LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

the same. It shall be the duty of the Supervisors of Election
in said city to attend at their office on the days Darned for pur
poses of carrying out the provisions of this section.

270 M M M. The Board of Supervisors of Elections, upon

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receiving a ballot box and a key thereof, shall note the condi-
tion of the seal or stamp on each box, and make an entry oJ
the facts touching the same in a book to be kept by them,
together with the name of the officer who delivered the box
They shall deliver all the ballot boxes so sealed, as aforesaid
to the City Register of said city, who shall put them in a secure
place, to which the public shall in no case have access, anc
shall safely keep them for the space of six months from the
day of such delivery, at which time, unless previously notified

Condition of
ballot
boxes to be
noted.

to produce the same to be used in evidence in some contested
election or judicial or legislative investigation then pending,
the said Board of Supervisors shall in the presence of the
Board of Aldermen destroy said ballots and poll books, also
all of the said tallies including those delivered to the Mayor of
said city, and shall record in the same book a certificate of the
fact, signed by judge or judges.

CANVASSING BOARDS.
270 N N N. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Alder-
men, City Register and Mayor, respectively, to keep safely,

To be kept
six months.

under lock and key, the said original statements or returns
until the Board of Canvassers for the city, shall have assembled
and been organized according to law, as hereinafter provided ;
whereupon the City Register, Board of Aldermen and Mayor
shall immediately deliver or transmit to such board of canvass-
ers the said statements or returns in the sealed envelopes.

Boards of
canvassers.

270 OOO. The Supervisors of Election shall constitute a
board of canvassers for said city.

270 PPP. On the Thursday next following every election

Who to con-
stitute.

between the hours of twelve o'clock, noon, and one o'clock in
the afternoon, the board of canvassers shall meet at the City
Register's office, and shall elect a chairman and a secretary
from their number. Each member of the board shall take an
oath, which shall be administered and recorded by the Mayor
of said city to truly canvass, add up and declare the votes as
required by law. A majority of the whole board shall be a
quorum. All the sessions, deliberations and proceedings of
the board shall be public, and candidates and their counsel
shall have the right to attend and to inspect the original
statements and returns, and all other documents and records.

Meetings of
boards of
canvassers.