Method of voting.
Article 30
ART. 30. Method of voting.—Voting by members of a general or special court-martial upon question of challenge, on the findings, and on the sentence shall be -by secret written ballot. The junior member of the court shall in each case count the votes, which count shall be checked by the president who will forthwith- announce the result of the ballot to the members of the court. The law member of the court, if any, or if there be no law member of the court, then the president may rule in open court upon interlocutory questions,other than challenge, arising during the proceedings: Provided, That unless such ruling be made by the law member of the court if any member object thereto the court shall be cleared and closed and the question decided by a majority vote viva voce, beginning with the junior in rank: And provided,, further, That if any such Ruling be made by the law member of the court upon any interlocutory question other than an objection to the admissibility of evidence offered during the trial, and any member object to the ruling, the court shall likewise be cleared and closed and the question decided by a majority vote, viva voce, beginning with the junior in rank: Provided further, however, That the phrase, "objection to the admissibility of evidence offered during the trial," as used in the next preceding proviso hereof, shall not be construed to include questions 4s to the order of the introduction of witnesses or other evidence, nor of' the recall of witnesses for further examination, nor as to whether the expert witnesses shall be admitted or called upon any question, nor as to whether the court shall view the premises where an offense is alleged to have been committed, nor as to the competency of witnesses, as, for .instance, of children, witnesses alleged to be mentally incompetent, and the like, nor as to the insanity of accused, or whether the existence of mental disease or mental derangement on the part of the accused has become an issue in the trial, or accused required to submit to physical examination, nor whether any argument or statement of counsel for the accused or of the trial judge advocate is improper, nor any ruling in a case involving military strategy or tactics or correct military action; but, upon all these questions arising on the trial, if any member object to any ruling of the law member, the court shall be cleared and closed and the question decided by majority vote of the members in the manner aforesaid.