The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-10-23
NEW ELECTION LAW.
CONTINUED.

and guard.railS IN the year one thOus-
and eight hundred and nirety.two. the
Secretary of the Commonwealth. the
Secretary of Internal Affairs and the
Auditor General shall be and they are
hereby constituted board to decide
upon pattern of the SAID shelves or
compartments, and a pattern of the
said guard rails, and upon the mater
ial to be used for them, and such other
furniture and apparatus as may be
necessary, and to fix limit of cost of
the same per shelf or compartment.
and per linear foot or rail, and the
said board shall, within two months
after the passage Of this act. notify the
commissioners of the respective coun-
ties Of the pattern adopted and of the
limit OF cost, and the said commission.
ers after they have provided the said
shelves or compartments and guard
rails, shall send to the Auditor Gener
al of the Commonwealth a statement
Of the voting places in the county,
naming them, and Of the number Of
shelves or compartments provided for
each according to the pattern adopted
and of the cost OF the same not exceed
ing the limit to be fixed as aforesaid,
which statement shall be signed by the
said commissioners, verified by the af-
hdavit OF one OF them. and approved
by the county controller or auditors
On receipt Of the said statement the
Auditor General shall draw warrants
upon the treasury of the Commonwealth
in favor of the treasurers of the coun-
ties from which the said statements
shall have been received, for the sums
therein stated to be due, and the State
Treasurer is hereby directed to pay
the said warrants.
The said shelves or compartments
and guard rails shall thereafter be the
property of the respective counties,
and no further allowance shall be made
to the counties, by the Auditor Gener-
al, for providing the same.
SEcrIoN 81. At the opening OF the
polls in each voting place, the seals of
one package shall be publicly broken
and the said package shall be opened
by the judge of elections. The cards
of instruction shall be Immediately
posted at or in each voting shelf or
compartment, provided in accordance
with this act for the marking of the
ballots, and not less than three such
cards and not less t:an five specimen
ballots shall be Immediately posted in
or about the voting room, outside the
guard rail, and such cards and speci-
men ballots shall be given to any vot-
er at his request. The second set of
ballots shall be retained unopened by
the respective judges of election until
they are needed for the purpose of vot-
ing.
SECTION 22 Any person desiring to
vote shall give his name and residence
TO one of the election officers in charge
Of the ballots, who shall thereupon an
nounce the same in a loud and dis
,inct tone of voice, and if such name
is found upon the ballot checklist by
the inspector or clerks in charge there
Of, he shall likewise repeat the said
name and the voter shall be allowed
to enter the space enclosed by the
guardrail, unless his right to vote be
challenged. No person whose name
is not on the said list. or whose right
to vote shall be challenged by quail
fed citizen, shall be admitted within
said guard rail until he has established
his right to vote in the manner now
provided by law and his name, if not
on the check lists, shall then be added
TO both lists. AS soon as voter is ad-
mltted within the rail the election Off
Ger having charge of the ballots shall
detach ballot from the stub and give
it to the said voter, but shall first fold
It so that the words printed on the
back and outside, as provided in sec
ton fifteen of this act, shall be the
only wording visible, and no ballot
shall be voted unless folded in the
same manner. Not more than one
ballot shall be given to voter, except
as is provided in section twenty-six of
this act. AS soon as voter receives
ballot, the letter ''B" shall be marked
against his name on the margin of the
ballot check list, but no record of the
number of the ballots shall be made
on the said lists. Besides the election
officers and such supervisors as are au-
thorized by the laws Of the United
States, or overseers appointed by the
courts of this Commonwealth, not
more than four voters in excess of the
number of voting shelves or compart-
ments provided, shall be allowed in
said enclosed space at one time.
SECTION a3. On receipt of his bal
lot, the voter shall, forthwith, and with
out leaving the space enclosed by the
guard-rail, retire to one of the voting
shelves or compartments and shall pre-
pare his ballot by marking in the ap-
propriate margin or place a cross (x)
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