The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-10-16

- SNuIlJ commissioners to correct
inc mistake or omission, or to show
cause why they should not
SECTION 10. The county commits
s'oners of each county shall nrov;de
Tor each election district in which an
election is to be held, except in elec
tons for township and borough Offices
Two sets OF such ballots, each of not less
than seventy five tor every fifty and
traction OF fifty voters therein, as con
tanned upon the assessors list. They
snail also prepare full instructions for
the guidance of voters as to obtaining
ballots, as to the manner of marking
them and the method of gaining assis,
tance, and as to obtaining new ballots
IN place OF those accidentally spoiled,
and they shall respectively cause the
same, together with copies of sections
thirty-one to thlrty-six, inclusive. of this
act, to be printed in large, clear type
on separate cards to DC called cards of
instruction. They shall also cause to
leprlnted on tinted paper and without
the fac c'imile endorsements, an equal
number of copies of the form of the
ballot provided for each voting place
at each election therein, which shall be
called specimen ballots; and at each
election they shall furnish to each vot-
ing place, together with the ballots TO
be used there, sufficient number of
carcs OF instruction and specimen bal
lots Tor use as required in section twen-
'y-o OF this act They shall also pro-
vide tor each election district, at every
election therein, two copies of the asses
sor's lists Of voters and snail deliver the
same as srch lists are now delivered.
one copy to be called the ballot check
list,' Tor the inspectors in charge of
the ballots, and the other copy to be
called the "voting check list to be
used IN marking the name of those who
have voted and the numbers of their
ballots as now required by law
SECTION ". The two sets of ballots.
together with the specimen ballots and
caetis of instruction printed by the
county commissioners as herein provi-
ded, shall be packed by them in separ
ate, sealed packages with marks on the
outside clearly designating the election
districts for which they are intended
and the number OF ballots of each kind
enclosed.
They shall then be sent by the coun
ty commissioners of the respective.
counties, separately and at different
times or by different methods, to the
judges Of election at the several voting
places SO as to be received by them,
one set on the Saturday before the day
Of election, and the other set on the
Monday before the day of election !
The respective judges shall, on del:v-
cry to them Of such packages, return
receipts therefor to the commissioners.
who shall keep record Of the time
when and the manner in which thS1
several packages are sent, and shall |
preserve for the period of one year the |
receipts of the said judges of election.
For elections of officers of townships |
and boroughs and Of election officers
and school directors in the same, the |
auditor shall provide for each election
district, seventy-hve ballots for every
ifty and fraction OF fifty voters on the
list, and an equal number of
specimen ballots, and shall obtain from
he county commissioners the requis-
te cards of instruction, which shall be
delivered with the ballots to the judges
9f election the day before the day Of !
election.
SECTION IS. In case the ballots to
,e furnished to any voting place in ac-
;ordance with the provisions Of this
.ct, shall fail for any reason to be du-
y delivered, or IN case after delivery
hey shall be destroyed or stolen, it
,hall be the duty Of the judge Of cleo
ion of such voting place to cause
other ballots to be prepared substanti-
lily in the form Of the ballots SO want
ng, and upon receipt of such other
oallots from him accompanied by a
statement, under oath, that the same
rave been 50 prepared and furnished |,
oy him and that the origi1.ai ballots !
,ave so failed TO be received or have
,een SO destroyed or stolen, the elec.
lou officers shall cause the ballots so !
substituted to be used in lieu of the |
ballots wanting as above. 1t shall be
he duty Of the county commissioners |
Of each county to mail complete spec
mems of the ballots and other neces-
sary papers, by registered letter. to the
udge of elections of each election dis
rict, at least four days before the cleo
Ion, to enable him to comply with the |
directions of this section.
SECTION I9. The county commits
'ioners of each county shall provide |
or each election district therein, at |
each election, a room large enough to
De fitted up with voting shelves and a
guard rail as hereinafter provided. If
n any district no such room can be |