Section 11-16-14 Powers and duties of returning officers generally.
Section 11-16-14
Powers and duties of returning officers generally.
The returning officer for each precinct or ward is clothed with all the power and charged with all the duties of a peace officer under the laws of the state while engaged in the discharge of his duties as such returning officer.
(Code 1907, §198; Code 1923, §290; Code 1940, T. 12, §253.)