The Forrest City times., 1912-06-07

missioner. Said lists shall be filed i,r 1 triplieate in the office of the Secretary of State ten days before the first meet ! ing of the State Board of Election Com 1 missioners and the Secretary of state ] shall keep one of each of said tripbeat6 ! lists on file In his office and shall dc. l liver the others to the other members | of the State Board. In the event of tho | death. resignation or refusal to accept l or serve of any person certified or ap- ! pointed. another selection shall be mabo ! from the list of the party from whose 1 list such person was selected. The Stato ! chairman shall promptly certify rames i of other persons to take the places of
 those on their lists who fail refuse to accept or serve when certified or ap- pointed.
 | SECTION 9 That Section 27sA of kirby's Digest be amended so as to read | as follows
 SECTION 2764. The said commission
 CTS shall hold office until their succesS | ors are appointed ana qualified Said l commissioners shall meet at the court | house at Nine O'Clock in the forenoon on the second Monday in August prior | to the general election, and shall | ganiZe themselves into a board of efee l tion commissioners by eiecting one men)- | per chairman and another clerk Each | commissioner shall have one vote, and | two shall constitute quorum, and tho | eoneurring votes of any two shall de- l eide all questions before them. Provided | that no proceedings with less than threa. ! members shall be had at any meeting l untii two of said members shall have | lemalhed actually present in the place Of meeting continuously for one hour | and have had the third member publicly | called three times. oncc at the beginning Of said hour and two other times at fn- l ierVais of not less than twenty minutes. l Their meetings shall be public, and | every adjournment shall designate tho | tune and place of their next meeting l untii their duties are completed | SECTION 3, That Section 27s5 of | as follows:
 l SECTION s7e5 They shall, upon
 their organization as aforesaid. pro, l ceed forthwith to appoint three judges or election for each voting precinct tn
 the county which appointments shah be 1 served on or delivered to the persons l appointed by the sheriff of the county 1 and the clerk of the board shall make a l record of such appointment and shall | Tile the same, attested by the chairman 1 and the clerk of the board. with tho I county clerk: All of said County Conn l missioners shall not be members of tho | same political party Said judges shall
 Dc selected from lists of persons certi- l fled to the board at it's first meeting by the ehairmen of the County commit
 tees or the two parties casting the high est and next highest number of votes
 in said county in the last general elee- ton for State and County officers, said lists to contain the names of not less l than three qualified persons from eacfs
 township and voting precinct in said county, not more than two persons to l be appointed from one list for judges In
 any precinct If any judge so appointed
 s;,i shall die or resign n, before the election.
 the list of the party nominating the per- ! son dying or resgning
 SECTION (. Any authorized political ] party may through It's State chairman ! or through its County chairman in sue, counties where 1t has County commit
 tees, designate one person to act as watcher at each voting precinct where l no election judge of that party has been ! appointed, Said watchers to serve with, ;, out compensation. The names of tho
 aA taA bell with the County Board of Election Com- 1 missioners at least five days before tha election in which they are to act an1 | the County board shall send the names or the persons so named as watchers to the election judges with the poll books,
 tally sheets ballots ana other supplies.
 and such persons shall be sworn in bho | same manner as the judges are, and
 shall be permitted to freely observe all | opening of the polls until the comple-
 tion and eertifieation Of the returns.
 but shall not in any way be permitted
 their duties, nor shall they be permitted to assist in the making out of any ticket
 for voter, but at the request of any
 designated by him shall be allowed to bs
 present at the filling out Of his ticket
 by % the tn judge assisting him ~
 Kirby's Digest be amended as to
 read as follows:
 SECTION aso4. The judges of cIec-
 
 clerk at each precinct.
 | SECTION 6. That section 2S19 of
 kirbys Digest be amended so as to read
 SECTION 2S19 Any eiector who shall
 tell the judges that he can not read or 1 write or that. by reason of any physi-
 cal disability. he is unable to mark his
 ballot may have the assistance of ons
 of the judges, to be selected by him. iB | the preparation of his ballot who in
 the presence of the elector shall pre-
 pare his ballot for him as he wishes to | vote it.
 | SECTION T The judge of the minor l ity party shall have his choice of work | in the duties prescribed in Section 2827 | of kirby's Digest The counting of tho | ballots shall begin immediately upon | the closing of the polls, and shall ba l continued without interruption until tfs
 coSnt Srcd,o is eompleted . oo., | kirbys Digest be hereby repealed. | SECTION 9. That Section 2sa3 of | kirhys Digest be amended so as to read
 SECTION 2s33 The said certiftcata | and the ballots sealed Tn separate pack-t
 shall ta be be by by 9f h | cannot otherwise agree. to the CountN | Election Commissioners within twentyA
 four hours after the close of the poifsI 1 and the other certificate, taiiyshee,S
 and poll books shall be retained. by tha
 judges. free for the inspection of all judges Of election of the several pre1 | cincts after the ballots shall have beerS | inspected and counted, to securely en1 | Velope all such ballots and send tho | same, together with the certificate. tally | sheets and poll books as aforesaid to | the County Election Commiss toner's to
 be kept as hereinafter provided. l SECTION 10 That Section 2s3s of | kirbys Digest be amended so as to reaI | as follows
 l SECTION 2s3s As soon as tho re | turns from all the precincts arc receiy- ed, but Tn no event later than the second day after the election, the County Elee- nHI fI1a l tihcate and ballots received from tho l several precincts, proceed to ascertain aSsi declare the result of said election | and shall within fifteen days after tho | day Of said election, deliver eertificato 1 of his election to any person having tho | highest number of legal voters for mem | Der of the House of Representatives or ! any county or township officer, and tho l said commissioners shall also file in the | office of the clerk of Inc County Conrt i a certificate setting forth in detail tho l reSMll nl s..ll election The cnnaIlaL..