Year: 1862

S25. One Of the poll books containing
such return shall be mailed by the Judges
to the Secretary of State, another poll
book with its return shall be enclosed
scaled, superscribcd and delivered to one
of the judges of Election who shall de-
liver the same to one OF the Com mission
crs herein provided for if such commits.
sloncr calls for the same in ten days. If
not so called for, the Judge shall trans
NIT the same by mail or other safe mode
as soon as practicable to the Secretary of
State of this State, addressed to him at
Des Moines.


S26. When the result of the election
is ascertaincd, the Judges shall cause all
the ballots, including those rejected, with
the tally list, to be preserved and be de-
'vered to the commissioner or transmit
ted to the Secretary of State with the
poll book


y. The votes of all elections held
under this act shall be canvassed by the
board Of canvasscrs for the State in the
manner as near as practicable provided
for in sections $40 to 529 of the Revis
ion of 1860


SoS Where an election is held under
this act for such officers as the county
alone elects or for such as are not can
vassed for by the board of State canvass
ers the county or district canvass shall
not be closed nor the result declared any.
thing in title " Of the Revision to the
contrary, until the State canvassers have
acted and the county canyassers have had
transmitted to them an abstract of the
State canvass as to such officers. 1t is
hereby mad the duty Of the board of
State canvassers to transmit such an alb
stract to the several counties without
delay. If there is none such to trans
NIT the county canvassers shall then de-
clare the result, and the county canvass
crs after canvassing the votes cast in the
county in the manner provided by law,
shall adjourn said canvass for such time
or times as will enable them to receive
the result of the State canvass or ascer
tain that there is no return to be made
! by the State canvassers to the county.
When the abstract shall have been rcceiv-
ed by the county or district canvassers
from the board of State canvasscrs, it
shall be the duty Of the county or dis
trict canvassers to canvass and count the
same before declaring tho result Of the
election.


s 20. The returns of the judges to the
State canvassers shall be presumed cor.
rect and shall govern them accordingly.
But in case the ballots have been return.
ed to the State canvassers, then any per-
son interested in the election may require
the ballots to be re.canvassed by the
State canvassers; if the latter are salts
fed that there is mistake in the returns
they shall rectfy the same.


$50. That for the purpose of carrying
out this act, it is hereby made the duty
of the State census board, to appoint and
commission under the seal of the State
Of Iowa, one commissioner having the
qualifications of an elector in this State,
to each of the Regiments of Iowa Volun-
tecrs in the service of the United States
or of this State, and shall apportion the
work among the commissioners. 1t any
of them refuses, or ncglects to act, or
dies. or otherwise becomes unable to act,
the Governor has the power, and it IS
made his duty, to supply the place OF
such by the appointment of another or
other commissioners. If in the opinion
of the Governor, it shall become necessa-
ry properly to carry out tie provisions
Of this act, he may appoint additional
} commissioners.


Such comui,siopers. before they act,
shall take and subscribe an oath, and