EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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the duty of the judges and each of them, to exhibit to such
watchers or challenger any envelope and any ballot cast, fully
open or in such manner or condition that he may examine
the same, but the judges shall not allow any ballot to be
taken from their hands as the envelopes are opened; each
shall be strung upon strong twine or wire, and likewise the
ballots, as counted, shall also be strung.
SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That upon the completion of

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the counts and the announcement of the result, the poll
books, oaths, tally sheets and ballots cast and counted shall
be placed in the ballot box, together with a package contain-
ing the ballots not counted by reason of the defects as
aforesaid, marked " defective," and the ballot box shall
then be locked, and the key removed; thereupon the judges
of election shall all write their names upon a strip of paper
of sufficient length for the following purposes; said strip of
paper shall then be pasted over the keyhole of said ballot
box, and over the slit in the lid, in such manner that the
signature shall extend across the place of the opening of the
lid, and so that when the box is opened it will tear the
paper and destroy the signatures, and so that when the key
is inserted it will tear the paper so pasted over the keyhole;
such paper shall be securely fastened with sealing wax, or
some other adhesive material, and said box shall not be
re-opened until at a meeting of the governing body of the
party holding said primary election hereinafter provided
for.
SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That upon sealing the ballot

Poll books,
tally sheets
and ballots
placed in
ballot box
and box
locked, etc.

box as in Section 15 of this Act as provided, the same,
together with the primary election registration book or reg-
ister, shall be delivered to and taken charge of by the return
judge for each election district, who shall carefully guard
and present the same to the meeting of the governing body
to be held in the, court house in said county at 11 o'clock A.
M. on Tuesday next succeeding the date of such primary
election; and after the returns shall have been canvassed
and the results shall have been announced by the governing
body of the party holding such primary election, as in the
next succeeding paragraphs of this Act provided, it shall be
the duty of the returning judge of each election district to
deliver said ballot box and primary election register to the
clerk of the board of election supervisors of said county.

Return judge
to take
charge of
ballot box.