The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-03-31

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him to produce the same in court as
evidence in any such aforementioned
case, when the same may be opened
under the direction of said court.
Sec. 101. The board of county
commissioners, the auditor acting as
clerk, in the several counties, must
act as a board Of canvassers of
elections, and must, on the tenth day
after any general or special election,
or sooner, if all the returns be received
and any two of the commissioners are
present, proceed publicly, at their
Office, to open the returns and canvass
the votes of said election, and make
up abstracts thereof. and it is their
duty to canvass and make up abstracts
of all returns that are Ineligible on
their face and which are sufficiently
authenticated to show what returns
they are; and if any returns are re-
jected on account of informality,
ambiguity or uncertainty-and none
must be rejected for other causes
then it is the duty of the board to
deliver the returns 30 rejected to the
sheriff OF the county, who must pro-
ceed at once to summons and call
together the board Of judges of
election Of the precinct from which
said returns were received, and inform
them that such return has been
rejected; and it is the duty of such
board Of judges to meet publicly, at
the place where the election was held
in their precinct, Immediately after
receiving such notice, and at once
proceed to put said return in due
form and certify to the same; and
for the purpose of so doing they may
have the ballot box brought in and
opened in their presence, the contents
thereof inspected, and when said
returns have been duly corrected they
must be delivered into the hands OF
the sheriff, and the board of canvass
ers may adjourn, to await the cor
rection of said returns, for the period
of not more than five days at one
time, nor more than ten days in all
When said canvass is completed, the
abstract must be made up and signed
by the board. The abstracts shall be
made up and signed by the board.
The abstract shall be made out in the
following manner:
The abstract Of votes for electors
for President and Vice President of
the United States shall be on one
sheet, and the abstract Of votes foi
Representative in Congress shall be
on another sheet, and the abstract OF
votes for officers Of the executive
department shall be on another sheet,
and the abstract of votes for re-
presentatives shall be ON another
sheet, and the abstract of votes fol
judges of the Supreme court shall bt
on another sheet, and the abstract O.
(votes) for judges of the district cour
and district attorneys shall be OF
another sheet, and the abstract O
votes for county and precinct officers
shall be on another sheet; and it shall
be the duty Of the auditor of th,
county Immediately to make out .
certificate Of election to each of tn,
persons having the highest numbe
Of votes for county and precinc
officers, respectively, and cause sucl
certificate to be delivered to tn
person entitled to it. If any two o
more pesrons have an equal numbe
Of votes for the same county or pre-
cinct Office, and a higher number thai
any other person, the county com
missioners shall Immediately determ
inc by lot which of the two candidates
shall be elected
Sec. 102. The auditor of th
county, Immediately after making ou
abstracts Of votes given in his county
shall make copy of such abstrac
and deliver or transmit the same in
registered package by mail to tn
office of the Secretary or State; th
original abstracts he shall file an,
record in book in his office to b
kept for that purpose. He shal
also certify to the abstracts and copie
and affix thereto the county seal, ant
and the said auditor shall indorse OF
the back of each abstract: ''Certihet
copy Of the abstract of votes cast TO
Governor, ETC., members of th,
legislature, etc., (as the case may be)
cast at the regular election in .....
county, ......, 49,,