The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-03
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY
BIZ AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER oxxvnE-

CHAPTER CXAVuL
Continued.
81. And be it enacted, That IL shall be
the duty OF said county and municipal
clerk, in all cases in which, under his
act, they are required 70 provide and
furnish the official ballots as Aforesaid for
any election TO also provide aud furnish
for such Official envelopes. of the size,
kind description hereinafter pre-
scribed. wherein the ballots to be voted
at such election shall be inclosed aud
voted, as hereinafter directed; all such
envelopes provided by any county or
municipal clerk shall be of the same quail
ity OF plain white paper. three inches in
length by two and oue-eighth inches in
width, with the flap thereof ungummed;
on the face of each of said envelopes
shall be printed tho words, official en-
velope for - after the word for
In eacn case shall follow the delegation
OF the assembly district for which the
ballot Is prepared, IL at such election an
assemblyman Is TO be chosen. II ut
such election no assemblyman is
to be chosen. then after the word
Of the township municipality,
ward or other subdivision for which the
ballot is prepared; then shall follow the
date OF the election and n fac-simile OF
the signatures Of the county or municipal
clerk by whom such envelope shall be
I DIONluGu HQu iulUltntu@ tutEt Shall 10 ~
mark, word. figure or device OF sny kind
| placed on said envelopes except as herein
directed; all printing on said envelopes
shall be with black ink. in type OF the
same style and description, so that n
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 In such election district or
voting precinct at the last preceding cleo
ton therein for members OF the general
assembly; the distribution and use of
such official envelopes shall be confined
exclusively to the polling ROOM, In the
manner hereinafter directed; in counting
the votes cast at any election
the envelopes containing the bal
lots shall be pened, and the ballot
shall then be removed from the en-
velope aud the names on the ballot count
| ed and recorded as now requires by La W
/ the ballot shall then, before another envel-
ope Is opened, be returned to the envelope
wherefrom it was taken, aud The envelope
and ballot shall then be numbered as o ne
ticket and strung as nov required by la W;
IL ON opening any envelope 1t shall be
found to contain more than one ball OF,
none of the ballots contained therein sh all
/ be counted for any candidate. and all
such ballots shall be returned to the Q n
veIope wherein they were found, AMI on
the face OF such envelopes shall be writ
ten the words rejected ballots,'' and
such envelope and ballots shall be strun &
on the string of rejected ballots, as no W
provided by law; should any voter 10
whom any official envelope has been fur
nished as hereinafter provided, spoil or
render the same unfit for use. he may OBJ
tain another from the board OF election on
returning the one so spoiled or untitled
for use; but no more than two ON
cial envelopes, one at a time, as herein
-u1-f1~A chun ha f1rnfahQH QnW Vnfpr.
at the close Of the election all unused and
all spoiled and returned official envelopes
shall be tied up in one package Dy the
board of election and deposited In the
bailot-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, aud provide therefore official
enyelODe9 on the bases above described.
~. And be it enacted, That section hfty
of said supplemental act, approved May
twenry-eight, one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety. be and the same is here
by amended so hat henceforth said sec
ton fifty shall be and read as follows.
and not otherwise. to wit:
80. And be il enacted, Ina none OF the
provisions of this act from and including
section twenty thereof to and including
section forty nine thereof. shah n z
manner apply TO or effect any such mu-
niclpality as by section twenty-four
hereof is excepted from the operation and
effect of sections twenty, twenty one,
tventy-Cwo and twenty-three o. this act;
and none OF the provisions OF this act
from and including said section twenty
to and including said section ~forty-nine,
shall apply to or affect said town meet
fngs of township elections mentioned or
referred TO in section nineteen OF this act,
excepC as hereinafter in this OF some sub
eduen section OF this act provided Tor
said town meetings or township elections;
IL shall be the duty Of the clerks OF the
several townships of the state at least
twenty days before any town meeting TO
be held thin their respective townships
to provide n secure In each election dis
trict or voting precinct OF their respective
townships a suitable room in which 10
hold the town meetings, and 1mmed1-
atelv after such room said
township CLERK shall notify the election
or Doll clerks and the board of regis
try and election OF the precinct or
voting district that such room has
been procured and where the same IS
located. aud it shall be the duty u1 such
township clerk before election day 20
arrange said rooms with booths or COM
and railing in all respects as Is
required in and by section forty SIX here
of: the tickets to be used at suca town
| meetings snail not DC VAiCidif "a oha
be furnished or provided by candidates or
other interested parties as before the pas
sage of said supplemental ac., approved
Nav twenty-eighth, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety; such tickets shall
be printed with black ink on plain White
paper, after the manner q style pro-
yided in section t~hirty-two hereof, and IL
any ballot voted at any town meeting
shall have thereon, either on its face or
back, any mark, sign. designation OF de-
vice. whereby such ballot a or may be
thereafter identified or DISTINGUISHED,
such ballot shall be absolutely void and
NOT canvassed or counted for any name
thereon. but it shall and may be lawfGl
for any voter at said town meetings TO
erase from his ballot any name or names
thereon printed, and to write or paste
thereon the name or names OF any
person or persons for whom he may
desire to vote for n oflee: the
ink or lead pencil 70 be used
in writing any name or names upon the
ballots to be black in color, and the use
of any other eolored ink or pencil shall
inyalidate the entire ballot; all pastors
shall be printed with black ink on white
paper. and the use of any other style or
kind of paster shall invalidate the entire
ballot; for said town meetings the town
ship clerk shall provide and furnish, at
the expense of the township. official en-
ve!opes of the size and style mentioned
In section thirty-four hereof; said en-
veiopes shall have Endorsed upon the face