The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-04-01

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county holding such elections. the per
diem Of the county election board shall
be divided in equal proportions among
such cities, towns or villages and so
certified by said county board said
board shall keep all other items OF ex-
7 pense in n separate account against
I each city or town.
! section :. The members Of the pre-
cinct election board shall be allowed
$3.50 each for helding and conducting
a municipal election, same to be paid
by their respective towns or cities
Section s. Official counters shall be
chosen for cities Of the first class as in
Y general elections. who shall perform in
such cities for all elections hereunder,
the duties imposed upon official count
ers for general elections Such count
ers shall be paid by their respective
cities the sum Of - 90 each for the per-
iormance OF the respective duties in
each election. In incorporated towns
ana villages the precinct election
boards shall perform all duties imposed
upon official counters in general cleo
tions and shall begin the count when
they close the polls.
Section o. No person shall be entitl-
ed TO vote in any election held here
under whose name is not upon the reg
istration list for his precinct as was
required by the regular election law
provided, that the registration officers
fof all cities Of the first class shall, on
the Thursday, Friday and Saturday
next preceding each first Tuesday in
April open his registration books and
register, by the methods prescribed 10y
general registrations, the electors of
their respective precincts who have ac-
quired the right of suffrage since the
last preceding general election, and all
electors so registered shall be entitled
to a vote at such city election proyid-
ed they are otherwise qualified On
the three days above provided any
elector who swears that he was unable
to register because OF sickness or alb
sence at the regular registration, may
be registered; Provided that i'm the
year 1909 any elector of precinct who
has failed to register before the three
days of extra registration may be reg
istered
ARTICLE II.
Section |. No candidates name shall
be printed upon the official ballot for
any city, town or village election un-
less such candidate shall have been
elected 10y some political party at the
primary election herein provided for
and certified by the county election
board by the chairman and secretary
of such political party, or unless his
name is presented as an independent
candidate, as hereinafter provided.
Section =. Each city, town or viii
lage shall on the third Tuesday in
March, 1909 and on said date each
year thereafter, hold a primary elec-
tion at each of their voting precincts,
at which time the several political par
ties shall nominate for such offices as
under this act are to be elected at the
election provided for by the first arti-
Gle Of this act. The law governing
primary elections for the state shall
govern in all primaries in cities, towns
and villages, except where otherwise
provided in this act.
Section g. Political parties i'm cities
and towns OF this state shall organize
by the selection OF a city or town exec
utive committee, which in cities of the
first class, shall be chosen from wards
in such manner as such party may
prefer, and from towns and villages
may be chosen from the town at large.
Such committee when so chosen shall
be certified to the county election
board of the respective parties.
Section 4. When an executive com
mittee of political party is regularly
chosen it shall organize by electing
chairman and secretary. 1t shall be
the duty of the county election board
to recognize the authority OF such
chairman and secretary
Should the authority Of any city or
town executive committee of a poiti- !
cal party be challenged the committee
shall be recognized v vhch has the en-
dorsement of the county executive
committee of such party,
Section 8. Any elector may become
n candidate before any political party
for its nomination for any office herein
specified in the primary election by
filing with the county election board
not more than twenty nor less than
ten days before the date of such prim-
airy, written notice, setting forth his
name as he desires it to appear upon
the ballot, his postotlice address and in
cities of the first class shall giva bis |