Year: 1878




ernor and is now the law. 1t was intro
duced by Swift of San Francisco:


Section /. 1t shall hereafter be lawful
for the State Central or other managing
committee of any political party having
State organization, and for the city or
county or other managing committee Of
any municipal or local party, before each
election in this State, to prepare and
adopt, by engraving or otherwise, a tick
ct vignette, or heading, with an appro-
pirate inscription, to be printed at the top
Of the ticket Of the party, on the inside
thereof, as a distinctive and characteristic
heading thereto. Such vignette shall not
be more than two inches high by four and
Il half inches wide, and in addition to the
device adopted shall set forth legibly the
fact that the ticket is the regular ticket of
the party, with the name thereof. 1t
shall also show tho district, ward, or
precinct where such ticket may be lawful
~ voted. Said vignette and inscription
shall stand at the head Of the ticket, on
the inside thereof, aud be followed with
in space not to exceed one half of an
inch, by the word For" on the first line
thereof, and the names of candidates and
offices shall then be printed below in the
older and manner provided for in section
one thousand one hundred and nnety-one
Of the Political Code. The length of the
ticket to be used at elections in this State
shall-in case the length of tickets now
allowed by law is insufficient to permit Of
the printing of such vignette or heading
and have sufficient margin at the top and
bottom, and not otherwise-be increased
two inches, in addition to the length pre-
scrbed by section one thousand one hun
dred and ninety-one of the Political
Code, in order to allow space for said Wig
nette and inscription.


Sec. 2. When such vignetto and in
scription have been adopted and prepared,
an impression Of the same, followed by
the regular ticket Of such party, printed
SO as to constitute lawful election ballot,
and sealed up in an envelope, may be filed
with the County Clerk of tho county at
any time before tho opening Of the polls
on election day. Such ballots shall be
kept by said Clerk on deposit, and from
the time Of said filing it shall be unlawful
for any person to initiate, copy, or in any
manner counterfeit the same. Any per-
son violating the foregoing provision
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and on conviction punished accordingly.


Sec. 3 Any person VINO shall know
ingly print, circulate, or distribute, any
ticket, or tickets, ballot, or voting paper,
having therein, or thereon, the vignette,
or an imitation of the vignette or inscrip-
tion, of any ballot or ticket so filed with
tho County Clerk, but containing the
name or names of any candidate or can
didates, other or different from the name
or names, candidate or candidates, upon
tho ballot or ticket Of such party so filed
or deposited with said Clerk, shall be
deemed guilty Of mi 1eanor, and on
conviction punished ~. rdingly; pro-
vided that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to interfere with the right of
any eloctor to erase or insert any name or
proposition upon said ticket if done in
writing.


Sec 4. Hereafter all tickets, in addi-
tion to the matter provided for in section
one thousand one hundred and ninety one
Of the Political Code, and Immediately
above the word For" us specified 10
said section, shall show the name or
number Of the district, ward, or precinct
where the same is to be used, and if such
name or number is not contained in tho
vignette (as it must be if one is used,
then the same shall be printed in capital
letters, so as to take up not more than
two inches of space, which in all cases
shall be added to the length OF the ticket
as established by said section of the Po-
litcal Code provided that tho provisions
of this section shall not be compulsory
except in the city and county of San
Francisco.