The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-03

election officers for the purpose of keep
ing order and enforcing the law. Each
voting shelf on compartment shall he
kept provided with proper supplies
aud couveniences for marking the bal
lots.
Sec. 20. To provide for the cost #
said shelves or compartments ami
puardrails ina the year OF 1892, the
secretary Of the commonwealth, the
secretary of internal affairs and the
auditor general shall be aud they are
hereby constituted u board to decide
upou 3 pattern Of the said shelves or
compartments, and a pattern Of the
said guardTaiis ana upon the material
to he used for them, aud such other
furniture or apparatus as may be
necessary, and to fix a limit cost of
the anne per shelf or compartment and
per linear foot OF rail, and the said
board shall within two months after
the passage Of this act notify the COM
missiOners of the re pective counties
of the pattern adopted aud of the limit
of cost and the said commissioner after
they have provided the said shelves or
compartments and ~gusrdrails, shall
send to the auditor general of the com
mOnwealth a statement of the voting
places in the county, naming them,
and of the number of shelves or conf
partments provided for each according
to the pattern adopted and of The cost Of
the same, not exceeding the limit TO be
fixed as aforesaid, which statement
shall be sigued by the said commits.
%sioners, verified by the affidavit of one
Of them and approved by tine county
controller OF auditors. On receipt Of
the said statement the auditor general
shall draw warrants upon the treasury
of the commonwealth in favor of he
t%reasurers of the counties from which
the said statements shall have been
received for the sums therein stated 10
be due, and the state treasurer is
hereby directed to pay the said
warrants.
The said shelves or compartments
and guardrails shall thereafter be the
property Ofthe respective counties, and
no further allowance shall be made to
the counties by the auditor general for
providing the anne.
Sec. q. 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.
4 Tx Cul'io vi lhSNlu tllOu SIlhl
be Immediately posted at or in
each voting shelf or compartment pro.
vided il accordance with this act Tor the
marking of the ballots, and not less
than three such cards aud not less than
five specimen ballots shall be immedi-
ately post d in orabout the voting room
outside the g%uardrail, and such cards
and specimen ballots shall be given to
ma ~ xrnfap af ! 10 p.CVra.t Ur,A-,,,-. .,t
Of ballots shall be retained uHopened bV
the respective judges .. election until
they are needed for The purposes Of vot-
ing.
Sec. %. Any person desiring to vote
shall give his name Hud residence to
one of the election officers in charge of
the ballots, who shall ~thereupon an
nOunce the same in a loud and distinct
toneof voice, and il such name is foupd
upon the ballot check list bv the in
spectOr or clerks in charge thereof he
shall likewise repeat the said name
and the voter shall be allowed TO enter
the space inclosed by the guardraiI nm
less 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 a qualified citizen shall
be admitted within said guardraiI until
he has established his right to vote in
the manner now provided by law. and
his name if not on the checklists shall
then be added to both lists. AS O as
a voter is admitted within the rail the
election officer having charge of the
ballots shall detach b ballot from
the stub and give it to the
said voter but shall first fold il
so that the words printed on the back
and outside as provided in section Is of
this act shall be the only wording
visible, and nc ballot shall be voted un-
less folded in the same manner. Not
more than one ballot shall be given to
a voter except as is provided in section
26 of this act. AS o as a voter re-
ceives a ballot the letter "Bp shall be
marked against hisname on the margin
of the ballot checklist; but no record of
the number of the ballots shall be made
on the said lists. Besides tine election
officers and such supervisors as are
authorized 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 num-
Der Of voting shelves or compartments
provided shall be allowed in said in
closed space at N time.
LTO BE CONTINUED.