2544 ARTICLE 11.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270-III. 1918 Code, sec. 411.

386. When the canvass of the ballots shall have been completed, and
the clerk shall have announced to the judges the total number of votes re-
ceived by each candidate, each of the judges of election, in return, shall
then proclaim in a loud voice the total number of votes received by each
person voted for in such precinct and the office for which he is designated,
and the number of votes for and the number of votes against any proposi-
tion which shall have been submitted to the vote of the people; such proc-
lamation shall be prima facie evidence of the result of the canvass of such
ballots.

Election Returns.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270JJJ. 1918 Code, sec. 412.

387. The judges shall make duplicate statements or returns of the re-
sult of the canvass, each of which shall, if possible, be made upon a sin-
gle sheet of paper, and shall contain a caption stating the day on which
and the number of the election precinct of the city in relation to which
said statements shall be made, and the time of opening and closing the
polls of such precinct, and showing the whole number of votes given for
each person, designating the office for which they were given, such state-
ments shall be written or partly written, and partly printed in words at
length, and in case a proposition of any kind has been submitted to a vote
at such election, such statements shall also show in like manner the whole
number of votes cast for or against siich proposition, and at the end of
such statement shall be written a certificate that the same is correct in all
respects, which certificate and each sheet of paper forming part of the
statement shall be subscribed by the judges and clerks. If any judge or
clerk shall decline to sign such return, he shall state his reason therefor in
writing and a copy thereof, signed by himself, shall be enclosed with each
return. Each of the statements shall be enclosed in an envelope, which
shall then be securely sealed with sealing wax or other adhesive material,
and each of the judges and clerks shall write his name across the fold of
the envelope, one of the envelopes shall be directed to the City Register of
said city and one to the Board of Aldermen of said city. Each set of
tallies shall also be signed by the election clerks and the judges of election,
and each shall be enclosed in an envelope securely signed and sealed as
aforesaid, one which shall be addressed to the Board of Supervisors of
Elections, and the other to the Mayor of said city. On the outside of
every envelope shall be endorsed the statement that it contains the votes
cast on the tallies, and for what precinct of said city.

1898, ch. 2, sec, 270KKK. 1918 Code, sec. 413.

388. The "spoiled" and "not voted" ballots, as defined in Section 382
shall be enclosed in a package to themselves and endorsed "spoiled and not
voted"; the "rejected" and "defective ballots," as defined in said section
and in Section 385 shall be enclosed in a package to themselves, and en-
dorsed "rejected and defective." The poll books and the ballots cast and