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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
Charter of the City of Lake City
to law, and will endeavor to prevent all fraud,
deceit or abuse in conducting the same. 77 77/257
Such oath may be taken before any officer
authorized to administer oaths or before either
of the persons who are to act as inspectors, one of
them to swear the other and one of the others thus
sworn, in turn to administer the oath to him who
has not been sworn, and such oath shall be re­
turned with the poll list and the returns of the
election to the registration officer. One of the in­
spectors shall be chosen by them as chairman of
the board. In any and all questions that may arise
before such inspectors of election, the decision of a
majority of them shall decide such question.

Sec. 11. The polls shall be opened at the vot­
ing place at eight o’clock A. M. on the day of
election and shall be kept open until sundown of
the same day, standard time. The inspectors
may however, adjourn between twelve and one
o’clock for a half hour. The inspectors shall make
public proclamation of the opening and closing
of the polls and the midday adjournment. During
the adjournment the ballot box shall be kept in
possession of and in view of two of the inspec­
tors, who shall not have the key thereof, and during
the election and canvass of the votes the ballot
box shall not be concealed from the public.
Sec. 12. The voting at all elections shall be by
secret official ballots, printed and distributed as
hereinafter provided, and no ballot shall be re­
ceived or counted in any election to which this
ordinance applies, except it be provided as herein
prescribed.
The City Council shall cause to be printed on
the ballots the names of all candidates who have

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