The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-05

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 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, 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 number
of ballots agreeing, so as aforesaid be-
ing made to agree, with the poll lists, the
inspector shall then proceed to open and
count and ascertain the number of votes
After having SO counted and ascertained
the number of votes, it 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 con-
tents Of each envelope containing such
remafnderS. II 1t shall appear by such i'll
spection that any other matter has been
used to make such envelopes have the
proper outward appearance when voted, or
il 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 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
filled 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 or that purpose; eau
tionary instruction 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 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
it. shall be returned to the envelope from
which it was TAKEN and such envelope shall
be closed and threaded consecutively upon
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
ballot box shall not be opened during such
period except by order of q court of com.
petent jurisdiction for the purpose OF MAX
Ing recount of the ballots therein con.
tanned, 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 having
charge thereof
Section II. The official ballots for gen
eraI 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
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 ehall
be perforated as indicated by lines in the
annexed form And all pocket envelopes
or folders shall be substantially like IN
form and construction to the annexed sam
Dle. And all envelopes for the return of
unusad portions shall be like the annexed
sample
Section is. All acts and parts of actsi
conflicting with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed provided that this act
shall not repeal or be deemed to confiicti
with any statute authorizing the use of
voting machines at elections.
Section 49, Whereas, Moncena Dunn, of
Marshfeld Wisconsin, has applied for Lett
ters patent and has submitted his petition,l