Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-05-13

Town on or before May I4th. 1919
III No shall be allowed in the vot-
ing rooms except the officers of election and
the voter in the act of voting. As soon as
the voter shall have marked his ballot. he
shall then hand ito one of the commission
ers who shall deposit it in the ballot box n
the presence of the voter, announcing public
Iy the name of such voter, which shall there
upon be recorded by the clerk in book
vided for the purpose. The voter shall then
be required TO leave the room Any quail
fed voter, however, may enter the poli-room
for the purpose of challenging voter. but
for such purpose not more than two shall
enter or be in the same room at the same
time The commissi toner's may summon such
witnesses aS they may desire to appear be-
fore them to testify as to the qualification
or disqualification of anyone offering to vote
90 The voter upon entering poil-room
shall be handed ballot, and retire to the
booth and mark the ballot by drawing a line
through the names of all the candidates
whom he does not desire to vote for: or by
placing cross mark in the square oppo-
site the name of the candidate for whom he
desires to vote, or in any other manner tnat
he may desire, and that shall indicate with
reasonable certainty the candidate or can
didates for whom he desires to vote. Moth
ing herein con tanned shall be construed SO
to prevent any voter from writing on the
ballot the name of any person or persons
for whom he may desire to vote, although
the name of such person be not printed on
the ballot; and in such case, the ballot shall
be counted for tn eperSon whose name is SO
written thereon even although the name or
names of other candidates for the same office
are not marked therefrom; andif only one
name be printed as a candidate for parti-
cular Office and no mark be placed in the
square opposite his name, and his name be
not scratched, such ballot shall be counted
for such candidate
t9) All tickets at the respective poll
rooms shall be kept in full view of the COM
missioners, and shall be given out only to
prospective voters only at the time they
shall offer to vote; and when so given out,
it shall be signed on the back by az least
two of the commissioners, and no ballot un-
less SO signed shall be counted by the COM
missioners; nor shall any ballot given to
voter by commissioner be taken from the
room by such voter. Only one ballot snail
be given voter, provided, however, that
should a voter mis- mark, deface or spoil
ballot, he may be given another ballot upon
the return of the defaced ballot to the COM
miss toner's.
90 Should the prospective voter need
the assistance of the commissioners in Mark
ing his ballot, it shall be the duty OF the
commits sioners, one of them, to give such
information as to the manner of marking the
ballot as may be needed but they shall not
directly or indirectly. influence any voter as
to what candidate he shall vote for, nor DIS
close how any such voter may have voted
and shall mark such ballot, if requested, for
such candidate or candidates as the voter
shall indicate.
CID No election officer shall disclose
the name or for whom any voter snail nave
voted.
u2) AS soon as the polls shall have been
been declared closed, the commissioners
shall proceed to count the votes and make
such returns as to the result as is required
by section 8 of charter of Charles Town.
,Q3) Two candidates for Councilmen will
be voted for in the First Ward. and the
| Council shall decide which of the two can
didates receiving the highest number of
votes shall be declared elected for the long
and short term respectively.
The commissioners and clerks who are ap-
pointed to hold the coming corporation cleo
ton are as follows:
First Ward Geo. w. Thomas. Geo. A.
Mock. B. F. Milton, Commissioners; D. W.
Ramey, Clerk.
Second Ward Jas. W. Carney, C. W.
| Smith. w. B. Davis, Commissioners; B. w.
Roderick, Clerk.
Third Ward Geo. P. Shirley. Fenton
! Griffith. Robt. .Ainsworth Commissioners !;
Hosmer Beller. Clerk.
Fourth Ward John H. Bishop, G. N.
Moore. ]. H. Fritts. Commits toners: t. M.
| Baker, Clerk.
A Copy Teste:
THORNTON T. PERRY, Mayor.
VIM. SCHULTZ. Clerk.