Section 17-9-38

Provisions for recanvass of votes.

Any person now authorized by law may apply to the body which, under the general provisions of law, now have charge of and control over ballot boxes, for an order to break the seals of a voting machine for the purpose of recanvassing the vote should same become necessary, whereupon all the other provisions of this title shall be followed in making such recanvass and the machine shall be resealed as herein provided.

(Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §116.)