The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-13

In parallel columns by an amendment IL IS
provided that "the device name and list of
candidates oil the democratic party shall be in
first column in the left hand side of said ticket,
OF the republican party in the second column,
of the prohibition party in the third column,
and OF any other party IN such order as the
board OF election may decide"
This section contains plan or simple ticket
with part of the state tickets of the democrats,
republican and prohibition voted at the last
election.
Sec. 29. which provides how vacancies may
be filled on any ticket by placing posters on the
ticket where the vacancy occurs, and that no
posters shall be given TO, nor received by any
one except such election board and such chair
man" was the amendment adopted.
Sec. so makes il felony for anyone except
the election commissioners to print or cause to
be printed any tickets. BY an amendment the
commissioners would be guilty Of the same
crime if they caused to be printed tickets with
names misspelled in any other order than
provided for in sec. %.
Sec 81 requires the county clerk TO appear
in person or by deputy before the state board
OF election commissioners from ten to four
teen days before the election to receive
the state tickets-ten for every five voters ia
the county. For performing this service the
clerk is to receive So per day and three cents
mileage. If the county clerk fails to call for the
tickets within ten days prior to the election.
special messenger viii be dispatched by the
state board which messenger before receiving
such tickets shall take and subscribe to an
oath to be administered to him by the secretary
of state, which oath shall be filed with such
board Of election commissions and shall be in
the words following: Here follows the form of
OATH, the words in brackets being amend
ment adopted yesterday.
Sec. "a was stricken entirely out and the
following substituted:
Sec. "a. If any person shall take or remove in
any manner felOnOusly or with the consent and
permission Of the custodian for the time, from any
any such ballots or stamps or be found in custody
possession of such ballot or stamps Except an
official custodian under this act while within
ing,. P' pace sly y' such Custodian or
official shall consent to- or permit any
OF such ballots OF stamps 10 be removed or carried
away from the place where they may lawfully be by
act whose duty il is to receive the same such per
son, custodian or Official shall be deemed guilty OF
felony, and on conviction shall be punished by I'M
Prsonment in the pententary at hard labor for not
less than three nor more than ten years and be dis
tranchised for any Discriminate period not less than
ten years.
Sec. % provides the mode OF distributing the
tickets to the inspectors. The section concludes
as follows, the words in brackets were added as
an amendment:
Tho local ballots shall he wrapped and tied in
packages and securely sealed with wax in the pres
ence OF said inspector or his representative, who
shall receipt for the same and for the safe sealing
OF such ballots the county board of election commits
sion shall provide themselves with seal of such de-
shall not be used az any two consecutive elections
Sec. SO prescribes how the tickets shall be
handed to the voters and sec. 81 provides for
the necessary printed instructions TO be placed
in the booths. No amendments were made to
these sections, except TO make them read "poll-
clerks wherever 'poll-clerk" appears.
The thirty-eighth section provides for the de-
livery, by special messenger, OF the tickets, in
the inspector fails to call for them at the
clerks Office. By amendment the messengers
compensation was reduced from So per day to
-. and mileage from 10 cents TO cents.
and also required to file receipt for the
tickets with the county clerk. Any inspector
who willfully fails to call for the ticket may be
fined from SO to $780, and forever be disquali-
fed to serve as inspector.
Sec. 40 relates 10 lost ballots. Sec Al, after
being amended, provides that at 6 o'clock p. m.
all the unused tickets shall be counted and de-
stroyed by fire. But one ticket shall be pre-
served, which shall be pasted on the election
records.
Sec. AZ provides how the rooms where
the election is held shall be arranged.
1t was amended by providing for a
rope instead OF a railing for the chute by
which the voters will enter the polling place.
Sec. 43, which provides for challenges at the
side OF chute, was amended by pro-
viding that voters shall enter the
chute; in the other they appear.
This section also provides for the grounds of
challenges and the forms of afidavits to be
made by the challenger, the challenge and the
person who swears in the voter The republi-
can registration amendment which was antici-
pated was offered at the end of this section, but
voted down by strict party vote. Here 1t is,
as offered by Mr.. Thompson of Jaspor:
Amend sec. 4s by striking out the body of such
section and insert 80 OF the substitute for
senate bills Nos. I and the following:
Sec. 43. II shall be the duty OF the secretary Of
state to furnish through the auditors OF the several
counties each inspector registry book of less
than 200 pages indexed alphabetically and on the
head Of each thereof shall be printed the words,
esisttT7y Of voters in N pre;eint OF county
and residing in said precinct on the - day Of -
A. p Names of voters. Place Of residence. Re
marks"
These books shall be furnished at the expense of the
state and become the property OF the several pre-
eincts and be kept by the inspector and his
sor in Office a registry book for such precinct,
which book shall be used with economy by such in
spectOr.
1t shall be the duty of such inspector TO meet with
the chairman of the precinct committee Of each
ganized party sixty days next before any election
and prepare list of legal voters, and each keep
copy Of such list, and also copy Of the names of
the voters about which there may be any doubt
Athdavits may be prepared 70 show all the facts and
on Monday. the twenty-ninth day before the cleo
ton, said persons shall again meet, and all such
contests shall be decided by such inspector and pre-
einet chairmen and new list prepared Of all those
entitled 20 vote in such precinct. true copy OF
such second list shall be made
duly certified copy of such list shall be recorded
in such inspectors book and one COPY thereof fur
nished to each judge election day, and one TO
each deputy sheriff provided in II of this act
and il shall be the duty Of the deputy sheriis to
prevent anyone not such list not holding
certified copy thereof from entering the voters
chute or from coming within fifty feet of the polling
place, except cOasecutiyey as they desire TO vote.
1t shall the duty of each member OF the election
board ard each deputy sheriff 20 vote before any
other votes cast
An no one shall vote or attempt TO vote whose
name is not on such certified list and no afidayits
shall be fled election day
All affidavits filed with the inspector on or within
~ kofo ha vg,,th
day before the election shall be returned with the
account of the election for in contests The in
specJor shall receive s. per day for his services
QuTed in this section.
Any person or persons who shall file any false afi-
davit with the inspector shall be deemed and held
shall be punished as now provided by law for the
punishment OF perjury.
Aud any person persons who shall take, conceal,
carry away, change initiate certified list
shall be held and deemed to be guilty of forgery,
ana upon conviction thereof shall be punished as
provided by law tor the punishment Of forgery.
Sec. A, which relates to the arrest of
illegal voters, was passed without amendment,
and sec a., which prescrbes what shall be
considered perjury in this case was Invested of
ambiguous words. Sec. 46 provides for the
closing of factories, ETC., for four hours after
the polls open TO give workingmen chance to
vote.
See Al, which relates TO the manner of pre-
pairing the ballots and of voting, was amended
by providing that the local ticket be deposited
i'm the white box and the state and national
ticket in the red box.
Sees. 40, so, 81, 80, So, "a, 50 and &c, all re-
lating to the manner OF voting, of counting the