Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-01

vided for in this section shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be subject to the penalties as provided in Sec. 14S5 of the General Statutes, and the moderator shall preserve and deposit with the town clerk q record of the statement made under oath by each eleCtor whose ballot is prepared under the provisions of this section, giving in each case of disability | the cause thereof.
 SEC 16.--lf at any electors meeting | any official or other person shall suggest | the name of any political party or can didate, or the fitness or uniitness of any | candidate or candidates for any office, to an eector, asking that his ballot be prepared, or in the hearing of any per son in any voting place, with intent or in a manner liable to influence such elector, except as provided in Sec. b. such person shall if convicted be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for each otfense.
 SEC. l1,-At any electors meeting held under the provisions of this act, only such ballots as hear the required endorsements upon the back shall be counted, and whenever, in the prepara- ton of any ballot, the names of more candidates for any office are designated by the cross (x) as provided in Sec. If, than may by law be elected, such ballot shall not be counted for any Candi- date for that office, and when there is doubt as to which candidates for any office the elector intended to vote, by atliXing the cross (Xl as provided in Sec. Ii, such ballot shall not be counted for any candidate for that office, but the moderator shall write "doubtfuf on the margin of said ballot opposite the names of the candidates for that office.
 SEC. lS.-The counters shall, in ad- dtion to the number of ballots found in each box, count the ballots intended for each box, but returned for any cause to the moderator, and the number Of ballots remaining in the hands of the moderator uncalled for, and in the Cer- tiicate required by Sec 237 of the General Statutes, they shall state the number of such ballots.
 SEC. 19.-The presiding officer of each voting place shall, in the certiti' cate required by Sect. 240 of the Gen eral Statutes, include the number of ballots received from the town clerk, the number not delivered to electors, and the number returned by electors. | Said ballots shall be by the moderator enclosed in packages, bearing his sigma 1 ture and the number of ballots contained | therein, and delivered to the town clerk, who shall preserve them for six months, with the ballots not delivered by him to presiding officers,
 SEC. 20.--It shall be unlawful for any election officer who may, during the progress of an election, or the counting of the ballots cast thereat, obtain knowl- edge as to what candidates any elector cast his ballots for, to disclose such knowledge, and any person convicted of such Otfense shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not more than one year nor less than SIX | months.
 SEC. 21.-Any person who shall fraud ulently obtain any ballot printed by the ' Secretary of the State or the clerk of any town, city or borough, or shall counter felt the same, shall, if convicted of such oHense, be fined rot more than one thousand dollars nor less than five hun dred dollars, and imprisoned in the State prison not more than five years nor less than one year.
 SEC. 22.-Any eleCtOr who shall fai to deposit on the ballot-boX, or return tC the moderator before leaving the ell closure. all ballots given him in accord
 ance with the provisions of Sec. l3 shall he fined not more than five hun
 dred dollars and imprisoned not more than one year.
 SEC. 23.-The fees of town clerks fol
 distributing ballots provided by th'
 Secretary of the State shall be for eacl
 voting place one dollar. The fees O
 city, borough and town clerks for pre-
 pairing copy and providing each form O
 ballot shall be one dollar, for distribut ing ballots to each voting place on'