Evening journal., 1921-04-18

all the members elected to said
Board.
Section 5. That Section OF the
said Act be and the same is hereby
amended by striking out said section
and inserting in lieu thereof a new
section to be known as Section 8. as
follows:
Section 8. Elections for said Board
shall be held under the provisions Of
the general laws governing city cleo
tions, so far as they are consistent
with the provisions OF this Act. Not
later than fifteen days before any
election for members Of the Board
OF Education provided for In this
Act, electors qualified under the pro-
visions OF this Act may present
names OF candidates for election as
members OF said Board OF Educa-
tion to a Board OF Canvassers. con-
sisting Of the President OF the Board
Of Education. the Mayor. the Treas
urer and the City Solicitor OF the
City in the manner following. Each
candidate shall be proposed in writ
ing by not fewer than fifty OF said
qualified electors. No more than one
candidate may be named In any one
petition, and no person may sign
more than three petitions for any
one election. Candidates may be
proposed by qualified electors resi-
dent in any part OF the city. said
proposals or petitions nominating
/. candidates for said Board shall be
filed with the Secretary OF the Board
who shall be ex-ofiicio the Secretary
OF the said Board OF Canvassers.
Upon the presentation OF such petit
, tions to the Board OF Canvassers,
. the said Board OF Canvassers shall
. publish. at the expense Of the said
Board Of Public Education in VIII
. mington, for five secular days next
preceding said school elections. the
names as proposed. in at least two
daily newspapers Of the city. and
shall certify. at the time required by
llaC. such nominations 10 the Depart
ment Of Elections for said City. Said
Department Of Elections shall pre-
pare ballots in form as hereinafter
directed, printed on plain paper. at
the expense OF the said Board OF
Public Education in Wilmington.
containing the names OF all such
candidates. arranged In an order 20
be determined according TO lot by
!. said Board Of Canvassers. Ballots
to be used at such school elections
, shall contain the words. school
: Election in and for the City OF VIII
mington. Delaware" the date OF
holding said election, the names of
: the candidates arranged as deter
mined by the Board OF Canvassers
[ ] . I9
, voted for. The electors shall desig-
nate their choice OF candidates TO be
voted for by marking the ballot by
, crossing two lines with an indclible
black lead pencil or indelible black
, crayon in the small square placed
T, before the name Of each candidate In
the official ballot. II shall be the
duty OF the said Board OF Public
Education in Wilmington TO furnish
the pencils or crayons herein re-
ouired Defective designation OF
one or more of an electors choice
shall not invalidate said ballot SO
far as there shall appear to be q
70 proper designation Of choice for an,
, | other OF the candidates. Such bal
lots shall be voted at said specia
school election and deposited in
I, ballot box provided by the said De
partment Of Elections for such pur
poses. The name OF any candidate
! shall not be thus published an'
placed on the official ballot by saiS
, board Of canvassers II il shall ap
g pear that such candidate is ineligible
for membership on the said Board o
Education under the provisions O.
: Section 4 of this Act.
Section 6. That Section OF th'
said Act be and the same is hereb,
= amended by striking out said section
% and inserting in lieu thereof a new
section to be known as Section 6, a.
y follows:
Section 6. Said members OF IN
=. Board shall be chosen by ballot, il
manner and form hereinbefore pro
vided by the residents OF the cit
+, who shall have been qualified 10 vot
at the last preceding city election.
!, No member Of City Council shal
= be a member Of the Board Of Publ
:. Education in Wilmington. Th'
, Board Of Public Education in vii
=. mington shall appoint a place 70
n holding the school election in eacl
=. ward, and give notice thereof in tw
a OF more newspapers HANAA0lAfA AAi AAt
~ City Of Wilmington for ten day
b previous to the time OF holding SAT-
n election, and shall also give at leas
~ four days notice thereof by ham
% bills, under the name OF the Secre
tary OF the Board. posted in fou
N or more OF the most public places II
he each ward. The Department o
,s Elections Of the City OF Wilmington
shall. at the request of said Board
- appoint three men as inspectors 70
IA each polling place designated a
= aforesaid. whose duty it shall be I
- hold said election and judge OF IN
M qualifications of voters. and other
In wise conform TO the requirements q
m law in that behalf. The three in
W spectors thus appointed for any poll
7 ing place shall be from among thos
r. persons who at the last precedin
IA city election acted as inspector
" within the ward in which they ar
m appointed 10 hold the school cleo
of tion, and they shall not all be Of IN
l. same political faith. Two OF sal
ct inspectors may act as clerks, and a
id a part Of their duties shall keep a lis
= OF the names and residences Of cleo
n tors who shall have voted al eac
A. polling place. The election Of mem
~ bers of the Board shall be held O
,s the second Saturday in June in IN
40 year nineteen hundred and twenty
p one and at the same time in ever
r second year thereafter. said elee