Sharp County record., 1916-08-18

senCe or aUernates, ny inc IoiHaihihe
members of the delegation. Vacancies
in the Central Committee shall be filled
by the committee.
Sec 9. The judges and clerks of the
election shall make a duplicate reg
ister of the names of each and all the
electors in the order in which they
present their ballots, placing opposite
each name its number in the manner
prescribed in Sections 2S11 to 2816, in
elusive, of Kirby's Digest. The voting
precincts shall be designated by the
Election Commissioners appointed for
the last general election, but the
County Central Committee may, when
the vote to be cast in the precinct
shall exceed one hundred 10O) votes,
designate one or more additional boxes
for said precinct, and judges and
clerks shall be appointed for each box
in said precinct.
The Judges and clerks shall begin
the counting of the ballots immediate
ly upon the close of the polls, and con-
tinue the same to completion; provid-
ed If any of said judges or clerks
shall become sick or be fncapacitated
from any other cause, the remaining
Judges or clerks shall make and con-
tinue said count until the same is
completed
Each ballot shall be signed by the
voter at the bottom thereof at a place
ture; and if the voter is unable to
subscribe his name, the same shall be
signed by one of the Judges and at
tested by all of said judges.
At the closing of the polls, the dupli..
cate register of voters shall be signed
by the judges and attested by the
clerks. One of said registers of voters,
the returns, poll books and ballots
shall be delivered by them to the
chairman or secretary of the County
Central Committee, or the person or
committee DESIGNATED by the County
Central Committee at the meeting
held for the selection OF judges to re-
ceive said returns, rs soon as possible
after the count is completed and the
other register of voters, together with
pne 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 of
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 its meetings.
Sec. 10. The county clerk shall fur
nish the judges and clerks of election
with blank certificates upon which to
certify the vote cast for each candi--
date voted upon, and the Judges and
shall make out such certificates In
trplicate, 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 as hereto
fore provided on or before said time.
II the returns and ballots OF any
precinct are not then delivered, the
committee shall send anv peace officer
for the returns and ballots, and the
peace officer so selected Is authorized
to take the same. forclbly n necessary,
from anyone In whose possession they
may be, and Immediately bring the
same to said committee. If all returns
and ballots are not before the commit
I'll II receives them. not later than Sat-
urday noon. The committee shall can
vass the returns and when demanded
examine the ballots; may hear testl-
mony, n offered, OF fraudulent prac-
tices and Illegal votes, and may cast
and find the true and legal vote cast
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 sholl further certify the
vote OF all candidates for circuit and
trict Committees Nncludine congress
slonal dstricte). and shall certify the
vote for candidates for United states
Senate and for all state offlces to the
state Central Committee.
The State Central Committee and
District and Circuit Committees, or
other committees or conventions as are
or may be authorized by law, shall re.
celve the returns from County Central
Committees and canvass and certify
the result thereof as now provided by
law, and said committees or their Of
ncers, shall when ordered bv n Circuit
Court "a hereinafter provided, annul
tho cortinc0tions made and make GER
ti0cNtions In accordance with the
judgmcnt OF the circuit Court
The County Central Committee, I'M
mediatelv upon having eanvassed the
returns and whore demanded examined
the ballots, and upon having certified
the results OF the primary as herein
REQUIRED shall, and II Is hereby made
obligatory upon II and It's chairman
and secretary, 10 flo IN the once OF
the county clerk Of said county. and
IN the district Of said county where
there IA more than one district whore
the meetings OF the Central Commit
toe are held all tho returns, all poll
books and all ballots, together with
oil the poll tax receipts, all certificates
Of payment Of poll taxes, Nff,dnvits and
other documents received from tho
iudgea Of election TO he preserved Nv
said county elerb, for the period Of fix
months, subject TO the orders OF any
court of competent iurisdiction, or II
q contest Is pendlng, until said contest
is determined and tho failure Of tho
county clerk 10 20 preserve the snid
rcturna, poll books, bNllota and doeu-
menta accompanying same, shall he n
miademeAnor and punished by fine and
imprisonment NJ la provided for other
nniedemeanors under this act
the County Central Committee shall
deliver The ballots 10 the county clerk
In tho ballot hoScs Of tho respective
voting precincts locked and sealed, and
shall take tho rceoIpt Of tho clerk
therefor, and the clerk shalt not uns
lock said ballot boxes or break the