Year: 1860

TO the county clerk by one of the judges or
clerks OF election in person, or may be sent by a
private hand, or by mail. If sent by private
hand, the person delivering it shall, before the
county clerk, take and subscribe an affidavit
that the package was delivered to him by one
OF the Judges, cnaming Rim that Il has not been
out of his possession since it was received, and
has undergone no alteration while in his pos
session. The affidavit shall be indorscd on the
package. lfsent by mail, il shall be mailed by
one Of the judges, and the postmaster shall
make on it an Endorsement that he received it
from one Of the judges naming him


AN ACT


Recommending to the electors of the State to


vote for or against Convention to revise and


change the Constitution Of the State, approx


ed April 29th, 1860.


SECTION 80 As soon rs the polls are closed
or the afternoon of the day of election, the
judges shall open the ballot-box and commence
counting the votes, and in no ease shall the bal
lot-box be removed from the room in which
any election may be held, until all the ballots
are counted the counting Of ballots shall in all
cases bepublc. The ballots shall be taken out
carefully, one by one, by ths inspector or one OF
the judges, who shall open them, and read
aloud the name Of each person contained there
in, and the Office for which every such person is
voted for. Each clerk shall write down each
office to be filed and the name of each person
voted for such office, and shall keep the number
of votes by talles, as they are read aloud by the
inspector or judge The counting of the votes
shall be continued without adjournment until
all are counted.


Sec. 81. II two tickets are found folded to-
gether, they shall both be rejectei and if more
persons are designated on any ticket for any
office than are to be elected to such office, such
part of the ticket shall not be counted for any
of them but no ticket shall be lost for want OF
form, if the board of judges can determine to
their satisfaction the person voted for and the
office intended.


Sec. 35. AS soon as all the votes are read of
and counted, a certificate shall be drawn upon
each OF the papers containing the poll list and
tallies, or attached thereto, stating the number
of votes each person voted for has received, and
designating the Office to fill which he was voted


Section I. 1t is hereby recommended to the
electors of the State, at the first election for
members Of the Legislature, had after the pas
sage OF this act, to vote for against calling a
Convention to revise and change the Constitu-
ton of this State. The ballots used for such
election shall contain the words "For a Con-
yention," or the words against Convention, j."
or words to the same effect written or printed
thereon-and the inspector and judges of elec-
ton, at each and every precinct in the State,
shall ascertain and make returns of the number
Of votes cast in favor of a Convention, and the
number of votes cast against Convention as
aforesaid, in like manner and with the same
particularly as other votes are required by law
to be counted and returned.


n. B. The bearer of" Election
returns" must receive the same
from the hands of the Judges of
Election. Returns should be for
warded Immediately to the Coun-
ty Clerk. No Election Returns
are valid unless delivered in per-
son to the County Clerk by the
messenger receiving them from
the Judges or Inspector.


JOHN ANDERSON.


County Clerk.