(A) As soon as the results are ascertained, the Commissioners and clerks of the election shall make out and sign two certificates thereof in the following form or to the following effect: “We, the undersigned, who acted as Commissioners and clerks of election held at the Community Building, the municipal corporation of Lost Creek and County of Harrison, on the ____ day of ________, do certify that, having been first duly sworn, we have fairly and impartially held the said election according to law and the result thereof is as follows: For the office of Mayor, _____________ received _____ votes, _____________ received _____ votes,” and so on throughout, stating the name of every person voted for, for every office, and in words at length and also in figures the number of votes he or she received for the same, and concluding as follows: “Given under our hands this ____ day of ________.”
(B) The said two certificates shall contain complete returns of the polls taken for every office to be filled. When said certificates are signed, the ballots shall be enclosed by the Commissioners in an envelope, which they shall seal up where it is sealed, and endorse in ink on the outside of said envelope as follows: “Ballots of the election in the municipal corporation of the Town of Lost Creek, County of Harrison, the ____ day of ________.” The ballots sealed in said envelope shall be returned to the ballot box together with the tally sheets, poll books and certificates, and all shall be locked therein. The Receiving Board poll clerk shall take charge of and, within 12 hours after said completion, shall deliver said ballot box with its contents intact, and the ballot box keys, to the Recorder, to be preserved by him or her and delivered to the Board of Canvassers as provided in this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 1-822)