The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23

Each board of election commissioners shall
also cause to be printed, on blue tinted paper,
sample ballots which shall in all other respects
be fac Smiles of the ballots prepared for voting
except that they shall have conspicuously
printed on the face the words Sample Ballot"
The number of sample ballots prepared by
each board shall be one-fourth the number of
ballots intended for voting prepared by such
board.
Sec. %. If the printer of such tickets, or
any person employed in printing the same,
shall give or deliver or knowingly permit to
be taken any OF said tickets by any person other
than member OF the board OF election commits
sioners for which such tickets are being printed,
he shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction
thereof shall be imprisoned in the state peni-
Tertiary not less than three nor more than ten
years.
Sec. o. It shall be the duty of each county
clerk TO appear In person, or by specially au-
thorized deputy bearing credentials given
under the seal of the circuit court at the Office
of the secretary of state not more than fourteen
nor less than ten days prior to each general
election, and the state board of election COM
missioners shall thereupon deliver to said clerk
ten tickets for every FIVE voters and fraction
thereof in each precinct of his county at the
last presidential election, or if a new precinct
has been established in such county, ten tickets
for every five voters of the estimated vote as re-
ported by the board of county commissioners;
pTorided hOlceUer that if il shall be made to
appear by the affidavit of such clerk that any
precinct has so increased in population as to
have 80 per cent. more voters than at the last
presidential election, or at the time OF estimate
by the board OF county commissioners, the state
board of election commissioners shall deliver
to him two ballots for every voter so declared
BY him, under OATH to be resident in said
precinct. The ballots shall, in the presence of
the clerk, be wrapped and tied in packages,
plainly marked one for each precinct, and Sc
curely sealed with wax, and the clerk shall
give his receipt for the same. The state board
of election commissioners shall also provide
and Inclose IN each of said sealed packages
one-fourth as many sample ballots as of ballots
intended for voting, and five stamps bearing a
cross (x) or such other device as they may Sc
lect, together with ink-pads or other necessary
apparatus ready for use. The state board of
election commissioners shall, from time to
time certify to the auditor of state the neces-
sary expenses of the preparation and distribu-
ton of the state ballots, and the auditor shall
audit and issue his warrants for the same,
which shall be paid out of any funds nthe
state treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 90 An allowance shall be made to the
clerk by the board of county commissioners of
10 cents per mile for the distance necessarily
travelled in going to and returning from the
Office of secretary of state; but in case said
clerk OF any county shall fail TO appear at the
office OF the secretary OF state by the close of
the fourth day prior to election, the state board
of election commissioners shall forthwith dis
patch a special messenger to such county with
the tickets for the county; and IN such case
said messenger shall be allowed s. per day for
the time necessarily used, and 10 cents per
mile for the distance necessarily travelled by
him, which allowance shall be certified to the
treasurer of such county and deducted from
the first moneys thereafter accruing TO such
clerk payable by the treasurer. The amount
so deducted shall be RENTED by the county
treasurer to the treasurer OF state.
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tou commissioners shall give or deliver to any
other person any of said ballots or shall permit
any of them to be taken away except as herein
provided he or they shall be guilty OF a felony
and on conviction shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the state penitentiary for not
less than three nor more than ten years.
Sec 80. II any person shall steal take or
carry away any of such ballots from the Office
of the secretary of state or the Office of the
printer or from any other place prior to such
election with or without the consent OF the
person persons lawfully in custody of the
same, except as herein provided, such person
so offending shall be guilty of felony and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by i'm
prisonmentin the state penitentiary for not less
than three nor more than ten years.
Sec. 80. II shall be the duty of each election
inspector, or IN case he cannot attend, some
other member of the election board, authorized
In writing By the inspector, to appear at the
Office of the clerk of the circuit court of his
county, not more than three nor less than two
days before each election, and the county board
of election comm ssioners shall thereupon de-
liver 70 him the sealed package of ballots and
the stamps provided for his precinct by the
state board of election commissioners, and also
ten of the local ballots printed under the direc-
ton of the county board of election commits
sioDers, for each FIVE or fraction thereof of the
number Of votes cast in such precinct at the
last presidential election, or if a new precinct,
for each FIVE or fraction of five voters. as esti-
mated By the county commissioners; prOVidef,
h0arrrer,. That in ease il be made 10 appear by
affidavit of such Inspector, that the number of
voters in bis precinct has increased mere than
30 per cent. since the last presidential election
or estimate by the board of county commissions
ers. there shall be delivered to him two ballots
for each voter so declared under oath by him