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vass, shall be deemed a continuing board. There shall be the
same right of appeal as in other mandamus cases, but such
appeal shall be taken within five days from the date of the
decision complained of, and shall be heard and decided by the
Court of appeals as soon after the transmission of the record as
possible, and the testimony taken in such cases shall be sent
up to the court of appeals as part of the record.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 80.

85. The secretary of State, comptroller, treasurer, clerk of
the court of appeals and attorney-general shall constitute the
board of State canvassers, three of whom shall be a quorum.
The secretary of State shall appoint the meeting of the said
board, to be held at his office within thirty days after any
State election; if a majority do not attend, those present shall
adjourn until the next day, at which time they shall proceed,
without further delay, to canvass the votes. The board, when
thus formed, shall, from the certified copies of the statements
made by the boards of city and county canvassers, proceed to
make a statement of the whole number of votes given at such
election for the several candidates for the offices named in said
statements, and thereupon proceed to determine and declare
what persons have been, by the greatest number of votes,
elected to such offices, and each of them; they shall make and
subscribe on a proper statement a certificate of such deter-
mination and shall deliver the same to the Secretary of State.
If any one of the canvassers shall dissent from the decision of
the board, he shall state at large, in writing, the reasons for
such dissent. If any of the acts or proceedings of the board
shall appear to any one of the canvassers to be illegal or
irregular, such canvasser shall protest against the same, in
writing, setting forth distinctly the grounds of his protest; the
canvasser so dissenting or protesting shall deliver his dissent
or protest, signed with his proper name, to the secretary of
State, who shall file the same in his office, and he shall also
keep on file in his office the copies of the statements made by
the board of city and county canvassers. The board shall
have power to adjourn, from day to day, during a period not
exceeding five days.

Ibid. sec. 81.

86. The secretary of State shall record in his office, in a
book to be kept by him for that purpose, each certified state-
ment and determination which shall be delivered to him by