The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-03-22

| 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 shalp
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 examinations
thereof, SO many ballots unopened as snalk
! be equal to such excess. The ballots so
drawn shall not be counted, but snail pc
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 or
| tracing out and detecting fraud, they shall
be destroyed without opening. The number
Of ballots agreeing, or SO as aforesaid PEI
| ing made to agree, with the poll lists, thg
inspector shall then proceed to open anu
| count and ascertain the number of votes.
After having so counted and ascertaIned
the number Of votes, it shall be the duty
Of the inspectors to open the box contain
the ballot, and they shall look at the con-
tents of each envelope containing SuchI
remainders. If it shall appear by. such In
spection that any other matter mas Deeni
| used to make such envelopes have the
proper outward appearance when voted, Oh
Il there shall be other evidences of irregu-
larity, it shall then be the duty of the in
spectors to open any excess ballot 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
the remainder box so as to make them,
| full and complete as they were before vot-.
| ing, after which they shall again be laid
aside, and all Of the ballots which have
filed from the remainders until such ball
| lot or ballots from the first or counted part
shall be found for which no corresponding
full remainder can be found; such ballots IT'S
thrown out and subtracted from the rel
turns; provided further, however, that 1T
shall be the duty Of the inspectors during
the whole day to watch closely, in the
booths and about the polling place for,
parts of sheets Or coupons which may in
advertently have been left out Of the,
proper return envelopes by careless voters,
and preserve all such so found. If any, and!
the same shall be considered IN case a.
check back as before mentioned shall be-
made 1t shall be the duty Of the inspec-'
| tors to caution all voters (as far as prac-
ticable and consistent with their other
duties) to return all unused sheets cou-i
pons, or parts Of sheets or coupons In the
tionaryP Instructions a1 Of tbs nature shall
also be printed upon one OF the outer races
Of such envelope
Section &c. All envelopes containing bal
lots shall be numbered cOnsecutively by the
| insnector as RAPIDLY as they are counted
| and as soon as each ballot cast at any cleo
| ton, shall be counted it and all parts OF
it, shall be returned to the envelope from
which it was taken, and such envelope shall
be closed and threaded consecutively upon
a string or cord, and when all are counted.
such string or cord shall be tied and
sealed and the whole number of ballots SO
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
hn11 or hNv oh n 10
period except by order of q courr OF com
petent jurisdiction for the purpose OF max
Ing recount Of the ballots therein con,
tanned, and unless so ordered opened ana
ordered further preserved by such court,
all such ballots shall be destroyed at the
end Of three months by the person nav-hS
charge thereof
Section IL. The official ballots for gen.
eral election and for regular city elections
with the Endorsements thereon ana the IN
structions given at the head thereof as
herein amended shall be in substantially
the annexed form, provided that ballots
for city elections may be varied as to the
titles Of the officers to be printed thereon
to conform to the law under Ell, Whlcn each
the materials before mentioned in this act !;
all sheets of coupons shall be made of card
board Of appropriate thlckness, and shall
be perforated as indicated by lines In the
annexed form. And all pocket envelopes
or folders shall be substantially like in
form and construction to the annexed sam
DIe. And all envelopes LOT the return or
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 elect ons.
/ Section 10. Whereas, Moncena Dunn, Of
Marshfield, Wisconsin, has applied for let
tiers patent and has submitted his petition,