60. As soon as the said statement, and the copy thereof, shall be made, certified, and subscribed, as is herein before directed, such board shall deliver to the clerk thereof, such copy, the poll-book of the election, and the ballots which shall have been received therein, as well those which shall have been deemed and taken to be null and of no effect as those which shall have been estimated and canvassed; and if such clerk shall be the clerk of the township in which the election shall have been held, he shall, as the clerk of such township, preserve such copy, the poll-book, and the ballots, so delivered to him, among the papers of such township in his possession, and deliver over the same to his successor, to be by him preserved in the same manner; and if the clerk of such board shall not be the clerk of such township, he shall, within two days next after the day of such election, deliver the same to the clerk of such township, to be by him preserved and delivered over to his successor, as above directed; and every such copy and poll-book in the possession of the clerk of any township, shall be open and subject to the inspection of every person who shall apply to such clerk for that purpose. 61. Whenever an election shall be held for the choice of a member or members of the House of Representatives, or electors of president and vice president, such board shall make, or cause to be made, an additional copy of the statement of the result of such election, and of the certificate thereto, which copy they shall certify and subscribe as is herein before directed, and shall enclose, seal up, and transmit the same by mail to the secretary of state, within five days next after such election, directing the same in the following manner : "To the Secretary of the State of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey." And the secretary of state, on receiving such copy, shall forthwith file the same in his office as an official paper. 62. In all elections which shall be held under the first section of this act, the board of election shall make a statement of the result thereof, and a certificate to the same, in the following, or like form : "A statement of the result of an election held in the township of in the day of November, in the year of our Lord one thoufor a member of the Senate, members of the Gene county of, on the sand eight hundred and ral Assembly, a sheriff, and three coroners, for said county: ; We do certify that the foregoing is a true, full, and correct statement of the result of the election above mentioned, and that the same exhibits the whole number of the names on the poll-book and of the ballots rejected, the name of each person for whom any vote or votes were given for any office designated for him in such vote or votes, and the number of votes given for each person for the office or offices so designated for him. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, respectively, this day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and } Judges Election. ATTEST, Clerk." Making under each head a list of the names of all the persons for whom any vote or votes were given for the office or offices designated therein, and stating opposite to the same, in words written at full length, as before directed, the number of votes given for each person for such office or offices, and filling up all other blanks in the form above given to conform to the facts of the case; and in every other election which shall be held under this act, the board of election shall make a statement of the result thereof, and a certificate to the same, in a form similar to that above given, as far as the nature of such election will admit. 63. The board of election in each township, in any such election, shall appoint one of the judges of election in such township to attend the meeting of the board of county canvassers for such election, in the county in which such township shall be situated as a member thereof, and shall deliver to the judge, who shall have been so appointed, the original statement of the result of such election in such township, which shall have been made, certified, and subscribed, as hereinbefore directed; and it shall be the duty of the judges of election, who shall have been so appointed, to attend the meeting of the board of county canvassers for such election in the county in which they shall have been appointed, as members thereof. 64. The judges of election, to whom the original statements of the result of such election in the townships to which they respectively belong shall have been delivered, as directed in the preceding section of this act, shall constitute the board of county canvassers for such election, in the county in which such township shall be situated; and the clerk of such county shall be the clerk of such board. 65. The major part of the judges who shall have been appointed to attend the meeting of such board, as members thereof, shall be sufficient to constitute such board; and if the clerk of the county shall be absent from such meeting, at the time appointed therefor, such board shall appoint some other fit person to be the clerk of such board; and the person who shall be so appointed, shall be deemed and taken, in all respects, to be the clerk of such board. 66. Such board shall meet on the Friday next after such election, at twelve o'clock, noon, of that day, at the court house of such county, and at that hour, without any delay, the members of such board who shall be then present shall proceed to choose one of their number, who shall be the chairman thereof; and as soon as such chairman shall be appointed, it shall be the duty of such chairman to administer to each of the other members, and of each of the other members to take an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that you will faithfully and impartially execute the duties of a member of this board of canvassers according *to law;" and thereupon one of the members of such board, to be ap*227] pointed by such board for that purpose, shall administer to such chairman, and such chairman shall take an oath or affirmation in the same form as that taken by the other members of such board. 67. If the clerk of such county shall be absent at such meeting, at the time appointed therefor, the board shall forthwith, after the oaths or affirmations shall have been administered and taken, as directed in the preceding section of this act, proceed to appoint a fit person to be the clerk of such board; and, before proceeding to canvass and estimate the votes of such county, the chairman of the board shall administer to the clerk thereof, and the clerk thereof shall take an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that you will faithfully execute the duties of clerk of this board according to law." 68. As soon as the clerk of such board shall have been sworn or affirmed, as directed in the preceding section of this act, the judges of election who shall be present, and constitute such board, shall produce the original state nents which shall have been delivered to them, respectively, as herein before directed, and lay the same before such board; and such board shall then forth with proceed to make two statements of the result of such election in such county, each of which statements shall contain the whole number of the names of the voters in the pollbooks of the townships, respectively, and of the ballots rejected, the names of all the persons for whom any vote or votes shall have been given for any office or offices to be filled by such election, and the whole number of votes which shall have been given for each person for any such office or offices, mentioning the office or offices for which each person shall have been designated; and shall particularly contain the name of each township, the number of the names of the voters on the poll-books of the townships, respectively, and of the ballots rejected, the number of votes given in each township for each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been given for any such office, mentioning the office or offices for which each person shall have been designated; and in such statement the name of each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been given, the whole number of votes that shall have been given for each person, and the name of each township shall be in words written at full length; and the number of the names on the poll-book of each township, the number of votes which shall have been given for each person in each township for each office, and the whole number of votes on the poll-books of the several townships, and of the ballots rejected may be in figures; and each of such statements shall be certified to be true and correct, by a certificate which shall be appended to the same; and the chairman of such board shall sign his name thereto with his own hand, in the presence of the clerk of such board, and such clerk shall attest the signing of the same by such chairman, by signing his name thereto with his own hand. 69. Such board shall deliver one of the statements which shall have been made, certified, and subscribed, as directed in the preceding section of this act, to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith file the same in his office as an official paper; and the chairman of such board shall enclose and seal up the other thereof, and deliver or safely transmit the same, so enclosed and sealed up, to the secretary of this state, so that such secretary shall receive the same at Trenton within seven days next after the meeting of such board; and the secretary of state, on receiving such statement, shall forthwith file the same in his office as an official paper. 70. If any one of the judges who shall have been appointed to attend the meeting of such board for any county, as a member thereof, shall be unable to attend such. meeting, on the day appointed therefor, he shall, at or before the hour of twelve o'clock, noon, of that day, deliver or safely transmit to the clerk of such county the original statement of the result of the election, which shall have been delivered to him as hereinbefore directed. 71. If, on the day appointed for the meeting of such board, a major part of such board shall not attend at the court-house of such county at the hour of twelve o'clock, noon, of that day, or if at that time the statements of the result of such election from every township in such county shall not be pro[*228 duced, the canvassers then present shall adjourn to some convenient hour on the next day; and at the hour to which such adjournment shall have been ordered, the canvassers then present, whether or not they shall be a major part of the whole, shall organize themselves as a board, and proceed as hereinbefore directed. 72. The clerk of such county shall produce and lay before such board all such statements as shall have been delivered to him at or before the hour of twelve o'clock, noon, of the Friday next after such election, as hereinbefore directed; and if on that day such board shall not have been organized because the state ments from every township have not been produced, then such clerk shall forthwith, by a special messenger or otherwise, at the expense of such county, obtain such statement or statements as shall be deficient, in time to be produced to such board at their next meeting, and for this purpose either the original statement, or the copy thereof, directed to be delivered to the clerk of the township in which such original statements shall have been made, shall be sufficient; and the clerk of such board shall produce and lay before such board, at their meeting on the next day, all such statements and certified copies as he shall have obtained as above directed. 73. All the proceedings of such board shall be open and public, and the decision of a major part of the members thereof, who shall be present at the meeting thereof, shall be deemed and taken to be the decision of such board; and if any member of such board shall dissent from a decision of the board, and shall desire to protect himself against any consequences which may result from such decision, he shall state his dissent in writing, and deliver the same to the clerk of such county, who shall file the same in his office. 74. All the statements and copies of statements which shall be produced and laid before such board shall, by such board, be delivered to the clerk of such county, and shall be by him filed in his office as official papers. 75. The statement and certificate, which shall be made as is herein before directed, shall, in case of an election for a member of the Senate, members of the General Assembly, a sheriff, and coroners, or any of them, be in the following, or like form : "A statement of the result of an election held in the county of - on the day in November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and, to elect a member of the Senate, members of the General Assembly, a sheriff, and coroners of said county, made by the board of county canvassers for said county. Names of persons voted for, and the offices designated for each. For coroners, Names of townships, and the num- Whole number of Whole number of ber of votes given for each per- votes in the votes received son in each township. *I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full, and correct state*229] ment of the result of the election above mentioned, as the same is exhibited by the statements produced and laid before the board of county canvassers, according to law, and that the same exhibits the number of the names of the voters in the poll-books of the townships respectively, and of the ballots rejected, the whole number of the names of the voters in the poll-books of the several townships, the name of each person for whom any vote or votes were given, the number of votes given for each person in each township, and the whole number of votes given for each person for each office designated for him, as they appear by the statements so produced and laid before the said board. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ATTEST: Clerk." in the day of Chairman of the board of canvassers. And the blanks in the form above given shall be filled up to conform to the facts of the case; and the statement and certificate which shall be made in the case of an election of member or members of the House of Representatives of the United States, or of electors of president and vice-president of the United States, shall be in a form similar to that above given, as far as the nature of the election will admit. 76. The board of county canvassers, in case the election shall have been held for a member of the Senate and members of the General Assembly, a sheriff, and coroners, or for any such officer, shall proceed to determine the person or persons who shall by the greatest number of votes have been duly elected to the office or offices for which he or they shall have been designated, as is herein before directed; and thereupon such board shall make a statement of their determination, which shall be certified to be true and correct, by a certificate which shall be appended to the same, and signed by the chairman of such board, with his own hand, in the presence of the clerk of such board; and the clerk of such board shall attest the signing of the same by such chairman, by signing his name thereto, with his own haud; and the statement of such determination, and the certificate thereto, so made and subscribed, shall be annexed to the statement which shall have been made, certified, and subscribed as herein before directed, and shall be delivered therewith to the clerk of the county, and shall by him be filed in his office as an official paper. 77. The statement of the determination of such board, in case of a stated election for a member of the Senate, members of the General Assembly, a sheriff, and coroners, shall be in the following, or like form : "A statement of the determination of the board of county canvassers relative to an election held in the county of on the day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and - for the election of a member of the Senate, members of the General Assembly of this state, and a sheriff and coroners for said county, for the ensuing year. The said board do determine that, at the said election, was duly elected a member of the Senate of this state; —were duly elected members of the General Assembly; was duly elected sheriff, and were duly elected coroners for said county. I do certify that the foregoing is a true, full, and correct statement of the determination of the board of canvassers therein mentioned. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ATTEST: Clerk." day of November, in Chairman of the board of canvassers. *And in case of a special election to fill a vacancy or vacancies in the [*230 Senate or General Assembly, or in the office of sheriff, the statement of the determination of such board, and the certificate thereof, shall be in a form |