Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-08

held or within twenty five feet thereof;
said space OF twenty-five feet to he
protected by ropes and kept free of
trespassers: nor shall any person OBJ
struct the doors or entries thereto, or
prevent free ingress to and egress from
said building. Any election officer,
sheriff. constable or other peace officer
is hereby authorized and empowered.
and is hereby made his duty. 20 clear
the passageway. and prevent such OBJ
structions. and to arrest any person go
doing. No person shall remove any
ballot from the polling place before the
closing of the polls. No person shall
show his ballot after II is marked, to
any person, in such a way as to reveal
the contents thereof. or the name of the
candidate or candidates for whom he
has marked his vote: nor shall any per
son solicit the elector to show the same.
nor shall any person. except the iudge
of election, receive from any elector Il
ballot prepared for voting. No elector
shall receive a ballot from any other
person than one of the judges of cleo
ito nhaving charge of the ballots; nor
shall any person other than such judge
of election deliver a ballot to such
elector No electors shall vote or Offer
to vote, any ballot except such as he
has received from the judges of election
having charge of the ballots. No elector
shall place any mark upon his ballot
by which it may afterwards be ident-
fled as the one voted by him. Every
elector who does not vote a ballot de-
Gvered to him by the judges OF election
having charge of the ballots. SHALL. be
fore leaving the polling place, return
such ballot to such judge
That section 1859 of chapter =, of ar
ticle IL. of title .. of part 3, of the
Political code of the state of Montana.
be amended to read as follows:
Section 1859. The expense Of provid-
ing such places or compartments, ropes
and guard rails is public charge, and
must be provided for in the same man
ner as the other election expenses.
That section 1861. of chapter 3. of ar
ticle ii. OF title 2. of part 3. of the poli,-
cal code of the state of Montana. b.
amended to read as follows:
Section 1861. On receipt of his ballot
the elector forthwith, without leaving
the polling place and within the guarded
rail provided. and alone, retire to one OF
the places booths or compartments, ii
such are provided, and prepare his ballot
He shall prepare his ballot by marking
* before or after the name Of the
person or persons for whom he intends
to vote In case of a ballot containing
constitutional amendment, or other
question to be submitted to the vote of
the people. by marking an TX opposite
the answer of the question. or anne
ment. submitted. The elector may write
in the blank spaces or paste over any
other name the name of any person for
whom he wishes to vote. In marking
ballot any elector is at liberty to use or
copy any unofficial sample ballot which
he may choose to mark or have marked
before entering the compartment or
booth: but no elector is at liberty to use
or bring into the polling place any un-
Official sample ballot, printed in the en-
act style, with color or character of
paper of the official ballot.
After preparing his ballot the elector
must fold it so the face of the ballot will
be concealed. and that the endorses
ment stamped thereon may be seen. he
must then vote forthwith, and before
leaving the polling place.
All acts and part of acts in conflict
! herewith are hereby repealed.
This act shall be in full force and effect
from and after it's passage and approval
by the governor.
The senatorial situation has now
grown rather interesting. In view Of the
reasons, the following table will be of
interest to readers generally showing as
it does the votes of individual members
al today's joint session:
IN THE SENATE.
Lee Mantle-Anderson Creiger Hob
son. Kelly, Mclean, Meyer, Mitchell,
/ Worden-S.
Fl. l.. Frank-Biggs. Clark. Connolly,
! Courtney, Cullen, Hoffman, Murray, N.Y.
! eis-S.
Walter Cooper--Conrow, Tierney-o.
John MacGinnis-kennedy Warner
w. G. Conrad-stanton. Mahon-2.
IN THE HOUSE.
Lee Mantle-Baggs, Becker Bielen-
! berg, Bourne, Brownlee. Common of Raw
ALI, Donlan. Dixon, Faust. Godfrey
Gregory Hedges, Jones, Lehman Nc
Cone. Mcintyre, Murray, Newberry
Newton, Patterson, Roland Stanley
S,ull-23.
H. l.. Frank--Adkins. Baker, Berkin
| 81 elm, Cannon, Ferry Geary, Gilchrist
Hill, Kilgallan, Madden, McTague, Ross.
nan. Sander, Sullivan of Lewis and
| Clarke, Toole, Urquhart White, Woods
| Corbett--20.
John MacGinnis-Axtell Conner OF
| Cascade. Cram, Donaldson, Fine, Fitz
patrick. Hartwig Mcdonnell of Jeffer
son, Muenier, Ward--1O.
p. G. Sullvan-Cra wford Lannin
I.owney. Pelletier, Pendergrass, Quinn
| Richardson's.
Walter Cooper-Martin, Metlen, Myers
Swindlehurst. Thoroughman-5
A. r. Spriggs-Jensen.
Joseph X .Toole--MacGinnis
w. G. Conrad-McDonnell of Dee
Lodge.
ASYLUM INVESTIGATION.
In accordance with the motion of Rep
resentative Stull, which was adopted b,
the assembly yesterday after a length
and heated discussion. to the effect tina
a committee should be appointed to in
NfStieata the CONDITION of affairs of III