The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-09-04

H. To care for the ballot boxes and other property
pertaining to elections aud generally to do aud per-
form all other acts matters and things by law required
of them or which necessary properly incidental
to the execution of their duties.
CHAIRMAN INSPECTORS.
SECTION - Unless otherwise directed by the Minis
ter the Inspector first named in the respective lists of
Boards of Inspectors shall he the Chairman and shall
preside at all meetings of Inspectors.
decision of majority of the members of the Board
of Inspectors shall be the decision of such Board
ABSENCE OF CHAIRMAN.
SECTION 73 In all cases under the provisions hereof
where duties to be performed by the Chairman OF the
Inspectors, such duties may be performed by some
other OF the Inspectors whenever the Chairman is
temporarily absent is otherwise for the time being
unable to perform such duties
CoRREcrroS vorNe LIST.
SECTION a. No change shall be made in the copy
of the Register of Voters furnished to the Inspectors by
the Board of Registration except by the Inspectors
upon and in accordance with the written order of the
Board of Registration for the District
The name, date and for each change or cor
recton made shall be entered in the Inspectors Record
BALLOT Boxes
SECTION IS. The Minister shall provide two suitable
ballot boxes for each polling place One of such boxes
shall be marked in plain letters For Senators" and
the other " For Representatives They shall bear no
other device or mark.
Such boxes shall be made of wood of single thick
of boards, not over inch less than three
quarters of inch in thickness. They shall be per-
fectly smooth inside and out and shall have hinged
lid fastened securely by good lock locks In the
center of such lid there shall be an aperture of not
than three inches in length, and not over one
quarter of an inch in width which may be protected
by lid or raised edge
OF POLLING PLACES
SALOONS PROHIBITED
SECTION 76, No polling place shall be in any pre-
mSeS where the sale OF intoxicating liquors, beer or
wine Is licensed.
POLLING APARTMENT.
SECTION a. The Inspectors shall prepare at each
polling place, a suitable compartment space in
which shall be placed at point convenient for voters
the two ballot boxes herein provided for.
ARRANGEMENT vorISG COMPARTMENTS.
SECTION IS. The Inspectors shall cause to be pro-
vded within the polling apartment not than three
voting shelves compartments at in which voters
may conveniently mark their ballots.
Such shelves shall be arranged that in marking
ballots thereon the voters may be screened from the
observation OF Others
guard rail shall be so constructed and placed that
only such persons inside said rail approach
within six feet of the ballot boxes and of such voting
shelves compartments
The arrangement shall be such that neither the
ballot boxes the voting shelves or compartments
shall be hidden from the view of those just outside the
said guard rail.
No persons other than the election officers and
voters in the act of preparing their votes voting
shall be admitted within said rail- except by authority
of the Inspectors for the purpose of keeping order and
enforcing the law.
Each Voting shelf or compartment shall be kept pro-
vlded with cOnvenlences for marking the ballots
Persons ALLOWED WITHIN POLLING APARTMENT
SECTION 49, The Inspectors SHALL previously to
opening the polls set apart sufficient space around
the polling place 10 prevent interference with the
duct of the election and person, other than the In
spectOrs the candidates their respective agents
than two EACH and such voters, not exceeding
six at a time are for the time being actually
gagged in voting shall be permitted within the space so
set apart during the time appointed for voting.
TINE OPENING CLOSING Polls.
IN lie cbaUb no b, In
spectors at of the clock upon the morning of the
election day. and shall be kept opened continuously
until of the clock III the afternoon of said day. unless
all Of the registered voters OF the precinct shall have
polled their votes previous to that time after which
the polls shall be closed and the votes counted here
matter provided.
PROCEDURE UPoS OPENING Polls
SECTION ST. At the opening of the polls for election
the Chairman of the Inspectors SHALL in presence OF
any by-standers, publicly open the ballot boxes and
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