Arizona silver belt., 1892-01-09
NEW YORK BUREAU or ELECTIONS.
The Department That Has Gsod Deal An Aftnnh tn A Ahnmt ElrrIinn Iime

The Department That Has Gsod Deal 10 Attend to About Election Time.
 General Theodore F Rodenbough. chief oi the bureau of elections at DO lice headquarters, may Be said to run 1t single handed. and with his left hand at that. He left his right arm with army surgeons in September. 1884. at Winchester The bureau was estab. lished in the police department in lS72 n B. ilasbrouck was the first chisf, John J O'Bren the second and he was succeeded by che present incum- bent While the work of the bureau has Increased, it's clerical force yet con SistS of live patrolmen detailed to cler- ical duty at patrolnen's salaries Pc liceman Henry Hildenbrand. of the central office squad, supplies the right hand that the amiable chief lacks.
 The bureau takes charge of the ma chinery and personnel of elections from the hiring of district quarters to the swearing in of the election officers Dreary routine characterizes the labors of the chief and the clerks from Jam ary to August. and t is volcancally active the rest of the year When these eruptive periods are on. no one in the bureau has sinecure
 Among the labors and duties of the bureau are To provide all the station cry for the election officers inspectors, poll clerks and ballot clerks; to give them the special and ordinary inSruo- tions to enable them to steer clear of trouble and to perform their duties sat lsiactorily; to prepare the lists of cleo ton officers for the action of the board of police, examining into the personal fitness and character of each individ uai to provide certificates for those who are selected and to qualify them or swear them into office, to ascertain on days of registry and election if all the election officers are present at each polling or registration place, and to see that all vacancies are promptly filled to receipt for all re ports. registers and returns filed after the registration is completed: Co pre- pare leases for polling places; to see, after election, that all registers and re turns have been filled up in accordance with the law; to summon those who have erred to correct their mistakes; to stamp the certificates of such election officers which have done their duty and are therefore exempt from jury duty; 10 record the deaths of all male persons over twenty one; to keep record of convictions for felony, and to aid in calculating the election returns on cleo. ton night The last named employ meut IS more of a courtesy to the de sire ol the public and the police com, miSSiOuers to know the results than duty No count thus made has any legal or official weight or value
 The bureau has also to be prepared to make diagrams of the city for cleo ton purposes, and Co scrutiuize the registry from each house so as 10 be prepared to furnish information for re diStrIctIng in order to keep the voters ln each election district down to the limit prescribed by law The pay rolls of the electiou officers have Co be prepared iot the comptroller
 An idea of what the bureau has to do when it is busy with live election work may be had from the statistics of it's operation under the ,..,,,, .,s,,.. i. 'h ie'"'there were 7,5S6 election off .',rS who did duty, and about 5UO per sons chosen to such offices resigned. As each officer is named ten times on reports and in other ways some 50, 00O names were written on this account alone
 There were i5, 5,O0O. 900 ballots pre- pared, corrected. received. checked of. lone up into 947 packages and dis and at least 6O,OUO packages ,I stationery, ink, pens, mucilage books and forIus Oaths were admin stered to more than 5000 election of icers 94 per cent of whom served. and inc characters and qualifications Of .U,75i persons were inquired into and -eported on New York Times.