The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05
It. Secretary of State.
Published in The Topeka State Journal
April 3, 1911
HOUSE BILL NO GO

hOOSE DILL NJ. Ol9.
AN ACT relating to voting machines and
amending sections 4331 and and 1892 of
the General Statutes of 1915 and re-
pealing said original sections
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
Section l. Section 1881 of the General
Statutes of 1918 shall be and the same IL
hereby amended so that it will read as
follows: 1881. That and after the pas
sage or this act, the board of county COM
missioners of any county within the state
may, at any regular special meeting
tnere3f, provide for the purchase and
in such county, or in one or more pre-
cincts thereof. at all elections held there
in; and it shall be lawful for the MAYOR
and council. the mayor and commits
sioners, of any city or the township board
OF any township within this state to de-
term1ne upon the purchase and use of
automatic ballot voting machines at ali
elections to be held within said city or
precincts thereof; and thereupon such bal
lot or voting machines shall be used for
the purpose of voting for all public officers
to be elected by the voters of said county.
city, township, ward, precinct. precincts
thereof for which the same shall have
been adopted, and upon all constitutional
| amendments. propositions or questions
which may be lawfully submitted to such
voters and shall be used for the nnrnose
of voting for all nominees or other OFFICERS
at any election, and for registering and
counting the ballots cast at such election:
provided, however, that before any board of
county commissioners, township board
or mayor and council or MAYOR and com
missioners of any city shall order. CON
tract for, purchase. agree to purchase or
order the use of any automatic ballot or
voting machine said officers shall ascertain
that said machine has been examined and
approved by the Executive Council of the
state as hereinafter provided, and any con-
tract made for. of and concerning any
machine that has not been so approved
shall be null and void: provided further
that the board of county commissioners of
any county, the township board of any
township, or the mayor and council or
mayor and commissioners of any city upon
the purchase of voting machines, may con-
! tract for such number of machines as NAV
be necessary and provide for the pay
ment thereof and for all expenses of freight,
drayage and insurance incident to their
delivery and installation in such manner
as they may deem for the best interests
of the locality, either in cash from the
general revenue fund of such county
township or city, for that purpose is
sue certificates of indebtedness or warrants
drawing interest at a rate not to exceed
! SIX per cent per annum. payable at the
+ option of the party issuing them within
the date of issue, but such certificates
| of Indebtedness or warrants shall not be
any case where such certificates war
| rants shall be issued it shall be lawful
for the proper officers to make a tax levy
/ in addition to other tax levies provided by
law sufficient in amount and for the pur-
pose of raising funds to pay such GER
| tificates of Indebtedness and interest there
/! on as the same may become due; provided
further, however, that nothing in this
act contained shall be construed as com
yelling the use of any ballot voting ma
chine at any election of school officers in
any city, village, town district at which
no other public officers are to be elected !:
| provided further. that purchase of any
| such machines shall be made until a propo-
sition to purchase shall have been
| adopted by majority vote of the quail
| ified electors of any such county, city
| or township voting at any general or
special election called for that purpose !:
| such proposition shall be submitted to the
voters of any such county. township or
city only after petition signed by twenty
| five per cent of the qualified electors of
| the county, city township shall have
been submitted to the county comm ssioners
mayor and council mayor aud COM
missioners or township board, as the case
may be- and all such petitions shall con-
tain within the caption thereof a state
ment of the estimated number of machines
that are proposed to be purchased and
the maximum price. to be paid for each
machine and no machines shall be pur-
price per machine than that named in
| such petition nor in number more or less
than ten of the number estimated to be
needed; and provided further that in any
case where machines are purchased and
used i'll accordance with the provisions of
| this act, the proper officers may after the
| first purchase buy such machines that
may be needed from time to time without
submitting such purchase to a vote and
pay for them as herein provided. In all
| cases where an election has been held upon
| the proposition to buy voting machines
as herein provided, and carried, it shall
| be the duty of the proper officers of the
county, township city, wherein such