The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
LEGAL ADVERTISING

paper containing ............... signatures, and that the signatures appended thereto were made in his presence and are the signatures of the persons whose names they pur- port to be, and were obtained on or after July 1, 19 .....
 Signature of circulator ......... Subscribed and sworn to before me this, .......... day of ..... Notary Public tor other officer au- thorized to administer oaths). This petition is filed by ............ | whose address IS ........... 5CreeC. All nomination papers comprising 8 petition shall be assembled and filed with the city clerk as one in- strument, not earlier than twelve seeks nor later than four weeks be- fore the election. The city clerk shall make a record of the exact time at which each petition is filed and shall take and preserve the name and address of the person by whom 1t is filed. Within five days after the filing of nomination pe- tition, the city clerk shall notify the candidate and the person who filed such petition whether or not it is found to be signed by the re- quired number of qualified voters. If petition be found insufficient, the city clerk shall return it im- mediately to the person who filed 1t, with a statement certifying wherein the petition has been found insufficient. Within the regular time allowed for the filing of petit tions, such a petition may be amended and filed again as a new petition or a different petition may be filed for the same candidate. Any eligible person placed in nomination as hereinbefore provided shall have his name printed on the ballots if, within five days after notification to him by the city clerk, he shall have filed with the city clerk a written acceptance of the nomina- ton in the following form:
 Acceptance of Nomination.
 I hereby accept the nomination for the council Cor board of educa- tion) and agree to serve if elected.
 Signature of candidate .........
 Date of filing .........
 The petition of each person nomi- mated to be member of the coun- Gil or board of education shall be preserved by the city clerk until the expiration of the term of office for which he has been nominated.
 Sec. 228. Ballots The full names of candidates nominated for the council and for the board of educa- tion in accordance with the provi- sions of this charter, except such as may have withdrawn, died or be- come ineligible, shall be printed on the official ballots in the alphabeti- cal order of the surnames in rota- tion without any party designation. The ballots for the council shall be printed on white paper and for the board of education on yellow paper, and separate ballot boxes shall be provided each voting district for council ballots and for board of ed- ucation ballots. There shall be printed as many sets of ballots as there are candidates. Each set of ballots shall begin with the name of a different candidate, the other names being arranged thereafter in regular alphabetical order, conn., mencing with the name next in al- phabetical order after the one that stands first on such set of ballots. When the last name is reached in alphabetical order it shall be fol- lowed by the name that begins with the first letter represented in the list of names and by the others in regular order. The ballots so printed shall then be combined in tablets by taking successive ballots from the different sets in regular rota- ton. The ballots shall be marked according to the following instruc- tions, which shall be printed at the top of each ballot under the head ing of DIRECTIONS TO VOTERS" the first sentence to be printed in bold face type: USE FIGURES NOT CROSSES. Mark the figure in the square opposite the name of your first choice. Mark the figure 2 in the square opposite your second choice, the figure 3 in the square opposite your third choice, and so on. You may mark as many choices as you please, without regard to the num- Der being elected. Do not put the same figure opposite more than one name. If you spoil this ballot, return 1t for cancellation to the officer in charge of ballots and get another one from him.
 CANDIDATES FOR THE COUNCIL
 (OR FOR THE BOARD OF ED.
 UCATION).
 Sec. 229. Watchers and Challen- gers. Any three or more candidates may appoint in writing one person to represent them as watcher and challenger at each voting place. Any persons so appointed shall have all the rights and privileges prescribed by law for other watchers and chal- lengers at any election in the same place and shall be permitted to stay in the voting places until the ball. lots have been sent from them to the censral counting place and to accompany the ballot boxes to the central counting place. No candidate shall have the right to share in the appointment of more than one watcher and challenger for each voting place or to have more than one such watcher accompany a group of ballot boxes being sent to the central counting place together.
 Sec. 230. Preparations. Before each election, the council shall designate central counting place for the ballots of the city, appoint compe- tent person to act as director of the count and two other competent persons as first alternate director of the count and as second alternate director of the count, respectively, leach alternate director of the count in the order named, to assume the duties, powers and fesponsibili- ties of the director of the count in the event of the death, incapacity or absence of the director of the counD, employ and provide for the