The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-18

answer all questions touching his right
to vote at such election, and if he refuse
to answer any question which may be
put to him touching his right to vote at
such election, or if it appears that he is
not a qualified voter under the, provis-
ions of this act, his vote shall be re-
jected; and if any person whose vote has
been SO rejected shall offer to vote at the
same election at any other polling place,
he shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and be punished as provided in
section of this act.
Sec. 8. Before receiving any ballots,
the judges must, in the presence of any
persons assembled at the polling place,
open, and exhibit, and close the ballot
box; and thereafter it must not be re-
moved from the polling place or presence
of bystanders until all the ballots are
counted, nor must it be opened until
after the polls are closed.
Sec. g.. Before the judges receive any
ballots, they must cause it to be pro-
claimed at the place of election that the
polls are open.
Sec. 10. When the polls are closed, the
fact must be proclaimed aloud at the
place of election, and after such procla-
nation no ballots must be received.
Sec. IL. The judges and clerks of such
primary election shall keep record of
all the votes cast thereat, with the
names and place of residence of every
person voting at such election, and also
the names of all persons whose vote have
been rejected, and concise statement
of the reason for such rejection. Such
record shall be kept in duplicate, and
substantially in the same form as the
poll books of general election, and
shall be styled the poll-books of such
primary election; and at the conclusion
of such primary election, one copy of
such poll-books shall be fled with the
clerk of the county court of the county
in which such election is held, and the
other poll-book shall be delivered to the
political organization under whose au-
thority such primary election is held.
Sec. IL. If any Judge or clerk at any
such primary election shall knowingly
receive or record the vote of any individ-
ual who is known to him not to be en-
titled to vote at such primary, or shall
wilfully refuse to receive, or deposit, or
count the vote of any qualified elector of
such election, or shall in any manner
fraudulently deposit or put any ballot
into or take any from the ballot-box of
said primary election, or shall knowingly
mo To fo1co
ment, certificate, or return of the ballots
cast or votes taken at such primary cleo
ton, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and be punished as pro-
vided in section of this act; prouided,
that no arrest shall ever be made for any
offense defined in any of the foregoing
provisions of this act except upon
warrant duly issued and any officer or
person violating this provision shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished as provided in section 6 of this
act.
Sec. Is. The judges, after canvassing
the votes cast, must issue certificates of
election to the persons duly elected.
Sec. IA. The laws of the state govern
ing the conductof persons about polling
places or approaching the same, shall
apply to all elections held under the
provisions of this act
Sec. Is. Justices of the peace shall
have concurrent jurisdiction of crimes
defined and committed under this act.
Approved February IL, 1891.