1 CHANGE LN THE SYSTEM
TEXT OF NEBRASKA'S NEW
ELECTION LAW.
? us.-2d by Both Houses of tao Lcz'.zls-
f -Inre'nnd Airniting the 'Gov
ernor's -Signature.
An Kinercency Existing1 , the Spring Elec
tions Throughout the State Likely to
Come Under the Frovlilons ot
the McQinro
TIio Australnn Ballot mil.
The Australian ballofr bill , which Ima
passed both houses of the legislature and
only needs the signature of the governor
to put it into immediate effect , is pub
lished below , the only 'parts omitted be
ing the ballot forms. Special attention
is called to the emergency clause , which
brings the spring municipal elections
under the provisions of'.the bill It reads
as follows :
A. BILL
For an act to promote the independence
of voters at public elections , to enforce ,
the secrecy of the ballot , and to provide *
for the printing and distribution of bal
lots at public expense. Introduced by
Jlr. Porter of Merrick county.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
estate of Nebraska :
Section 1. All ballots cast in elections
'for public officers within this state shall
be printed and distributed at public ex
pense , as hereinafter provided. The
printing of ballots and cards of instruc
tion for the electors in each county , and
the delivery of the same to the election
officers , as hereinafter provided , shall be
a county charge , the payment of which
shall be provided for in the same manner
as the payment of other county expenses ;
tut the expense of printing and deliver
ing the ballots and cards of instruction
-to be used in municipal elections , shall
be a charge upon the city or village in
which such municipal election shall be
-LelJ.
Sec. 2. Nomination of candidates
Any convention or primary meeting , as
.hereinafter defined , held for the'purpose
of making nominations to public office ,
and also voters to the number hereinafter
specified , may nominate candidates for
ipublic office to be filled by election
within the state. A convention or pri-
anary meeting within the meaning of
"this act is an organized assemblage of
voters or delegates representing a politi
cal party which , at the last election be
fore the holding of such convention or
primary meeting , polled at'least one per
centum of the entire vote cast in the
state , county , or other division , or dis
trict for which the nomination is made.
A committee appointed by any such convention -
vention or primary meeting , may also
ituake nominations to public office when
authorized to do so by resolution duly
passed by the convention or meeeting at
vnrhich such committee was appointed.
Sec. 3. All nominations made by such
convention , committee , or primary meet
ing , shall be certified as follows : The cer
tificate of nomination , which shall be in
writing , shall contain the name of the of
fice for which each person is nominated ,
the name and residence of each person ,
and if in a city , the street , number of resi
dence and place of business , if any , and
ehall designate in not more than five
s-words the party or principle which such
convention , committee , or primary meeting -
. ing represents. It shall be signed by the
1 presiding officer and secretary of such
convention , committee , or primary meet
ing , who shall add to their signatures ,
their respective places of residence , and
make oath before an officer qualified to
. administer the same , that the affiants
were such officers of such convention ,
-committee , or primary meeting , and that
said certificates'and the statements therein
contained are true to the best of their
knowledge and belief. A certificate that
such oath has been administered , shall-
be made and-signed by the officer before
whom the same was taken , and attached
to such certificate of nomination. When
the nomination is made by a committee ,
the certificate of nomination shall also
- .contain a copy of the resolution passed
- at the convention or primary meeting
- which authorized the committea to make
t such nomination.
Sec. 4. Certificates of nomination of
Candidates for offices to be filled by the
"voters of the entire state or any division
or district greater than a county , includ
ing candidates for congress , shall be filed
nvith the secretary of state , except as in
tthis section otherwise provided. Certifi
cates of nomination for all county , town
ship and precinct offices , including mem
bers of both branches of the legislature ,
ball be filed with the county clerk of the
i respective counties wherein the officers
.are to be elected , and in case the legis-
llative district from which such candidate
: is to be elected embraces more than one
county , then in that case , the certificates
shall ba filed with the county clerk of
-each county included in such district.
Certificates of nomination for judges of
the district court shall be filed with the
-county clerk of each county embraced in
such judicial district ; Certificates of
nomination f < Jr municipal officers shall
bo filed with the clerks of the respective
.municipal corporations wherein the officers -
cers are to be elected.
Sec. 5. Candidates for public office
may be nominated otherwise than by
convention , committee , or primary meet-
sing'-in the manner following : A certificate -
cato of nomination containing the name
of a candidate for the office to be filled ,
with fluc'n information as is required to
be given in certificates provided for in
section three of this act , shall be signed
by electors residing within the district or
rolitical division in and for which the of
ficer or officers are to be elected in the
following numbers : The number of sig
natures shall not be less than 500 when
the nomination is for an office to bo filled
/by / the electors of the entire state , and
need not exceed fifty when the election
js for an office to be filled by the electors
of a'city , county , district or other divis
ion Jess than the Plate , and need not ex
ceed .twenty when the nomination is for
an office to bo filled by the electors of a
Uownship , precinct or ward : Provided ,
that * the number of signatures need n < > t
.in any instance exceed one-fourth of the
'totdl number of voters when the nomina
tion is for an office to be filled by the
. -electors of a county , township , precinct ,
villaue or ward , and that the said Big-
natures need not oil be appended to
on. } pspcr. Each elector dinning a certifi-
cate'slmll ndd to his signature his "place
of residence , his business and his' buai-
1)6,83 address. Such certificate may be
filed as provided for in section 4 of this
act , and in the same manner aud with
the same effect aa a certificate of nomi
nation made by a party conventioncom
mittee or primary meeting. Women qual
ified to vote for any public officer , may
sign nomination papers for any candidates
for such office.
Sec. 0. No certificate of nomination
shall contain the names of more candi
dates for any office than there are per
sons to be elected to such office. No per
son shall sign more than one certificate
of nomination for any office.
Sec. 7. The secretary of state shall
cause to be preserved in his office for the
period of two years , nil certificates of
nomination filed'therein under th * pro
visions of this act : and each county and
municipal clerk shall cause to be pre
served in his office for the period of two
years , all certificates of nomination filed
therein under the-provisions of this act.
All such certificates shall ba open to pub
lic inspection.
Sec. 8. When nominations are .made
by a convention , committee or primary
meeting , as provided for in bection 3 of
this act , the certificates of nomination
to be filed with the secretary of state
shall be filed not less than twenty-five
daysjaefore the day fixed by law for the
election of the persons in nomination ;
and the certificates of nomination herein
directed to bo filed with the county clerk
shall bo filed not leas than twenty days
before election , and the certificates of
nomination herein direeted to be filed
with a municipal clerk shall be filed noc
less than fifteen days before election.
Certificates of nomination otherwise than
by a convention , committee or primary
meeting , made according to provision *
of section 5 of this act , shall , when re
quired to be filed with the secretary of
state , be filed not less'ithan fifteen days
before election ; and when required to be
filed with the county clerk , shall bo filed
not less'than twelve days before election ;
and when required to be filed with a
municipal clerk shall be filed not less
Sec. y. THe secretary of state shall im
mediately , upon the expiration of the
time within which certificates of nomi
nation may be filed with him , certify to
tha county clerk of each county within
which any of the voters may by law
vote for a candidate or candidates named
in the certificate , the name and
description of each of such
candidates , together with the other
details mentioned in the certificate of
nomination so filed with the secretary of
state , and also any proposed constitu
tional amendment , or other question to
be submitted to the people of the state
for popular vote.
Sec. 10. Whenever any person nomi
nated for public office as in this act pro
vided shall , at least twelve days before
the'day of election , if he shall have been
nominated as provided in section 3 of this
act , or at least ten days before the day of
election , if he shall have been nominated
as provided in section 5 of this act , notify
the officer with whom the original cer
tificate of his nomination was filed , in a
writing signed by him , and duly ac
knowledged , that he declines such nomi
nation , the name shall be" void and his
name shall not be printed upon the bal
lots. The officer to whom such notifica
tion is givan shall forthwith inform , by
mail or otherwise , one or more persons
whose names are attached to the original
certificates of nomination , that BUCU
nomination has been declined.
Sec. 11. All certificates of nomination
which are in apparent conformity with
the provisions of this act shall be deemed
to be valid , unless objection thereto
shall be duly made in writing within
three days , after the filing of the same.
In case 'such objection is made , notice
thereof shall forthwith be mailed to all
candidates who may be affected thereby ,
addressed to them at their respective
places of residence , as given in tha cer
tificate of nomination. The officer with
whom the original certificate was filed
shall in the first instance pass upon the
validity of such objection , and his de
cision shall be final , unless an order shall
be made in the matter by a county court ,
or by a judge of the district court , or by
a justice of the supreme- court at cham
bers , on or before the Wednesday pre
ceding the election. Such order may be
made summarily upon application of
any party interested and upon such
notice as the court or judge may re
quire.
Sec. 12. Should any person sojiomin-
ated , die before election dayr or 'decline
the nomination , as in this act provided ,
or should any certificate of nomination
be insufficient or inoperative , the va
cancy or vacancies thus occasioned maybe
bo filled in the manner required for
original nominations. If the original
nomination was made by a party con
vention which had delegated to. a com
mittee the power to fill vacancies , such
committee may , upon the occuring of
such vacancies , proceed to fill the same
The chairman and secretary of such
committee shall thereupon make , and
file with the proper officer a certificate
setting forth the cause of trie-vacancythe
name of the person nominated , the otfico
for which he was nominated , the same
of the person for whom the- new nominee
is to be substituted , the fact that the
committee was authorized to fill vacan
cies , and such further information as is
required to be given in an original certifi
cate of nomination. The certifi
cate so made shall be ex
ecuted , and sworn to in the man
ner prescribed for the original certificate
of nomination , aud shall upon being
filed at least eight days before election ,
have the same force and effect as an
original certificate of nomination. When
such certificate shall be filed with the
secretary of state he shall , in certifying
the nominations to the various county
clerks , insert the name of the person
who has thus been nominated to fill a
vacancy in place of that of the original
nominee ; and in the event that he has
already sent forward his certificate , he
shall forthwith certify to the clerks of
the proper counties the name and des
cription of the person so nominated to
fill a vacancv , the office he is nominated
for , together with the other details men
tioned in the certificate of nomination BO
filed with the secretary of state , and the
name of the person for whom such nom
inee is substituted.
Sec. 13. Except as in this act other
wise provided , it shall be the duty of
the county clerk of each county to pro
vide printed ballots for every election
for nublic officers in which electors , or
any * of the electors within the county
participate , and to cause to bo printed in
the ballot the name of every candidate
whose name has been certified to. or
filed with the'county cleric in the man
ner provided for in this act. But in
municipal elections the city or village
clerk shall provide printed ballots. Bal
lots other than the official white ballot
printed bv the respective county or
'
uiunicipal'clerka according to the pro
visions of this act shall not bo cast or
counted in any election. Nothing in
this act contained shall prevent any
voter from writing on his ballot the
name of any person for whom ho desires
to vote , for any office , and such vote
ahull be counted tha eauie as if printed
upon the ballot and marked by the voter ,
and any voter may take with him into
the polling place any printed or written
memorandum or paper to assist him in
making or preparing his ballot , except as
hereinafter otherwise provided. Elec
tions for school district officers , except
for the members of the boards of educa
tion in cities are excepfed from the pro
visions of this net.
Sec. 14. All official ballots prepared
under the provisions of this act shall be
white in color und of a good quality of
news pjinting paper , and the names
ahall boprinted thereon in black ink.
Every ballot shall contain the name of
every candidate whoso nomination for
any office specified in the ballot has been
certified or filed according to the pro
visions of this act , and no other names.
The names of candidates for each office
shall be arranged under the designation
of the office in alphabetical order accord
ing to surnames , except that the names
of electors of president and vice presi
dent of the United States presented in
one certificate of nominations shall be
arranged in a separate group. Every
ballot shall also contain the name of the
party or principle which the candidates
represent , as contained in the certificates
of nomination. At tne end of the list of
candidates for each office shall be left a
blank space largo enough to contain as
many written names of candidates as
there are offices to be filled. There shall
be a margin on each side at least half an
inch wide and a reasonable space be
tween the names to be printed thereon ,
BO that the voter may clearly indi
cate in the way hereinafter provided
the candidate or candidates for whom
he wishes to cast his ballot. Whenever
the secretary of state has duly certified
to the county clerk any question to be
submitted to a vote of the people , the
county clerk shall have printed on the
regular ballots the question in such form
as will enable the electors to vote upon
the question so presented in the manner
hereinafter provided. & The coun ty clerk
shall also prepare the necessary ballots
whenever any question 13 required by
law to be submitted to the vote of tha
electors of any locality , and not to the
state generally. Provided , however ,
that in all questions submitted to the
voters of a municipal corporation alone :
it shall be the duty of the municipal
clerk to provide the necessary ballots.
Sample ballots printed upon red or green
paper , but in the form of those to be
used on election day , each containing the
names of the candidates ja.nd all ques
tions submitted to a popular vote , which
are to be printed upon the ap
propriate official ballot , shall
bo printed and in the possession
of the county or municipal clerk
six days before the day of election , sub
ject to public inspection. The official
ballots shall bo printed and in the posses
sion of the county or municipal clerks at
least four days before election , and sub
ject also to inspection by the candidates
and their agents. At the top of official
ballots shall be printed the words , "of
ficial ballot , " and at the top of sample
ballots shall be printed the words , "sam
ple ballot. "
Any elector of any election precinct or
district or municipality may obtain from
the county or municipal clerk not to ex
ceed three sample ballotson or before
the day of election. No person other
than the county or municipal clerk ehall
print , or cause to be printed any balloc
or ballots marked ' ' 0210101 ballot , " nor
shall any person except said clerk printer
or cause to be printed any ballot or bal
lot or ballots upon white paper.
Sec. 15. The county or municipal clerk
charged by this act with the duty of print
ing and providing baiiots shall provide for
each election precinct or district in , the
county or municipality , 200 ballots of each
kind for every fifty , or fraction of fifty ,
voters registered at the last preceding
election in the district. If there is no reg
istry in the precinct , district , or munici
pality , such ballot shall be provided to-the
number of 200 of each kind for every fifty ,
or fraction of fifty , voters who voted at
the last general election in the district.
When a precinct or district shall be- di
vided or the boundaries changed-the clerk
must ascertain , as nearly as possible , the
number of voters in the new district or
districts , and provide therefor a sufficient
number of ballots in the above proportion.
Sec. 16. Whenever it shall appear by
affidavit that an error or omission has oc
curred in the names or description of the
candidates nominated for office , or in the
printing of the sample or official ballots ,
the county judge , or a judce of tha dis
trict court Bitting at chambers may , upon
application of any voter by order , require
the clerk charged with the duty in re
spect to which such error or omission had
occurred , to correct such error , or to show
cause why such error should not bo cor
rected. The clerk shall also upon his own
motion correct without delay , any patent
error in the ballots which ho may dis
cover , or which shall be brought to his at
tention , and which can be corrected with
out interfering with the timely distribu
tion of the ballots as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 17. Before the opening of the polls ,
the county ciork of the county or the
municioal clerk in the case of municipal
elections , shall cause to be delivered to
the judges of election of each election
precinct which is within the county ( or
within the municipality in case of muni
cipal elections ) and in which the election
is to be held , at the polling place of the
precinct , the proper number of ballots as
provided for in section fifteen of this act.
The. ballots for each precinct or district
shall be enclosed in a sealed packet
marked with the proper designation of
the precinct , or district , and at the open
ing of the polls the. package of ballots
shall be publicly broken by one of the
judges of election. If from any cause
the official ballots prepared by the county
or municipal clerk as herein prescribed
shall not be ready for distribution at any
polling place , or if the supply of ballots
shall be exhausted before the polls are
closed , unofficial ballots , printed or writ
ten , made as nearly as possible in the
form of the official ballots , may be used.
Sec. 18. All officers , upon whom is im
posed by law the duty of designating the
polling places , shall provide in each poll
ing place designated by them a sufficient
number of places , booths , or compart
ments , which shall be furnished with
such supplies and conveniences as shall
enable the voter conveniently to prepare
his ballot for voting , and in which elec
tors may mark their ballots screened
from observation , and a guard rail so
constructed that only uersona within
such rail can approach within twelve feet
of the ballot boxes , or tlu places , booths ,
or compartments herein provided for.
Provided , however , that in country poll
ing places where a sufficiently largo room
uannot be obtained the puara rail may ba
placed within six (6) ( ) feet of billet box
and booths. The number of such places ,
booths , or compartments shall not be less
than one for every fifty voters , or trac
tion thereof registered in the district or
precinct , and whore there has been no
registration of voters the nnmbor of such
places , booths , or compartments shall not
be Jess than one for every fifty electors
voting in the precinct at the last general
election. No person other than electors
engaged in receiving , preparing , or de
positing their ballots , the judges and
clerks of election , and one qualified elec
tor of tha voting precinct from each of
the political parties for the pur
pose of challenging illegal votes ,
shall be permitted to be within
said rail. The expanse of providing
such , places or compartments and guard
rails shall be a public clmrge.jind shall
be provided for in the same manner as
the other election expenses. The officers
now charged by law with the division or
alteration of eleption diatricta or pre
cincts , shall , us far as necessary , alter or
divide the existing election districts or
precincts in such manner that each elec
tion district or precinct shall not contain
more than 300 voters.
Sac. 19. At any election the judges
of election shall designate two of said
judges whoso duty it shall be to deliver
ballots tp the qualified electors. At the
same time and in the same manner as
judges of election are now elected or ap
pointed , two additional judges of elec
tion for each election district or preoinct
in cities where & registration of voters is
required shall be elected or appointed.
The aaid additional judges of. election
shall bo paid in the same manner and al
same rate as judges of elections are now.
paid.
Sec , 20. When any duly qualified
elector shall present himself a't the poll
ing place of his election district or pre
cinct , for the purpose of voting at any
election then in progress , ho ehall re
ceive from a member of the election
board a ballot , upon the back of which
two members of tha board shall first
write their names in ink ; the elector shall
then forthwith proceed alone into a com
partment , if ono be then unoccupied , and
shall prepare his ballot by marking in
the appropriate margin or place a cross
( X ) with ink opposite the name of the
candidate of his choice for each office to
ho filled , or by filling in with ink the
name of the candidate of his choice in
the blank space provided therefor , and
marking a cross ( X ) with ink opposite
thereto ; and , in case of a question sub
mitted to the vote of the people , by
marking in the appropriate margin or
place a cross ( X ) with ink against
the answer he desires to give ; he
shall then fold thn ballot so as to con
ceal the names and the marks thereon ,
and toerposo the names of the members of
the election board upon the back thereof ,
and shall , without delay and without ex
posing the names or marks upon the
front or face thereof , and without first
leaving the inclosure in which the com
partments are placed , deliver tha ballot
ao folded to the judge of election , who
shall , without exposing the names or
marks upon the front or face thereof ,
verify the signatures upon the back
thereof , and deposit the ballot in the
ballot box in the presence of the elector ,
and the elector sluill forthwith leave the
railed enclosure ; no elector shall ba al
lowed to occupy a voting compartment
already occupied by another , nor to re
main within the railed inclosuro in which
the compartments ore situate more than
ten minutes , nor to occupy a voting com
partment for more than five minutes. In
cities where the registration of electors
now is , or may hereafter be required by
law , no person shall receive a ballot un
less his name appears on the registry list
of the election district , or he shall estab
lish in the manner prescribed by law his
right to vote ; when such nerson receives
a ballot a check shall be placed opposite
his name upon the registry list , aud
when he votes his name shall be again
checked upon such list ; every elector , re
ceiving a ballot shall vote before leaving
the polling room , or if he does not
wish then to vote , he shall ,
before leaving the polling room ,
return the ballot so received to a member
of the election board ; no person receiving
a ballot sliull , under any pretext what
ever , take the same from the polling
room , and any person taking a ballot
from the polling room shall forfeit and
lose his right to > vote at the election , and
shall be imprisoned in the county jail not
less than thirty days , nor more than six
months
| Sec. 2L Any voter who shall by accident -
dent or mistake spoil his ballot may , on
'returningsaid spoiled ballot , receive another -
other in place thereof. Provided , he
shall not receive-to-exceed four (4) ( ) in all.
. The judges of election shall cause the un
used and spoiled ballots to bo made up in
a sealed packet , and shall indorse the
same with the words "unused and spoiled
ballots , : ' with the proper designation of
the election district , nud shall sign such
indorsement.and shall return such packet
to the clerk of their respective county or
, municipality , with a statement made up
by the members of the election board of
the district , showing the number of bal-
1 lots received for such district and ac
counting for them as follows : First ,
number counted in ballot box ; second ,
number unused and returned.
Sec. 22 _ Any voter who declares to
the judgea of election that he cannot
read , or that by blindness or other phy
sical disability he is unable to mark his
ballot , shall , upon request , receive the
assistance of one or two of othe election
officers in the marking thereof , and
such officer or officers shall certify on
the outside thereof that it was so marked
with his , or their assistance , and shall
thereafter give no information regarding
the same. The judges shall require such
declaration of disability to be made by
the voter under oath before them , and
they are hereby qualified to administer
the same. No elector other than ono
who may , because of his inability to
read , or physical disability , be unable to
mark his ballot , shall divulge to-any one
within the polling mnoe the name of any
candidate for whom he intends to vote ,
or to ask or receive the assistance of any
person within the polling place in the
preparation of his ballot.
Sec. 23. No judge of election shall dp-
posit in tiny ballot box , any ballot , un
less the same is identified by the signature -
turo of two judges of elections as herein
before provided. Every person violating
the provisions of this section shall , upon
conviction thereof , be fined not IBJS than
$10 nor more than $100.
Hec. 5M. The couuty clerk of each
county shall cause to be printed in large
typo on cards , in English , instructions
for the guidance of electors in preparing
their ballots. He shall furnish six such
cards to the judges of election in each
election precinct , and one additional
card for each fifty registered electors or
fractional part thereof in the precinct , at
the sarnd time and in the samu manner
as the printed ballots. Tae judges of
election shall post not less than ono of
such cards in each place or compartment
provided for the preparation of ballots ,
and not less than three of such cards eld-
where in and about the polling places
upon thB ti.iy of eectui. ! S.u'd tv.rdj
. ,
-K < * r .to
ehall be printed in Isrjjo , clear typo , and
shall contain full instructions to the vo
ters , according to schedule "A" of thii
act.
act.Sec.
Sec. 23. In tlio canvass of the rotes
any ballot which is not indorsed as pro
vided in this act by the signature ) of twr
judges upon the back thereof , shall be
void , and shall not bo counted , and any
ballot or parts of a ballot from which it
is impossible to detnrraino the elector's
choice , shall ) > e void , and shall not bo
counted ; provided that when a ballot is
sufficiently plain to gather therefrom a
part of the voter's intention , that it shall
be the duty of the judges of election to
count such part.
Sec. 26. No person shall falsely niako ,
or make oath to , or fraudulently deface
or fraudulently destroy any certificate of
nomination , or any part thereof' ; or file ,
or receive for filing any certificate of
nomination , knowing the same or any
part thereof to be falnoly made ; or sup
press any certificate of nomination which
has been duly filed , or any part thereof ,
or forgo or falsely make the official en
dorsement on any ballot. Every person
violating any of the provisions of this
section ahall be deemed guilty of a felony
and upon conviction thereof in any court
of competent jurisdiction , ahall be pun
ished bv imprisonment in the peniten
tiary 'for a period of not less than on o
year , nor more than five years.
Sec. 27. No person shall , during the
election , remove or destroy any or the
supplies or other conveniences placed in
the booths or compartments for the pur
pose of enabling the voter to prepare his
ballot. No person shall , during on elec
tion , tear down or deface the cards
printed for the instruction of voters.
Every person wilfully violating any of
the provisions of this section Ehall , upon
conviction thereof in any court of com
petent jurisdiction , bo fined in any sum
not leas than $ l0.nor istcic than JflCO.
Sec. 28. Every public officer npon
whom any duty is imposed by this act ,
who shall wilfully do or perform any acf
or thing herein prohibited , or neglect or
omit to perform any duty as imposed
upon him by the provisions of this act ,
shall upon conviction thereof , forfeit his
office and shall be punished by imprison
ment in tha county jail for a term of not
less than one month nor more than six
months , or by a fine of not'less than $100
and nocmoie than $500 , or both such fina
and imprisonment. a
Sec. 21) . No officer of election shall do
an } ' electioneering on election day. No
person whomsoever shall do any elec
tioneering : on election day within any
polling place or any building in which
an election is being held , or within 10U
feet thereof , nor obstruct the doprs or en
tries thereto , or prevent free ingress to
or egress from said building. Any elec
tion officerr sheriff , constable or other
peace officer is hereby authorized and
empowered , and it is hereby made his
duty to clear the passngetvayB and prevent
such obstruction , and to arrest any par
son so doing. No person'shail remove any
ballot from the polling place before the
erasing of the polls. No parson shall
show his ballot after it is marked to
any berson in such a way as tD reveal
the contents thereof , or the name of the
candidate or candidates for whom he has
marked his vote , nor shall any person so
licit the elector to- show the same ; nor
shall any person except a judge of elec
tion receive from any elector a ballot
prepared for voting. Noelector
shall receive a ballot from any other per
son than one of the- judges of election
having charge of Iho ballots , nor shall
any person other than such judges of
election deliver a ballot to such elector.
No elector shall vote or offer to vote any
ballot other rhan such as he has received
from the judges of election having
charge of the ballot ? . No elector
shull place any mark upon
his ballot by which it may
afterwards bs identified as the one voted
by him. Every elector who does not vote
the ballot delivered tO'him by the judges
of election having charge of the ballots
shall before leaving the polling place re
turn such ballot to such judges. Who
ever shall violate any of the provisions of
this section shall , upon conviction there
of in any court of competent jurisdic
tion be fined in any sum not less than $23
nor more than $105. and adjudged to pay
the cose of prosecution.
Sec. 30. It shall be the duty of the sec
retary of state to cause to be published
in pamphlet form and distributed through
the county clerka of the respective coun
ties , a sufficient number of copies of. this
law , together with the registration law of
the state and such other laws as bear up
on the subject of election , as will place a
copy thereof in the hands o all o.licers
of elections.
Sec. 31. The proper authorities of
every city shall detail a police officer to
each polling place of such city upon the
day fixed for holding any election there
in , and the special duties of such , police
officer , in addition to the preservation of
the peace , shall be as follows : lie shall , aa
far as possible , remain at , or near the en
trance of the inclosure in which thr com
partments ar placed :
( a ) Ho shall not permit any person to
enter said inclosure unless duly pro
vided with an official ballot , signed with
the names of two mombera of the elec
tion board.
( b. ) lie shall not permit any person tc
enter the inclosuru' while the several
compartments therein are occupied.
( c. ) He shall not permit any person to
leave the enclosure , after receiving a
ballot , without first voting or surrender
ing his ballot to a. moaibsr of the elec
tion board.
( d. ) He shall not permit any person to
leave the polling room _ ufter receiving a
ballot , without n'rst voting or surrender
ing his ballot.
Sec. 32. All acts and parts of acts in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. 33. "Whereas an emergency ex
ists , this act shall take effect and bo in-
force from and after its passage.
Peculiar Family Names
There is a family in Charleslown in
tvhich there are four boys ; the first
was named Leon C. Carter , the second
was given the name of Elno C. , no
thought being given to the name
previously given ; later the coinci
dence was noted that the name of the
first son contained exactly the letters
of the second , and that also by acci
dent the termination of the middle
name was "Ion. " Two additional sons
ivero born , and hero are the names of
the four :
Leon C. Carter.
Eino C. Carter.
Noel C. Carter.
Enol C. Carter.
The middle name in each instance
terminates in "ton. " We doubt if another /
other family can match this combina
tion. Lawrence American.
Watchful Ero.
There was a meeting of roprcsontit-
tivo railroad men and steamship mana
gers in St. Petersburg to discuss the
Feasibility of introducing "round trip ] '
tickets in the interior of .Russia. Such
tickets Avould bo of great benefit to
those who have business in the Volga.
district , and make short trips from ono
city to another by the steamers on that
river , and also to excursionists along L
the railroad lines. But this measure
is discountenanced by the police
authorities.
At present there is an officer sta
tioned by every ticket' office who may
"
examine"the passports of the travelers ,
without whose permission no ticket can
be sold. But if round trip tickets
should be issued , the holder of a return
ticket to any place may sell it tc an
other person , and the police would bo
unable to keep its eye on the traveling
public. Exchange.
i Till * ?
\\'c offer One Uuudrcd Dollars reward for
any case of catairh tbat caniiot be cured by
taking Hall's Catanh Cure.
\ \ e , the iinclerMgneil , bave knowu F. J.
Cbeiiey for the last 15 years , and believe LIm
perfectly liouorable In all business transac
tions , and financially able to carry out any
obligations made bv their Hjm
WEST & TIIUA.X , Wholesale Druggists , Tole
do , 0.
WAI.DING , KINXAJT & MARVIN , "Wholesale
Druggists , Toledo , 0.
Jlall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally ,
noting directly upon the blood and mucous
hurfaces of the sv&tcni. Teatimonlals sent
free. Price 7oc. " jer : bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
Telephones arc now being introduced on
board men-of-war.
A man never expresses so much in his face
as when ho is trying to appear unconscious.
"OUT OF SIGHT"
Is the expression of all who
have uoed the
M.Co.'S
JJ.CASET.
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Ironsides Agitators ,
Horse Powers ,
Swinging Stackers ,
Tread Powers and Saw Frames ,
SAW MILLS
-AND-
ENGINES ,
Because they are so far ahead * c ]
al ! others in good work and
durability ,
RACINE , WIS.
CATALOGUE FREE.
I'osttlvelycured by
these Little Pills.
They also relieve Dia
trees f rom Dygpepsis.In-
digestion andTooIIearty
Eating. A perfect rem-j
edy forDizziness.Nameai
Drowsiness , Bad T
in the Mouth. Coated
Tonguo.Pain in the SideJ
TOKPID LIVER. They
re-culato the Bowels.l
Purely Vegetable.
Price 25 Cents ;
CASTES H3DICINE CO. , HEW YWZ. (
Small Pill ; Small Dose , Small Price ,
3 ? : . * rc
FOR. O > TB DOrTAU sent as by mall , TTO will
deliver , free of al ! clnrce * . to any person In the
United . ' tales , all tlic follosviugarticles " trefally
packed in a neat box :
Ono two-ounce Dottlfe of Pure TaFellnc 70 cts.
Onetwo-ouncc bottle Vaseline 1'or jfei 15eta.
Oncjarof Vaseline Cold Cream VI. . " > cts.
Onocake of Vaseline Camphorlce , I ( lets.
Onecakeof Vnscllner-oap , un cented. . . . 10 ct .
Oneeaiceof Vaseline Soap , scented 2.1 cts.
One two-ounce bottle of Whitu Vaseline 35 eta.
eta..ia
Or forstnmps any sinslo article nt the price.
If you have occasion to use Vaseline In any form
bo careful to ncceutonly genuine coodsputup by its
'n original packages. A tcreatmany druircistiare
tryiuff to persuade buyers to take VASELIXK put
up by tlinra. Never yield t < > sni-h persuasion , as the
article Is nn imitation without value , and will not
live you the reiult you expect. A bottle of Blue
: cal Vaseline Is i.M by all Ur.icjiUts atten cents.
ClIESEKKOfi : ! ! ITs. Co. , 2tMiteSt..yswYort.
NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT.1
Epedflc for Hysteria. Pi7zlne .FIt5.Keuralla.
fulnas . Mental U prejsion.SoftPriiniT ot the Brain , ra-
f JiangIr. . Insanity and leading to misery decav and
death. Premature OM Ace. Barrenness. Lo < of Power
in either sex. IriToluntary Losses , and Spermatorrho
caused br orer-ciertion ot the. brain , self-abuse or
Ter-indulijence. Each box contains one month's treat.
sent. 91 a box , or six for S > , sent Ly mail prepaid.
With each order for six boics , will send purchaser
guarantee to refund money if tbo treatment falls to
care. Guaranties i-iaued aud genuine sold only b/
GOOO.1IAN
IHO Farnam Street , < J3tA.llt , H
DDYOUERHWE Sl.OOQ
In your pocket at otic timer We offer this amount for.
an OKIGINAL'.VbVEKTISiNR XOVELTY to-lhe man or
woman , boy or girl , who shall devistt the best original
ity to advertise
For Infanta and Invalids la every home ia America.
For further instructions address. AiYortisin ? Dca't
VTOOLKICH i CO. , PALMCI : , JLiss. Mention the nanio
of this paper when j on write. > i
RESTORED.
A victim of youth
ful imprudence , can infr I'rvmature Iweav. Xervoir :
Debility , Lost Manhood , &e.bavmtricdiri'vaiac erv-
known remedy , hns discovered aimple meanof sc'r-
sure , hich hu will sena ( sealed ) FREE to hli fi-1 oiv uf-
fercrs. Address J. II. REEVES , E I. Box 3SW , : , " . Y r.ty
CilCIABI * " * > 1 > AXD !
PENSION M ss >
Special attention siren to the above. XAT1IAX
HICKFOKD. Solicitor of Claims. Washington.
D. C. References furnished in any State. ISlanV * FXM
TENTS AND AWNINCS
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Bed Sheets. Camping OntHts. Ollclothinirand all kino's
of Canvas pood.U3IAHA TEXT ASD AWXIJfG CO. .
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