34-2118 OPENING AND CUSTODY OF PAPERS.
ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 21
ELECTION CONTESTS -- LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES
34-2118. Opening and custody of papers. The papers relating to any such contest shall be opened only in the presence of the body by the presiding officer, to whom the same shall be delivered. If ballots or poll books are contained therein, they shall, after being opened, remain in the custody of such presiding officer, subject to the inspection of the members, unless they shall by vote be temporarily committed to the chairman of a committee, in which case such chairman shall return them to the proper presiding officer; and they shall, upon the decision of the contest, be again sealed up in an envelope, and returned by mail or otherwise to the office of the county auditor in which they were first required to be filed.