If on the day of holding an election any election officer authorized by law to serve at the election in any election district is absent from the place of election at 7:
21 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 9; Code 1915, § 1748; Code 1935, § 1837; 45 Del. Laws, c. 154, § 9; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 4902; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §§ 74, 75; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 74; 82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 21.