The Washington bee., 1912-01-13

Election. At the close of the polls.
each board OF Judges shall open the
boxes and openly count the ballots
cast and made d return thereof, 10
De signed by them, or majority OF
them, which returns shall state the
name OF the persons for whom ballots
are cast. the number received by each,
ana shall thcreupuu make a public
declaration OF the results The board
OF Judges or majority of them I'M
! lHeUdJely alter making such deClara-
non Shali seal up all the ballots and
over their names shall address and de-
lVeT the same, duly certified, together
/ with the registration record t0 rhe
Returning Board within TWO hours
| from the time of such sealing In
! no case shall the board of Judges
IddJourn until Its duties are comDIered
The Returning Board shall choose
one of Its members as chairman and
another as clerk. At the expira+ion
OF two hours from the close of tbe.
polls, said returning Board shall con
yene to receive the returns from rhe
several boards of judges al such nlare
as may be hereafter designated Said
Returning Board shall unse3l the
packages of ballots and tabulate fine
returns Is made by the boards of
judges, No appeal shall be allowed
by the Returning Board from q de
CISlOn OF the board OF judges relative
to the qualification OF a voter. When
the Returning Board shall have com
pleted its tabulation. il shall openly
announce the names of persons for
whom votes have been cast and the
number received by each
The Returning Board or a majority
OF them shall upon the completion
OF Its duties file Immediately with
the Election Board a statement over
their signatures showing the names
OF the persons for whom votes have
been cast and the number received
by each candidate
This Election Board. or a majority
OF them, shall give to each of the two
candidates for delegate and to each
OF the two candidates Tor alternates
on the ballot receiving the greatest
number of votes a certificate of elec-
tIon as delegates and dlternates. re-
spectively, to the Republican Nation
al Convention.
call each ticket must be complete.
consisting of two candidates for dele
gates and two candidates for alter
mates, and must be indorsed IN writ
ing by at least one hundred citizens
of the District of Columbia, to be
filed with the election board at its
office in the Union Building, 6Io-2I G
Street Northwest, on or before II
o'clock noon, Thursday, February
first, nineteen hundred and twelve.
The candidates comprising each
ticket must deposit with the Finance
Committee to be selected by the Elec-
ton Board on or before January thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and twelve.
the sum of four hundred ($4OOoO)
dollars, payment to be made to the
chairman of the Finance Committee
on or before u o'clock noon. Feb
ruary first, nineteen hundred and
twelve
The money so subscribed will be
used to defray the expenses covering
the purchase of registration books,
printing of ballots, compensation of
judges of election and clerks, reg
istration and voting booths, and 9th
er necessary expenses.
The Finance Committee will
make all disbursements. and after
this election is closed an accounting
will be held and any unexpended bal
ance remaining in the hands of the
Finance Committee will be returned
to the candidates representing each
ticket, every ticket to receive its pro-
rata of the surplus.
Changes or amendments to these
regulations may be made i'm the dis
cretiOn of the Election Board.
LEONARD p. BRADSHAW (SeaU.
Chairman.
JNO. LEWIS SMITH (SeaD.
ANDREW ]. THOMAS, (SeaD.
Washington, d. c, Jan. 9th, 1912