Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
No 544 81 fPublshed June 49, 1909.
GIL PTER 422 I.AW2 OF 1909

Approved June IS, 1909.
No. 544, 81 fPublished June 10. 1909.
CHAPTER 4SS, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend sections 81, 81, "a and
94a, and repeating sections So. 80. 30.
81. %, 94c. and 94d of the statutes. re-
lsting TO canvass of election returns by
county. district, and state boards of can
vassers.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, 10
enact as follows:
section !. Sections 81. 81. "a and 94a
Of the statutes are amended to read: Sec
ton "a. /. They shall then determine the
persons who have been. by the greatcst
number of votes given for each Office and
II Offices and members of the senate and
assembly, when the county constitutes one
or more senate or assembly districts.
duced to writing, setting forth the whole
number of votes elected TO the several couD-
the number of votes received By each can
didate, provided, however. that the names
Oh persons not regularly nominated, receiy-
Ing comparatively small number of votes,
may be omitted and their votes designated
as scattering votes. Each determination
and be annexed to the statement of votes
given for such Offices respectively, and 1led
and recorded with the same.
2. Such determination shall be published
In one or more newspapers of the county
which the canvassers shall designate. II
the canvassers decide to have said pub
LEGATION In more than one newspaper IN
said county, they shall designate at least
party which received the highest number
of votes at the last general election In said
county and at least one processing the pc,
litical faith Of the party which received
the next highest number of votes at the
last general election. The papers SO desig-
mated shall be paid by the county nS. .onrtv
clerk shall forthwith transmit to the sec
rotary of state certified copy OF each state
ment of the county board Of eanvassers OF
the votes given for electors OF president
and vice president state officers, represen-
tatives in congress, state senator, and mem
Der Of assembly, where the senate and as
sembly district embraces more than one
county The names Of persons not reg
ularly nominated receiving comparatively
small number Of votes may be omitted from
the returns of the county clerk and their
votes returned as scattering votes.
2. He shall also transmit by mail to
the secretary of state, within thirty days
after any general election, list OF the
names of persons elected In the county as
and county officers at such cleo
ton
Section o.. l. Upon receipt
of the certified statements from the county
counties the secretary or state
shall record the results of such election
by counties and file and carefully preserve
such statements.
Q. II any county clerk shall
fail or neglect to forward any SUCH state
ment, the secretary of state may require
him TO do so forthwith, and If not re
ceiyed or obtained within thirty days after
patch a special messenger to obtain the
same. The per diem and expenses of such
messenger shall be paid and the amount
thereof collected from the county in the
manner provided by section. 1o16 OF the
statutes. Whenever it shall appear upon
the face Of any such statement that an
error has been made In reporting or COM
putting the vote Of any candidate, the sec
retarv of state may return the same to
the county clerk for correction. !.
Section 94a. l. The ne. board s,sa ci
of the secretary of state on or before the
fifteenth day OF December sue
ceeding a general election and within forty
Ave days after special election,
for the purpose of canvassing the returns
aud determining the results Of such cleo
lions.
q Such board shall examine such GER
titled statements of the county canvassers,
and II 1t shall appear that any material
mistake has been made In the computation
Of votes given for any person, or tnat the
canvassers in any county have omitted to
any poll therein, the beard may dispatch
messenger to the clerk OF such county
with their requirement. IN writing TO MIN
TO certify the facts concerning such mistake
or the reason why such votes were not
canvessed and the clerk to whom any such
requirement Is delivered shall forthwith
make true and full answer thereto, under
his hand and the county seal, and deliver
the same to such messenger, who shall de-
liver At with all convenient dispatch to the
secretary of state.
g. The said board may adjourn as may
be necessary, not more than ten days in
all.
T. Upon the certified statements and re-
turns so received the board shall proceed
to examine and make q statement of the
whole number Of votes given at any such
election for each elector OF president and
vice-president, in every year In which there
is presidential election; statement for
each OF the offices of governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary Of state, treasurer, at.
torney general, commissioners Of
insurance, or any other state officer, II any
the votes given for representative in con-
gress in each congressional district; state
ment of the votes given for state senator in
each senatorial district embracing more than
one county; and statement of the votes
given for member of assembly in each as
sembly district embracing more than one
county.
the names of the persons to whom such
votes shall have been given for either OF
the said offices, the whole num-
ing the several districts and counties In
which they were given. Provided, however,
that the names Of persons not regularly
nominated receiving comparatively small
number of votes may be omitted and their
votes designated therein as scattering votes.
g. Said board shall certify such
statement to be correct and shall
thereupon determine what persons have
been, by the greatest number OF votes, duly
elected to such offices or either Of them,
and shall attach to each state
ment a certificate of their de-
termination and deliver the same to the
SECRETARY of state.
Z Whenever a proposed constitutional
amendment or other question shall have
been submitted TO q vote Of the people at
any such election, the votes cast for or
against such amendment or question shall
be cenvassed, certified, and recorded at the
time and In the manner hereinbefore pro-
vided Said board shall at the same time
whole number of votes given for and against
such amendment or question, and shall
thereupon determine whether or not such
amendment or question has been approved,
rat titled, or adopted by majority or the
electors voting thereon.
8 If 1t shall appear that such amend
nent or question has been approved, fatl-
fed or adopted, the secretary OF state shall
make a record thereof and cause such rec
ord TO be bound in the volume containing
the original enrolled laws passed at the
next succeeding session Of the legislature,
and cause such record to be published with
section 2. Sections SO. 80, 90, 81, 90,
e4c and cad Of the statutes are hereby re-
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage and
Approved June 10. 1909.