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24 MUNTCIPAL I:AW.
make a declaration before .such clerk or a justice of the j)eace, or the poll
clerk, that the voters' list and poll hook were legally used and the entries
correctly made, which declaration shall bo attached to the voters' list and
returned to the clerk, where thej' may be inspected at an\' time in the
presence of tli . clerk l)y any elector of the municipalty.
9't. Ballot Paper Packets. TlieDeputyReturnin<;Ottieer must forth-
with deliver the packets personally to the clerk, and if through illness or
other cause he is unable to do so, he shall deliver such packets to a person
chosen by him for the purpose of delivering;' the same to the clerk, and
shall mention on the outside of the packet the nauu? of the person to whom
the same has boon delivered, and shall take a proper receipt therc^for.
'i'he bjdK>t box must also be forthwith returned to the clerk.
The Keturning Otticer shall remain in his office on the evening of
pt)lliiig day until the boxes are n^turned to him.
In citi(!S and towns each Deputy lletui'iiing OtHcer, or person so chosen,
.shall forthwith proceed from the polling place to the otttce of the clerk
with the ballot bo.\ and ])ackets, and shall there personally delivi-r the
.same to the clerk. No deputy returning officer in a city or town .shall,
under any cii'cumstances, take the ballot box oi- packets to any house or
place other than the office of the Clerk of the Municipality. For any
breach of the provisions of this section a deputy returning officer shall
incur the penalties provided by Sections l!)o and 194 of the Act, which
ai'e imprisonment for six months and a tine of $400.
911. Statement to Accompany Ballot Papers. The packets must
be accomi)anied b}'^ a statement made by the Deputy Returning Officer
.showing the number of ballot papers enti'ustcd to him and accounting for
tluMu as follows: (1) counted; (2) rejecteil ; (3) unu.sed ; (4) spoiled; (5)
ballot papcjrs given to voters and returned the .same, declining to vote
((I) ballot papers taken from the polling place. The statement mu.st give
the mnnber of papers unde'" each head, and to be referred to as the " Ballot
Paper Account."
!M. Dispute Between Deputy Returning Officer and Candidate.
If the deputy returning officer and a candidate or his agcmt cannot agree
as to the written statement to be made by the deputy returning officer, the
packages of ballot pa|)ers shall, on the following day, be broken open by
the Clerk of the Municipality in the pi-csenu- of the deputy returning officer
and such of the candidates or their agents as may be ])re.sont, and at an
hour and place appointed by the deputy retm-ning officer, and of which
tliey have been notiffed. The Clerk, having examir.nl the ballot papers,
shall determine the di.spute, sign the written statement and forthwith .seal
the packages as before.
iKt. Declaration of Members-Elect by the Clerk. The Clerk
having received the ballot papers and statements of the number of votes
given in each polling place .shall, without opening the .sealed packets, cast
up the nvuuber of votes for each candidate; and shall at the town hall or
other public ])lace, at noon on the following day, j)ublicly declare the
candidate or candidates having the highest number of votes ; al.sf) in .some
conspicuous place post up a statement of votes polled for each candidate.