In re Open Ballot Box

Wilson, J.,

The matter before us is a recount of the votes of the eight several precincts of the City of Beaver Falls, cast at the municipal election of November 1941, for members of council, for four years, two to be elected.

After the recount board had terminated its recount of the eight several election precincts of the city, but before such recounts were certified to the county return board, it became known that such recount returns would result in a tie vote between L. W. Kelly, Democrat, and Carl E. Taylor, Republican. At the request of counsel for Mr. Taylor, we, as the judge of the…