Section 26
SEC. 26. Section four hundred and forty-two is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The official ballots shall be bound in books of one hundred ballots each. Each ballot shall be joined by a perforated line to a stub numbered consecutively, beginning with number one in each election precinct. The ballot shall bear the same number as the stub to which it is joined, and such number shall be detachable by means of another perforated line which shall be uniform for all official ballots. Each book of ballots shall bear on its cover the name of the province, municipality, and election precinct in which the ballots are to be used, and if more than one book is required for any precinct the letters of the alphabet shall be used for the series, beginning with the letter 'A.' The Director of Printing, the provincial treasurer, and the municipal treasurer shall each keep a record of the ballots furnished to the various election precincts. "The detachable number of the ballot shall be detached from the latter in sight of the voter, at the moment when said ballot is to be placed in the ballot box, but not before, by the chairman of the election board, without exposing the contents of the ballot. The detachable number shall be deposited in the box for spoiled ballots and shall be kept there, and no ballot the number whereof has not been detached by said chairman and in the sight of the board of inspectors shall be allowed to be deposited in the box."