Manner of counting votes.
Section 143
SEC. 143. Manner of counting votes. — The counting of votes shall be made in the following manner: The board shall form piles of one hundred ballots each, fully extended, which shall be held together with rubber bands, with cardboards of the size of the ballots to serve as folders. The chairman of the board shall take the ballots of the first pile one by one and read, jointly with the other inspector belonging to the party opposed to his, the names of the persons voted for each office in the order in which they appear thereon, assuming such a position as to enable all, or at least a majority of the watchers, to read such names. The other inspector shall record on the tally sheet, as the names voted for each office are read, the number of votes received by each candidate, each time by means of a vertical line, except every fifth vote of the same candidate which shall be noted with a diagonal line. The poll clerk shall do likewise on the blackboard. After finishing the first pile of ballots, the board shall make partial additions of the votes, which shall be noted on the tally sheet and on the blackboard, and in case of discrepancy such recount as may be necessary shall be made. Thereafter the same procedure shall be followed with the second pile of ballots and so on successively. After all the votes of the precinct have been counted, the board shall ascertain their total sums which shall be likewise recorded on the tally sheet and on the blackboard; it shall pack each group of ballots and place them in an envelope prepared for such purpose, which shall be closed, sealed, signed, and deposited in the box. The tally sheets on which the votes have been recorded and wherein the partial and total sums have been made shall not be changed nor destroyed and shall be kept in the box with the ballots.