rolled together, it shall be considered as conclusive evidence of gether shall be their being fraudulent. considered fraudulent. Sec. 17. That if a ballot should be found to contain a greater number of names, for any one office, than the number of per- Ballots contain sons required to fill such office, it shall be considered fraudu- ing too many lent as to the whole of the names designated to fill such office, lent in part. but no further. names fraudu Sec. 18. That a ballot shall not be judged fraudulent for Containing less, containing a less number of names than are authorized to be not fraudulent. inserted. number pro Sec. 19. That after the examination of the ballots shall be votes to be enucompleted, the number of votes for each person shall be enume- merated, and rated, under the inspection of the judges, and set down as here- claimed to those inafter provided in the form of the poll books, and be publicly present. proclaimed to the people present. Sec. 20. That the following shall be the form of the poll Form of the poll books to be kept by the judges and clerks of elections, held books. under this act: Poll Book of the Election held in the township of in the county of on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and It is hereby certified that the number of electors at this election, amounts to votes for Representative to Congress; G. H. had We do hereby certify that A. B. had I. K-had had votes, &c. Aftest: votes for Governor; E. F. votes for Senator in the State Legislature A. B. clerk of common Sec. 21. That after canvassing the votes in the manner a- One poll book to foresaid, the judges. before they disperse, shall put under cover be sealed and one of the poll books, seal the same, and direct it to the clerk conveyed to the of the court of common pleas of that county, where the return pleas within two is to be made; and the poll books thus sealed and directed, shall days. be conveyed by one of the judges, to be determined by lot, if they cannot otherwise agree, to the clerk of the county, at his office, within two days from the day of election; and the other The other to the poll book, where the same is not otherwise disposed of by this township clerk act, shall be deposited with the township clerk, within three within three days from the day of election, there to remain, for the use of those persons who may choose to inspect the same. Sec. 22. That at all elections for State and county officers, days. cases. tain votes for thereof made to in any county laid off and organized, between the periods at Two sets of poll which the ratio of representation is fixed by law, and before books to be pro the next subsequent period for apportionment shall arrive, two vided in certain sets of poll books shall be provided at the expense of each township; the votes given for governor, representative in Congress, senator or representative in the State Legislature, shall, in the One set to com. manner prescribed, be set down in one set of poll books; and governor, etc. one of the poll books of such set, shall be sealed up by one of the judges of election, and be carried to the old county from And returns which such part of the new county was taken, within the same the old county. time, and under the same regulations, specified in the preceding sections, in the same manner as though such new county had not been laid off: in the second set of poll books, the The other set to votes for the county officers shall be set down; the judges of contain votes for the elections shall have one of the poll books of the last men- county officers, tioned set, sealed up by one of their number, carried to the made to new clerk's office in the new county, in the same manner, within the county. same time, and under the same regulations before mentioned; the remaining two poll books, one of each set, shall be deposited One of each set in the office of the township clerk, for the inspection of any per- with township son who may choose to examine the same. and return to he to be deposited clerk. tion, or sooner for governor to Sec. 23. That on the sixth day after the election, (or sooner, Returns to be o in case all the returns shall be made,) the clerk of the county, pened on sixth taking to his assistance two justices of the peace of the proper day after eleccounty, shall proceed to open the several returns which shall by clerk and have been made to his office, and to make abstracts of the votes two justices, in the following manner: The abstracts of votes for governor.Duplicate abshall be on one sheet; and, being certified and signed by the stracts of votes justices and clerks, shall be deposited in the clerk's office, and be made out and a copy thereof, certified under the official seal of said clerk, forwarded to shall be indorsed and directed to the speaker of the senate, ment, one by and forwarded immediately to the seat of government, by mail; mail, the other and the clerk aforesaid, shall make out another certified copy general assem of the abstract of votes for the governor, as aforesaid, directed bly. to the speaker of the senate, and deliver the same to a member of the general assembly, to the end that the same may be conveyed to the speaker of the senate at the seat of government: G seat of govern by a member of Abstracts to be in five days after officers, how fied. and said clerk shall respectively indorse on the envelop or outside of each duplicate, "certificate of the votes for governor," and the name of the county in which said votes are given. Sec. 24. That the speaker of the senate shall, within five opened by spea- days after the General Assembly shall be organized, open and ker of the senate publish the abstracts of the votes by him received, in conformigeneral assem ty to the second section of the second article of the Constitution bly is organized. of this State: and the abstracts of votes for governor, represenAbstracts of tatives to Congress, senators and representatives to the General votes for other Assembly, sheriffs, coroners, county auditors, county treasurer, made and certi. County recorder, county commissioners and county assessors, shall be made on one sheet; and, being certified and signed, [in the same manner as in case of abstracts of votes for governor,] A copy thereof shall be deposited in the clerk's office; and a copy thereof, certo be forwarded tified as aforesaid, shall be immediately inclosed, indorsed and of State. forwarded to the secretary of State: in making the abstracts of votes aforesaid, the justices and clerk shall not decide on clerk not to de. the validity of the returns aforesaid, but shall be governed by cide on the va- the number of votes stated in the poll books; but no paper Lidity of the re- shall be received as a poll book of any township, unless delivered at the clerk's office by one of the judges of the election held in such township. to the secretary Justices and turns. Representatives districts. Sec. 25. That on the second Tuesday of October, in the in congress elec. year eighteen hundred and thirty two, and at every period of ted biennially by two years thereafter, the electors of each congressional district, that now is, or which shall hereafter be laid off and established, shall vote for a suitable person or persons to represent this State in the Congress of the United States for the term of two years, to commence on the fourth day of March next thereafter. stract of votes for representa to be made secretary of Sec. 26. That the clerk of the court of common pleas, in Additional ab each county, to whose office a return of votes for a representative to Congress shall be made, shall, in addition to the copy reuve in congress quired to be forwarded to the secretary of State by the twenclerk and forty-fourth section of this act, make out, from the returns in his warded to the office, a separate abstract of votes for representative to Congress, which he shall seal and direct to the secretary of State, and indorse on the outside or cover thereof, the following words: "Abstract of votes for a representative in Congress, returned to the clerk's office of," (inserting the name of the county,) and the clerk shall sign his name thereto; and it shall be the duty of the clerk to deliver such abstract to one of the members of the General Assembly, who shall take charge of the same and deliver it to the secretary of State. State by a mem ber of general assembly. be opened by gov Sec. 27. That within ten days after the commencement of The returns to the session of the Legislature first to be holden after such elec ernor and secretion, the governor and secretary of State, in the senate chamtary of State in ber, in the presence of the senate, shall open the returns made resence of sen- to the secretary of State, for representatives to Congress; and if ate within the it shall appear that returns have been received from all the countie, agreeable to the provisions of this act, the governor first ten days of and secretary shall forthwith proceed to ascertain the number session of legis of votes given to the different persons in each congressional district. latu re. tional abstract is cretary shall be Sec. 28. That if such return shall not have been received When the add from all the counties as aforesaid, and abstracts shall have been not received, the received by the secretary of State from such delinquent coun- governor and se ties, agreeably to the provisions of the twenty-fourth section of governed by the this act, the governor and secretary of State shall be governed, abstract forwar so far as it relates to such delinquent counties, by the last men- provisions of the tioned abstracts; and the persons having the highest number of 24th section if votes shall be considered duly elected. ded under the received. and equal num ded by lot. Sec. 29. That if it shall appear from the returns and ab- Two or more ha stracts aforesaid, that any two or more persons in any of the ving the highest districts have the highest and an equal number of votes for ber of votes, elec representative to Congress, the governor and secretary of State tion to be decr shall decide by lot, which of said persons shall be duly elected; and the governor shall give to each person, duly elected, a cer- Governor to give tificate of his election; which certificate shall be signed by the a certificate of governor, and sealed with the great seal of the State, and coun- election under tersigned by the secretary of State. great seal, &c. ernor to issue Sec. 30. That whenever a vacancy shall happen in the of- In certain cases fice of representative to Congress, or senator or representative of vacancy gov to the General Assembly, in any county or counties in this State, writs of election. entitled by law to such senator or representative, the governor of the State, for the time being, shall, upon satisfactory information thereof, issue a writ or writs of elections, to the sheriff or sheriffs of said county or counties, entitled by law to such senator or representatives as aforesaid, directing him to hold a special election within such county or counties, on a day specified in such writ or writs, for the purpose of filling such vacancy. ducted as in oth Sec. 31. That the sheriffs aforesaid, shall proceed to give sheriff to give notice of the time and place of holding such election, accord- notice, and elecing to the provisions of this act; and all elections held under tion to be con the provisions of the preceding sections of this act, shall be held er cases. and conducted, and the returns thereof made to the clerk's office of the court of common pleas of the proper county, within the time specified by this act. in transmitting Sec. 32. That in all elections for members of Congress, to fill any vacancy under the two preceding sections of this act, the Duty of sheriff said sheriffs shall, within six days after such election, at- returns of special tend at the seat of justice in their proper counties, and re-elections. ceive from the clerk of the court of common pleas an abstract of the votes given in such counties; and, within twenty days from the day of election, shall transmit the same to the office of the secretary of State, and take his receipt therefor, under the penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered before any court Penalty for neg having competent jurisdiction thereof, in an action of debt in lect. the name of the county; and it shall be the duty of the county |