52 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33.

Count of Ballots.

1906, ch. 544.

69. As soon as the election polls shall have been closed, the
judges in their several precincts shall immediately, and at the
place of polling, proceed, as hereinbefore provided, to canvass
the votes cast, having first sealed up the unused ballots remain-
ing of the package last broken by them, and endorse the same
with their signatures as unused ballots. The canvass shall not
be adjourned nor postponed until it shall have been fully com-
pleted, or until the several statements and tally-sheets herein-
after required to be made by the judges and clerks shall have
been made out, signed and sealed by them. The judges shall
have the right to station police officers or officers of the peace
within the room wherein such canvass is made, in order to keep
the peace. The challengers and watchers shall be allowed to
be present inside the guard-rail and so near that they can see
that the judges and clerks are faithfully performing their duties.

Election Returns.
1906, ch. 644.

73. The judges shall make duplicate statements or returns
of the result of the canvass, each of which shall, if possible,
be made upon a single sheet of paper and shall contain a cap-
tion stating the day on which and the number of the election
precinct, and the county or ward of the city in relation to
which said statement shall be made, and the time of opening
and closing the polls of such precinct, and showing the whole
number of votes in the ballot-box, and the whole number of
votes given for each person, designating the office for which
they were given. Such statement 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 such 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 a 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