Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-29

ing the ballot or pocket envelopes shall
then be opened and the ballots therein
taken out and counted by the inspectors.
unopened. IL 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 as shalR
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, II 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 nnmber
Of ballots agreeing, or so as aforesaid bel
ing made to agree, with the poll lists, thg
inspector shall then proceed to open and
count and ascertain the number OF yotes;;I
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. II II 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
u there shall be other evidences OF irregu-
larty, 1t shall then be the duty OF the In
spectors to open any excess ballot en-
velopes, which may have been drawn fcf
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 havel
been counted shall be so matched and
filed from the remanders 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 ballotsI
30 found shall then. and In that case be
thrown out and subtracted 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 left out OF the
proper return envelopes by careless voters,
and preserve all such 80 found. II any. and
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-
ticable and consistent with their other
duties) to return all unused sheets, cou-
pons, or parts Of sheets coupons In the
envelope furnished for that purpose; eau
tionary instructions Of tbs nature shall
also be printed upon one of the outer faces
Of such envelope.
Section 10. 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 ut any cleo.
ton, shall be counted " and nll parts OF
It, shall be returned to the envelope from
which II 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 senled, 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
ballot box shall not be opened during such
period except by order Of court Of com.
petent Jurisdiction for the purpose OF maxi
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 Mt the
end Of three months by the person having
charge thereof.
Section IT. The Official ballots for gen
eral election and for regular clty elections
with the Endorsements thereon and the In.
structions given MT the head thereof as
herein amended shall be In substantially
the annexed form, provided that ballots
for city elections mny be varied as to the
titles Of the officers TO be printed thereon
to conform to the law under which each
such election IL held, and shall be made OF
the materials before mentioned In this net {;
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 nll pocket envelopes
or folders shall be substant ally Ike In
form and construction 10 the annexed sam.
pie. And all envelopes for the return OF
unusad portions shall be like the annexed
sample.
Section 1s. 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. Monccna Dann, Of
Mnrshheld, Wisconsin. has applied Tor let
tiers patent and has submitted his petition.