San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-02

the Expense Incurred ia provIding said
booths and guard rails; and it shall be
the duty of said court to certify to the
comptroller of public accounts tue
amounts due aud TO whom due and the
mum Der of booths and feet OF guard rails
provided Upon receipt of said certificate
the comptroller shall issue his warrant
upon the state treasurer in favOr OF the
parties TO whom said account is due for
one half OF said amount and the same
shall be paid out OF the state traasurv.
and the residue thereof shall be paid
10y the respective counties. Duriug ,ie
election and counting OF ballots no per-
son other than she Judges and clerks OF
elections and the electors admitted as
herein provided for the purpose of pro-
viding their ballots and voting shall be
admitted or permitted to be within said
rail.
See. "A. All ballots used by the voters
of said elections, shall be furnished by
officers conducting said election. upon
which shall be printed the names Of all
candidates for state. county. precinct or
city officers apen one ticket and arranged
according to the respective parties TO
which the candidate may belong, and
Whenever q voter has been furnished
with "a ballot by an officer conducting the
election the presiding officer shall stamp
with . rubber stampprovided for this pur-
pose the words .'Oficial Ballot and no
coh'ot NoSb ~ toEo y Ii
upon it by the said presiding officer shall
be connted at said election.
Sec. .. All ballots used at any election
shall be upOn substantially the same
character OF paper, which shall be white,
and any candidate shall have the right to
have ballots printed such as are named in
the preceding section, which he must fur
nish 20 the presiding officers at least
one day before the day of holding the
election.
a H
Sec. rs. Not more than one person
shall at one time be permitted to occupy
any one compartment or place provided
for electors to prepare their ballots, ex-
cept when an electOr Is unable to prepare
his ballot, he may be accompanied by
two judges to assist him and no person
shall remain In or occupy any u CON-
partment longer h may be necessary
to prepare his ballot.
Sec. %. Any elector who declares to
the presiding officer that he can not read
or write, or that by blindness or other
physical disability he is unable to prepare
his ballot, shall upon request receive the
assistance of two of the judges In the
preparation thereof.
See. 2S ANY officer npon whom a duty
is imposed by this act, who shall disclose
to any person the name of any candidate
for whom any elector has voted, or give
any information by which IL can be
asccrtained for whom any electOr has vo-
ted for, or any judge or clerk OF election
or other officer about the polls who shall
do any e~lectioneering on election day, or
any person who shall do any electioneer-
ing on election day within any polling
place. or within thirty feet Of any polling
place. or any person who shall knowingly
apply for or receive any ballot in any
polling place other than that in which he
Is entitled TO vote, or any person who
shall show his ballot after IL Is marked to
any nnrSnn in snph a wav aS tn rQVaal
the contents thereof or the name OF
the candidate or candidates for whom
he marked his ballot, or any person who
shall contrary to this act examine his
ballot or solicit the voter to show the
same. or any person other than an officer
of election who shall deliver any ballot
to al elector, or any elector who shall
deliver a ballot to the presiding officer
to be voted except the one he received
from the election officer, or any elector,
or any one who shall contrary to the pro-
visions Of this act place any mark upon
or do anything to his ballot by which it
may afterward be identified as the one
voted by any particular individual. upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine of
not less than $50 nor more than $500 or
by Imprisonment in the county jail for
not less than three months nor more than
one year, or both, in the discretion Of the
court
See. ~. aul huge w CltTk OI ticCllOu
who shall willfully disregard any of the
provisions of this act, or who shall
negligently fail to enforce any of the
provision Of this act, or who shall in
counting the ballot in making the returns
thereof w~illfully disregard any of the di-
r~ectionS or requirements Of this act. or
any person who shall willfully alter or
destroy any ballot at any election or any
of the returns of an election regulated by
this act. or who shall introduce among
the genuine ballots a fraudulent ballot,
or any person who shall falsely write tue
initials of the presiding officer or any
writing upon the ballot purporting to be
written by the clerk or presiding officer
or any person who shall steal any of the
ballots or returns, or willfully or fraudu-
lently hinder or delay delivery of any
election returns TO the county clerk, or
wilfully break open any of such sealed
returns of any election regulated by this
act, upon conviction shall be punished by
Imprisonment in the penetintiary not
less than one year nor more than three
wears, or bv fine of not less than $500 nor
more han $1,000, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment.
Sec. 80. Cities containing a population
of 10000 inhabitants or more may, through
their city councils. adopt such methods
not Inconsistent with this act TO protect
the purity of the ballot In elections held
at their municipal elections.
See. 81, All laws and parts OF laws in
conflict with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed. in so far as they
conflict with the provisions of this act.
Sec. 81. Emergency for s~uSpending
rules.)
The act takes effect ninety days from
day OF adjournment.
Blaine First Choice.