Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1916 — Road Supervisors Election Conies In December. [ARTICLE]

Road Supervisors Election Conies In December.

Following closely upon the Heels of the recent election comes the election of the county road supervisors throughout the state. • 'The date set for the election of the supervisors is set for Saturday, Dec. 16, at which time the district supervisors will be selected in all Indiana counties. The law’ relative to the election of road supervisors was amended in the Last year and was made to read as follows: “The qualified voters in each road distri ct of the several townships of the several counties in the state shall, on the second Saturday after the first Monday in December, 1916, and every two (2) years thereafter, elect a supervisor who shall hold his office for the term of two (2) years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Road districts shall not be held to include any part or parts of cities or incorporated towns that may be in the township in which such road districts are located. The township trustee of each township shall on or before the first Monday in December, 1916, and every two (2) years thereafter, post up or cause to be posted, in at least two (2) public places notices of an election of supervisor of such road district, giving therein the place, day and hour at which such election shall be held. The day and hour of such election shall be the same in each road district of the township. The place of such election shall, if practicable, be a school house, located in the road district. The township trustee shall act as inspector of the election, and shall name from among the qualified voters present, two clerks, who shall, if possible, not bc~ of the same political party. Such clerks, with the trustee, shall form an election board to judge of the qualifications of voters, and shall collect or receive and shall count the ballots cast.” / The trustee shall name inspectors for the districts in his township where he is not to serve anti the election boards in each other district will be made up in the same manner. The polls w’ill be open from 2 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon and the voters will vote by ballot. Each voter will write on a slip of paper the name of the man whom he desires for supervisor. After the polls close the voters will be excluded from the polling place,, except that two watchers may be allowed to remain. The votes are then counted and the tnan receiving the highest number in each district is to be declared elected. Mistakes in spelling or initials are not to be counted as making a vote void if , it was the evident intent of the voter to cast his ballot for a certain candidate. —All ballots are to be -preserved by the trustee until the following* June. The members of the election board do not draw any pay for their services. Each trustee must collect the returns in his township and certify the results to the county auditor within three days. Not more than four supervisors are allowed in any township. The supervisors are to be allowed pay at the rate of 25 cents per hour for the time actually employed and they are not allowed to work more than fifty days in one year except that in the event of the election of but one supervisor for a township, the township trustee may extend the time the supervisor may work to not more than 120 days.