The Newark journal., 1916-08-24

sence of a1ternates. by the remaining
 members of the delegation. Vacancies
 in the Central Committee shall be hlIeo
 by the committee.
 Sec. Q. The judges and clerks oi Ihe
 election shall make a duplicate res
 ister of the names of each and all the
 electors in the order in which they
 present their ballots. placing opposite
 each name it's number In the aahnei ma i
 prescribed in Sections 2S11 to 28l6, ln-
 elusive, of Kirby's Digest The young
 precincts shall be designated by me
 Election Commissioners appointed TOT
 the last general election, but the
 County Central Committee may. when
 the vote to be cast in the pfeclhct
 shall exceed one hundred (l0O) votes,
 designate one or more additional boxes for said precinct. and judges ana
 clerks shall be appointed for each box l in said precinct. the counting of the ballots immediate ly upon the close of the polls, and con
 tinue the same to completion; proVtd- l ed, if any of said judges or clerks l shall become sick or be incapac1tated from any other cause, the remaining | judges or clerks shall make and con
 tinue said count until the same IS 1 completed.
 Each ballot shall be signed by the i voter at the bottom thereof at a place
 which shall be provided for his sigma l ture; and if the voter is unable to subscribe his name. the same shall be | signed by one of the judges and at- l tested by all of said judges.
 At the closing of the polls. the duph, l cate register of voters shall be signed l by the judges and attested by the clerks. One of said registers Of voters, i the returns poll books and ballots shall be delivered by them to the i chairman or secretary of the County i Central Committee. or the person or committee designated by the County Central Committee at the meeting held for the selection of judges to re- eeive said returns as soon as possible after the count is completed, and the other register of voters, together with one of the certificates required under Section 10 of this act shall be filed by them at the time they deliver the re- turns to the County Central Commit. tee, in the office of the county clerk or the county, and where there Is more than one court district in the county, then in the county clerks office of the district where the County Central Committee holds it's meetings.
 Sec 10 The county clerk shall fur nish the judges and clerks of election with blank certificates upon which 10 certify the vote cast for each candi- date voted upon, and the judges and clerks, when they complete the count, shall make out such certificates in triplieate. signed by the judges and attested by the clerks. and immediate ly post one copy thereof in conspic- uous place at the voting precinct, which shall remain so posted for 10 successive days thereafter. deliver one copy to the county clerk, who shall file the same and return the other copy with the ballots and one copy of the poll books and register of voters to the County Central Committee. The expense of preparing said certificates and filing same shall be borne from the general revenue of the county.
 Sec. II. The County Central Com mittee shall convene at noon Of the Friday following the primary on Tues day, and the returns. one of the lists of voters and the ballots of each vot- ing precinct are required to be de- livered to said committee IS hereto fore provided on or before said time.
 If the returns and ballots of any precinct are not then delivered the committee shall send any peace officer for the returns and ballots and the peace officer so selected is authorized to take the same foreibly if necessary, from anyone in whose possession they may he, and immediately bring the same to said committee If all returns and ballots are not before the commit tee by Friday noon. it may adjourn un- til 1t receives them. not later than Sat vass the returns. and when demanded examine the ballots: may hear testi- mony, If offered. of fraudulent prac- tiees and illegal votes and may cast out Illegal votes, fraudulent returns and find the true and legal vote east for each candidate. and shall certify the result not later than Monday fol- lowing the primary.
 Said committee shall certify the nomination of all county and township officers. and shall further certify the vote of all candidates for circuit and district offices to the Circuit and Dis trict Committees dneluding congress sional distrietsl and shall certify the vote for candidates for United States Senate and for all state offices to the State Central Committee.
 The State Central Comnofttao and District and Circuit Committees. or other committees or conventions are or may he authorized bv law. shall re- cefve the returns from County Central Committees and canvass and certify the result thereof as now provided bv law. and said committees. or their of feers. shall. when ordered by Circuit Court as hereinafter provided annul the certifications made and make cer- tifications in accordance with the judement of the Circuit Court.
 The County Central Committee. i'm mediately upon having canvassed the returns and where demanded examined the ballots, and upon having certified the results of the primary a 8 herein required. shall. and il is hereby made obligatory upon 1t and its chairman and secretary. to file in the office of the county clerk of said county, and in the district of said county where there is more than one district where the meetings of the Central Commit tee are held, all the returns. all poll books. and all ballots. together with all the poll tax receipts. all certificates of payment of poll taxes affidavits and other documents received from the judges of election to he preserved by said county clerk for the period of six
 months, subject to the orders of any court Of competent Jurisdiction. or 1T a contest Is pending. until said contest Is determined. and the failure Of the county clerk to so preserve the said returns poll books. ballots and docu-
 ments accompsnving same. shall be rnisdemeanor and punished hy fine and Imprisonment as is provided for other misdemeanors under this act
 The County Central Committee shall
 deliver tho ballots to the county clerk In the ballot boxes of the respective voting precincts locked and sealed and shall take the receipt of the clerk therefor and the clerk shall not un- | lock said ballot boxes or break the seal thereof except upon order and di- | rection of the court having jurisdic- l tion over contests as provided in this 1 act and he shall keep said ballot boxes 1 in vault, if there Is a vault of suffl- l ciept capacity in the court housei oth- 1 erwtse In a room under his control | under lock and key. At the end of 1 six months. if no contest Is pending l involving the inspection of said bal i lots. the county clerk shall, in the 1 presence of the chairman and secre- | tary of the County Central Commit l tee. or committee of not less tha n