Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21

an imprint of such ticket or ballot
containing such mark or designating
device so adopted, and the names OF
i the candidate or candidates nomina.
ted by such convention, and certified
to by the presiding officer OF such
convention and the secretary thereof
shall have been fled with the ID obate
clerk OF the county in which such con.
vention was neld. II shall be. and con.
tinue 20 be. the mark or designating
device OF such party until II shall
have been abandoned by Il. and II
shall be unlawful for any political
convention. person or persons In such
county TO adopt or use any such mark
or designating device for election pur.
poses. or to cause the same to be
placed or printed on any ticket or bal.
lot to be voted at such election, with.
out having printed in such ticket or
ballot all the names of the candidates
nominated by the political CONVEX ion
adopting such mark or designating de.
vice. and IL shall be unlawful for any
person or persons whatsoever, after
the adoption and filing OF such mark
or designating device, to print or
cause to be printed, utter. distribute
or circulate, or cause to be uttered.
printed or circulated. any ticket or
ballot having thereon such mark or
designating device with any name
printed thereon, other than the name
or names of the candidate or candi.
dates nominated by the political con.
vention adopting such mark or desig.
mating device: provided. that nothing
In this section shall be construed to
prohibit any person from erasing or
changing In any manner any name on
any such ticket or ballot voted by
such person; and further provided,
that this act shall not be so construed
as to prevent any executive commit
tee or any political party holding such
convention that adopted such mark or
designating device. from having
printed on any ticket or ballot con.
tanning such mark or designating de.
vice, the name or names of any candi-
date. selected by such committee by
authority OF such convention TO I'LL
clination or retirement of any oandi.
date nominated by such convention.
Any person violating any OF the pro.
visions of this section shall be deemed
guilty OF felony. and upon conviction
thereof before any court OF competent
jurisdiction shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the territorial peniten.
tiary for not less than one year and
not more than Ave years at the dis.
erection OF the court trying the case
Sec. 2. Section 1884 OF chapter !.
OF title XII elections. OF the compiled
laws OF 1897, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1884. That hereafter all tic.
kets or ballots used at any general
election held IL this territory shall be
printed on plain white paper. three
inches in width and eight inches In
length, or within one quarter OF an
inch of that size. No such ticket or
ballot shall have any mark or number
or designating device on the back so
that its character may be known when
folded. II such ticket shall have upon
its face the mark. number or designa.
ting device provided by the first sec.
ton of this act, such mark, number or
device shall he printed at the head OF
the ticket or ballot, that may be
character of such ticket or ballot
designating the political party or tine
particular question 1t is intended for.
and then shall follow the name or
names OF the candidates and the of.
fee or Offices for which they are can
didates. or the question to be voted on.
And II shall be unlawful for any per.
son or persons to print or cause to be
printed any ballot or ticket with any
false designation or having any false
heading printed thereon. or any other
ballot or ticket calculated or intended
to deceive or mislead any voter. All
such ballots or tickets with a false
designation. or all ballots intended to
deceive or mislead any voter are here.
by declared unlawful ballots or tickets
and shall not be counted by the
judges OF any election. Any person
violating any OF the provisions of this
section shall be punished. on convic-
ton thereof before any court Of com.
petent jurisdiction. by a fine OF not
less than one hundred dollars and not
more than FIVE hundred dollars. or by
Imprisonment In the county Jail not
less than than three months, nor more
than six months. or by both such fine
and imDrisonment at the discretion
OF the court trying the same"
Sec. 8. All acts and parts Of acts In
conflict herewith are herewith re-
pealed. and this act shall be In full
force and effect from and after its
passage.