Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-20

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 on
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 fill
any vacancy caused by the death. de-
clination or retirement of any candi.
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 five 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 lie 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 it's character may be known when
folded. If 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
printed in large black letters, the
character Of such ticket or ballot
designating the political party or the
particular question it 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 it 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 moi
less than one hundred dollars and mo-
more than five hundred dollars, or by
Imprisonment in the county Jail no
less than than three months, o more
than six months, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment, at the discretion
of the court trying the same"
Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts il
conflict herewith are herewith re
pealed, and this act shall be in full
force and effect from and after it
passage.