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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 561-SEPT. 16, 1942 Validity. Appropriation au- thorizod. Estimates of ex- penses. Payments to States. Post, p. 1003. TRANSMISSION OF OFFICIAL WAR BALLOTS, BOOKLETS, ENVELOPES, AND INSTRUCTIONS SEC. 7. The secretary of state of each State shall transmit to every member of the land and naval forces of the United States who makes application to vote in accordance with section 3, as soon as practicable after the receipt of such application, an official war ballot and enve- lope, voting instructions, a booklet containing instructions and explanations as to casting a vote if one has been prepared, and an envelope for use in returning the official war ballot and envelope. RETURN OF OFFICIAL WAR BALLOT BY VOTER SEC. 8. After such voter has marked the war ballot, he shall place it in the official envelope and securely seal the same He shall then fill in and subscribe the oath printed upon the official envelope. Any commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard shall have the authority to administer and attest such oaths as are required by this Act. Such official envelope shall then be placed in the envelope provided for such purpose and mailed by the voter to the secretary of state of the State of his residence, and such secretary of state, upon receiving the same, shall promptly transmit it to the appropriate election officials of the district or precinct or county of the voter's residence. CANVASS OF VOTES SEC. 9. The votes cast as provided in this Act shall be canvassed, counted, and certified in each State by its proper canvassing boards in the same manner, as nearly as may be practicable, as the votes that were cast within its borders were canvassed, counted, and certified, but no official war ballot shall be valid if the voter has voted in person or by absentee ballot in accordance with the procedure provided by the laws of the State, or if it is received by the appropriate election officials of the district or precinct or county of the voter's residence after the hour of the closing of the polls on the date of the holding of the election. AUTHORIZATION FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSES SEC. 10. (a) There are altlhorizedl to be appropriated, to be expendled as provided in this section, such amounts as may be neces- sary to pay the expenses of carrying out the provisions of this Act, including the expense of preparing and printing post cards, official war ballots, booklets, envelopes, instructions, and other supplies, and the cost of mailing and express charges. The Secretary of the Treasury shall make estimates of the amounts to be paid to any State for such purposes, such estimates to be based on reports filed by the secretary of state of the State containing his estimates of the sum which it will be necessary to expend. (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, through the Division of Disbursements of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to each State the amounts estimated by him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, subject to the conditions that the use of such amounts shall be properly accounted for, and any part of such amounts not needed shall be returned to the Secretary of the Treasury upon his demand. 756 [56 STAT.

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