The Penn's Grove record., 1891-05-29

ton having candidates 10 be voted for Al snch town
registry and election shall receive and cause 70 be
| veiope, In the manner pointed out In ssction forty
seven hereof; no person shall be permitted TO vote
eeI spS , sssd oi %sslie e1y alo, s y IN m H. .n sseti Rass pr .
yided. should any voter to whom an oficial enyel-
ope has been furnished IS In this section provided.
| spoil or render the same unfit for use. he may OBJ
tain another from the board Of election on return
ing the one 80 spoiled or untitled for use. but no
| more than two oficial envelopes. one at a time. shall
be furnished any voter al any town meeting; Il on
the face or back Of any envelope inc,osing any bal
lot al any town meeting there shall be any mark,
sign. designstion OF device Whatsoever. other than
or may be identified or distinguished from any other
| Official envelope used ct such town meeting. the
| ballet inclosed In such envelope shall be absolutely
| void and mot counted for any candidate named
thereon; In counting and canv<ssing the votes cast
at any town meeting, the board OF election shall
out in sections thirty.four and ~hfiy-one hereof;
section forty-eight Of this act shall apply to town
IA And be II enacted. That section forty eight Of
| said supplemental act. approved May twenty -eighth.
one thousand eight hundred and ninety. be and the
section fory.eight shall and be read as follows. to
wit:
| clares 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 phys
zeal disability. he is unable to enter and remain in a
in for voting a. aforesaid Without assistance. shall
be permitted TO bring with him to such booth or
compartment a person Of big own selection, who
compartment and assist him In the preparation OF
his ballot and incloslng and folding the same IN
said envelope as the disabled vo.er shall direct,
in order that 1t may be cast by such disabled voter
as his ballot: the poll clerks shall make q memo
randum on the poh 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 pame of the person or persons who aided he
voter in preparing his ballot; no voter shall diyulge
candidate for whom he intends to vote. nor shall he
ask for and receive the assistance Of any person
within the polling place IN the preparation OF his
who assists q voter In the preparation Of his ballot
as herein provided. shall reveal to another the name
anything that took place while he was assisting
such voter In preparing said ballot for voting: this
section shall not applyt 70 the case Of any person In
t~oxicated or unable TO read and write.
IA. And be 1t enacted. That section hfty-seyen Of
said supplemental act. approved May twenty-eighth,
orc thousand eight hundred and ninety. be and the
came Is hereby SO amended that hencefCrth said
section nfty-seyen shall be and read as follows. TO
wit:
duties required and imposed upon them under and
by this ACT, the members OF the boards of registry
and election and the election or poll clerks. shall re-
eeivc 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 determin.
ing tho amount Of such compensation eight hours
| Snail COnttitHtt u uhy WOIh.
Is. And be il enacted. That section sixty-three Of
said supplemented act,approved May twenty-cighth.
one thousand eight hundred and ninety, shall be
and the same Ia hereby amended so that henceforth
said section sixty-three shall be and read rs follows
to wit:
81. And be it 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; no person shall within the polling
room show his ballot after it Is prepared for voting
TO any person In euch q way as to reveal the con
tents, nor shall any person within the polling place
or within n hundred feet thereof solicit the voter to
show the same; no voter at any election where OH.
cial ballots are used. shall knowingly vote or offer
to vote any ballot except an official ballot inclosed
In an ofhcla' envelope. as by this act required. MOI
shall any voter, at any town meeting, vote or offer 10
vote any ballot except the same be inclosed In an
official envelope, as by section fifty hereof required
any person violating any Of the foregoing proyis.
ions of this section shall incur a penalty Of twenty
five dollars for each and every offense, to be recov.
cred by action of tort, before any court Of compe.
tent jurisdiction, by any person who bona hde shall
first bring suit therefor; no voter shall place or per.
nit to be placed any mark upon the face or back Of
his ballot or Official envelope by which the ballot OF
envelope may afterwards be identified by any Other
person as the one voted by him; whoever shall vic
late this aforementioned provision OF this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and on
conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or both, at the discretion of the court
IS. And be 1t enacted. Tha. this supplemental aci
shall take effect Immediately.
Approved March 70, 1891.