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of ballots, taking a receipt from said judges therefor; a record shall be
kept by said board of supervisors of the time when such delivery was
made and of the particulars thereof, and the same with said receipts shall
be preserved for six months, unless a contest has occurred with reference
to any office which was embraced in the ballots, and then until the contest
is ended, when they shall be destroyed.

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161-II.

299. The said board of supervisors of elections shall prepare or cause
to be prepared "cards of instructions," to be printed in clear large type
in separate cards, full instructions for the guidance of voters as to obtain-
ing ballots, the manner of marking them, the method of gaining assistance,
and the manner of obtaining new ballots in place of those accidently
spoiled, together with copies of sections three hundred and thirteen to
three hundred and sixteen, inclusive, to the number of ten for each polling-
place.

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161JJ.

300. At the opening of the polls in such polling place the seals of the
packages of the first set of ballots and of the specimen ballots and cards
of instruction shall be publicly broken by the return judge of election,
and the packages, books or blocks of ballots shall be delivered into the
custody of the ballot clerks, hereinafter provided for; the cards of instruc-
tion shall be immediately posted in or at each voting shelf or compartment
provided for marking the ballots, and not less than three of the cards and
not less than five specimen ballots shall immediately be posted up con-
spicuously about the polling place; if it shall become necessary to use
the second set of ballots, it shall be received by the judges from the board
of supervisors as hereinafter stated.

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161KK.

301. If it should so happen that the ticket prepared and printed by the
said board of supervisors of election should be destroyed, lost or stolen,
or should be inaccessible to them for any reason, they shall proceed expe-
ditiously to prepare and cause to be printed two sets of duplicates thereof,
and shall proceed as near as may be, with respect to said duplicate sets
as if they had been the originals.

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161LL.

302. If it shall happen that some office or offices shall become vacant
after the time fixed for filing certificates of nomination or nomination
papers, or a candidate for any office shall die after his name shall have
been printed on the official ballots, tickets for such office or offices alone,
not exceeding four inches in length, may be printed and may be prepared
and may be carried into polling room and voted at the same time and in
the same ballot box with the official ballot and shall be counted in the
same manner as the official ballots; and in the cases mentioned in this sec-
tion, the name of a candidate for such vacant office shall not be placed or
written on the official ballot or counted if found thereon.