River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-22

ing the ballot or pocket envelopes shall.
then be opened and the ballots therelm
taken out and counted by the inspectors
unopened. If the ballots in the box shalll
be found to exceed in number the whole,
number of votes shown by the poll LISTS
they shall be replaced in the box ana one
of the inspectors shall publicly draw there-'
from by chance, and without examinations
thereof. so many ballots unopened as shall
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.i
Sity of retaining them for the purpose OF
tracing out and detecting fraud, they shalli
be destroyed without opening. The NUMBER
of ballots agreeing, or so as aforesaid pc
ing made to agree, with the poll lists, 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, it shall be the duty
of the inspectors to open the box conta1n.i
ing the remainderS or unYOted portions OF
the ballot, and they shall look at the con
tents of each envelope containing such
remanders. If it shall appear by such in
spection that any other matter has been
used to make such envelopes have the
proper outward appearance when voted, or
If there shall be other evidences OF 1rregu-
larity, it shall then be the duty OF the IN
spectors to open any excess ballot en-
velopes, which may have beer drawn Tor
the above mentioned purpose and proceed
to match the parts therein contained, IT.
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the remainder box so as to make them
full and complete as they were before vot-
ing. after which they shall again pc lald
aside and all of the ballots which naVe
been counted shall be matched and
filled from the remainders until sucn pal
lot or ballots from the first or counted part
shall be found for which no corresponding
full remainder can be found; such baIIotS
so found shall then and In that case De
thrown out and subtracted from the re-
turns: provided further, however, that 1t,
shall be the duty of the inspectors duringi
the whole day to watch closely In the
booths and about the polling place fori
parts of sheets or coupons whlcn may ~ III.
adyertently have been left out or thei
proper return envelopes by careless voters, !
and preserve all such so found, II any, ana
the same shall be considered IN case a
check back as before mentioned snail pei
made. 1t shall be the duty OF the lnspec-
tors to caution all voters (as far as prac-,
| ticable and consistent with their otnert
dutieS) to return all unused Sneets, cou-I
mons or parts of sheets or coupons III the,
envelope furnished for that purpose; eau,
| tionary instructions Of this nature shaili
also be printed upon one OF the outer faces
| of such envelope.
! Section 49, All envelopes containing bal
| lots shall be numbered consecutlvely by tne
INSPECTOR as rapidly as they are counted
and as soon as each ballot cast at any elec-
tion shall be counted 1t and all parts or
| it. shall be returned to the envelope from
which 1T was taken, and such envelope snail
he closed and threaded conSecutlVely upon
a string or cord, and when all are counted,
such string cord shall be TIED ana
sealed and the whole number or ballots so
counted, strung together ana seaied, Snail
no repIaced 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 winch
the same were used or voted, ana such
ballot box shall not be opened during suchr
neriod excent by order of court OF conf
| petent jurisdiction for the purpose OF max
| ing recount of the ballots therein con-
! tanned. and unless so ordered opened ana
ordered further preserved Dy sucn court
| ALI such ballots shall be destroyed at the
end Of three months by the person having
| charge thereof.
| Section IT, The official ballots for gen
| eraI election and for regular CITY electlons
with the Endorsements thereon and the IN
| structions given at the head thereof as
herein amended shall be III SUBSTANTIALLY
the annexed form, provided that pailots
for city elections may be varied as 70 the
| titles Of the officers to he printed thereon
| TO conform to the law under when eacn
such election Is held. and shall be made OF
the materials before mentioned IN TINS acI'
| all sheets of coupons shall be made OF caro-
hoard of appropriate thickness. and shall
he parforated as indicated by lines in the
annexed form. And all pocket envelopes
| or folders shall be substant ally IKE IN
/ form and construction to the annexed sam
ME And all envelopes for the return OF
| i1n-sad portions shall be like the annexed
sample.
| Section is. All acts and parts Of acts
conficting with the provisions of this act
| are hereby repealed; provided that this act
/ shall not repeal or be deemed to conhlctl
with any statute authorizing the use Of
voting machines at elections.
| Section 10. Whereas, Moncena Dunn, OIL
| MarshfieId. Wisconsin, has applied for lett
| tiers patent and has submitted his petition,