Middletown transcript., 1907-04-27
aforesaid, as in the ease Of the registration

0 said Registration Officers shall hold and
dispose of said Registers, Books of Regis
tered Voters and said Books of Registra-
. tion Certificates in the same manner,
and deliver the same to the same election
| and other officers, before, at and after the
} holding OF said Special Election for the
taking of the vote aforesaid, and for the
purpose of the taking Of the vote afore-
said, as in the case of the holding OF
, General Election.
! Section 3. All qualified electors shall
be entitled to vote upon the questions SO
to be submitted to them as aforesaid,
under the same conditions as such electors
would be entitled to cast their ballots at
General Election. The Special Election
for the taking OF the vote provided for in
this Act shall be held in the several
voting districts of the State, upon SINH
lar notice, at the same places, by the
same election officers, including clerks
and voters assistants and subject in all
respects to the same laws, SO far as the
same are applicable, as were employed,
used and enforced at the General Election
in the year 1905. In case from any cause |
there shall be vacancies among such |
election efficers in any election district |
outside of the City of Wilmington, such |
vacancies shall be filed by the Governor,
and in case such vacancies among such |
election officers shall exist in any election
| district within the City of Wilmington,
such vacancies shall be filled by the De-
partment of Elections for the City of VIII
nington by the appointment of the Gov
ernor or said Department of Elections re-
spectively Of suitable and duly qualified
persons to serve as such election officers
in the vacancies SO then existing as afore
said. Such vacancies shall be SO filled at
least twenty days before the said date
fixed for the holding Of said election as
aforesaid. The election Officers SO ap-
pointed to fill vacancies, as well as elec-
tion officers continued in Office as afore.
said, shall take such oaths and perform
such other qualifying acts to fill such Of
fees and fulfill the duties thereof, as are /
provided by law in that behalf.
Section 4. Provides for the Sheriff.
delivering to the Inspectors of the neces-
sary boxes, stationary, &C., and for the
forms of the same.
Section 5. Provides that the Clerk of
the Peace shall print, fold, wrap, tie,
mark and seal and deliver the ballots and ,
all other forms and blanks the same as
for general election; and that the Elt c. !,
ton Officers shall take the same oaths
and be subject to the same penalties q, at :
a General Election; and for the violation
of any provisions provides the same pen.
alties as apply to General Elections.
Section 6. On the day fixed for the !
holding of the Special E ectinn for the II
taking OF the vote aforesaid, the polls
shall be opened in the several voting dis 9
tricts between and O'Clock in the fore
noon, and remain continuously open
until z O'Clock in the afternoon. Said '
polls shall be opened and closed. and the r
ballots given during said election shall bt j
counted and Tailed in the same manner, b
as at a General Election. Three certit- p
Gates of the results of the taking Of said l
vote in each voting district, upon the 0
blanks furnished said election officer as
shall be made out, signed, Ger II
tilted, placed in envelopes, held and dis +
posed of in the same manner as are cor n
certificates at General Elec- I
tions; Provided, that the two certificates
which are not deposited in the ballot box Il
shall be placed in the custody of the il
Judges of election, not being the Inspector
in each election, one to each, and each of &
said judges shall produce and deliver said G
certificates to said Superior Court sitting
as Board of Canvass as aforesaid, at the c
County Court House at twelve O'Clock Y
noon on the first Thursday following tile
said Special Election. \
Section 7. Provides for the canyassing (
Of the votes cast by the Superior Court as
is done for General Election, and speci- c
Iies the form of the certificates to be is '
sued by the Court after ascertaining the
result OF the election. 1t also reopires e
that the said Courts shall within three v
days deposit one copy of the said certi.
fcate with the Clerk of the Peace of the Ii
County, and one with the Secretary of
State. and the Governor shall after ex P
animation OF the said certificates, pro-
claim forthwith the result OF the Elec- ],
tion, in each of the several Local Op-
ton Districts, by publishing the result Il
in one or more newspapers in each
county. j
Section s. The Superior Court con-
.tituting tile Board OF Canvass in New G
Castle County shall canvass the result OF
The vote within the corporate limits of the CT
City of Wilmington and the vote cast in
she remaining part of New Castle County W
separately. The results of the vote taken
II each Local Option District in the State so
Is defined in Section 2, Article XIII, of
he Constitution of the State Of Delaware, Ss
hall be determined by the ballots cast in
ZACH several Local Option districts and
10 ballots cast in any one of said Local
Option districts shall be counted or
onsidered in determining the result f lie a.
akiug of said vote in any otherof said Ne
.ocal Option districts. nc
Section 8. All Of the cost AMI xp i ses dli
the said Special Election shall bp paid tel
y the Levy Courts Of respective coun- tn
les wherein are located tire several Local Pr
'ption Districts in which said vets are po
aken. res
Section 10. The ballots to be used in
le taking Of said vote shall be printed oil
pom white paper of uniform app arance OF
nd Of tile uniform size Of three by Fix liv
lches. Each OF said ballots shall have a sui
rinted line in the middle TIE fex'end- sn'
Ig from the top to the bottom, with the
olds against license" printed clearly tut
al teuihIv IN the rio Int hand Ia f,f sid tul