Evening journal., 1913-01-06
contInuad from Flrst PaEe

side, commencing at least thirty feet
away from and leading to the entrance
to such place OF election and passing
the place assigned for the challengers.
and thence TO the entrance of the
room in which the election is held
The inspector shall provide for the
room a railing therein separating the
part of the room to be occupied by
the election officers from the remain
der of the room He shall also provide
a suitable table and chairs for the use
Of the election officers. The table
shall occupy such a position in said
room as TO enable the election officers
and the challengers hereinafter pro-
vided for to easily communicate with
each other. He shall cause to be
constructed In the room at least one
booth for every one hundred and dfty
voters OF fractional part thereof in
each hundred or election district
provided that there shall not be less
than three booths az any one hundred
or election district. The booths shall
be az least three feet square and six
feet high If the ceiling will admit it.
They shall each contain a shelf prop
erly constructed and provided with
pen and ink and they shall be so con-
structed and arranged that all the
election officers in the room can see
whether more than one voter enters
any one Of them at any one time. ln
the city Of Wilmington il shall be the
duty of the Department OF Elections
TO select the voting place in each cleo
ton district within the city and to
provide the room in which the cleo
ton is 10 be held and to protect the
same with the required railing or
rope and to construct therein the
necessary number of booths. and to do
all other things required to be done
by the Inspectors of Election outside
of the city of Wilmington, in and
about the furnishing and fitting up Of
said room.
Section .. Each OF the political
parties may select and accredit some
suitable person as challenger to
stand without the door or entrance Of
the room in which the election is TO be
held. and by the side of the passage
hereinhefore provided for; and In
case of failure OF any or all of the
political parties to select such person
or persons as challenger or challen-
gers II shall be the duty of the IN
spector and Judges TO make such Sc
lection or selections. provided that the
challengers may be exchanged and
their places filled in like manner dur
ing the day. The said challengers shall
be peace officers of the State, with the
same powers for preserving the peace
as Inspectors of Election now have.
ANY person resisting such challenger
or challengers shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof by Indictment shall be fined
not more than one hundred dollars,
and may at the discretion of the court
be imprisoned for q term not exceed
ing one year Such challengers shall
be appointed by the respective county
committees OF the two leading politi-
cal parties.
Section g. A political party with
ing the meaning of this Act shall be
an organization of bona hde citizens
and voters Of any county in this
State. which shall by means of con-
vention, primary election or other
wise. nominate candidates for public
Offices to be filled by the people at
any general or special election with
IN the State. No organization shall
be regarded as a political party that
does not represent at least one hun
dred bona fide citizens and voters of
the county i'm which II exists. II the
Clerk of the Peace should have any
doubt as to the sunlciency of the
number of bona flde voters repre-
scented by any organization In any
county. he may demand a certificate
of twenty-five voters belonging to
such an organization as to that fact.
Section THE Clerks OF the
Peace for the several counties shall
cause to be printed on the ballots
herein provided for. the names of the
candidates nominated by the parties
recognized by them as political par
ties within the meaning of this act.
The nomination of the candidates for
the Office of Governor Representa-
tives in Congress and Presidential
Electors shall be certified to the sew
eral Clerks OF the Peace by the pre-
siding officer and secretary of the
several State party conventions or
committees. and the nominations OF
candidates for the county. hundred
and district offices shall be certified
to the respective Clerks Of the Peace
Of the county in and for which such
nominations have been made by the
presiding officer and secretary Of the
proper party convention or commit
tee The certificates shall be in
writing and shall contain the name
OF each person nominated. his resi-
dence and the Office for which he Is
nominated. The persons making such
certificate shall add 20 their sigma
lures their respective places of resi-
dence and shall acknowledge said
certificate before an officer duly au-
thorized TO take acknowledgment
of deeds and a certificate of such
acknowledgment shall be affixed "a
the instrument
The certificate shall also designate
a title for the party which such con.
vention or committee represents to-
gether with any simple figure or de.
vice by which its list Of candidates
may be designated on the ballot Pro.
~sdcd that the figure or title or device
selected and designated by the Statl
convention or committee OF any party
shall he used by that party through
out the State; only one figure or de
vice shall be used by a party az an,