The daily gazette., 1883-01-25
Vacan. Lands reported n bin lay out new
road in Misuffiloit hsifdred

road in Mispiiloti hundred.
THE PROPOSED NEW BALLOT LAW.
The text OF the bill introduced By Mr..
cagender In the Senate yesterday Ia as fol-
lows:
Section 1. All the ballots voted at any
general election, special election or election
OF Assessors aud Inspectors hereafter 70 be
held In this State or at any municipal cleo
ton hereafter To be held ia the city of VII
mington shall be written or printed upon
white paper and each ballot shall not be
more than SIX and one-Qua-ter inches nor
lese than six inches long and not more than
three and one-auaFter inches nor less than
three inches wide. Upon the inside Of
the ballet shall be ! written or printed
the names OF the persons for whom
the elector intends to vote with y
designation OF the office which each person
so named 10 intended by him to be chosen,
and upon the inside aud at the head the bal
lot shall be written or printed the name Of
the political Iarty to which majority OF
the persons voted for belong. No name,
mark, design, device or imprint whstsosvef
shall be made written or printed upon the
outside of any ballot, and ne name, mark,
design, device or imprint whatsoever other
than those mentioned above shall be made,
written or printed upon the ineide of any
ballot, and no ballot shall be cut, indented,
nicked or folded In a manner intended 70
designate or impart knowledge Of the
person who voted such ballot. In
reading out the ballots at cleo
lion herein before mentioned q ballot
upon the outside of which any name,
mark, design, device or imprint whatsoever
shall have been made, written or printed
contrary TO the above provisions; or ballot
upon the inside oi which any name, mark,
design, device or imprint whatsoever other
than those named above shall have been
made, written or printed contrary to tho
above provisions; or a ballot which shall
have been cut, indented, nicked or folded In
a manner intended 10 designate or impart
knowledge of the person who voted such
ballot contrary to the above proyisions, or
ballot different length or Of different
width from the length and width pre-
seribed above; or q ballot written
or printed upon paper of g. color
different from that prescribed above
shall not, nor shall any or either OF the
said ballots be counted or tailed, but shall
| be rejected. Provided, hotoeser, that such
rejected ballot shall be thefeupon marked
80 as afterward TO be identified and shall be
preserved apart from the ballots that are
counted. And provided further that ne
| spot, mark, defect or Flemish In said paper
made or caused IN and by the manufacture
| LueFHOlt Win no Aubcub 70 NlOthB1 tuG pF0>
visions OF this act, shall Ia any way affect
or destroy the validity of said ballot or
cause 1t to be rejected. And provided fur
fAsr that the provisions OF this section shall
not be construed SO as to hinder or prevent
any one from erasing or scratching q name
or names OF any OF the candidates from the
ballot intend, d to be Y ted by him and sub
| stitutipg or not substituting another or
other names IN lieu thereof either iu writing
| or nn printed slips.
/ Mr.. Cooch has not yet completed his pro-
| posed bill TO amend the same law, but he
| will probably incorporate In 1t q provision
that when the election officers are in doubt
as 70 the legality Of ballot, It shall be re-
ferred to the judges of the Superior Court
at It's session next following the election.
The result would probably be the incorpora.
tion of tht good features of both bills into
one.
CAPITAL POINTS.
There Is no opposition in the House to the
Senate hill to vest In trustees the old build.
ings OF New Castle. II will pass with
amendment, which will make it palmer,
although it is plain enough now, that the
right of New Castle county TO the buildings
| whenever 1t wants them is to be the aame
as by the act of 1772.
| DR.. Crawford will soon introduce an
amendment to the bribery law. It will make
the man who sells his vote an offender under
the law as much as the man who buys it.