Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 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 shall
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 ms shalH
be equal to such excess. The ballots SO
drawn shall not be counted, but shall be.
preserved until all other ballots shall have,
been counted, when, If In the Judgment or
the election board there shall be no neces-
sity of retaining them for the purpose OF
tracing out and detecting fraud, they snail
be destroyed without opening. The number
of ballots agree,ng or so as AFORESAID pei
ing made to agree, with the poll lists tho
inspector shall then proceed to open ana
count and ascertain the number OF votes
After having SO counted ana ascertaihed
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 conf
tents of each envelope containing SUCH
remainders If 1t shall appear by such in-i
spection that any other matter has been
used to make such envelopes have the
proper outward appearance when voted or
" there shall be other evidences OF irregu-
larity, 1t 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
any, from some of the parts of ballots In
the remainder box so as to make them
full and complete MS they were before vot,
ing, after which they shall again be laldI
been counted shall be so matched and
filled from the remainders until such bali
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 suhtracted from the re-
turns; provided further, however, that IL
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 lcft out or the
proper return envelopes by careless voters,
and preserve all such so found, If any, and
the same shall be considered In case
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-
ticahle ana consistent with their 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 races
of such envelope.
Section 16. All envelopes containing bal
lots shall be numbered ConsecutiNely by the
INSPECTOR as rapidly as they are counted
and as soon MS each ballot cast Mt any cleo,
ton shall be counted II and all parts OF
It, shall be returned to the envelope from
which ii was taken, and such envelope shall
be closed and threaded consecuttycly upon
string or cord, and when all are counted.
such string or cord shall be tied and
sealed and the whole number or ballots SO
counted, strung together and seated, shail
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 a court OF com.
petent jurisdiction for the purpose Of max
Ing recount OF the ballots therein con-
tained, 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 having
charge thereof.
Section IL 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
the annexed form. provided that ballots
for city elections may be varied as TO the
70 conform TO the law under which each
such election Is held. and shall be made Of
the materials before mentioned In this act;
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
or folders shall be substant ally like In
| form and construction TO the annexed sam
| pie And all envelopes for the return OF
unusad portions shall be like the annexed
sample.
Section rs. All acts and parts Of acts
conflicting with the provisions Of this act
are hereby repealed: provided that this act
| shall not repeal or he deemed to conflict
with any statute authorizing the use Of
voting machines Mt elect ons
| Section 10 Whereas, Moncena Dunn, Of
Marshheld Wisconsin, has applied for let
tiers patent and has submitted his petition,