Judicial counting of votes in contested elections as provided in the preceding section.
Section 221
SEC. 221. Judicial counting of votes in contested elections as provided in the preceding section.—In an ordinary election contest, upon the petition of any interested party or motu propio, when the interests of justice so require, the court shall immediately order that the precinct books of voters, the ballot boxes, the election returns, and other documents used in the election, be produced before it and that the ballots be examined and the votes recounted. For such purpose, it may appoint such officers as it may deem necessary and shall fix reasonable compensation of each for every election precinct which they may completely revise and report upon.