The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-07-22

State and congressional committee
shalt make and transmit to the Score
tary of State tabulAted statement of
the whole of the party vote cast in each
county,, I'M each State and congress
sional election, sppetively. The
Secre,al.N,af State stall file the same
among The records nE his Office.
Unlawful to Sell Vote or Influence, Etc.
Penalty for Same.
Sec. -. That it shall be unlawful
for any person to sell, or offer to sell,
his vote or influence, directly or in
directly, to contribute to the defeat or
success of any measure or candidate,
voted upon in a primary election, and
it shall likewise be unlawful for any
person to offer money, or anything
else of value, to any one for his vote
or influence, for or against any candi-
date or measure passed upon by any
primary election. Any one offending
against this Section shall be fined not
less than twenty five dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars, or i'm
prisoned not more than six months, or
both.
Penalty for being Intoxicated. SO a,
Sec. ID. That il any person shall be
found intoxicated in or about any
polling place during any primary cleo
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction,
nor more than one hundred dollars, or
sentenced to Imprisonment not more
than ten days. 1t shall be the duty of
every conservator of the peace to ar
rest any person guilty of this, or any
other oHense against the primary cleo
ton laws, and to make affidavit, or
have the same made, and sent to the
proper justics of the peace.
Disqualified Persons Not to Vote.
SEC. II. That no county executive
com nilt ~ shall authorize any person
to vote in any primary election where
any State or district office is to be
voted for, who is disqualified by this
law, or by any regulation of the State
Executive lmnittee of their party.
Should there be any violation of the
laws in the conduct of the primary
election at any precinct, by which I'M
authorized persons are permitted to
vote, or illegal ballots are cast, or by
which any fraudulent result is OBJ
tanned, it shall be the duty of the
county executive committee to prompt
ly investigate and correct the wrong,
and for that purpose may hear the ev-
idence of witnesses orally under oath,
or by affidavits. The State and dis
trict executive committees, respective
ly, shall have similar power to secure
fairness in primary elections; and to
protect against fraudulent and illegal
voting, and other illegal practices, and
may likewise take evidence upon in
vestigation of such questions, and may
review the action of the county
executive committee, aud correct any
errors or mistakes of such committee
relating to district Or State offices.
False testimony, whether oral or in
writing, upon such Investigation, shall
be perjury, and punishable as such.
Sections Repealed.
Sec. Is. That all Sections of Chap
ter 105 of the Annotated Code of
1892, from Section 1856 to 1878, both
inclusive, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Names of Candidates Not to be Placed on
Ticket.
Sec. 16. That the name of any can
didate shall not be placed upon the
official ballot in general or special
elections, as party nominee, who is
not nominated in pursuance of the
provisions of this Act, and the election
of any party nominee who shall be
nominated otherwise than as provided
by this Act, shall be void, and he shall
not be entitled to hold the office to
which he may have been elected. No
political party shall be entitled to
recognition, as such, in the appoint
ment of county or precinct election
officers unless it has made it's nomina-
tons as herein provided.
Sample of Ballot to be Furnished.
Sec. II. That it shall be the duty
of the State Executive Committee OF
each political party to furnish to each
county executive committee sample
of the official ballot to be used in the
primary, the general form of which
shall be followed as nearly as prac-
ticable In primary elections, in which
State or district officers are voted for,
the county executive committee, three
weeks before the date of the primary
shall give to the State and district
executive committees the name and ad-
dress of the county executive commit
teeman to whom remittances are to be
made by State or district candidates,
and the amount of such remittan ces.
Nominations for U. S. Senators.
SEC. Is. That nominations for United
States Senator are to be made at the
regular primary election held Trough
out the State next preceding the meet
ing of the Legislature at which the
election is to be had, under the same
regulations governing nominations OF
State officers.
r. R. Commissioners.
Sec. 10. That nominations for Rail
road Commissioners shall be made by
districts.
Dates of Primary to be Changed in Case of
EpldemiCs.
Sec. 20. That in cases of epidemics
prevailing in this State on the date
for holding State primary election,
the State Executive Committee of the
party whose primary election is thus
iuterfered with, are authorized to fix
different dates from those herein pre-
scribed for holding the first and
second primary elections, and under
same regulations.
andidates May Agree to Plurality Election.
SEC. 81. That in an election for
legislative, county and county district
offices, no second primary shall be
held, if all the candidates for any
office agree 10 writing, filed with the
executive committee, beforehand, that
the candidate receiving the plurality
of the votes cast for any particular
Office shall be declared the nominee
of the party.
N, nj EIart;0u IN Meet Nharr
SEC. %. On the Sd Monday in July
prior to any regular primary election
under this Act, the Commissioners of
Election shall meet at the Office of the
Registrar, and carefully revise the
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