Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

| except that the world india tint
shall be substituted for the word
white" or pink" in the heading;
and those furnished by the officials
charged with the printing Of the
! red ballots shall be the same, except
the word red" shall be substituted
for the word white" in said head
ing, and the names of candidates
may be printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written"
Section 10. That Mason's Min
nesota Statutes of 1927, Section 459,
is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
"459. After the polls have been
closed, q judge shall attach to the
register, at the end thereof, a state
ment in substance as follows: THE
whole number Of the above-named
persons who were present and re-
ceived ballots for the purpose OF
voting was ......... The number
of persons returning spoiled ballots
and receiving others was ..........
the spoiled ballots being: White
ballots, .......; pink ballots,
......;.: india tint ballots, .......;
red ballots, ..........; Lavender
ballots, ......; total, .........
The blanks shall be filled by both
words and figures. Such statement
shall be certified by the judges
and attested by the clerks. Provived.
however, that in cities of the first
class operating under home rule
charter such statement shall be
attached to the back Of the tally
sheet"
Section II. That Mason's Min
nesota Statutes of 1927, Section AGO,
is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
1850. The ballot Judge and one of
the regular judges. not of the same
political party. and the ballot clerks.
shall canvass and count the white
and pink ballots and make out the
returns therefor, and the other
Judges and clerks the india tint
ballots. When there is red box,
unless special judges and clerks
have been appointed for that pur-
pose. the ballots therein shall be
canvassed and counted, and the re-
turns made out by the canvassers
first completing their other work;
or the canveSsers may relieve one
another, as they see fit. But in
every case the memoranda provided
for in this chapter shall be kept,
the canvaSSing and counting done,
and the returns made, the same as
where no ballot judge or clerks are
/, appointed; and all the judges and
clerks shall sign the returns. Each
political party shall be entitled to
one watcher for each set of cam
vassers."
Section II. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes Of 1927, Section 466,
is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
1865. Before separating, the judges
shall include one set of such returns
in each of two envelopes, one of
which envelopes shall then be sewed
by drawing twice through it and
the return therein substantial
Irvine, tying the ends thereof to-
gether and then sealing said
envelope in three places with wax
and stamp furnished by the county
auditor, one of which places shall
be over the knot in said Irvine,
then indorse said envelope in the
following form: Election returns
of the election district .......... in
the county Of .........., ana dlrecC
one of such envelopes to the auditor
and the other to the proper town,
village, or city clerk. In towns, VII
lagos, and cities of the fourth class,
one set of such returns, together
with all unused and spoiled white,
pink. and india tint ballots, shall
be delivered to the auditor at his
office, by a judge chosen by lot or
agreement, and the other, in like
manner, to the clerk of the
municipality. The judges also shall
make a summary statement OF the
total votes cast for each person for
any office, and for and against each
proposition voted upon, and cause
the same to be filed with the
auditor in county, state and general
elections, and with the city clerk
in city elections, with such returns
where it shall remain open to
publice inspection"
Section l3. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927. Section 467
is hereby amended so as to read as
| follows:
"467. In towns, villages, and cities
of the fourth class, the judges in
all districts within fifty miles of the
county seat shall file their election
returns within twenty-four hours
after the polls close, and, when the
distance is more than fifty miles,
within seventy-two hours. In cities
of the first, second, and third
classes, Immediately after the can
vass has been completed and the re-
turns prepared, the judges and
clerks, before separating and with
out stopping at any place or leav-
ing any of their ballot boxes, re-
turns, or ballots at any place or
with any person, shall deliver to the
city clerk, at his office, one set OF
such returns, the ballot boxes, all
unused and spoiled red ballots, and
all other things in this chapter re-
quired to be delivered by them to
such clerk; and the clerk shall re-
main in his office to receive the
same until all have been delivered.
The clerk shall keep a book in
which, in their presence, he shall
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clerks, and the hour at which such
delivery was made, which book shall
be preserved in his office for the
same period as the ballots. The
Judges in each such district shall