Sharp County record., 1912-05-31

triplcate in the office of the Secretary
of State ten days before the flrst meet meet
ing Of the State Board of Election com
! missoners, and the Secretary OF State
shall keep one of each Of said triplicate
lists on file in his office and shall de1
liver the others to the other MEMBER
of the State Board In the event or th
| death, resignation or refusal to accep
or serve of any person certified or ap
pointed, another selection shall be maue
from the list of the party from Wnose
list such person was selected. The stare
chairman shall promptly certify names
of other persons to take the places OK
those on their lists who fail or refuse
to accept or serve when certified or ap-
pointed.
SECTION 2. That Section 1854 OF
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows
SECTION 2764. The said commissions
ers shall hold office until their success,
ors are appointed ana qualified. SAID
commissioners shall meet at the court
house at Nine O'Clock in the forenoon
on the second Monday In August prlor
to the general election, and shall or
ganize themselves into a board of cleo
tion commissioners by electing one MEM
ber chairman and another clerk. Eacn
commissioner shall have one vote and
two shall constitute quorum, and the
concurring votes of any two shall de-
eide all questions before them, Provided
that no proceedings with less than three
members shall be had at any meeting,
until two of said members shall have
remained actually present in the place
of meeting continuously for one hour,
and have had the third member publicly
called three times, once at the beginning
Of said hour and two other times at in-,
tervals of not less than twenty minutes.
Their meetings shall be public, ann
every adjournment shall designate the
time and place OF their next meeting
until their duties are completed. ,
SECTION 3, That Section 2765 Of
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows:
SECTION 2765, They shall, upon
their organization as aforesaid, pro-
ceed forthwith to appoint three Judges
Of election for each voting precinct IN
the county, which appointments shall De
served on or delivered TO the persons
appointed by the sheriff of the county,
and the clerk of the board shall make y
record OF such appointment and shall
file the same, attested by the chairman
and the clerk Of the BOARD, with the
county clerk All of said County Com
| mssioners shall not be members Of the
same political party. Said judges shall
be selected from lists or persons corti-
fled to the board AT IT'S FIRST meeting
by the chairmen Of the County commit
tees of the two parties casting the high
est and next highest number of votes
in said county IN the last general elec--
ton for State and County officers, said
lists to contain the names OF not less
than three qualified persons from each
township and voting precinct In sai1
| county, not more than two persons TO
| be appointed from one list for judges In
| any precinct II any judge 80 appointed
| shall die or resign before the election,
said board shall fill the vacancy front
| the list Of the party nominating the per-
, son dying or resigning
SECTION 4, Any authorized political
party may through It's State chairman
| or through It's County chairman In such
! counties where II has County commit
| tees, designate one person to act as
| watcher ut each voting precinct where
| no election Judge of that party has been
appointed Said watchers to serve with
| out compensation. The names OF the
! persons so designated shall be filed
/ with tho County Board or Election Conn
| missionhs at least five days before tho
election IN which they are to act, and
| the County board shall send the names
| OF the persons 80 named AZ watchers 10Y
( the election judges with the poll books
| tally sheets, ballots ana other supplies,
and such persons shall be sworn In the
same manner as the judges are and
| shall be permitted TO freely observe all
;, cote CG tGe" Judges ana clerks from the
| opening OF the polls until the compile
| tion and ccrtifcatlon OF the returns,
but shall not IN any wsy be pcrmittod
TO mtorefcr with or perform any of
their duties, nor shall they be permitteai
to assist In the making out OF any ticket
|
voter requiring assistance any watcher
designated by him shall be allowed to be
present at the fillng OUT Of his ticket
by the Judge assisting him.
| SECTION 8, THAT section 2S0i Of
Klrbys Digest be amended 10 as to
read as follows;
SECTION 2SOi 'rho Judges OF elcc-
ton of each party shah appoint ono
| clerk at each precinct,
SECTION 9, THAT section 2SlO OF,
Kirbys Digest be amended 30 Az to read
as follows
SECTION 2Sl0 Any clector who shall
tell the Judges that he can not read or
write, or that, by reason Of any pbysl-
| cal disability he is unable to mark his
ballot, may have the assistance OF onel
Of the Judges, 10 be selected by him, I'M
the preparation Of h'e ballot who, I'M
the presence Of the oloct0r shall pre-
pare his ballot for him AZ ho wishes To-
| vote It.
SECTION T. The Judge OF the minor
| ity party shall have his choice of work
In the duties prescribed In Section 2S27I
of Kirbys Digest Tno counting OF tho,
ballots shall begin Immediately upon
the closing Of the polls, ana shall bo
continued without interruption until the
SECTION l. That Section 1891 of
| khhy's Digest be hereby repealed
| SECTION D, THAT Section 1888 Of
kirby's Digest be amended 10 M to read
SECTION 2S3a, The said certificate
| ana the ballots, sealed IN separate pack
| ages, shall be conveyed by one OF the
| Judges, 10 bo determined by LOT, If thoN
| cannot otherwise agree, TO the County
| Election Commissioners within twenty
| four hours after the close OF the p0llsl
| and the other certificate, tullyshcctA
| and poll books shall be retained by tho
| Judges, free for the inspection OF nll
| persons, II shall be rho duty of tho
| Judges Of election or the several pre-
| olnrtA, after the ballots snail have boon
| inspected and counted, TO securely en-
velopo all such ballots and send the
| same together with the certificate, tally
| sheets ana poll books as aforesaid. to
| the County Election Commissioners, to
| be kept m hereinafter provided -
| SECTION 10, That Section 2s3G on
| kifby'a Digest be amended 80 On to read
| ~ follows
| SECTION 9S8G, AS soon M the ro-
| turns from nll the precincts arc reeelvs
| ed but In no event later Than the second
day after the election the County Eloc-
| ton Commissioners ahall from the GER
] tlllcato ana ballots received from the
several precincts, proceed TO ascertain
and declare the result Of said election,
and sholl within fifteen days after the
| day OF said election, deliver u certificate
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