Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02

ing the ballot pocket envelopes shall
then be opened and the ballots therein
taken out and counted by the inspectors,
unopened. If the ballots in the boX snall
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 snail
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 snail
be destroyed without opening. The number
of ballots agree -ng, or so as aforesaid be-
ing made to agree, with the poll lists, the
inspector snail then proceed to open and
count and ascertain the number OF votes.
After having so counted and HScertained
the number of votes, 1t shall be the duty
of the inspectors to open the box contain
ing the remainderS or unVoted portions or
the ballot and they shall look at the con-
tents of each envelope containing such
remainders. 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
II there shall be other evidences of irregu-
larity, it shall then be the duty of the in
spectors to open any excess ballot en-
yelopes. 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 Yot-
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 it
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
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-
pons, or parts of sheets or coupons in the
envelope furnished for that purpose; eau
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 it and all parts of
1t. shall be returned to the envelope from
which it was taken, and such envelope shall
be closed and threaded consecutively 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 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
no Cyrai
period except by order of Il court of com.
petent jurisdiction for the purpose of max
ing a recount of the ballots therein CON
tained. 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 hay ng
charge thereof.
Section IT, The official ballots for gen
era 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
ties 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 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 IS. 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 peNtion.