The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-26

5000, or by imprisonment for not less
than five days nor more than twenty
days, or by both said fine and impr1s-
onnent; and in case he is SO excused,
the clerk, in the presence of the board,
shall select another person from said
box, subject to the same rules and
conditions as before.
WALK UP AND TAKE THE OATH.
1t shall be the duty of each person so
chosen to appear at the polling places
in the precinct for which chosen be-
fore the time of opening the polls, and
there take the oath of office, as pre-
scribed in the general election law, and
perform the duties imposed upon him
by this Act, without any compensation
whatever. In case of the failure OF
any election officer so selected to APP
pear at the time the polls open, or with
in ten minutes thereafter, the election
officers present must choose some res
ident elector of the precinct to fill the
vacancy. All persons serving as oftl-
GERS of election at primary are exempt
from jury duty for the term of one year
thereafter, and such person shall re-
ceive from the Board of Election Com
missioners of the county, or city, or
city and county, in which such service
is rendered, a certificate setting forth
the fact of such service, and such GER
tificate, on being presented to court
shall be deemed sufficient to excuse.
CITY AND TOWN CONVENTIONS.
Section 8. Where a convention is de-
sired for the nomination of city or
town officers only, then the Board of
Election Commissioners shall have the
same duties and powers in regard to
the primary as they have where coun-
ty, or city and county officers are to
be nominated When such city officers
are to be nominated, then the Board of
Election Commissioners shall recognize
the governing committees of political
parties or organizations of such cities
and petitions filed by voters residing
therein.
lPRE-EMPTING PLACE ON THE
BALLOT.
Section 10. Within ten days after the
Election Commissioners have issued the
call for any primary the State, city,
county, or city and county central COM
mittee. or other governing authority of
any political party or organization de-
string to secure place otherwise than
II.
party on the official ballots, shall pub
lish a notice calling a convention or
conventions of the party represented by
said committee, stating the place where
and the time when, which must not be
less than seven days subsequent to the
primary. such conventions will meet.
the apportionment of delegates and the
officers for which nominations are to be
made. Such notice shall be published
five successive times in daily newspa-
pers of general circulation, as follows:
For a State convention, in at least one
daily newspaper published in San Fran
cisco. one published in Sacramento, and
one published in Los Angeles; for
district convention, in one newspaper
published in each county or portion of
county included in the boundaries of
such district for which the convention
is to be held. and if no newspaper be
published in the portion of any county
included in any such district, then in
any newspaper in such county; for a
local convention, in one newspaper pub
lished in the county. city and county.
or city where the primary election is to
be held.
FORMING PRECINCTS.
Section H. The committees of any
political party shall apportion the re-
spective territory over which they have
jurisdiction into precincts or combina-
lions of contiguous precincts not en-
bracing more than one Assembly dis
trict, and may provide in its apportion-