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Regulations as to Examination of Votes and Elections of Local Boards.
Notices to be sent to Persons elected.
List of Persons elected, &c. to be transmitted to Local Boards, who shall deposit the same, which shall be open to Inspection.
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XXVII. And be it enacted, That the Chairman shall, on the Day immediately following the Day of the Election, and on as many Days immediately succeeding as may be necessary, attend at the Office of the Local Board of Health, and ascertain the Validity of the Votes, by an Examination of the Rate Books and such other Books and Documents as he may think necessary, and by examining such Persons as he may see fit; and he shall cast up such of the Votes as he shall find to be valid, and to have been duly given, collected, or received, and ascertain the Number of such Votes for each Candidate; and the Candidates to the Number to be elected who, being duly qualified, shall have obtained the greatest Number of Votes, shall be deemed to be elected, and shall be certified as such by the said Chairman under his Hand; and to each Person so elected the said Chairman shall send or deliver Notice of such Election; and the said Chairman shall also cause to be made a List containing the Names of the Candidates, together with (in case of a Contest) the Number of Votes given for each, and the Names of the Persons elected, and shall sign and certify the same, and shall deliver such List, together with the Nomination and Voting Paper which he shall have received, to the Local Board of Health at their first or next Meeting (as the Case may be), who shall cause the same to be deposited in their Office, and the same shall, during Office Hours thereat, be kept open to public Inspection, together with all other Documents relating to the Election, for Six Months after the Election shall have taken place, without Fee or Reward; and the said Chairman shall cause such List to be printed, and Copies thereof to be affixed at the usual Places for affixing Notices of Parochial Business within the Parts for which the Election shall have been made.
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