Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-22

ing the ballot or pocket envelopes shall
then be opened and the ballots therein
unopened. If the ballots in the box shah
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 shali
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 Of
the election board there shall be no neces-
sity Of retaining them for the purpose of
tracing out and detecting fraud, they shall
be destroyed without opening. The number
Of ballots agreeing, or so as aforesaid be-
ing made to agree, with the poll lists, thg
count and ascertain the number of votes.
After having SO counted and ascertained
the number Of votes, 1t shall be the duty
Of the inspectors to open the box contain
Ing the remainders or unyoted portions Of
the ballot, and they shall look at the conf
tents of each envelope containing SUCH
remainders. If 1t shall appear by such I'M
spection that any other matter has been
used to make such envelopes have the
proper outward appearance when voted or
II there shall be other evidences of irregu-
larity, 1t shall then he 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 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 havel
been counted shall be so matched and
hlled from the remainders until such bal
lot or ballots from the first or counted part
shall be found for which no correspondent
full remainder can be found; such ballots
50 found shall then and In that case be-
thrown out and subtracted from the rel
turns; provided further, however, that IT.
No. h.~ dr,tv ~ hn fore dnr fy.sp
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 oil such so found, II 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-
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 az rapidly as they are counted
and as soon as each ballot cast at any cleo
tion,. shall be counted II and all parts OF
II, shall be returned to the envelope from
which 1t was taken, and such envelope shall
be closed and threaded consecutiyely upon
q 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 scaled 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 CON-
petent jurisdiction for the purpose of max
Ing d recount OF the ballots therein con-
tained, and unless ordered opened and
ordered further preserved by such court,
all such ballots shall be destroyed ut the
end OF three months by the person having
charge thereof
Section IL The official ballots for gen.
eral election anI Cor regular city elections
with the indoors ements thereon and the In
structions given at the head thereof as
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 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 I'm the
annexed form. And all pocket envelopes
or folders shall be suhstant ally like In
form and construction TO me annexed sam
pie. And sill envelopes for the return of
unussd portions shall oe Ike the annexed
Section IS. All acts aud parts Of act
conflicting with the provisions cs tt..s act
are hereby repealed; provided that this act
shall not repeal or BE deemed TO conflict
voting machines at elect ons.
Section 10 Whereas. MonCena Dunn. OF
MnrShneld. Wisconsin. has applied for let
tiers patent and has submitted bis petition,