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shall state the time and place of examination, and shall be served
on the opposite party or his attorney, at least ten days previous
to the proposed examination.

60. Every person deposing shall be examined on oath; and his
testimony shall be reduced to writing either by himself, in the
presence of the justice, or by the justice, or a clerk by him ap-
pointed and sworn fairly to write down and transcribe the depo-
sitions, and shall be subscribed by the deponent.

61. The depositions so taken, together with a certificate of the
notices and proof of service of them, shall be sealed up by the
magistrate who took them, and transmitted to the presiding
officer of the body in which the seat is contested.

62. The examinations of witnesses, taken in the manner herein
prescribed, and in no other, shall hereafter be admitted on trial
of contested elections.

63. The copies of any papers recorded in any office of record,
attested under the hand and seal of the recording officer, shall
be admitted at all such trials, in the same manner as the origi-
nals would be if produced.

64. The copies of any other papers of a public nature, and re-
maining in possession of a public officer, and extracts from the
poll books under the hand and seal of the clerk of the court or
public officer in whose office they are deposited, shall be admitted
as evidence.

65. The clerk of any court to whom the ballots have been re-
turned under the provisions of this article, may deliver any of
said ballots to a justice taking examinations in a contested elec-
tion, to be by him transmitted (if necessary) to the presiding
officer of the body in which the seat is contested.

66. The justice before whom such depositions shall be taken,
shall be entitled to the sum of two dollars for every day he may
be engaged in the examination of witnesses, and the witnesses
shall be entitled to the usual allowance for their attendance
before a justice of the peace, to be paid by the party on
whose behalf such examination is held and said witnesses are
summoned.