2546 ARTICLE 11.

Canvassing Boards.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270NNN. 1918 Code, sec. 416.

391. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Aldermen, City Register
and Mayor, respectively, to keep safely, under lock and key, the said
original statements or returns until the Board of Canvassers for the city,
shall have assembled and been organized according to law, as hereinafter
provided; whereupon the City Register, Board of Aldermen and Mayor
shall immediately deliver or transmit to such board of canvassers the said
statements or returns in the sealed envelopes.

1898. ch. 2, sec. 270-OOO. 1918 Code, sec. 417.

392. The Supervisors of Elections shall constitute a board of can-
vassers for said city.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270PPP. 1918 Code, sec. 418.

393. On the Thursday next following every election, between the hours
of twelve o'colck noon, and one o'clock in the afternoon, the board of can-
vassers shall meet at the City Register's office, and shall elect a chairman
and a secretary from their number. Each member of the board shall
take an oath, which shall be administered and recorded by the Mayor of
said city to truly canvass, add up and declare the votes as required by
law. A majority of the whole board shall be a quorum. All the sessions,
deliberations and proceedings of the board shall be public, and candidates
and their counsel shall have the right to attend and to inspect the original
statements and returns, and all other documents and records.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270QQQ. 1918 Code, sec. 419.

394. The board of canvassers shall, upon being duly organized, open
all the original statements and returns delivered or transmitted to them,
and shall canvass and add up the votes and make abstracts or statements
thereof in the following manner, as the case may require, namely: All
votes for Mayor shall be written out in words at length on one sheet, and
in like manner, all votes for City Register, all votes for Aldermen on
another sheet; all votes for any other officers on a separate and appropriate
sheet; all votes for and against any proposition which may be submitted
to a vote of the people on another sheet.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270RRR. 1918 Code, sec. 420.

395. The said board of canvassers shall then transmit the said state-
ments made by them, attested by the signatures of their chairman and
secretary, to the City Register, who shall record the same. The said City
Register shall make out and deliver to each person having the highest
number of votes for the several city offices a certificate of election on his
application. The said canvassing board shall also make a statement of
the whole number of votes given in each precinct of the city, with the
names of the candidates and the number of votes given for each, in tabular
form, and shall cause a copy of such statement to be forthwith published