Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22

| 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 Ists,l
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, if in the Judgment of
| the election board there shall be no neceS-i
! 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, 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 unyoted portions of
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
| If there shall be other evidences of irregu-
| 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 vot-
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 1t
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 fnspec-
| tors TO caution all voters las far as prac-
| ticable and consistent with their other
duties) to return all unused sheets, cou-
pons, parts of sheets or coupons in the
| 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 rapidly as they are counted
and as soon as each ballot cast at any cleo
| tion, shall be counted 1t and all parts of
it. shall be returned to the envelope from
which 1t was taken, and such envelope shall
| be closed and threaded conSecutively upon
J a 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 he opened during such
period except by order of court Of COM
petent jurisdiction for the purpose of max
ing a 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
eral election and for regular city electionst
with the Endorsements thereon and the In.
| structions given at the head thereof asi
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 eachi
| 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 substaDt ally like In
form and construction to the annexed sam,
pie And all envelopes for the return of
| unusad portions shall be Ike the annexed
sample.
Section IS All acts and parts of acts
| conflicting with the provisions of this act
shall not repeal or be deemed to confictl
! with any statute authorizing the use OF
| voting machines at elect ons-
Section 49, Whereas, Moncena Dunn, of
| Marshfeld, Wisconsin, has applied for lett
tiers patent and has submitted his petition,