The herald., 1896-01-05
IT WILL Be ENFORCED
The New Primary Law and the
City Council
ACT IS A REGULARITY
But Being Law Its Provisions Must Be
Carried Out
Some Time This Month the Council VIII Or
ganze as an Election Board and Draw
Names From the Tax Rolls

The new primary election law enacted
by the last legislature is to be enforced.
The members OF the city council say that it
is their duty to carry out all of its provi-
sions, despite its many seeming idiosyn-
crasies, SO long as it is on the statute
books.
| Section 4 provides that during the
month of January of ach year in which a
general election is to be he'd it shall be the
duty of the board of @ ection commissioners
of each county, or city and county, to select
! from the last assessment rolls of the county
or city, or city and coun y, the names OF
| not less than thirty electors residing In
| each election precinct of such county or
city, or city and county; such selection to
be made from each of the political par les
then existing in as nearly an equal propor-
ton as practicable.
| The names so selected shall be forthwith
recorded in book for that purpose
which book must be kept open at all
| times for public inspection, and the clerk
of the election board is required to pub
lish these names once, in some paper OF
general circulation, within ten days after
| they shall have been selected as described
The second day before he holding of the
primary, the board of election commits
| sioners must open the boxes and in the
presence of representatives from the va
rious political parties interested, there
must, froin the names selected, be blind
drawing of one inspector, two judges and
two clerks, who are to constitute the cleo
ton board for each precinct. All OF the va
rious political parties must notify the cleo
ton board at least three days before the
primary election of such contemplated
election.
The primaries of all the parties must,
tt,o ba hall lat fb6,c
and Illegal voting is made felony. One
delegate is provided for each party conyen-
ton for each 200 votes and each fraction
of 90 or more cast in such precinct at the
last general election.
The boar1 of supervisors are compelled
to bear the expenses for all primary cleo
tions, the various political parties, how
ever, furnishing their own ballots.
If in any city or coun y there shall not be
by law any board OF election commissioners
then all duties OF such body are placed
within the common council or trustees of
any city, or The board of supervisors, and
where there is no clerk to the elec ion
board the city or county clerk shall act
eX-otiicio.
The last named provision. of course,
takes in Los Angeles. and the following
sect on will nave o be acted upon at once:
''In years when by law electors for presi-
den and vice-president are to he voted for
a state convention to select delegates TO q
national convention for the purpose :.
shall be composed of d. legates selected
pursuant to the act at general primary
for such purpose and be held the last Tues
| day in Marc 4 in each such year.
The act is provided for to apply only in
counties of the first and second class.
which is Los Angeles and san Francisco.
| There are forty-five precincts in the city.
which multiplied by thirty, the number of
names which must be selected in each one,
will make an aggregate of 1850 names,
the inll list of which will, under the new
law, have to be published in newspaper,
and they will have to be the names of men
ON the assessment rolls at that.