The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-07

yi,cd, that no clcctOr shall be allowed
by the Judges of election To occupy
voting booth for II longer time than 1t Shali
fake to prepare his ballot ANA no TWO
electors shall hr allowed to hc in one booth
M one and the same time. And no person
shall be pcrmittcd to enter inside ul sand
guard rail during the time OF voting
except it be an clcClOr on entering lo cast
his ballot, and retiring after SO doing
The arrangement OF guard ran ana lle
booths shall be such that neither the bal
lot boxes nor voting booths, nor the cicc,,
tors while preparing their ballots Shali
he hidden from view of those just outside
of the said guard rail- or from the Judges
and vet the same shall he far enough re-
moved and SO arranged that tne ele'tor
may conveniently prepare his ballot Tor
voting with secrecy. There shall be pro-
vidcu in each polling place, and not less
than one compartment or booth Tor every
80 electors to vote ut such polling place
Said booths or compartments shall be
made with three sides closed and the
front side open, and inside 50 inches wide,
~ inches deep and feet inches high,
containing n shelf Not more than one
pcrsnn shall at one and the same time be
pcrmittcd To enter and occupy any one
booth or compartment or place prONlueu
for electors to prepare their ball0tS; puI
thprr may be one clcCtOr i'll each OOoth
or compartment ut one and the same Time
preparing their ballots. And any e!eCtor
who at the time of receiving ms bailoV
from the officers of election, declares Iha'
he cannot read or write the English IAN
~un~r sufficiently to make out his own
ballot. or that by reason OF any phESl-
cal disability he cannot properly prepare
his ballot, shall upon request receive
the assistance of one of the judges Ill
thr prcparation thereof. when the follow
inc shnll take place: One of the Judges
Shall take the ballot and read To the cleo
Tor. one at a time, clearly all tn" names
of the candidates together WIN the l''!u'
of the office for which each Is ruhllHI
And the clcctOr without any promNi me-
by words or SiguS upon the part OF lh'
;,l,,r ar any of the officers of election
must select the candidate or candidni" iH,i
whom il is his desire To vote. Sh"ui,
said rlcctor not know for whom oil salu
candidates or single candidate ON III,
ballot il is his desire To vote, and ne no,
he able to dictate to the judge winch 81
thr names he wishes To erase, or Whi'I
one or more ON said ballot If is ms dcslr,
moi To erase: then and in that case ],
shall be unlawful for the judge To altehp'
to prepare the ballot; but II shall he IN,
Iuty of the said judge Ia refuse tn asSiSl
,hn s,iJ VOTER 10 prepare the ballot. AND
The ticket shall he returned to the pre-
siding officer then and there, who Sha'
destroy it, and the voter shaH be "t
rl,rrd by the officers of election not
Qualified voter. and the judge kccpin-
| ,hr record rs provided in article llSl5'
shall enter opposite said voters name
th" words mot voted" If the clectur
oftcr the ballot is read 70 him. without any
prompting or suggestions by any one
selects the candidate of candidates; whici
he wishes to remain on the ballot un
erased or any single one of them 1t sinai
be the duty of the said judge to so prepare
the ballot. And after so preparing II
every name erased and every name re
maininv INCREASED shall be read aloud tC
the voter. And provided further, thai