The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-29
Preliminary Arrange ments
for the Holding Of the
Election Are Almost Com
pleted Here.
COUNTY AND STATE
BALLOTS ARE READY
The Board of Canvassers
Has Been Selected and the
Election Sheriffs Will Soon
Be Known.

Although it is Impossible to secure
an accurate estimate of the cost of
the forthcoming election in Wayne
county, it is believed that the election
will cost between $4,000 and $3,500
in addition to the cost of the registra.
tion.
With but one week before election
day, county officials and party lead.
ers are instructing members of the
election boards, including two judges
two clerks, two sheriffs and one in.
spector
The board of canvassers consists
of the county clerk, George Matthews
Ben Price and Everett Lemon. Ac
cording to the state law, the county
clerk shall act as member of the
board and he shall appoint one mem.
ber OF his party, and one member OF
the party receiving the next largest
vote at the preceding election.
Work Of Canvassers.
The board of canvassers will assem-
bic in the circuit court room of the
court house at o'clock on the even
ing of election day and will hold a
continuous session until all the bal
lots are counted and checked. The
pay of the board is fixed by the board
of county commissioners. Returns
will be received at the court room
and will be announced as received
The canvass board will check up the
ballots from each precinct and the
ballots will be saved
Each Of the two political parties re
ceiving the largest number Of votes
at the last election has the right to
name one Judge, one clerk and one
sheriff for each precinct. The in
spector for each precinct will be q
republican, according to the decision
of the county commissioners at a re
cent meeting, except those township
trustees of Democratic and Progress
sive faith, who will. serve as election
inspectors by virtue of their office
In case the Republican and Demo
cratic county organizations do no.
hand in the list of persons whom they
desire to have appointed as sheriffs
within five days before election, the
county sheriff will then appoint the
two sheriffs for each precinct
Each member of the election board
except the sheriffs, will receive 50 Del
day, eight hours constituting the day
The members of the board will serve
more than eight hours and consequent
ly will be given two days pay. The
sheriffs will receive $3.50 per day, OF
81 for their work. The inspector is al
lowed 81 per day, but will receive 81
for his work on the board. He is al
lowed one day for going to the audi
tors office to receive his supplies
and one day for returning, really get
ting four days pay.
Each member of the board will re
ceive two meals, the law allowing for
ty cents for each meal. The rent OF
the rooms in each of the sixty-foul
precincts in which the election is tc
be held cannot be more than IS, &C
cording to the election laws.
County Clerk Matthews has secured
$4,000 county ballots and 20,442 state
ballots will be sent to this county
The reason for the difference in the
number of county and state ballots il
because the state ordered its ballots
before the registration. Following
the registration in Wayne county, in
which 1868 voters registered, it was
decided to order about $4,000. ballots
as it was believed this number would
be sufficient and would save the coun
ty small sum of money on the print
ing