Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-06
FOR ACT NO. 2. AGAINST ACT NO. B.


 1 SECTION l. That section 2763 ot ' kirhys Digest be amended so as to reat
 as follows:
 SECTION 2Ie3. The Governor Secre. tary of State and Attorney General shall constitute q state Board of Election Com ! miSSion"rS. whose duty it shall be t6 | meet in the office of the Governor il the State Capitol on the second Monday
 in July next preceding any general eiec
 ti"m for State and County officers to ap | point three qualified electors as comm! !s , sl"hcrs in each county to select elcctiol
 tuu=eS for each voting precinct and f,
 perform the other duties haletn pre- sHrlbed. Their meetings shall be pubi, | and every adjournment Shs'Edes isna :.
 the time and place of their next meet i Ing nntll their duties are completed N, | person Who IS a candidate for any of \ flee to be voted for at such election oi ! k a deputy or clerk or einplUye of any ' eif,eet or person who is candidate fol
 election shall act as County C'omnis
 sloner' The appointment of the County Commissioners shall be in writing. mn | deH the hands of the state Board and | the said State Board shall immediately mail to each County Commissioner. at
 the county seat. d notice of his ap- polnttnent. and. in addition thereto. shall
 mail to the clerk of the Circuit Court
 in such county q certificate of the ap- pointmeht of such commissioners. 3nd
 upon the receipt of such certificate if shall be tue duty of such Circuit Clerk to cause t" be served upon each of said commissioners by the sheriff, Il notice , ie'ldli lllS Sdlu tpill1llSSlOnpfE to appear before said clerk. on or before the day | fixed for entering upon their duties
 and take and subscribe the oath pre-.
 scribed by Section twenty of Article nineteen of the Constitution, which said oath shall be endorsed on the certificate and. when so endorsed. said certificate shall be filed in said office as a record.
 The State Board of Election Commits Yoners shall select the County Election Commissioners from lists of qualified electors certified to it by tue chairnen nf no tata ,if ftn., ,,f ntlcal parties whose candidates for gov ernor received the highest ant. next | highest number of votes In the last pre- ceding general election. The chairman i Of each of said parties shall certify the names of at least three persons from each county. and the said State Board sons from one of said lists and one from the other of said lists for County Elec ton Commissioners in each county. In fail to certify the names as required by this Act for any county, the State I5o.rd shall appoint some member of missioner. Said lists shall be filed in triplicate in the office of the Secretary of state ten days before the first meet ing of the State Board of Election Com m1ss1onerS, and the Secretary of State shall keep one of each of said triplicate lists on file in his office and shall de- llyer at tr tee a, others to the other members death, resignation or refusal to accept Or serve of any person certified or ap- pointed another selection shall be made krom the list of the party from whose list such person was selected The State chairman Shall promptly certify. names I other persons to take the places of those on their lists who fail or refuse to accept or serve when certified or ap- pointed
 SECTION ?. That Section 27G4 of klrbys Digest be amended so as to read SECTION 27e4. The said commission CTS shall hold office until their success ors are appointed ana qualified. Said house at Nine O'Clock in the forenoon on the second Monday in August prior 10 the general election. and shall or ton com ommissioners by electing one mem- Der chairman and another clerk Each commissioner shall have one vote. and 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 or meeting continuously for one hour and have had the third member publicly called three times once at the beginning or said hour and two other times at in tervals of not less than twenty minutes. Their Their meetings shall be public. and time and place of their next meeting until their duties are completed
 SECTION 3. That Section s7s5 of Kirbys Digest be amended so as to read
 SECTION z765. They shall, upon their or$aniza ton as, aforesaid. plDr of election for each voting precinct in the county, which appointments shall be served on or delivered to the persons appointed by the sheriff of the county and the clerk of the board shall make a 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 missioners shall not be members of the same political party: Said judges shall be selected from lists of persons certi- by the e charmen e of the e County es dommit soSss tees of the two parties casting the high est and next highest number of votes ton for State and County ~ officers, an ef said lists to contain the names of not less than three qualified persons from each county, not more than two persons to be appointed from one list for judges in any precinct. If any judge so appointed said board shall fill the vacancy from the list of the party nominating the per- son dying or resigning.
 SECTION ,! Any 4 Any authorised political or through its County chairman in such counties where it has County commit tees. designate one person to act as
 
 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 the County Board Of Election Com missioners at least five days before the election in which they are to act, and the County board shall send the names of the persons so named as watchers to the election judges with the poll books, tally sheets ballots and other supplies and such persons shall be sworn in the same manner as the judges are. and shall be permitted to freely observe all acts of the judges and clerks from the opening of the polls until the comple- tion and certification Of the returns. but shall not in any way be permitted to interefer with or perform any of their duties. nor shall they be permitted i to assist in the making out of any ticket for a voter, but at the request of any voter requiring assistance any watcher designated by him shall be allowed to be present at the filling out of his ticket by the judge assisting him.
 | SECTION 5. That section 2804 of Kirby's Digest be amended 50 as to | read as follows:
 SECTION 2XOa The iu1Uo~ oP e1no