WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 811

date, extending to a square or parallelogram opposite the
name of the candidate, and near the border of the paper.
Provision for writing in the names of persons not nominated
shall be made by adding one or two blank spaces (according
to whether one or two candidates are to be voted for) below
the names of the candidates nominated.

(K) In the event that the voting; is to be by paper ballots,
an intending voter shall present himself at the bar of the
voting booth or place of election to vote, and on being ad-
mitted, if his name shall have been certified by the Board of
Election Supervisors under the provisions of the next suc-
ceeding section, and not otherwise, one of the Clerks of
Election shall hand to said voter one of the official ballots
above described, with the said clerk's initials written on the
back thereof, and without any other written sign or mark
thereon. The Council shall provide a convenient and suitable
place within said booth or voting place where the said voter
may fill out or mark said ballot privately by placing a cross
(X) mark opposite the name of the candidate for whom he
desires to vote, but in so doing said voter shall make or place
no other mark, writing or device than such as is authorized
by this section. No voter shall occupy a booth more than
two minutes in marking hi& ballot, at the end of which 'time,
at the demand of the Clerk of Election, the voter shall imme-
diately surrender his said ballot to the Judge of Election
designated for that purpose. Before being surrendered to the
Judge of Election the said ballot shall be properly folded so
as to show the. initials of the Clerk of Election, and if said
initials shall properly appear thereon, the said ballot shall be
received and placed in the ballot box. If on opening of any
of said ballots it shall appear that the voter has placed
thereon any unauthorized mark, writing or device, the ballot
on which such unauthorized mark appears shall not be counted
by the Judges of Election. !

(L) If the initials of the Clerk of Election shall not appear
on the back of said ballot it shall not be placed in the ballot
box, but shall be rejected and kept by the Judges and Clerk
of Election in a separate place. If any ballot be spoiled by a
voter he may surrender the same and receive from the said
clerk a second ballot to be voted. Rejected ballots shall not
be counted by the Judges of Election, but shall be preserved
by the said Judges and the Clerk of Election. The Judges of
Election shall transmit all ballots counted by them, and all
such rejected ballots, as a part of their report of the election,
to the Council. Such reports of election shall be filed as
part of the official records of the said city; provided, how-
ever, that the Council may in their discretion direct that such