1900 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Apr. 4

so that in marking thereof they may not, be in sight,
but be screened from the observation of others, and a
guard rail shall be so constructed and placed as that
only such persons as are inside of said rail can ap-
proach within six feet of the ballot boxes, and of such
voting shelves or compartments; the number of such
voting shelves or compartments shall not be less than
one for every one hundred voters qualified to vote at
such polling place and not less than three in any dis-
trict or precinct voting place in said county; no person
other than the said election officers and voters admit-
ted as herein provided shall be permitted within said
rail except the sheriff or deputy sheriffs for the said
purpose of keeping order and enforcing the law and
so long only as may be necessary for this purpose; and
in the absence of any sheriff or deputy sheriff or con-
stable, the judges of election shall have power to ap-
point a special constable to preserve order who shall
have the same powers during the progress of said
primary election as a constable of said county regu-
larly appointed; not more than six voters in addition
to those then within the railing shall be admitted to
the room at one time, and each voter except the offi-
cers and representatives before mentioned shall be
required after voting to withdraw entirely from the
room. The judges of election may admit persons
from time to time to aid in determining the fact
whether a voter is entitled to vote and such persons
shall withdraw at once afrer their statement shall
have been given. Any person desiring to vote shall
give his name and if requested so to do, his residence,
to one of the ballot judges to be designated for this
purpose by the judges who shall thereupon announce
the same in a loud and distinct tone of voice, and if
such name is found by the Judges of Election upon
the list of registered voters, or if the person offering
to vote shall satisfy the judges of his having acquired
the right to register at the next registration as afore-
said, the voter shall be allowed to enter the space en-
closed by the guard rail as above provided; a ballot
judge shall then give him one, and only one ballot; be-
fore handing the ballot to the voter, the ballot clerk
shall place his own initials immediately beneath the