1044 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

ballot-box shall be within said rail and not more than six feet
therefrom. The expense of providing such booths or compart-
ments 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.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 60.

65. As soon as the pools 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 pro-
vided 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. 61. 1901, ch. 2.

66. 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 elec-
tion shall at the same time enter the name of the voter upon
their poll books. Upon receipt of his ballot the voter shall
forthwith, and without leaving the enclosed space, retire alone
to one of the booths or compartments and prepare his ballot
by marking with an indelible pencil after the name of every
person or persons for whom he intends to vote, and to the