The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-16
lconIinas!I from Yesterday.,

Continued from yesterday.D
Duties Of Registrars Acting as Com.
n,Issioners.
Section So. AT the hour OF opening
the polls, the registrars acting as com.
missioners, shall punctualiy attend and
produce at the polling places in the
several precincts the registers, atfi.
dayits OF sick or absent electors, and
accompanying papers and the duplicate
certified lists Of electors prepared by
them, as herein required. The chair.
man of the board shall at once desig.
nate two members OF the board OF
commissioners OF different political
parties, each TO hold and to have
charge OF one Of the duplicate lists.
No ballot Shall be deposited in the
ballot box until the name OF the elector
offering It shall first have been stated
by him and announced aloud by the
commissioners holding the ballot nor
until 1t shall have been found on both
such lists and so announced by both
OF the commissioners holding the lists.
location Of Ballot Boxes and Checking
Of Lists.
Section 81. Each ballot must be
put In the ballot box by the ballot com.
missioner who receives it from the
elector. Such commissioner and the
ballot box must always be SO placed
and the ballot so held forth by the
commissioner that 1t shall be In full
view OF the elector until 1t Is actually
put into the box for wilful violation
or evasion OF this rule by any such
commissioners and the vacancy filed
in tibet manner herein provided in 9th.
er cases of vacancy. Immediately
upon the depositing OF the ballot in the
box. each OF said commissioners shall
check of the name of such elector on
the duplicate list held by him by plac.
ing a "V' distinctly with ink in the col.
umn under the word Voted" and In
the line with the electors name.
Distribution Of Ballots by Election Of.
ficers Unlawful.
Section S. No commissioner or
clerk OF elections, witness or challeng.
err, admitted into the polling rooms at
the election, at any time while the
polls are open, shall have In his pos.
session or distribute or give out any
ballot or ticket to any person on any
pretense during the counting or cesti.
tying of the votesl, or have any ballot
or ticket in his possession or control,
except In proper discharge OF his duty
In receiving, counting or canvassing
the votes as required by law. This
prohibition shall not extend to the law.
full exercise by the commissioners, or
clerk OF elections, witness or cllallen.
ger of his individual right TO vote at
such election
challensers BY Electors.
Section Sc. A registered elector.
when Offering 10 vote, may neverthe.
less be challenged by an elector as a
nonresident or for any Of the causes
allowed by law, and he shall be sworn
and the same proceedings thereupon
had as In other cases. In all cases
of challenge. the commissioners hold.
ing such duplicate lists shall note the
word sworn" opposite the name OF
the person challenged.
Powers and Duties of cimn1lssione rs.
Section 81. Except as otherwise re.
CURED herein. the commissioners OF
election appointed as herein provided
shall have the same powers and dis.
charge all the duties conferred or
required by the general laws of the
state, regulating elections. Except
when some authority or duty is here
In allotted to one Of such commission,
ers. no order or action on their part
shall be valid without the concurrence
Of three members OF such board OF com.
missioners, III any precinct.
Certificate and Proclamation Of Total
Vote Cast.
Section SIS. Immediately upon the
close OF the polls at each election tho
number of electors entered and shown
on the poll books as having voted shall
be first certified therein and signed by
the board OF, commissioners and clerks,
Before any other or further proceed.
ings, the Chairman Of the board shall
make a proclamation in loud voice in
the street outside the polling place,
stating the number OF voters so shown
and certified on the poll books. The
number OF electors who shall have been
checked on each Of the duplicate lists
as having voted shall next be counted
and compared each with the other, and
with the number so shown In the poll
books and the result shall at once be
certified in the poll books and signed
by the commissioners. In counting
those who are checked. the word "No"
shall at the same time be entered in
ink in the same column opposite the
name OF each elector who is not so
checked off. In all cases of disagree.
ment or doubt on any question during
the election or counting, the commits.
sloners shall decide it by lot.
Count Of Vote: Excess Of Ballots De.
stroyed.
Section 50. Without any adjourn.
ment or delay, the ballot box shall then
be opened, and, without opening any
ballot or ascertaining its contents, the
number Of ballots shall first be count