The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-10

~. AID De IL eHUcIet, ( lHJ tllt CfldlI-
lnan OF che county committee OF any p0-
iisical party that has dnty nominated auy
candidate for public office 30 be voted for
at any election by all the voters within
said county OF any subdivision thereof
greater than single municipality only,
or where the election is within and for u
single municipality only, or any subdivi-
sion thereof, then the chairman Of the
committee of the political purity maxi
ing such nomination. within and for
SUCH single municipality or such divi-
sion thereof may appoint under his
place in his county or municipality, is
The case may be; and any candidate duly
nominated BY petition Tor any Office, whose
name may appear upon the ballot 70 be
used III any election, may likewise
appoint under his own hand two agents
for each polling place; provided, however,
that only two agents shall be allowed for
each polling place to represent all the
candidates nominated in and By the same
petition or group OF petitioners: such
agents shall be the authorized agents in
section forty-six OF this act mentioned;
they may act MS chailengeFs tor their
respective parties and candidates; the
appointment OK agents shall be made In
Writing under the hand OF the person
making the appointment, and shall
specify the names and residences of the
agents and the election districts for which
they are seyeraliy appointed; such ap-
pointment papers shall be lied with the
respective clerks of the cities, town
ships and municipalities within
which the respective election dis
tricts are situate, five days be-
fore tho election and the clerks
shall tilereupon issue, under their hands,
to the persons named in such appoint
mont papers, permits for them so act as
agents of their respective parties OF can
didates at the election district specified:
such permits shall DO presented by the
person named therein to the board Of
election in the district named therein rs
their authority 70 be present in the poll
ing place: said agents may also be pres
ent inside said rallied enclosure while the
votes cast at any election at which they
are agents are being counted and Lear
and see SAID ballots being counted; the
counting of ali ballots at any election
shall be open and public, but not to the
extent that the number present shall him
der, delay or Inconvenience the election
officers in counting the ballots and ascer-
tanning the result.
80. And be it enacted, That none of the
provisions of this act from and including
section twenty thereof to and including
section forty-nlne thereof, shall apply to
or in anywise affect the town meetings.
hereafter to be held in this state or any
subdivision thereof
81 And be it enacted, That except as
herein otherwise directed, the boards of
fltCtlul, III Sd4lVdSSluR. CefJlLY-
ing and returning the votes cast at any
election, shall proceed as now required by
law.
So And be it enacted, That whenever,
within twenty days next succeeding any
election in any election district or voting
precinct In any county OF this state, pc
tition duly certified as to signatures, legal
qualifications as voters and residences of
the signers thereto, and establishing
prlma facie, by affidayius thereto annexed,
TO the satisfaction of the justice TO whom
the same is presented, the material nlle-
cations and statements therein contained,
shnll DE presented to tne justice of the
supreme court holding the circuit court
in and for said county, signed by at least
twenty-five legal voters resident in said
election district or voting precinct, setting
forth that at the last preceding election
in such election district or voting precinct
fraud or bribery or other Illegal practices
were resorted TO and prevailed sufficiently
to affect the result of such election. or
that by reason of non-suppiy or an ineffei-
ent supply of ballots atsuch election (snch
non-Supply or insufficient supply of bal
lots occurring through no fault of the petit
TONERS or any OF thenl), or for any other
good and sufficient cause, stated and set
forth in said petition, the voters or such
election district or voting precinct have
been deprived of fair opportunity to ex-
press their choice for any candidate or CAN
iinates at such election, it shall be the duty
of such Justice, in a summary way to In
vestigate the truth of the statements and
allegations in such petition contained,
and to that end and for that purpose it
shall be the duty OF such justice toappoint
time and place in said county, not later
than ten days thereafter. when and where
he will proceed to hear and determine
said matter, of which time and place so
appointed the petitioners shall cause at
least six days notice to be given to all
sui 7r1c ion hal dfra of
at such time and place so appointed said
justice shall proceed in o summary man
ner to hear and determine said matter
unless it be adjourned for good cause
shown; if, on such hearing IL shall be de-
termined that the allegations of such
petition are not sustained. or if sustained
should not inyalidate said election in
whole or part, such petition shall be dis
missed; if the allegations of the petition
be sustained. and the said Justice shall be
OF the opinion that at such election, fraud,
bribery or other illegal practices were
resorted to and prevailed to such an
extent as to effect the result of such
election, or that by reason of the death
sr resignation of any candidate voted for
at such election, or that by reason of
a non-supply or an insufficient supply OF
ballots at such election or that for any
good aud sufficient legal cause the voters
of such election district or voting pre-
cinct were deprived of a fair opportunity
to express their choice for any candidate
or candidates at such election, it shall be
the duty Of said Justice to make an order
setting rside and nullifying said election
as to such candidate or candidates and
such order shall forthwith be filed in the
office of the county clerk; when salt JUS
tice shall make any such order at last
aforesaid he shall also. at the same time,
make another order wherein and whereby
he shall order Il new election to be held
within such election district or voting
precinct TO fill the Office or Offices in re-
spect to which the former election was
nullified and set aside at the earliest pos
sible day; if the mole and manner of
holding and conducting such new election
be not provided for by law, such justice
shall, in and by his order last aforesaid.
prescribe and determine the mode and
manner and the regulations under and in
pursuance of which the same shall be
held and conducted; said last mentioned
order shall be forthwith filed in the Office
of the county clerk, and copies thereof,
within two days thereafter. served upon
the election officers of the electlo n
district or voting precinct affected thereby;
said election officers shall proceed and
hold said new election pursuant TO said
last mentioned order, and shall certify
the result thereof to such justice, and
said justice shall thereupon make and
sign a certificate declaring the result and
the name or names of the persons elected.