The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13
NEW YORK ELECTION LAWS.

NEW YORK ELECTION LAWS.
AS stated in our Sundays issue, the
county canvas5ers "a New York count /
The precinct returns to-day, and the |
state board, composed of the secretary |
of state, comptroller, and state engi-
neer, attorney general and treasurer
will during the month count the re-
turns from the counties. In relation
to canvassing the returns in the coun-
ties the law provides as follows:
The supervisors shall take the re-
turns of the inspectors of ali the
wards and towns in the county and
proceed to make up county report.
The law provides that tn" county
boards may make cOrrecti us in the
ward and town returns in TINS way:
Statements containing omissions,
ETC.. may be returned to be corrected.
Ii upon proceeding to canvass the
votes it shall c'early appear to the
canVassers that in any statement pro-
duced to them certain matters are
omitted in such statement, which
should have been inserted, or that
mistakes which are clerical merely
exist, they shall cause the SAID state
ment to be sent by one of their num-
Der (whom they shall depute for
that purpoSe) to the town or ward
inspectors and town or ward can
vassers of the town or ward from
whom they were received, to have the
same corrected; and the said canvass
er so deputed shall Immediately pro-
coed and give notice to the said town
or ward inspectors and canvasSerS,
whose duty it shall be forthwith tO
assemble together and make such cor
rection as the facts of the case may
require; but such town or ward in
spectorS and canvassers shall not at
such meeting change or alter and
shall only canse their canvass to be
correctly stated.
The reports are forwarded to the state
board by messengers. On the Wednes-
day next, after the third Monday of
November, after the election, or SOON
er if all the certified copies of returns
are in, the state board canvasses
the votes for electors, waiting not
longer than five days for delayed re-
turns, The law further provides:
, The board when thus formed shall,
upon the certified copies of the state
ments mats by the boards of county
canVassers, proceed to make d state
ment of the whole number of votes
given at such election for the Office
of .......; each of which statements
shall show the names of the persons
to whom such votes shall have been
given for either of said officers, and
the whole number of votes given to
each, distinguishing the several dis
tricts and counties in which they
were given. They shall certify snch
statements to be correct, and subscribe
the same with their proper names.
To determine and declare persons
electec-Upon such statements they
shall then proceed to determine and
declare what persons have been by
the greatest number of votes duly
elected to such Office, or either OF
them.
To subscribe certifcates.-They
shall make and subscribe on the pro-
per statement a certificate of such de-
termination, and shall deliver the
same to the secretary Of state.
Should the decision of the board not
be unanimous, any dissenting member
or members shall state, at large,
in writing, the reasons for
dissent. If proceedings should
be regarded as irregular or illegal pro-
test may be made in like manner.
The secretary of state must exeucte
the will of the state board, and de-
liver certificates to the persons elected.
For getting behind the work of the
canvassers, the law provides:
Wheneverit shall appear by affidavit
that errors have occurred in the de-
termination of the board of county
canvassers in any county in the state,
the supreme court may, by order, re-
quire said beard to correct such errors
or show why such correction should
not be made, and in the event of the
failure of said board to make such
correction, or show the cause as
aforesaid, the sail court may
compel said board by writ
of mandamus to correct such errors;
and if such board of county canvass
ers shall have made its determination
and dissolved, such court may compel
it to reconvene for the purpose of
making such corrections.
The law further provides that the
changes made on the order of the SUI
preme court must stand as the cor.
rected returns. In this connection il
will, of course, be interesting to know
that the highest court in New York
the court of appeals, is composed OF
four democrats and three republicans