The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-03

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and enter the same and remain therein
CLOSING the door such length Of time,
not Exceeding five minutes. until he shall
Lave inclosed in said official euvelOpe the
ballot he intends voting, Ia such manner
as to conceal all printing, writing or
pastors on said ballot; on leaving the
booth or compartment the voter shall
forthwith aud before leaving said rallied
Enclosure deliver his ballot, inclosed as
aforesaid in said envelope, unsealed, but
with the flap thereof turned down SO as
to conceal the ballot therein. 10 a me n
Der of the election board at the ballot
box, who snail Immediately deposit the
same In the ballot box In the presence of
the voter, after which the voter shall,
without unnecessary delay. cav the
polling room, and no ballot cast at
any town meeting shall Except as
in this acs otherwise ~provided)
be received or counted unless
the same shall be inclosed IN an unseaied
official envelope in the manner in his
section provided il shall and may be law
full for any candidate or other person Of
any town meeting to deliver to the
board of registry aud election the ballots
Of n party or faction having candidates
TO be voted for at such town meeting,
which tickets SO supplied the board OF
o~egistry and election shall receive and
1ause to be furnished to eacn voter,
along with the official envelope, in the
manner pointed put In section forty
sever hereof: no person shall be per-
mitted to vote at any town meeting until
after he shall have received said official
envelope as in this section provided
should any voter to whom an official en-
velope has been furnished as in this sec
ton provided, spoil or render the same
unfit for use, he may obtain another from
the board ofelection on returning the one
so spoiled or untitled for use. but no
more than two official envelopes. one at a
ffroa ohaIl ho f1rnfahpd any voter Qf qnu
town meeting: II OF the face or back of
any envelope ~inciosing any ballot at
any town meeting there shall be any
| mark, sign, designation or device what
soever, other thar is permitted by his
act, whereby such envelope can or may
be identified or distinguished from any
other official envelope used at such
town meeting, the ballot enclosed In such
envelope shall be absolutely void and not
counted for any candidate IN there
on; in counting and canvassing the votes
cast at any town meeting, the board OF
election shall proceed, as near as may be.
ia the manner pointed out in sections
thirty-four and hfty-one hereof; section
forty-eight OF this act snail apply to town
meetings.
10. And be it enacted, That section
forty-eight Of said supplemental act. APP
proved MAY twenty-eighth, one Thousand
eight hundred and ninety, be and the
same is hereby amended so that hence
forth said section forty-eight shall be and
read as follows, to wit:
As. And be it enacted, That any voter
| who declares under oath and establishes
to the satisfaction of a majority of all
the members of the board of election that,
| by reason OF blindness or other physical
disability, he is unable to enter or remain
In a booth or compartment or to prepare
his ballot therein for voting as aforesaid
without assistance, shall be permitted
70 hiring with him To eIfh hnOfl or
compartment a person of his own selec-
ton, who may retire with such disabled
voter to the booth or compartment and
assist him Ia the preparation OF the ballot
and inclosing aud folding the same In
said envelope as the disable voter shall
direct, in order that it may be cast by
such disabled voter as his ballot; the poll
clerks shall make a memorandum on the
poll lists Of every instance when an oath
was Administered to a voter as herein pro
vided, stating briefly what facts were
sworn to and the nam of the person or
persons who aided the voter in preparing
his ballot; no voter shall divulge to any
one within the polling place the name OF
any candidate for whom he intends to
vote, nor shall he ask for aud receive the
assistance Of any person within the poll
ing place in the preparation OF his ballot,
except as provided In this section; no per-
son who assists a voter in the preparation
of his ballot, as herein provided, shall re-
veal to another the name of any candl-
date for whom the voter has voted, or
anything that tool place while he was
assisting such voter in preparing said bal
lot for voting; this section shall net apply
to the case of any person intoxicated or
unable to read and write.
IA. And be it enacted, That section fifty
seven Of said supplemental act, approved
May -twehty-eighth, one Thousand eight
hundred and ninety, be and the same is
hereby so amended that henceforth said
section ffty-seven shall be and read as
follows, to witt
81. And be it enacted, That for the ser
vices and duties required and imposed
upon them under and by this act, the
members of the boards o. registry and
election, and the election or poll clerks,
shall receive the sum of three dollars per
day, and at that rate for all fractions of
days, to be paid as other election expenses
are now paid; and In determining the
amount of such compensation eight hours
shall constitute a days work.
Is. And be it enacted, That section
sixty-three Of said supplemental act. ap-
proved May twenty-eighth. one thousand
eight hundred n ninety, snail be and
the same is hereby amended so that
henceforth said section sixty-three shall
be and read as follows, TO witt
63. And be IL enacted. That no person
shall do any electioneering on any
election day within any polling place, or
publicly within one hundred feet of any
polling place; 40 person shall within the
polling room show his ballot after it is
prepared for voting to any person in sue h
a way as to reveal the contents, nor sha Il
any person within the polling place or
within a hundred feet thereof solicit the
voter 10 show the snme; no voter, at any
election where official ballots are used,
shall knowingly vote or offer to vote any
ballot except an official ballot iuclosed in
An official envelope. as By this act re-
quired. nor shal any voter. at any town
meeting, vote or offer to vote any ballot
except the same he inclosed in an official
envelope, as by section fifty hereof re-
quired; any person violating any OF the
foregoing provisions OF this section shalt
incur a penalty of twenty-five dollars for
each and every offeuse, to be recovered
by action OF tort, before any court of
competent jurisdiction, by any person
who BONA fde shall first bring suit there
for; no voter shall place or permit to be
placed any mark upon the face or back OF
his ballot or official envelope by which
the ballot or envelope may afterwards be
identified by any other person as the one
voted by him; whoever shall violate this
aforementioned provision OF this section
snail be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
and on conviction mail be punished by a
dne not exceeding five undre dollars