Nevada County picayune., 1891-03-12

! prescribed by this act for election
judges, to supply such vacancy !;
and if all the judges shall be absent,
then the voters present shall elect as
judges persons having the required
qualifications. The judges of elec
ton shall appoint two clerks at each
precinct.
Sec. >. The polls shall be opened
at 5 o clock Il. M, and shall remain
continuously open until half-past six
o clock p. m.
See. 6. The County Election
Commissioners are hereby empower
ed to alter the boundaries of exist
ing election precincts and to estab-
lish new ones, when, in their jude-
meDt, it may be necessary, and to
fix a place in each election precinct
where the election shall be held :;
and in changing the boundaries of
existing precincts, or creating new
ones, the said Commissioners shall so
! arrange the same that all qualified
voters residing therein may vote on
the same day. Prorided, The said
Commissioners shall not have power
to change the boundaries of existing
| precincts, or to create any new pre-
cinct, or to change the voting place
in any precinct, within thirty days of
any election, but all such elections
shall be held at the places, and with
in the boundaries, as the same eX-
listed thirty days before the cate of
said election.
The action of said Commissioners
in changing the voting place in any
precinct, or in altering the bounda-
ries of any precinct, or in establish
ing any new one, shall be entered in
the record to be kept by them, and
a copy of said order shall set out in
telligently and accurately the boun-
diaries of said precincts as so altered
or established, shall be filed with the
Clerk of the County Court, who shall
record the same at full length on the
record book in which the minutes of
the proceedings of the County Court
are recorded. If the County Elec-
ton Commissioners shall fail to fix u
place in any precinct at which the
election is to be held, it shall be the
duty of the Sheriff to fix temporarily
a place Of holding said election. No
tice OF any change made shall be
given to the electors by posters put
up in at least five public places III
such precinct. All voting places
shall be fixed at well-known point,
in the several precincts, and easily
accessible to all electors entitled tC
vote therein.
Sec. I. In precincts in which
more than 100 votes were cast at the
election next proceeding the one
then being held, where the electors
consist OF persons belonging to tho
different races, the judges of eIec'
ton and the Sheriff in attendance
shall, when there are persons of botl
races present and ready to vote, SC
conduct admttance to the voting
place as to permit persons OF the
white and colored races TO cast theil
votes alternately.
Sec. s. The Sheriff Of the Coun-
ty shall police the election precincts
and preserve order He shall ap'
point not exceeding three deputies
at each, precinct and shall allow no
crowd to collect at the polling place
nearer than herein provided for, and
no deputy herein provided for, while
engaged in the duties herein pre-
scribed, shall in any manner inilu'
ence, or endeavor to influence, any
person in casting his vote. Pfocided
That when the Sheriff, for the time
being, shall be candidate at any
election, it shall be the duty of th(
County Election Commissioners tt
appoint some suitable person or per
sons at each precinct, to perform The
duties of the Sheriff as hereinbefor,
prescribed and the said Sheriff ant
his deputies are hereby disqualified
to discharge said duty in such cases
Sec. .. 1t shall be the duty of th'
County election Commissioner, tC
provide for each election precinct Il
good and sufficient bailot-boX Will
lock and key, two blank poll books
containing proper captions, and sup
piled with sufficient pages to recort
the names of all voters in the pre-
cinct, tallysheets and envelopes il
which to seal up the ballots and cir