Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-23

ing the ballot or pocket envelopes shall
then be opened and the ballots therein
| taken out and counted by the inspectors,
unopened. If the ballots in the box shalf
be found to exceed in number the whole
number of votes shown by the poll LISTS,
they shall be replaced in the box and one
| of the inspectors shall publicly draw there
from by chance, and without examination
thereof, so many ballots unopened as shall
drawn shall not be counted, but shall be
preserved until all other ballots shall have
been counted, when, if in the judgment Of
the election board there shall be no neces-
sity of retaining them for the purpose OF
| tracing out and detecting fraud, they snall
be destroyed without opening. The number
Of ballots agreeing or SO +b as no ss the
| Inspector shall then proceed to open ana
count and ascertain the number of votes;
After having so counted and ascertalned
the number of votes, 1t shall be the duty
OF the inspectors to open the box contain.
ing the remainders or unvoted portions OF
the ballot, and they shall look at the con
remainders. If it shall appear by such In
spection that any other matter has been
used to make such envelopes nave the
| Il there shall be other evidences OF irregu-
larity, it shall then be the duty of the In
spectors to open any excess 6alloc en-
velopes, which may have been drawn for
| the above mentioned purpose and proceed
to match the parts therein contained, II
any, from some of the parts Of ballots In
full and complete as they were before vot-
ing, after which they shall again be laid
aside, and all of the ballots which have
been counted shall be SO matched and
| filed from the remainders until such bal
lot or ballots from the first or counted part
shall be found for which no corresponding
| full remainder can be found; such ballots
so found shall then and in that case be
thrown out and subtracted from the re-
turns; provided further, however, that 1t
shall be the duty of the inspectors during
| W watch
booths and about the polling place for
parts Of sheets or coupons which may in-
proper return envelopes by careless voters,
| and preserve all such so found, If any, and
the same shall be considered In case O.
check back as before mentioned shall be
made 1t shall be the duty of the inspec-
tors to caution all voters las far as prac-
| ticable and consistent with the1r other
duties) to return all unused sheets, cou-
pons, or parts Of sheets or coupons in the
| envelope furnished for that purpose; eau.
tionary instructions OF this nature shall
also be printed upon one OF the outer faces
| Of such envelope.
Section 16. All envelopes containing bal
lots shall be numbered consecutively by the
inspector as rapidly as they are counted
and as soon as each ballot cast at any cleo.
| ton, shall be counted 1t and all parts OF
| it, shall be returned to the envelope from
which 1T was taken, and such envelope shall
| be closed and threaded consecutively upon
string or cord, and when all are counted,
such string or cord shall be tied and
sealed and the whole number OF ballots 80
| counted, strung together and sealed, shall
| be replaced in the ballot box from which
| they were taken and such ballot box shall
| be locked and sealed and returned to the
| city or town clerk having legal charge
! thereof and such ballot box and ballots
therein, shall be preserved intact for three
months succeeding any election at which
| the same were used or voted, and such
ballot box shall not be opened during such
period except by order of court OF COM
petent jurisdiction for the purpose OF max
tanned, and unless SO ordered opened and
ordered further preserved by such court,
! all such ballots shall be destroyed at the
end Of three months by the person having
charge thereof.
| Section II. The official ballots for gen.
eral election and for regular city elections
| with the Endorsements thereon and the In
| structions given at the head thereof as
herein amended shall be in substantially
for city elections may be varied as to the
| titles Of the officers to be printed thereon
to conform to the law under which each
such election is held, and shall be made OF
the materials before mentioned in this acts
all sheets Of coupons shall be made of card
board Of appropriate thickness, and shall
| be perforated as indicated by lines in the
annexed form. And all pocket envelopes
form and construction to the annexed sam
pie. And all envelopes for the return Of
| unusad portions shall be like the annexed
| sample.
Section 49, All acts and parts Of acts
conflicting with the provisions OF this act
are hereby repealed; provided that this act
| shall not repeal or be deemed to conflict
with any statute authorizing the use OF
voting machines at elections.
Section 10. Whereas, Moncena Dunn, OF
Marshfeld, Wisconsin. has applied for let
tiers patent and has submitted his petition,