The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-26
AN ORDINANCE
To Amend Sections 9, 10 and ~. Chapter 80, Of
the Revised City Ordinances.

To Amend Sections 9, 10 and ~. Chapter 70. Of
the Revised City Ordinances.
Be 1t ordained by the City Council OF
the city of San Antonio. that Sections .,
10 and IL of Chapter 10 of the Re sed
City Ordinances, be so amended us to
hereafter read as follows, to- wit:
SECTION 0. Each of the Clerks of an
Election shall keep poll list upon
which he shall write and number the
name of each person who votes at the
time OF his voting. and one OF the Judges
OF Election, in every case, shall receive
the ballot, and ut the time of receiving
1t shall write upon II the voters num-
Der, corresponding with the number on
the Clerks poll list, and shall immedi-
ately place the ballot in the ballot box.
No officer of election shall unfold or ex-
anime the ballot received. Nor shall
they examine the same by comparing Ii
with the Clerks list of voters when the
votes are counted out. Nor shall they per-
init the same to be done. Nor shall they
examine or permit to be examined the
ballots subsequent to the same being re-
ceived into the ballot box, except in
cases specially provided by law. A vio-
lation of any of the provisions of this
Section shall be punished az provided by
the laws of the State.
SEC. 10. Immediately after closing
proceed to count the votes in the pres
ence of two qualified voters of the CITY
OF good repute, and of different political
parties, If such can be conveniently OBJ
tained, and shall continue such count
without Interruption, until all the bal
lots voted nj such election are counted,
No ballot which is not numbered as pro-
yided In Section shall he counted.
Nor shall either two or more ballots
folded together be counted; and where.
the names of two or more persons are
upon ballot for the same office. when
but one person is to be elected to TINT
Office, such ballot shall not be counted
for either of such persons. All ballots
shall be written or printed on plain white
paper, without any peculiar sign, Wig
nette, devise or stamp, or mark, except
the writing or printing In black ink or
black pencil, Of the names of the candi-
dates, and the several offices to be filled,
except the name of the political party
whose candidates are on the ticket
provided such ballots may be written or
printed, on plain white foolscap, legal
cap or letter paper-provided that all
ballots containing the name of any cam
didate pasted over the name Of any
other candidate shall not be counted Tor
such candidate whose name is so pasted
and any ticket not In conformity TO the
above shall not be counted. In counting
out the votes each clerk shall keep II
tally list, showing each vote counted
and for what person or persons counted,
and for what office or Offices, and when
the counting is completed each Clerk
| shall certify his tally list to be correct
and shall sign such certificate officially.
SEC. ii. When the ballots have all
been counted the Managers of Election
iInmAniutnlU q
the same, signed by them, which shall
be sealed up In an envelope, and they
shall also place all the ballots voted. to-
gether with one poll list and one tally
| list, in II woodt n or metallic box and
| shall securely fasten the box with nails.
screws or locks, and shall forthwith de-
| liver said box and The returns of election
to the Mayor of the City, or In case of
his absence to the City Clerk who shall
file them in his Office, and deliver them
to the Mayor on the day appointed to
compare the polls. A duplicate of such
returns and tally list shall be kept by
the Presiding Officer for twelve months
from the day OF election. On the Mon
day next following the day of election,
and not before, the Mayor and one or
more members of the City Council shall
open the election returns and estimate
the result, recording the state of the
polls in each Precinct In book to be
kept for that purpose; provided, that In
the event of failure from any cause, to
compute the votes on the Monday fol.
lowing the election, then said votes
shall be computed upon the earliest
practicable day thereafter. After an es-
Innate of the result of an election has
been made the Mayor shall deliver 10
the candidate, or candidates, for whom
the greatest number of votes have been
polled, II certificate of election, naming
the office to which he has been elected
the number OF votes polled for him, and
the day on which the election was held
and shall sign the same and cause the
seal of the City to be thereupon i'm.
pressed.
Passed and approved August 10, 1885
BRYAN CALLAGnAN, Mayor.