for mNpbcr Of
house of representatives.
CAnd in Ike nIalncr for any other
person voted for
Certified by liz: and Clerks" OF Election
Attest: : K + Judges o: ':'"r''""
SNN. -. The Judges Of election shall
then enclose and seal one Of the poll
books, under cover, directed to the clerk
of the board OF county commissioners
OF the county III which the election was
held, and the package thus sealed, shall,
within three days from the closing of
the polls, he conveyed by II Of the
judges Or clerks of election, to he deter
mined by lot, tothe p0stoificc nearest the
hous" in which said election for such
precinct was held, and register and mail
the same to the clerk OF the board of
county commissioners, and the other
poll books, together with the ballot
box, shall be deposited with one of the
judges of election, to be determined by
lot If not otherwise agreed upon, and the
said poll hook shall be open to the in
epection Of any clectOr at any time
thereafter who may desire to examine
the same.
SEC. %. If any judge OF clerk, after
being selected by the judges Of election
to convey the poll books of such cleo
ton to the postottice nearest the house in
which said election was held, and mail
the same, as provided for i'll section p
of this act, shall fail, refuse, or neglect
10 convey and mail said poll books, safe.
with seal unbroken, he shall for every
such offense, when convicted thereof,
pay the sum of five hundred dollars,
and be imprisoned in the county Jail for
a period not exceeding three years, said
fine to be recovered in a civil action in
the district court in the name of the
county commissioners.