886 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

rail shall have an entrance and exit therein, and shall also be so con-
structed and placed that only persons who are inside said rail can
approach within five feet of the ballot-boxes. The arrangements of
such polling-places shall be such that neither the ballot-boxes nor the
voting booths or compartments shall be hidden from view of those just
outside of said guard-rail. The number of such compartments shall
not be less than one for every one hundred voters qualified to vote at
such polling place, and not less than five in any city, and not less than
three in any polling place in any county. No person other than voters
engaged in preparing or depositing their ballots and the election officers
shall be permitted to be within said rail, unless by authority of the
judges of election, for the purpose of keeping order and enforcing the
law. The ballot-box shall be within said rail and not more than six
feet therefrom. The expense of providing such booths or compartments
and guard-rail shall be a public charge, and the same, after the election
is over, shall be preserved by the supervisors of elections for subsequent
use.

1904, art. 33, sec. 65. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 60.

67. As soon as the polls are opened and immediately before any
ballots are received by the judges, they shall open every ballot-box used
or to be used, and having taken therefrom the poll-books, ballots and
all the blanks and stationery provided 'by the supervisors of elections,
they shall permit all persons rightfully present to examine such ballot-
boxes, and every part thereof, so that they may be satisfied as to the
structure thereof, and that such ballot-box is empty. The ballot-box
shall then be locked and the key delivered to one of the judges, and
shall not again be opened until the closing of the polls; and until such
closing each ballot-box shall be kept constantly in sight of all persons
entitled to be present, and shall be so placed that the voter offering his
ballot and the judges and clerks and all persons entitled to be present
may conveniently see every ballot deposited therein. The sealed package
of ballots shall not be opened until after the ballot-box shall have been
so examined, closed and locked by the judges.

Ibid. sec. 66. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 61. 1901, ch. 2.

68. At every election each qualified voter shall be entitled to receive
one official ballot. The person applying therefor to the judge of election
holding the ballots shall give his name and residence, and the said judge
shall repeat the same in a loud and distinct voice; and if such name
be found upon the registers by the judges having custody thereof, they
shall repeat the said name, and the voter shall be allowed to enter the
space enclosed by the guard-rail, and the judge holding the ballots.
having first written in ink the voter's name and number upon the
coupon attached to one of them, shall deliver said ballot to the voter after
having likewise written in ink his own name or initials upon the back
thereof, and the two clerks of election shall at the same time enter the