Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-11

urnn containing the names Vi Sou1 - !
nominated by the Same poil;icai puris, or ar
no others; and the candidates snau % ~
rnngei ia groups, under the design Iion ~ :.
ths ofYices Tor which they are respsctlveis
minated. At the head Of each column ~
nolitical party nominations shall De psin.veI,
| In clear bold type. the name OF the poitlcal
r,.rtv for principle) which the canoluavoss
renresent as contained in the certlfca.es u
| nou,jnation. and sub -headings may Dc Piaoe1i
over each group 10 Indicate the politicai
division for which the respective groups
are to be elected. Immediately AFTER .ns
name of each candidate, except cauu io.as;
for electors OF President and vice -, 81
dent of the United States, there Shall ~
Ssft q blank snace between that and tue
next name. or whatever is printed tnere9n'
IF at least one-half an inch. A votcr uo-
| string To erase the name Of any candidato
from The ballot he intends to vote, OF W
vote for any other candidate or person ~
his stead. NAV strike the name SO prlnteu
on said ballot therefrom, and write IN .uo
| blank space next following the name OF eue
candidate or person for whom ne desires ~
vote. But if he fails to strike rom salu
ballot the name printed thereon, tne na'he
| written in said blank shall alone DC
counted as to said Office The several
| ballots to be voted at any election
shall be printed side BY side on tne
same sheet of paper, the Democratic pal
lots ON one side thereof and the Repuolicah
| ballots on the other, and the other Daiio.o,
| if any. between them, with one DlacA iino
| between each of them, and all canaiuaGeS
| or persons voted for by any voter snali DC
| those whose names are printed OF WriI.on'
| as aforesaid, thereon, and every o.ner pai-
| lot on the same sheet OF paper snail 20 nc
| faced by drawing one or more lines, WIN
pen and ink, from the top to the bottom
| thereof or across the heading Thereon, or
in any other way indicating that the same
had not been voted by the voter. But III
more than one of said ballots have nothing
on them 10 indicate which OF them was not
so voted. then neither Of them shall DC
counted
81. If the printer of such ballots, or any
person employed in printing the same, snail
give or deliver, or Knowingly permit 10 De
taken, any of said ballots, by any person
other than a member of the board OF oailot
commissioners. for whom such ballots are
being printed, or shall print, or cause, or
permit to be printed, any ballot In any
other form than the one prescribed oy THIS
chapter. or with any other names thereon,
or with the names spelled, or the names
thereon arranged, in any other waV
than that authorized and directed by the
said board of ballot commissioners, ne shaii
be guilty of felony, and on conviction tnere-
of shall be imprisoned in the State peni-
Tertiary not less than three nor more tnan
ten years.
SO. The board of ballot commissioners
shall for the general election to be held In
their county in the year one thousand elgnI
hundred and ninety-two, have printed
three ballots for each voter in their county,
as shown by the votes cast therein at the
election held in one thousand eight hundred
and ninety or one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-eight, at which ever OF said
elections the largest number of votes were
cast. And, thereafter, they shall have
printed like number of ballots for each
vote cast In their county at the last proceed
ing general election held therein. The oai-
lots so printed shall be wrapped and tied
in packages. one for each place OF voting In
their county, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-two, containing
three ballots for the estimated number OF
votes TO be cast Of each of said places, aud
thereafter containing three ballots for
each vote cast at said place OF voting at
the last preceding general election he d
thereat Each package Of ballots shall be
sealed with wax, and plainly marked, with
the number of ballots therein, the name OF
the magisterial district and the number OF
the voting place therein, 10 which " Is In
tended 10 be sent. The name OF the bal lot
commissioner shall also be endorsed there
on. On the back OF each sheet Of paper on
which the ballots are printed as aforesaid,
and as near the center thereof as may be,
shall be printed the words, poll clerks"
and under them each poll clerk shall write
his name before tho ballot is delivered to
ballots shaTI be so fuucu as % siessseS5
words sspoll clerks and the signatures OF
said clerks written thereon, before de-
hosting the same in the ballot box
81. 1t shall be the duty of one oil the COM
missioners OF election appointed ior each
place OF voting in their county, to be
designated by them. in writing, 10 at
tend at the Office OF the Clerk OF the
Circuit and County Courts Of his county,
nor more than four, nor less than two
DAYS before each election, to receive
the ballots for the place OF voting a
which he is appointed 10 act, and the sald
clerk shall deliver TO him the sealed pack
are of ballots provided for his precinct by
the said board, and take from MN q re-
ceipt for the same, which shall De nieo In
the Office of the Clerk OF the Circuit Court,
and the Clerk Of the County Court, IL he
hos not already done So shall deliver TO
him one OF the ballot boxes and other
things mentioned in section nine OF this
chapter. and take from him receipt Tor
the same. which shall be filed in his Office.
The ballot box shall be returned by said
commissioner, after the election, 10 tne
Clerk of the County Court, and preserved
in his Office.
3S. If any member Of the board OF ballot
commissioners shall give or deliver TO any
other person, any Of said ballots or snall
knowingly permit any Of them 10 be taken
awav. except as herein provided, he or they
shall be guilty of felony, and, on convic-
ton thereof shall be punished by imrrison-
ment in the penitentiary for not less than
one nor more than FIVE years.
20 ANY person who shall unlawfully take
or remove with or withoutthe consentoi the
lawful custodian thereof, any such ballot
from the place at which said ballots are
lawfully kept for the time being, every
such person, shall be guilty Of felony, and
upon conviction thereof be confined In the
penitentiary not less than one nor more
than fiveycars.
20 In case any commissioner of election
shall fail to appear at the Office OF the
Clerk of the Circuit and County Courts Of
his county by the close Of the second day
prior TO any election, required by section
thirty-seven OF this chapter. the board Of
ballot commissioners or the chairman
thereof shall forthwith dispatch special
messenger to his precinct with the ballots
for such precinct Such messenger shall
be allowed two dollars for mis- time and
five cents per mile for the distance neces-
sarily travelled by him. aud shall promptly
report to the Clerk Of the Circuit Court
aud file with him the receipt Of the person
to whom he delivered such ballots; and
his affidavit, stating where and to whom he
delivered such ballots: and the commits
| sioper of election so falling shall receive no
compensation for his services at such cleo
| ton.
II. Any commissioner OF election. who
| shall willfully or negligently fall to appear
at the Office OF the Clerk of the Circuit
and County Courts of his county, as herein
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