Pocahontas star herald., 1916-08-04

m the complaint Is sufficiently dsa-
mite TO make pTima faeie case. tbs
| judge shall unless the Circuit Court In
which Il h hled T. In session or is 10
convene within 80 days, call a spreISi
t,rm which shall possess the power
| OF court convened In regular term.
and shall proceed at osee TO hear the
case. II the case comes In regular
| term IL shah be given precedence ana
\, speedily determined The iudF.
1 NAV adjourn other courts In order 10
| hear such cases, and may call another
Judge In exchange - cit In other
courts or yacate the bench In other
/ courts and cause n special judge TO be-
| elected 10 hold the same; and the Ees.
/ Sion OF the special term 20 hear such
,raTa shall not interfere with tho va
1IIffy OF other courts proceeding al
/ fbr same time In said circuit
Tho cause shall be tried by tho elr-
cult Judge In open court without
/ ury. an appeal may be taken from
tbe iuarmDRL provided, h.wUyyr. that
tnr appeal shall not operate aH sue
rrr.uluHH. by judicial order or Ofh6F-
/ vIaf. and the Judgment of the Circuit
Court #han until reversed, be oboytd
hv nHIIfIrll committees g~d their Of
. f.,r. and Hll election otlUsrEi further
rrnvIdrd 10 shall be the duty ~ tho
Supreme Court Co advance tho hearing
or arE such appeal
nry. tho circuit Judge, In vacation,
sIr1i bv maudamuE 10 the officers of
pa'ltlcal parties and election of 0fl-
GERS. 0r both. or the secretary OF state.
enforce the proper cgrtlhOntlnn and
pranor ballot ia accordance with tho
mHemcnt of the court and shall pun
Iah tho failure of any such officers to
rH,y The maudamuH by imprisonment
In the county Jail
See 10 should 10 reputable clii-
rera ~ any county hle complaint
with the circuit judge within 20 days
after primary election, alleging thHf
illegal or fraudulent votes were cast.
or fraudulent returns or ecrtlncaiion
made. or the corrupt practices 40 yio-
irfr1 tho circuit judge shall n IN his
0nInI0s there is Eoud ground 20 be-
1Ilvr the charges 20 be true. convene
special term az once, unless the reg
ular term is ia session or VIII con-
vrra within 10 DAYS, n the charges
como IN q regular term, the judge
shall specially charge the Grand Jury
~ 20 them should n special term be
called 10 SHAH In gN respects b" A. if
convened hy law, and the circuit Judge
shall cause 90 be summoned grand and
prfFf iurarH either on lists selected by
the fury commissioners or by the Eher-
iT or hy dirIutrTratDd persons select
a by him for that purpose, according
90 HE unininn as 10 the best method
N select unbiased Jurors. should In
dIcfm,nis be returned. either at sp'-
rIaI or regular term, for violating tho
urinary election laws. the defendants
. shall be given speedy trial ht said
term land the court may adjourn terms
. of other courts IN order that they may
he triedl. unless for good cause shown
or In the interests of justice contin-
uance or change OF venue be granted.
No change Of venue shall be granted
IN such cases except after a hearing
and a hndlng by the court that the de-
PENDANT can not obtain a fair and I'M
partial trial In the district OF the
county where said indictment Is pend
ing.
satisfaction of the trial Judge, In
case Instituted under Section ~. or
prosecution as contemplated by Section
IL that successful candidate has
been guilty OF violating any provision
of the corrupt practices act. or any
other violation or the laws regulating
primary elections. the Circuit Court
shall enter such hndlnE as n part of
the Judgment. irrespective OF the de-
termination of the Issues in the suit
instituted under Section ~. or the YER
dict Of the jury IN criminal prosecu-
ton: and the judgment TO that effect
shall operate 10 deprive the candidate
Of the nomination and right 20 have
his name on tho ballot, and the va
cancy shall be hiied by n special pri-
mary or otherwise. as may be deter
mined bv the party organization.
Sec r. Should n proceeding under
Section r. or n criminal prosecution
under Section -. he not determines
finally until after the election ana ln'
defendant in such proceeding is elect
- 90 the ONCE as the nominee or the
party. and Il o. determined that he
was not entitled 20 the nomination, or
the judgment contains a finding that
he violated the laws. ns provided IN
Section II. then such Judgment shall
. operate as an custer from once, ana
the vacancy In n shall be hlled as
provided by law for nllinE vacancies In
such once IN case OF death or resigna-
tl0n
Sec. is. No person shall he allowed
90 vote al any urinary election held
under tho lrwa Of this state, who SHAH
not exhibit n poll tax receipt, or other
evidence that he has paid his poll tax
within the time prescribed by law 70
entitlo him 20 vote nt the succeeding
general state election. Such other eV-
idence shall he:
CaD 4 copy of such receipt duly GER.
tined by the clerk OF the County Court
Of the county where such tax wa'
paid
(b) Or. such persons name shall APP
pear upon the list required TO he GER
tined 90 the Judges OF election by Sec.
tion three 90 OF Act 800 OF the Aet'
Of 900
Or. II any person Offering to vote
shall have attained the age Of II year,
since the time OF assessing taxes mex
preceding Nhrn RIttIllus which NfAA''
Of assessment is here declared TO meaT
between the second Monday in MAY
and the second Monday In September
Of each year. and Possesses the othel
necessary qualifications. and shall sub
NIT evidence by written AFFIDAVIT sat
iEfactOrv 10 the Judges OF election, es
tnhlIshlng that fact, he shall be per
mitted 10 vote.
All such original and certified cople
| ~ poll tax receiDts and written afhda
Wits shall he fled with the judges o
election and returned by them Will
! their other returns OF election, and m
J | said Judges OF election shall, In add
? tion 10 their regular list OF voters
| make an additional list upon their pol
! hooks Of all such persons permitted b.
! them TO vote, whose names DO not an
b pear on the certified list OF poll ta'
! | PAYERS. and such noll books have
( | separate page for the purpose OF re
CO~ding names or such persons.
p II shall he the duty OF each el"ctoI
! ~ the time of naymPnt OF his poll tax
| 70 state, and y shall he the d"fv q
q the collector 10 record and certify Il
g his recent cvidcncing the payment O
! such nOll tax. the color, reridenc'
% postOflce address (rural route. town o
4. ! street addrcssD voting precinct, an
: school district Of such person at tn
z time Of the payment OF such tax. on
% all poll tax receipts not con'rinin
@ such requirements shnll be void an
81 shall not he recognized by the fudge
OF election; provided, however, II sha
n not he necessary to state or Have Ger
% tined the street address OF any sue