in his absence the inspector acting as such, shall proclaim in a loud voice the total number of votes received by each of the persons voted for upon the ballots found in that box, and the office for which they are designed, and such proclamation shall be prima facie evidence of the result of the canvass of such ballots.

mitted to clerk of city

SEC. 46. The judges shall immediately after How transsuch proclamation deliver to a patrolman on duty council. at the polling places a statement subscribed with their names, which shall be forthwith conveyed by the said patrolman to the police headquarters where the polling is located; and the captain or sergeant or other officer in charge shall immediately transmit, by telegraph or otherwise, the result of such statement to the clerk of the city council. Such statement shall contain the total number of votes in such ballot box, and the number of votes found therein for each and every candidate. The captain or sergeant in command shall immediately deliver said statement to the clerk of the city council, whose duty it shall be to file and preserve the

same.

statements,

SEC. 47. The said judges shall make triplicate Triplicate statements of the result of the canvass and the es-' contents. timate of the votes. Each of the statements shall contain a caption, stating the day on which, and the number of the election district, and precinct, and the city and county in relation to which such statement shall be made, and the time of opening and closing the polls of such election district. shall also contain a statement showing the whole

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Method of sealing and to whom sent.

number of votes given for each person, designating the office for which they were given, which statement shall be written, or partially written and partially printed, in words at length; and at the end thereof a certificate that such statement is correct in

all respects; which certificate and each sheet of paper forming part of the statement shall be subscribed by the said judges and poll clerks. If any judges or poll clerk shall decline to sign any return, he shall state his reasons therefor in writing, and a copy thereof signed by him shall be inclosed with each return. Each of the statements shall be inclosed in an envelope, which shall then be securely sealed with wax, and each of the judges and each of the poll clerks shall write his name across every fold at which the envelope, if unfastened, could be opened, and across the seals thereon. One of the envelopes shall be directed on the outside to the clerk of the city council, another to the county clerk, and the third to the mayor. Each set of tallies shall also be inclosed, securely sealed, and signed in like manner, and one of the envelopes shall be directed on the outside to the clerk of the city council, and the other to the mayor. On the outside of every envelope shall be endorsed whether it contains the statement or the tallies, and for what election, and of what precinct or ward.

At any election other than municipal election a similar set of tallies, enclosed, sealed, and signed in like manner, shall be directed to the county clerk.

same.

SEC. 48. Within twenty-four hours after the Delivery of several statements shall have been subscribed, one of the said judges shall deliver to the clerk of the city council the statement directed to him; another judge shall deliver to the county clerk the statement directed to him; and a third judge shall deliver to the mayor the statement directed to him. One of the poll clerks shall deliver to the mayor the tallies directed to him, and the other poll clerk shall deliver to the city clerk the tallies directed to him, and to the county clerk in accordance with the provisions of this act.

shall file poll list, where and

SEC. 49. The poll list kept at such election Poll clerks shall be certified in writing by both poll clerks to when. be a true and correct list of the vote cast at the said election in their respective election districts, and within twenty-four hours of the close of the canvass shall be filed by such poll clerks, the one in the office of the county clerk, the other in the office of the clerk of the city council, and shall be there preserved.

ballots destroy

ed.

SEC. 50. The remaining ballots not so pasted or Remaining attached to said statements, as herein before provided, shall be destroyed, and the board of judges shall be dissolved.

liver statement,

poll list.

SEC. 51. In case any officer to whom any of who may dethe papers in the preceding sections are directed to register, or be delivered shall be absent from his office, the same may be delivered to the person authorized in such case to attend to his official duties, and the officer or person to whom any envelopes containing any statement or tally, or to whom any register or

Opening of envelope in presence of board of can

vassers.

Same, by the

board of coun

copy thereof or poll list shall be delivered as in this chapter provided, shall give a receipt therefor or to the judge or poll clerk from whom the same is received, and such receipt shall be filed by said judges or poll clerks in the office of the comptroller, or treasurer, as the case may be, before any payment for his services shall be made.

SEC. 52. The envelope delivered to the clerk of the city council shall be kept sealed, and shall not be opened until the same are produced before the board of canvassers, when they shall be opened for the canvassing of the returns, and when so opened the presiding officer of the said board shall mark each separate sheet of the statements with the initials of his name.

SEC. 53. The envelopes delivered to the county ty canvassers. clerk shall be kept sealed and unopened until the same shall be required to be opened by the board of county canvassers, or other lawful authority, and, when so opened, the officer or person opening the same shall mark each separate sheet of the statement with the initials of his name.

Board of county canvassers, of whom composed.

SEC. 54. The board of county commissioners shall appoint three citizens to act as canvassers for said county under the supervision of the county clerk shall be the board of county canvassers; and it shall be their duty to finally canvass, declare and certify the result of every election hereafter held in the county. Such canvass, declaration and certification shall be made and couducted under the existing provisions of law not inconsistent with this chapter, so far as the same are applicable,

in what ways

SEC. 55. If at any general registration of voters, Provision for or at any meeting of judges of election held for violated. such purpose or for a revision thereof as provided in this chapter, any person shall falsely personate an elector or other person, and register or attempt or offer to register in the name of such elector or other person; or if any person shall knowingly or fraudulently register, or offer, or attempt, or make application to register, in or under the name of any other person, or in or under any false, assumed or fictitious name, or in or under any name not his own; or shall knowingly or fraudulently register in two election districts; or having registered in one district, shall fraudulently attempt or offer to register in another, or shall fraudulently register, or attempt or offer to register at any election district not having a lawful right to register therein; or shall knowingly or willfully do any unlawful act to secure registration for himself or any other person; or shall knowingly, willfully or fraudulently, by false personation or otherwise, or by any unlawful means cause or procure, or attempt to cause or procure, the name of any qualified voter in any election district to be erased or stricken from any register of the voters of such district, made in pursuance of this chapter, or otherwise than is in this chapter provided; or by force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward or offer or promise thereof, or other unlawful means, prevent, hinder, or delay any person having a lawful right to register or to be registered, from duly exercising such right; or who shall knowingly, willfully, or fraudulently compel