The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-10

election and fac siulile OF the signature
| of the county or municipal clerk; the
county or municipal clerk shall provide
for each political party, for each election
district or voting precinct in his county
| or municipality two hundred and fifty
ballots for every fifty or fraction of fifty
I votes cast therein by such party at the
last preceding election for members Of
the general assembly; in cases of indie
| pendent nominations or Of nominations
by party, organization or petitioners,
that cast no votes for ANY candidate or
candidates at the last preceding election
for members of the general assembly,
the number Of ballots to be provided and
furnished at public expense shall be
equal in number to one-hat OF the total
number of votes cast in the election dis
trict or precinct au the last preceding
election for members of the general as
sembly; when an election district shall
be divided or the boundaries changed or
q new district created, the county or
municipal clerk shall ascertain as nearly
as possible the number of voters in the
new district or districts and shall pro
vide therefor a sufficient number of bal
lots in the above proportion.
"a. And be it enacted, Tint it shall be
tho duty of said county ana municipal
clerks, IN all cases in which, under this
act they are required 10 provide and fur
nish the official ballots rs aforesaid for
+ AI1Y G1GEtlOtl. To dlNO DTONlQG ana FURNISH
for such election official envelopes. of the
size, kind and description hereinafter
prescribed, wherein the ballots to be
voted at such election shall be inclosed
and voted, as hereinafter directed: all
such envelopes provided by any county or
municipal clerk shall be of the same
quality of plain white paper. three and
one-haIf inches IN length by two inches
in width, with the flap thereof ungum-
med on the back of each of said envelopes
shall be printed the words, s'Oflicial en-
velope for ;;a after the word "for,v
in each case shall follow the designation
of the election district or voting precinct
for which the envelope is prepared, the
date Of the election aud fac smile of
the signature of the county or municipal
clerk by whom the said envelopes are
provided and furnished; there shall be no
mark, word. figure or device of any kind
placed on said envelopes, except as here
in directed; all printing on said envelopes
5hall be with black ink, IN type of the
same style and description, so that one
envelope cannot be distinguished from
another; there shall be provided and fur
nished for each election district or voting
precinct so many official envelopes as will
be equal to double the number of all the
votes cast in such election district or yot-
ing precinct at the last preceding election
Tor members of the general assembly; the
distribution and use of such official en-
velopes shall be confined exclusively to
the polling room, in the manner herein
after directed, in counting the votes cast
at any election the envelopes containing
the ballots shall be opened and the bal
lot shall then be removed from the en-
veiope ana the names on the ballot
counted aud recorded as now required by
law; the ballot shall then, before an
other envelope is opened, be returned to
the envelope wherefrom it was taken, and
l.. IL
bered as one ticket and strung as now re-
quired by law; ii on opening any envelope
il shall be found to contain more than one
ballot, none of the ballots contained
therein shall be counted for any candi-
date, aud all such ballots shall be re-
turned to the envelope wherein they We're
found. and on the face of such envelope
shall be written the words rejected bal
LOTS and such envelope and ballots shall
be strung on the string of rejected bal
lots, as now provided by law. should any
voter to whom any official envelope has
been furnished as hereinafter provided,
spoil or render the same unfit for use he
may obtain another from the board of
election on returning the one so spoiled
or untitled for use: but no more than two
official envelopes, one at a time. as here
IN provided, shall be furnished any voter;
at the close of the election all unused and
all spoiled and returned official envelopes
shall be tied up in one package by the
board of election and deposited in the
ballot-box and delivered with said ballot
box TO the proper custodian thereof; when
an election district shall be divided or the
boundaries changed or a new district
created, the county or municipal clerk
shall ascertain as nearly as possible, the
number of voters in the new district or
districts and provide therefor official en-
velopes on the basis above prescribed.
Ar1 ~. ,t,ao+od ustof +t,o o,,,,,...
clerks of the various counties in the state
shall, three days prior to any election
wherefor they are required by this act TO
provide the ballots. caused to be deliver
ed TO the clerk of each township, city or
other municipality within his county as
may be required, the proper number of
ballots and envelopes as herefnbefore re-
quired provided for the use Of the voters
for each and every election district or vot-
ing precinct within his township, city or
muncipility at such election; the same
shall be sent in sealed packages, one fer
each election district of said township,
city or other municipality, with marks or
directions on the outside of each Clearly
stating the election district or voting
precinct for which it is intended, together
with number of ballots and envelopes en-
closed; receipts for ballots and envelopes
thus delivered shall be given by the clerk
receiving the same aud filed with the
tOuHlJ tlttks WHO cDdll GlSO Keep u
record Of the time when and the manner
in which each OF said packages was sent;
the said township or other clerk shall, on
the day preceding any such election
(Dut on the saturday preceding when sucn
election occurs on Monday. deliver to
one of the clerks of each election dis
trict or voting precinct within his town
ship, city or other municipality the bals
lots ana envelopes by him received from
the county clerk for such election district
or voting precinct, and take tue receipt of
such election clerk thereof, which last
mentioned receipt the clerk of such town
ship, city or municipality shall file and
preserve with other papers entrusted to
his keeping; said election clerk shall, on
the morning of election and before proc
laniatton of the opening of the polls. de-
liver the packages of ballots and envelopes
by them received to the election boards of
their respective election districts or yot-
ing precincts, with the seals thereof I'M
broken, and shall take receipts therefor
from said election board, which receipts
said election clerks shall carefully pre-
serve for at least one year; in cases of
elections within and for single municip-
atty OF any county, where under this act
the ballots and envelopes are required to
be provided by the clerks of such NUM-
CAPABILITIES, the duties by this section inn
posed upon the county clerks with refer
ence to the delivery of the ballots and en-
velopes shall, the necessary changes being
made, devolve upon and be performed by
the clerks of such municipalities
30. And be 1t enated, That IL at any
election the ballots to be furnished there