The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-16

to office, or of suborning any witness oI registrar, to secure the registration ol any elector, that have been duly regis. tered and have paid all poll taxes du< by me at the time prescribed by law {oi am exempt by law from the payment oi poll tax), so help me God" And in ad. dition to such oath. if the person 50 chal. lenged is not personally known to one oi the inspectors to have the qualification, required by law, then one of them shall require such person. before he shall bt allowed to vote, to prove his identity and residence in the State. county and precinct in which he offers to vote. by the oath of some elector personally known qualified elector, which oath shall be ad' ministered by one of the inspectors. and be in the following form:
 State of Alabama,
 County of
 I, -, do solemnly swear Cor afirml that have (here insert the name of the person offering to vote) for the last two years next preceding this election, and that he has been a resident of this State for said time, twelve months in this coun- ty and that he actually resided in this precinct or ward for the last three months preceding this election tor in case Of change of residence provided for by Sec. IFS of the Constitution, he has resided in this State for two years next preceding this election, twelve months in this coun- ty, and within three months next preced- ing the date of the election he removed from this precinct or ward to another pre- cinct or ward in this county, incorporated town or city, and would have besn en- titled to vote but for such removal, all Al, >y> I believe that he Is twenty-one years ol ago. or upwards. and that he has not voted before on this day at any general or special election; so help me God. And upon such oath being duly taken and the ballot of the person of- fering to vote, if he has registered, must be received and deposited as other ballots of qualified electors, and 1t shah be the duty of the inspectors to file all the oaths so taken and subscribed and when the election Is closed. forward them in a seal- ed package to the judge of probate who shall lay them before the next grand jury sitting for the county.
 Sec. &. When any person offering to vote at any election in this State has been challenged. before administering the oath prescribed. it shall be the duty of one of the inspectors to inform such per- son that If he takes the oath willfully and falsely, he is guilty of perjury. and, on conviction, may be imprisoned in the for not less than two years
 Sec. S4. If the person challenged re- fuses to take the oath, or if he fails to prove his identity and residence when and in the manner required, his vote shall be rejected and the ballot, marked with his name, shall be laid aside by the in- spectors.
 Sec. s5. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county, on each day of election, to be present in person or by deputy at all election precincts where elections are held in his county, and it shall be his duty to preserve good order; and in order that every, elector who de- sires to vote may do so without interfer- ence or interruption. and to maintain good order, such sheriff or his deputy may especially deputize a sufficient force to act at all election precincts on the day of any election that he may deem neces- sary. and. in case of necessity. may raise B posse comitatus to put down all riots, or attempted riots, or disturbances.
 Sec. S6. It is the duty of all inspectors of election in the election precincts. inn on the closing of the polls. to count the votes boiled. and no votes shall
 
 Sec. S7. In counting. the returning ing officer, or one of the inspectors. must take the ballots, one by one, from the box in which they have been deposited. at the same time reading aloud the names of the persons voted for, and the office for which such persons are voted for: they must separately keep a calculation of the number of the votes each person receives and for what ofiice he receives them; if the elector has marked more names than there are persons to be elect ed to an office or if for any reason it is Impossible to determine the electors choice for any offlce to be filled. his bal lot shall not be counted for such ofnce, but this shall not vitiate the ballot 60 far as properly marked. nor shall any ballot be rejected for any technical error which does not make 1t impossible to determine the electors choice. and nothing in the election law shall be construed so as to prevent any elector from voting for any qualified person other than those whose names are printed on the ballot.
 Sec. SS. As soon as the ballots are all number of votes received for each per- son and for what ofiice, and must make 3 statement of the same in writing, which statement must be signed by them; they must also certify in writing on one of the poll-lists, that such poll-list is the poll
 list of the election precinct at which they were inspectors. the day and year on which such election was held, and for what offices, which certificates must be signed by them; and such statement of the poll-lists and votes, thus certified, must be sealed up. together with a list of the registered voters in such precinct at such election on such day. in a box to De furnished by the sheriff of the county, one or more for each precinct, and to consist of wood. tin, or sheet iron, and fastened by locks, directed to the sheriff of the county. there be one, and f none, then to the person discharRing the duties of such oface, and immediately deliver the same to the returning ofIicer 1f the precinct.
 Sec. SS. The inspectors must count the ballots deposited in the box. and as soon IS all the ballots contained in the box are counted, the inspectors shall roll up he ballots so counted, and label the same so as to show for what officer or officers the ballots contained therein were received and, when so rolled up and abeled, shall be securely sealed: the re- Iected ballots. if any, shall also be rolled ID and labeled as rejected ballots and sealed up as the other parcels; and the packages so sealed up and labeled, to- yether with one poll-list which shall also De securely sealed up. shall be returned to, and securely fastened up in the box in he form which such ballots were taken and counted and which shall also be seal- ed and labeled SO as to show the nature 1f its contents, and shall be delivered to the returning officer who shall deliver them to the sheriff and shall be kept by him six months, and then the packages shall be taken out of the box, without opening or unsealing the pack