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MrNICIPAh l,A\V. J.'l
(Ml The o1)jt;cti(Hi iiinst In; iiuiuljun'd, imd a currcNpoiKliiij; iiuinhor pliict-d
on the buck of tlu; ballot paper objci'toil to and initialed by (he J)eputy
Returning Orticer.
He iiiUHt also (indorse " licjcrfrd" on every ballot paju-r rejected liy
him, and if objection i,s made to his decision must then endorse " lit'ji'vt'nni
ohjccfed to" on the paper as well.
HH. Written Statement. The Deputy Returnin;^ Officer siiall then
coiuit U|) the votes (not rejected ones) ^iven for each candidate and make
uf) a written statement in wor<ls as well as in fij^ures of votes for each
candidate, and the innrd)er of i-ejected bidlot |)apers under the three
heads of
1. Name or inunber of waiil or pollinii sub-division, name of munici-
pality and <Iate of election.
2. Xumiier of votes for each candidate.
:{. Rejected ballot papers.
Such statement iiuist then be signed by the deputy roturnin;.; officer,
the poll clerk and .such of the candidates or their a;.jents as are present and
ilesire to si^n the same.
No more than two ajjents for any candidate shall be entitled to be
])reHent at the cotnitinjj of the votes.
80. Certificate of State of Poll. The Deputy Retuininjf Officer, upon
beiufj re(|uested so to do, shall j^ive to the per.sons authorized to attend at
the pollinii; place a certificate of the number of votes <^iven at that ])ollin<f
place foi' eacli (randichite, and the number of rejected ballot ])apers.
00. Returns by Deputy Returning Officer. The Deputy Returninjr
Officer is required at the close of the poll to certify, under his .sijjnature on
the Votei's' List, the total number of pi'r.sons who have voted, and in the
presence of the ai^ents of the candidates make up into .separate packets,
.sealed with his own seal and with the seal of tlu; candidates or agents who
desire it, and marked upon the outside with a short statement of the
contents, <late of the election, name of the deputy returning officer, ward
or polling sub-divisi(m and the nnuiicinality
:
1. The statement of votes given for each candidate and the i-ejected
V)allot papers.
2. The used ballot papers which have not been objected to and have
been counted.
.'}. The ballot papers which have been objected to, Init which have
been counted.
4. The rejected ballot papers.
.5. The spoiled ballot papers.
(i. The unused ballot papers.
7. A statement of the number of voters whose votes have been
marked by the Deputy Returning Officer under the heads of " Physical in-
capiciti/, " iTiKihle to rrad," with the declarations of inability, and notes
taken of objections made to ballot papers.
01. Declaration by Deputy Returnin^s: Officer. Before returning
the voters' li.st and poll book to the clerk the Deputy Returning Officer shall