INSTRUCTIONS RELATIVE TO THE Duties of Officers and Voters AS REQUIRED BY “An Act to Regulate Elections” (Revision of 1898), Approved April 4th, 1898, AND THE SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. Compiled and Printed Under the Direction of the Secretary of State, The references in the body of this pamphlet are to sections of the printed compilation of the Law, issued by the Department of State in 1899, the text of which is in all cases to be consulted. TRENTON, N. J.: The John L. Murphy Publishing Co., Printers, 1899. Chronological Index Of Duties Relating to the Election on November 7th, 1899. Month of June, 1899.—The chairman of the state committee of each of the two largest political parties may nominate one member of his own party in each county as a member of the county board of elections for such county. Section 13. Month of July, 1899.—Two members of the county board of elections, one from each of the two largest political parties, should be appointed during this month for each county by the governor. The board consists of four persons, two from each of the two largest politi¬ cal parties. Section 13. August 1st, 1899.—The term of office of the two members of the ^county board of elections appointed in July, 1899, will begin August 1st, 1899, and expire August 1st, 1901. The term of two of the mem¬ bers appointed in July, 1898, will expire August 1st, 1900. The county board shall have an office in the county court-house, or in some build¬ ing as near to it as possible. Section 13. August 1st to 10th, 1899.—At 10 o’clock a. m., on the first Tues¬ day of August (August 1st, 1899), or on such other day as they may agree on within the first ten days of August, the county board of elec¬ tions should meet at the county court-house and organize. Section 11/,. Before entering upon the performance of their duties they shall take and subscribe an official oath or affirmation and forward it to the ■county clerk. Section 16. August 1st to September 1st, 1899.—Between these dates, in every year wherein electors of President and Vice President, mem¬ bers of the House of Representatives, a Governor, or Senator for any county, or any of them, are to be elected, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the clerk of every county wherein such election is to be held a notice stating that such officer or officers are to be elected at the ensuing election; the clerk of such county shall, within fifteen days after the receipt of the notice, deliver a certified copy of such notice to each township and municipal clerk in his county. Section 5. Between the same dates in every county wherein a sheriff, coroner, clerk, register of deeds or surrogate is to be elected, the county clerk .shall deliver a notice that such officer or officers will be elected to each township and municipal clerk in his county. Section 6. 4 August 11th to 20th, 1899.—After August 10th, and not later than August 20th, the chairman of the county committee of each of the two largest political parties may nominate members for the board* of registry and election for the several election districts of the county. Section 15. August 21st, 1899.—If the chairman of the county committee of either of the two largest political parties has neglected to make such nominations as above mentioned, the county board of elections- should, on this date, notify him of such fact, that he may make the nominations on or before September 1st, 1899. Section 15. September 1st to 10th, 1899.—Between these dates the county board of elections should appoint the boards of registry and election' for the respective election districts of the county. Section 15. September 11th, 1899.—The terms of office of the members of the district board of registry and election shall begin September 11th of each year, and expire on September 10th of the following year, or when their successors are appointed and qualified. Section 17. They should take the official oath before performing any duty, and forward it to the county clerk. Section 16. September 26th, 1899.—On or before this date the county board of elections should publish notices of the meetings of the boards of registry and election in such newspapers, not exceeding six in all, as the said board shall designate. Section 20. October 2d, 1899.—On or before this date, boards of registry and election in cities having over 40,000 inhabitants should have obtained register-books, &c., from the county clerk. On this day it would also be proper for the county board of elections to meet for the purpose of filling any vacancies that may exist in any of the dis. trict boards of registry and election for such cities. Oa or before this date, the municipal clerks in every city having over 40,000 inhabitants- should have secured election-rooms for the respective districts in the city, and notified the respective boards of registry and election of their location. Sections 21, 8. October 3d, 1899.—In each city having over 40,000 inhabitants- the district boards of registry and election are required to be in session on Tuesday five weeks next preceding the election (October 3d, 1899), from 1 to 9 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of registering voters. Section 21. October 4th, 1899.—Each of the clerks of election in cities having over 40,000 inhabitants, shall, on this date, post, in hand-bill form, in some conspicuous place, a copy of the register made up the- day before. As each clerk is required to post a copy, it follows that two copies must be posted. Section 21. 5 October 9th, 1899.—On or before this date, the township and municipal clerks (excepting in cities having over 40,000 inhabitants) should have secured an election-room for each election district in their respective townships and municipalities, and notified the boards of registry and election of their location. Sections 23, 8. On or before this date, the boards of registry and election (except¬ ing in cities having over 40,COO inhabitants) should have obtained canvassing-books, registry-books, &c., from the county clerk. On this date the county board of elections may meet to fill vacancies in such boards of registry and election, and also in boards of registry and elec¬ tion for cities having over 40,000 inhabitants. October 9th to 30th, 1899.—Within these dates the township and municipal clerks should post notices in at least five of the most public places in each township and municipality of the time, place and purpose of the election and the office or offices to be filled thereat. Section 7. October 10th, 1899.—On this date the boards of registry and election in districts outside of cities having over 40,000 inhabitants have their first meeting, and should then proceed to make a house- to-house canvass, completing it on or before Friday, October 13th. Section 23. On the same date the boards of registry and election in cities hav¬ ing over 40,000 inhabitants should hold their second meeting, from 1 to 9 o’clock p. m , for the purpose of revising and correcting their -registers. Section 22. October 16th, 1899.—On this date the county board of elections may meet to fill any vacancies that may exist in any of the boards of registry and election for districts outside of cities having over 40,000 inhabitants. October 17th, 1899.—On this date the boards of registry and election outside of cities having over 40,000 inhabitants should meet at 10 o’clock a. m., and continue in session until 9 o’clock p. m. (taking a recess if they desire from 1 to 2 o’clock p. m.), to make up their registers from the canvassing-books. Section 23. October 18th, 1899 —On this date, in each district outside of •cities having over 40,000 inhabitants, a correct list of the names entered on the registers, with residences and street numbers, if any, shall be posted by each of the clerks in hand-bill form in some con¬ spicuous public place within the election district. Section 24 . On or before this date all certificates and petitions naming candi¬ dates for office to be filled by voters of the entire State, or of any Congressional district, or of any political division greater than a single county, shall be filed with the Secretary of State. Section 4 2. 6 October 23d, 1899.—The county board of elections may meefc on this date to fill any vacancies that may exist in any of the boards- of registry and election in cities having over 40,000 inhabitants. October 24th, 1899.—On this date the boards of registry and’ election in cities having over 40,000 inhabitants shall have their final meeting from 1 to 9 o’clock p. m., for the revision and correction of registers. Section 22 October 25th, 1899 —On this date in each district within cities having over 40,000 inhabitants, one copy of the completed register shall be posted at the place of registry for public inspection, and one copy delivered to the county board of elections, and one copy retained by the judge of election for use by the district board on the day of election. Section 22. October 28th, 1899.—On or before this date all certificates and petitions naming candidates to be voted for by all the voters of a single county, or more than a single political division thereof, or where the candidates are to be voted for upon the county ticket, shall be filed with the county clerk. Section Jj,2. On or before the same date the Secretary of State should certify to county clerks the names of candidates nominated by certificate or petition filed in his office. Section 1}3. October 30th, 1899.—The county board of elections may meet on this date to fill any vacancies that may exist in any of the boards of registry and election for districts outside of cities having over 40,000 inhabitants. October 31st, 1899.—On this date boards of registry and elec¬ tion, outside of cities having over 40,000 inhabitants, have their final meeting from 1 until 9 o’clock p. m., for the revision and correction of registers. Section 21}. On or before this date orders for official bal¬ lots may be given by duly qualified voters to the county clerk. Sec¬ tion 56. November 1st, 1899.—On or before this date the judges of the boards of registry and election should deliver to the county board of elections all affidavits made before them on the registering of voters and take a receipt from the county board for the same. Section 32. On this date a copy of the completed register made by each board of registry and election, outside of cities having over 40,00 inhabi¬ tants, shall be delivered to the chairman of the county board of elections. Section 21}. November 2d, 1899.—On or before this date a copy of the com¬ pleted register made on October 31st, in each district outside of cities- having over 40,000 inhabitants, duly certified, shall be filed with the clerk of the township, city or other municipality within which such election district is situated. Section 21}. 7 On or before this date all official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the county clerk, where the same shall be subject to inspection and examination by candidates and their agents. Sec¬ tion 53. On or before this date all papers appointing agents or challengers shall be filed with the county board of elections, who shall thereupon issue to such agents or challengers the permits prescribed by law. Section 63. On this date the county board of elections shall sit, at their office* from 8 o’clock a. m. until 5 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of adding names to and erasing names f rom the registers of voters. Section 25, November 3d, 1899.—On or before this date the county clerk shall have ready for delivery all official ballots to the persons who may have ordered and paid for the same. Section 56. November 4th, 1899.—On this date the county clerk should deliver the proper quantity of official envelopes and ballots to each of the township and municipal clerks of his county. Section 54. On this date the county board of elections shall hold their final meeting at their office, from 8 o’clock a. m. until 5 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of adding names to and erasing names from the reg¬ isters of voters. Section 25. November 6th, 1899.—On this date the township and municipal clerks should deliver ballots and envelopes to the clerks of the respec¬ tive boards of registry and election. Section 51+. On or before this date the township or municipal clerks should have fitted up the election-rooms with booths, &c. Section 78. On this date the county boards of elections may meet to fill any vacancies existing in any of the boards of registry and election. November 7th, 1899.—Election Day.—Polls open from 6 o’clock A. m. to 7 o’clock p. m. Section 1+. Any vacancy in any board of registry and election occurring on election day shall be filled by the member of the board of the same political party as the member whose place has become vacant, which appointment should be imme¬ diately reported to the county board of elections. Section 17. Ballots and envelopes should be delivered by the clerks of election to the board of registry and election. Section 51+ Agents or challengers should file their permits with the board of registry and election. Section 63. The board should supply each booth with ballots and lead pencils. Section 78. After the polls are closed and the canvass of votes completed, all ballots which have been cast, whether esti¬ mated and canvassed or rejected, and the poll-list, tally papers, and all spoiled and unused evelopes should be placed in the ballot-box, which should be locked and sealed and delivered to the proper cus¬ todian thereof. Section 99. 8 November 8th, 1899.—On this date the checked register used at the election should be filed, and the ballot-box keys deposited with the county clerk. Section 67. All certificates of removal delivered on election day to the board of registry and election should be attached to the checked register, and also filed with the county clerk. Section 36. November 10th, 1899.—The county board of elections will meet on this date, at 12 o’clock noon, at the court-house of the county, to discharge their duties as a county board of canvassers. Sections 102 to 117. Instructions Relative to the Duties of Officers and Voters. I. GENERAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS. The general election is held annually on Tuesday next after the first Monday in November. Section 1. All municipal, local or charter elections are held on the days heretofore fixed by law. Section 2. II. THE GOVERNOR. The Governor shall appoint two members of the county boards of registration, annually, upon the nomination, if made within the month of June, of the chairmen of the State committees of the two political parties. If the chairmen fail to nominate, the Governor shall appoint men of his own selection. The appointment is made in the month of July in each year. Section 13. In case of the death or disability of any member of a county board of registration, the Governor shall cause notice of such death or disability to be given to the chairman of the proper political party. Section 13. The Governor shall be chairman of the State board of canvassers. Section 119. In case of contest of election of Governor, the matter is tried and determined before a committee of the Senate and General Assembly. Sections 141 to 152. III. THE SECRETARY OF STATE. The Secretary of State, at least ten days before the election, shall make and certify to the county clerks of the several counties a state¬ ment of all the candidates nominated in any certificate or petition filed with him; and also of the names of the candidates for Presi¬ dent and Vice President of the United States, if any such have been included, &c. Section 43. (See Form No. 4-) He shall also certify to the county clerks the names of candidates nominated to fill vacan¬ cies. Section 4$- 10 He shall, when a candidate declines a nomination, forthwith notify the chairman and secretary of the party convention, or five persons^ who signed a petition nominating a candidate, of the declination. Section He shall pass upon the validity of a certificate of nomination, when objection is raised to it, unless an order therein shall be made by a court. Section 46 . In case of party division and claim by two or more factions to the same party name or title, he shall give preference thereof to the con¬ vention or nominating body held at the time and place designated in the authorized call; in case of failure of the other faction to pre¬ sent a name or title, he shall select one to be placed at the head of the official ballot. In cases where two or more conventions are called, each claiming to be regular, he shall select names or titles to distinguish the several factions. Section 4-0 In all cases where the county clerk is required to furnish official ballots, he shall provide canvassing, poll, registry and instruction- books for officers and voters, and blanks for official oaths and election returns. Section 61. Between August 1st and September 1st in every year wherein electors of President and Vice President, members of the House of Representatives, a Governor or State Senator, is to be elected, he shall notify the clerk of every county wherein any such election is to be held, of such election. Section 5. (See Form No. 1.) He shall file election returns made by election boards and transmitted to him for Governor, and for members of the House of Representatives and electors of President and Vice President ( Section 96); also, the state¬ ments of election received by him from the chairman of the county board of canvassers ( Section 110), the certified copies of determina¬ tions of county boards of canvassers received from county clerks [Section lilt), the dissents of members of the State board of canvassers [Section 129), all statements and copies of statements produced and laid before the State board of canvassers [Section 128), and all certified copies of certificates of justices of the Supreme Court made on a re¬ count of votes for members of the Legislature and county officers. Section 160. The Secretary of State shall obtain statements of election, which have not been sent to him according to law, by special messenger, or otherwise, and lay all statements before the board of State canvassers. Section 118. If any such statement is obtained by special messenger, he shall be commissioned, in writing, and shall exhibit his commis¬ sion to the person to whom he shall apply for the statement. Section 124 (See Form No. 21.) He shall be secretary of the State board of canvassers. Section 119. If he neglect to produce and lay before the< 11 board of State canvassers all statements of election, he may be sum¬ moned so to do by the chairman of the board. Section 125. He shall deliver to each person declared to be elected by the State board of canvassers a certified copy, under the seal of the State, of the determi¬ nation of the board. Section 127. IV. COUNTY CLERK. The county clerk shall file in his office the official oaths or affirma¬ tions of the county board of elections and of the boards of registry and election. Section 16. He shall pass upon the validity of objections to certificates of nominations filed with him, unless an order shall be made in the matter by a court. Section 1+6. He shall select name or title in case of party division, or when two or more conventions of the same party claim to be regular. Section 1+0. When a candidate declines a nomi¬ nation, the clerk shall notify the party officials, or five persons who signed the petition, making the same. Section 1*1+. He shall, within five days before election, certify to the Secretary of State all candi¬ dates for State senate and general assembly. Section 1+2. (See Form No. 5.) He shall ascertain, approximately, the number of voters in a new election district, or when boundaries have been changed. Section 50.. He shall deliver canvassing, poll, registry and instruction-books, blanks for oaths and returns, &c., to the boards of registry and elec¬ tion. Section 61. He shall provide official ballots and envelopes ( Section 1+9), printed in the manner and form prescribed ( Sections 50,51) and have them in his possession at least five days before the election. Section 53. He shall furnish for each party, separate or independent organiza¬ tion, a certain number thereof ( Section 50) put up in sealed packages, one for each election district, marked and properly addressed, and cause the same to be delivered to the township, city or municipal clerk, as designated, three days prior to any election, and shall record the time when sent and the manner of sending the packages, and take receipt for the same. Section 51+ He is not required to print any name upon the ballot unless the same was included in a certifi¬ cate or petition filed at least eight days before the election. Section/ 50. He shall not print on the ballots the name of any candidate who fails to accept his nomination ( Section 1+2) nor the name of any candi¬ date who declines his nomination. Section 1+1+. He shall allow the ballots to be inspected and examined by candidates and their agents,, and when mistakes are discovered shall cause new ballots to be printed without delay and shall destroy inaccurate or incomplete ballots- 12 Section 58. He shall furnish any voter with official ballots upon notification in writing seven days before election, and payment of the cost of printing. Section 56. The county clerk, within fifteen days after receiving from the Sec¬ retary of State notice of the election of a State Senator, Governor, electors of President and Vice President, or members of the House of Representatives, shall cause a certified copy of the notice to be delivered to the clerk of each township and municipality in the county. Section 5. He shall also, between August 1st and Septem¬ ber 1st, in each year, when a sheriff, coroner, county clerk, register of deeds or surrogate is to be elected, cause to be delivered to each township and municipal clerk in his county a notice of the election of such officer. Section 6. (See Form No. 2.) He shall be clerk of the county board of canvassers. Section 102. Shall lay before such board all statements of election received by him and obtain missing statements by special messenger, or other¬ wise. Sections 103, 106. Special messengers, when employed, shall be commissioned, in writing, and shall exhibit their commissions to the persons to whom they shall apply for such statements. Section 121/.. (See Form No. 21.) All statements produced and laid before the county board of canvassers shall be filed by him. Section 116. He shall also file the determination of such board ( Section 111), and shall deliver a copy of such determination, certified under his hand and the county seal, to each person declared to be elected as State Senator, Assemblyman, sheriff, coroner or other county officer. Sec¬ tion 114 . He shall also send a similar certified copy to the Secretary of State within five days after the meeting of the board. Section 114 . He shall also file the certificate of any Justice of the Supreme Court made on a recount of votes, and send a certified copy thereof to the Secretary of State within five days, and deliver a like certified copy to the person declared elected. Section 160. Vacancies in the office of the county clerk are filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof. Section 139. The county clerk shall audit and approve itemized bills for costs, charges and expenses. Section 180. V. TOWNSHIP, CITY AND MUNICIPAL CLERKS. The clerk of every township, city or other municipality is required to put up advertisements at least eight days prior to, and within thirty days next preceding the election, in at least five of the most public places within the township or municipality, which advertise- 13 ments shall make known the time, place and purpose of holding the election, and the office or offices to be filled thereat, and shall be signed by such clerk. Section 7. (See Form No. 8 ) The township or municipal clerk shall file all statements of elec¬ tion delivered to him by any board of election. Sections 94, 96. He shall also have the custody of the ballot-boxes after election, but not of the keys thereto. Sections 99, 67. In cities, each city clerk shall keep a record of the exact time of the delivery to him of each ballot- box, and of the election officers and persons making the delivery. Section 99. He shall, in cities having over 40,000 inhabitants, also publish notice of meetings of district boards to prepare registers for charter elections. Section 28. In township or municipal elections, the township or municipal clerk is required to discharge the same duties as are devolved in other elections upon the county clerk in the matters of selecting names for parties in cases of division, or two or more conventions [Section 40 ); when a candidate declines a nomination (Section 44 ); in ascertaining the number of voters in a new election district or where boundaries have been changed (Section 50); in providing official ballots and envelopes and distributing the same (Section 85); and in passing upon objections to certificates of nomination. Section 46 . For such elections he shall also furnish the necessary canvassing- books, poll-books, registry-books and blanks. Section 62. If the official ballots are not delivered at the time specified, or should be destroyed or stolen, and other official ballots cannot be obtained in time, he shall cause other ballots to be prepared, &c. Section 55. He shall also provide, before the date of the first meeting of the board of registry and election, a suitable room in each election dis¬ trict in which to make and revise the register of voters and to hold the election, and give notice of the location thereof to the board of election [Section 8; see Form No. 6 ); shall have the booths or com¬ partments, &c., constructed therein, as described, and shall provide the same with lights so that they may be kept at all hours well and sufficiently lighted. Sections 78, 79. He may, if in his judgment it is best so to do, cause booths to be erected in the street; but elections cannot be held in any bar-room. Section 8. He shall, on the day preceding the election (and on Saturday pre¬ ceding, when the election is on Monday), deliver each sealed package of ballots and envelopes received by him from the county clerk, to one of the clerks of each election district in his township or munici¬ pality for which the same has been prepared, and shall take a receipt therefor. Section 54- He shall also audit and approve itemized bills for costs, charges and expenses. Section 180. 14 VI. NOMINATION OP CANDIDATES. By Party Conventions. —Any political party which, at the pre¬ ceding general election, polled not less than two per cent, of the votes cast in the State, county or other division for which a candidate is to be named, may nominate candidates, whose names shall be placed •upon the official ballot, which nomination must be certified in the ■manner and form prescribed. Section 38. (See Form No 8.) By Petition of Legal Voters.— Candidates for State offices, and •for offices in a political division less than the State, may also be nomi¬ nated and have their names printed upon the official ballot upon petition signed by legally-qualified voters equal in number to at least two per .centum of the entire vote cast for members of the General Assembly at the last preceding general election in the State, county, district or other political division ; provided , that no more than eight hundred names shall be required for each candidate named for a State office, and not more than one hundred names for any candidate for any office in a political division less than the State, and that in the case of a newly-established election district, county, city or other .political division, fifty signatures shall be sufficient to a petition nomi¬ nating candidates for the first election. Section 41. (See Form No. 10.) Vacancies—How Filled. —To fill vacancies, when a candidate ■declines or dies before election, or the certificate of nomination is insufficient or inoperative, the nomination shall be made in the manner required for original nominations. (See Forms Nos. 9 and 11.) Section £5. Committees, when so empowered by conventions, may fill such vacancies. Section 1>5. When Certificates of Nomination Shall be Filed.— All nominations, whether by convention or by petition, shall be certified in form prescribed ( Sections 39, Ifl; see Forms Nos. 8, 9, 10 and 11), and shall be filed as follows: For State officers and members of •Congress, with the Secretary of State twenty days before election ; for county officers, Senators and members of the General Assembly, with the county clerk ten days before election, and for city, town and township officers, with the clerk of the municipality eight days before .election. Section 1$. Acceptance of Nomination.— Candidates must accept their nominations in writing and file the acceptances with the certificates of nomination. Section 1^2. (See Forms Nos. 8, 9 and 10.) Certificates Open to Public Inspection.— All certificates and .petitions, when filed, shall be open to public inspection, and shall be ^preserved one year. Section 42. 15 VII. OFFICIAL BALLOTS. Printed and Distributed at Public Expense.— All ballots to be cast at any general election, and any local, charter or special elec¬ tion in any city in this State, shall be printed and distributed at public expense (Sections 85, 48), except that any voter may be fur¬ nished by the county or municipal clerk with official ballots, at his own expense for printing, which ballots may be used on election day. Sections 56, 57. Separate Ballots for Each Party or Group.— The county clerk shall provide separate ballots for each political party or group of petitioners whose candidates, to be voted for at any election to be held within the county, are certified to him by the Secretary of State, or included in any certificate or petition originally filed with him under the provisions of the election law. In local city elections, they are to be furnished by the city clerk. Section 49. How Ballots Shall be Printed.— All ballots shall be printed with black ink on plain white paper, of such thickness that the print¬ ing thereon cannot be distinguished from the back ; they shall all be of uniform size, quality and type, and without any mark, word, device or figure thereon, except that the nominations of each party or group of petitioners shall be printed on separate tickets under¬ neath the title or name of the party or petitioners making such nomi¬ nations (Section 49), and that on the back of each of said ballots shall be printed the words “ Official ballot for-; ” after the word “ for” in each case shall be the designation of the county, township, munici¬ pality, ward or other political division for which the ballot is pre¬ pared, the date of the election and a fac-simile of the signature of the county or municipal clerk. Section 50. Whenever a question or propo¬ sition is to be voted upon, it shall be printed upon the ballot as pro¬ vided. Section 52. Whenever any error has occurred in the printing of ballots, a justice of the Supreme Court may summarily order the error to be corrected. The county or municipal clerk should, also, without such order, correct the error by having new ballots printed and destroying the incorrect ones. Section 53. Number of Ballots to be Furnished.— The county or munici¬ pal clerk shall provide for each political party, in each election dis¬ trict, two hundred and fifty ballots for every one hundred or fraction of one hundred of the total votes cast therein at the last preceding election for members of the Assembly; in cases of independent nominations, or of nominations by any party, organization or peti¬ tioners that cast no votes for any candidate or candidates at the last preceding election for members of the Assembly, he shall provide a number equal to double the total number of votes cast in the election 16 district at the last preceding election for members of the Assembly. When the boundaries of any district have been changed, or a new district created, the clerk shall ascertain, as nearly as possible, the number of voters in the district, and provide ballots in the above pro¬ portion. Section 50. How and When Ballots Shall be Delivered.— The ballots (and envelopes) shall be printed and in possession of the county clerk at least five days before the election (Section 53), and shall be delivered to the clerk of each township, city or other municipality three days prior to the election, in sealed packages (with the envelopes), clearly addressed on the outside, stating the election dis¬ trict for which each package is intended and the number of ballots and envelopes enclosed. The township or municipal clerk (as the case may be) shall, on the day before the election (on Saturday before, when election takes place on Monday), deliver to one of the election clerks in each district the package of ballots and envelopes addressed to his district, and the election clerk is required to deliver the package, with the seals unbroken, to the election board on the morning of the election before the polls are opened. In all cases when packages of ballots and envelopes are delivered the clerks are required to give and take receipts therefor, and to file or preserve the receipts. Section 5J,\. Shall be Subject to Inspection, and Shall be Reprinted if Mistakes are Discovered. —The ballots, while in possession of the county or municipal clerk, are subject to inspection and exami¬ nation by the candidates and their agents; if any mistake is discov¬ ered, the clerk is required immediately to destroy the incorrect or incomplete ballots and cause new ballots to be printed in their stead. Summary proceedings may be taken before a justice of the Supreme Court to require the clerk to comply with the law in this regard. Section 53. If not Delivered in Time, or Lost or Stolen, Township or Other Olerks Shall Provide.— If the official ballots shall not be delivered at the time specified, or should be destroyed or stolen, or the official supply shall be exhausted and other official ballots cannot be obtained in time for the election, the township or other municipal clerk, or the election board (as the case may require), shall cause other ballots to be prepared in the form prescribed, omitting the indorsement on the back, and the board of election shall use the same at the election. A statement of the facts shall be made, under oath, by the persons preparing the new ballots. When the official ballots and envelopes, or either of them, for the reasons named are dispensed with, the mode and manner of voting shall, in all respects, conform to the requirements of the law. Section 55. 17 VIII. OFFICIAL ENVELOPES. How Envelopes Shall be Printed, &c.—The county and municipal clerks shall in like manner as for official ballots provide and furnish the official envelopes required to be used at any election held in this State ( Section 51) ; they shall all be of the same quality of plain blue paper, so as to be readily distinguishable from official ballots, of the same quality and kind of paper, and three inches in length by two and one-eighth inches in width, with the flap un» gummed; on the face shall be printed in black ink, in type of the same style and description so that one envelope cannot be distin¬ guished from another, the words “Official envelope for - after the word “ for,” shall be the designation of the county, town¬ ship, municipality or other subdivision for which it is prepared, the date of the election, and a fac-simile of the signature of the clerk by whom they are required to be provided and furnished, and there shall be no other mark, word, figure or device of any kind placed on the envelopes. Section 51. If the envelope is marked in any manner for identification the ballot shall not be counted. Section 58. The use of the official envelope shall be confined exclusively to the polling room* Section 51. Number to be Provided, &c.— There shall be provided for and furnished to each election district a number of official envelopes equal to double the number of all the votes cast in such district at the last preceding general election ( Section 51); they shall be sent in the sealed packages with the official ballots and delivered to the clerk of the township, city or municipality, and by him delivered to the election clerk, who shall deliver them to the election board. Section 54. One (and only one) shall be issued to a voter upon enter¬ ing the polling-room ( Section 80) ; should he spoil it, or render it unfit for use, another may be issued to him upon returning the spoiled one, but no more than two official envelopes—one at a time— shall be furnished any voter. Section 51. If Lost or Stolen, Election May Proceed Without Them, —Should the supply of official envelopes provided for any district be lost, stolen or destroyed, the election shall proceed without them, but the ballot shall be folded so as to disclose the official stamp on the back. Section 55. Spoiled and Unused—How to be Disposed of.— At the close of the election all unused and spoiled official envelopes shall be tied in one package, deposited in the ballot-box, and delivered with the same to the proper custodian thereof. Section 99. 2 i 18 IX. COUNTY BOARDS OP ELECTIONS. Appointment.— The county board of elections shall consist of four persons, no more than two of whom shall be of the same politi¬ cal party, to be appointed by the Governor upon nomination of the chairman of the two largest political parties, provided the nomina- fions^are made in the month of June, otherwise the Governor may appoint men of his own selection. Vacancies caused by death or disability shall be filled for the unexpired term. Section IS. Term. —The terms of office of members of the Qounty board of elections are two years, the term of one member of each political party expiring on August 1st in each year. Section 18. Oath.—Each member, before entering upon the performance of his duties, is required to take and subscribe an official oath, after which he can administer, at any meeting of the board, any oath or affirmation required or permitted by the election law. Section 16. (See Form No. 13.) Office.—The board of chosen freeholders shall provide the county board of elections with a suitable office and furniture, in the county court-house, or in a building at the county seat as near as possible to the court-house. Section 13. Organization.—On the first Tuesday in August, or on such other day as the board may agree on within the first ten days in August, the county board shall meet at the county court-house, or other place provided for them, and organize by electing a chairman and secretary, who shall not be of the same political party. Failing, after three ballots, to elect, the oldest member in years shall be chair¬ man and the next oldest, not of the same party, shall be secretary. Section 11/,. Publication of Notice of Registration of Voters.— At least six weeks before the election, the county board shall publish, in not more than six newspapers, notice of the meetings of the district boards of registry and election for the purpose of registering voters. Section 20. Appointment of Local Boards. —Within the first ten days of September the county board shall appoint for each election district in the county four persons, legal voters and residents within the election district for which they are appointed, to be the board of registry and election for such district. Not more than two of such four appointees shall belong to the same political party. (See Form No. 12.) The appointments shall be made upon nominations made by the chairmen of the county committees of the two largest politi- 19 ^cal parties, which nominations should be made after August 10th &nd on or before August 20th. If either chairman fail to nominate within such time, the county board shall immediately notify him, that he may supply the deficiency on or before September 1st. If no nominations are made by such delinquent chairmen on or before September 1st, the county board shall appoint men from the politi¬ cal party of which the delinquent chairman is a member. Nomi¬ nees may, however, be required to answer, in writing, all reasonable •questions as to their efficiency, eligibility, character and fitness. The county board may also remove any member of a district board for neglect or refusal to perform his duties, or for intoxication, incapacity, deceit or falsehood exercised in securing his own appoint¬ ment. Section 15. Vacancies in any board of registry and election shall also be filled by the county board for the unexpired term. Section 17. Although the law does not expressly require it, the county board should certify to the clerk of each township and muni¬ cipality the names of the persons appointed on the election boards. This will furnish the clerks with reliable information, and enable them to notify the proper persons of the places where the election will be held. The boards of registry and election, in cities having over 40,000 inhabitants, are required to meet on Tuesday, five weeks before the election, for the registry of voters; on Tuesday, four weeks before the election, the boards of registry and election within such cities have their second meeting, and the boards outside of such cities have their first meeting; on Tuesday, three weeks before the elec¬ tion, the boards outside of such cities have their second meeting; on Tuesday, two weeks before the election, the boards within such cities have their third and final meeting; and on Tuesday, one week before the election, the boards outside of such cities hold their third and final meeting for the registry of voters. As the county board is authorized to fill vacancies in the boards of registry and election, it will be well for it to hold a meeting on the day preceding each of these five days, and also on the day before election, to fill such vacancies as may be reported to them. The county board are required also to appoint district boards for municipal elections where changes in districts have been made. Section 31. Issue of Permits to Agents. —The county board shall file appointment papers of the agents of parties and candidates and issue to them permits to be present in the polling place, and also within the railed enclosure while the votes are being counted. Section 63. -(See Forms Nos. Ilf,, 15.) 20 Adding Names to and Erasing Names from Registers.— On Thursday and Saturday next preceding the election, from S> o’clock in the forenoon until 5 o’clock in the afternoon, the county board of elections shall sit at its office to hear applications to have' names added to and erased from the registers. Upon any such’ application the county board, on proper evidence satisfying them that the applicant is entitled to vote, may give a certificate to that effect, which may be presented by the applicant to the proper dis¬ trict board. Such district board shall receive and file the certificate, add the name of such applicant to the registry and allow him to vote. No name shall be added to the registry after the last registra¬ tion day except upon the certificate of the county board or upon the presentation of a certificate of removal of a voter from one election district to another. Names may also be erased from the registers after due notice to the persons affected thereby. Section 25. Registers for Charter and Local Elections.— The county board, at least seven weeks before any city election for the election of municipal officers, shall deliver to the city clerk the copies of the registry lists filed with the county board at the previous general election and the city clerk shall deliver them to the district boards at least six weeks before such election. Section 27. The county board shall sit on Thursday and Saturday next preceding any township, municipal, charter, local or special election, for the purpose of adding, names to, and erasing them from, the registers. Section SO. Preservation of Affidavits— The county board of elections shall file all affidavits delivered to them by the judges of the district boards, give receipts therefor, and preserve them for six months. Section 32. Act as County Board of Canvassers— For all general, and, for all city, elections the county board of elections shall act as the county board of canvassers. The county clerk shall act as clerk of the canvassers. Section 102. They shall meet on Friday next after the election, at 12 o’clock, at the county court-house. Sections 103- to 117. Their Compensation.— The county board of elections are en¬ titled to reasonable compensation for their services. Section 180. X. DISTRICT BOARDS OP REGISTRY AND ELECTION. - Members not Eligible to Other Offices.— No election officer shall be elected to any office to be filled at the election in which ho shall serve. Section 81>. 21 Constitution, Term and Oath.— The board of registry and -election shall consist of four persons to be appointed by the county board of elections, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party (see Form No. 12); they shall hold office for one year, from September 11th to September 10th following; they shall take an -oath of office ( Form No. 13) before a duly-qualified officer, which oath shall forthwith be forwarded to and filed in the county clerk’s office. Vacancies shall be filled by the county board, except when a vacancy occurs on election day, in which case it shall be filled by the member of the district board of the same political party as the member whose place has become vacant. Sections 15 to 17. Organization.—At its first meeting the district board shall organize by electing one member to be judge and one member to be inspector, who shall be of opposite political parties; the judge shall be the -chairman of the board; the remaining two members of the board shall be its clerks. If the board fail to elect a judge after voting three times, the oldest member in years shall be judge, and if the board fail to elect an inspector after voting three times, the oldest member in years of the party opposite to the one to which the chairman belongs shall be inspector. Section 19. Power to Administer Oaths.— After having duly qualified -according to law, each member of the board is authorized, at any meeting thereof, to administer any oath or affirmation required or permitted to be taken by the election law. Section 16. First Meeting to Register Voters for General Election in Districts Within Cities Having Over 40,000 Inhabi¬ tants. —The board of registry and election shall meet on Tuesday, five weeks next preceding the general election, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, at the place designated by the city clerk (see Section 18), and continue in session until 9 o’clock in the evening, for the regis¬ tration of voters. After organizing, they shall make two lists of -voters, arranged in the alphabetical order of streets and by street numbers, or the order of the houses as they occur on streets, avenues and roads. They shall register the names of all persons entitled to the right of suffrage in their district at the next election who shall personally appear before them for that purpose, and such other per¬ sons as shall be shown by the written affidavit of a voter residing in the same election district to be lawfully entitled to vote at the ensuing election. No person shall be registered unless a majority of the board shall be satisfied of the applicant’s right to vote at the ensuing elec¬ tion. On the next day after the registry each of the election clerks shall post a copy of the registry in hand-bill form in a conspicuous place in the election district. Section 21. 22 Second Meeting to Register Voters for General Election-, in Districts Within Cities Having Over 40,000 Inhabi¬ tants.— On Tuesday, four weeks next preceding the general election,, the board of registry and election shall meet to revise and correct the registry. They shall add thereto the names of all persons not already registered who shall appear in person before the board and establish to the satisfaction of a majority of the board their right to vote, or who shall be shown by the written affidavit of a voter residing in the district to be entitled to vote. The name of any person may also be erased from the registry, if, after a fair opportunity to be heard, he shall be shown by due proof not to be entitled to vote. Section 22. Third Meeting to Register Voters for General Election in Districts Within Cities Having Over 40,000 Inhabi¬ tants.—On Tuesday, two weeks next preceding the general election, the board of registry and election shall hold its third and final meet¬ ing for the revision and correction of the registry. They shall add names to and erase names from the registry in the same manner as at their second meeting. The revised registry shall show, opposite each name, whether the person registered appeared in person before the board or was registered by affidavit, and if by affidavit the name of the person making ]the affidavit, and shall be arranged by streets and street numbers as required at the first meeting; they shall not be copied from any previous register, in whole or in part. On the next day after the final completion of the register, one copy of it shall be delivered by the chairman to the county board of elections, one copy posted at the place of election for public inspection, and one copy shall be retained by the judge of election for use by the district board on the day of election. Section 22. First Meeting to Register Voters for General Election in Districts Outside of Cities Having Over 40,000 Inhabi¬ tants.—The board of registry and election shall meet annually on the Tuesday four weeks next preceding the general election, at the place designated by the township or municipal clerk (see Section 18), at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and, having organized, shall proceed at once to ascertain by actual inquiry at every dwelling or habitation, or of the head of every family, the names and residences and street numbers of all legal voters within their district; they shall continue the enumeration from day to day, and shall complete the same on or before the following Friday. To facilitate the work the board may divide their district into subdivisions, and any two members, not of the same party, to be designated by the chairman, may, in company, make the enumeration in such subdivisions; but no name shall be entered upon the canvassing-book without the concurrence of both 23 members. When the canvass is made by the whole board, a majority must concur to enter a name on the canvassing-book. Section 23. Second Meeting 1 to Register Voters for General Election in Districts Outside of Cities Having Over 40,000 Inhabi¬ tants. —On Tuesday three weeks next preceding the general election the board shall meet at the place designated by the township or municipal clerk, at 10 o’clock a. m., and remain in session (recess from 1 to 2 o’clock) until 9 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of mak¬ ing two alphabetical lists or registers of the names of the voters and their places of residence and street numbers, if any. These lists shall be transcribed from the canvassing-books, and shall include also the names of all persons not on the canvassing-books, who shall per¬ sonally appear before the board and show to its satisfaction that they are entitled to vote; and, also, of all persons who shall be shown, by the affidavit in writing of some voter in that election district, to be a legal voter therein. Section 23. (See Form No. 10.) When the lists are completed, the board shall certify on each of them, and announce publicly the number of names entered thereon. On the next day each of the clerks of election shall post, in a conspicuous place within the district, a list, in hand-bill form, of the names entered on the reg¬ isters, with residences and street numbers, if any, certified by the board, or a majority of them, to be correct copies of the original reg¬ isters. Section 24. Third Meeting to Register Voters for General Election in Districts Outside of Cities Having Over 40,000 Inhabi¬ tants. —On Tuesday next preceding the general election the board shall meet and remain in session from 1 o’clock p. m. to 9 o’clock p. m., to revise and correct the registers, and to add thereto the names of all persons entitled to vote in such district at the next election, who shall appear in person, or who shall be shown by affidavit of a voter in the election district to be a legal voter therein, and of erasing therefrom the name of any person who, after a fair opportunity to be heard, shall be shown not to be entitled to vote. No name shall be added to or erased from the registers without the concurrence of a majority of the board. Section 24. When the registers are com¬ pleted, the board shall publicly announce and certify on each register the number of names thereon, and on the next day succeeding this meeting the chairman of the district board shall deliver one of them to the county board of elections and the other he shall retain for use by the district board on election day. The chairman shall also desig¬ nate one of the clerks to prepare a third copy of the register, which shall be certified, and the clerk shall, within the next two days, file the same with the clerk of the city, township or municipality. Sec¬ tion 24 . 24 Provision when Local Election Falls on Registry Day for General Election. —Whenever the time fixed by law for holding any municipal, local or charter election falls on any day of registry for the general election, the registry shall take place on the day fol¬ lowing such municipal, local or charter election. Section 37. Registration of Voters for Charter Elections in Cities Having Over 40,000 Inhabitants —In all such cities the district boards shall make, alter and revise the registers of voters for charter elections. New registers are not necessary where the election districts remain unchanged, but in such cases revision and correction only are to be made. Each board shall meet at the place designated by the city clerk on Tuesday four weeks next preceding the election, and finally on Tuesday two weeks before the election. Each meeting shall continue from 1 to 9 o’clock p. m. Section 26. The city clerk shall deliver to each district its register used at the preceding general election at least six weeks before the election, the city clerk having obtained the same from the county board of elections seven weeks before the election. Section 27. The city clerk shall publish notice of the registration, including a short description of boundary lines of election districts and location of polling places, at least two weeks before the first registration day in at least two newspapers. Section 28. The district boards shall add to the registers in the same manner as for the general elections, and on the day succeeding the first registration day each of the clerks shall post in a conspicuous place a copy of the revised register, and on the day succeeding the second registration day the chairman shall deliver one copy thereof to the county board of elections and retain one copy for use by the district board on election day. Section 26. Registration of Voters for Township and Local Elections in Districts Outside of Cities Having Over 40,000 Inhabi¬ tants —No new registration is required within any district in any township, town, borough or other municipality outside of cities hav¬ ing over 40,000 inhabitants, for any township, charter, local or special election. In every such district the district board shall procure the copy of the register for the preceding election filed with the township or municipal clerk and use it, revising and correcting it in the man¬ ner provided for the revision and correction of registers in cities hav¬ ing over 40,000 inhabitants. Such boards shall meet for this revision and correction on the Tuesday next preceding the election, and each election clerk shall post at least three notices of the time and place of the meeting in conspicuous places at least one week before the meeting. No copy of the register need be posted, but on the day after the meeting one copy shall be filed with the county board of elections. Section 29. 25 Registration by Affidavit.—Whenever a voter is registered by ^affidavit, whether for a general election or for a township, town, borough, municipal, charter or local election, a separate affidavit is required for each person registered. (See Form No. 7.) It must also contain the address of the affiant and be signed by him. All affidavits must be preserved by the judge of election until the completion of the registry, and then be delivered by him to the county board of elec¬ tions, who shall give a receipt for the same, stating the number re¬ ceived. The county board shall preserve the affidavits for six months.
November. Section 1. 39 Place of Meeting. —The Senate and General Assembly shall con¬ vene and hold their sessions in the State House at Trenton. Section 115. Evidence of Right of Members to Seats. —In the organiza¬ tion of each house the certified copies of the statements of determina¬ tion of the county boards of canvassers, made by the county clerk, or the certificate issued by the justice of the Supreme Court, in case of a recount, shall be deemed and taken to be prima facie evidence of the right of the persons therein mentioned to seats in the houses, respectively, to which they have been declared to be elected. Sec - tions 115, 159. Vacancy—How Created. —If any person elected to the Senate or General Assembly shall neglect or refuse for ten days next after the commencement of the session of such house to take his seat therein, or to send to such house a satisfactory excuse, or shall, dur¬ ing any session of such house, be absent unremittingly for ten days (unless expressly excused by such house), or shall remove from and cease to be a resident of this State, or of the county for which he may have been elected, his office shall be deemed vacant. Section 18^ Vacancies—How Supplied.— Whenever any vacancy shall hap¬ pen in the State Senate or General Assembly, the house in which the vacancy happens shall issue a writ of election for supplying the same, unless such house shall be of opinion that the services of a person in the vacant office will not be required during the unexpired portion of the legislative year; if the vacancy happens during the recess of the Legislature, or after the annual election and not less than fifteen days before the commencement of the legislative year, the Governor shall issue such writ of election unless of opinion that the services of a person in the vacant office will not be required for the unexpired portion of the legislative year; the board of chosen freeholders of any county may, however, require such writ to be issued. Section 133. The writ shall be in the nature of a proclamation, shall be signed by the Governor, President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Assembly, as the case may be, shall specify the cause and purpose of the election, the name of the officer in whose office the vacancy has occurred, and the day on which the election shall be held, which shall not be less than fifteen nor more than forty days from the date of the writ. Section 136. The writ shall be delivered to the Secretary of State, who shall affix thereto the seal of this State and file it in his office and send a certified copy thereof to the clerk of the county in whose representation the vacancy happens. Section 137. The county clerk shall publish the copy so received by him, at the expense of the county, in at least four of the newspapers of the county, at least once a week, until the time of election. Section 138. 40 XIX. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. Who Not Eligible. —No person shall be elected a member of the House of Representatives who shall hold any office of trust or profit under the United States. Section 188. When and How Members are Elected.— Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, 1898, and at the same time in every second year thereafter. Section 182. Election—How Certified. —In case of the election of one or more members of the House of Representatives, a general certificate of the election is signed by the Governor, attested by the Secretary of State, sealed with the seal of the State, and transmitted to the clerk of the House of Representatives, if in session, and, if not in session, then at their first meeting. Section 130. Vacancy—How Supplied. —Whenever a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this State in the House of Representatives, the Governor shall issue a writ of election to fill the vacancy, unless the term of the person whose office is vacant would have expired within two months after the happening of the vacancy. Section 135. The writ shall be in the nature of a proclamation, shall be signed by the Governor, shall specify the cause and purpose of the election, the name of the representative in whose office the vacancy has happened, and the day on which the election shall be held, which shall not be less than fifteen or more than forty days from the date of the writ. Section 136. The writ shall be delivered to the Secretary of State, who shall affix thereto the seal of the State, file it in his office, and send a certified copy thereof to each county clerk in the congressional dis¬ trict affected by the vacancy. Section 137. Each county clerk shall publish the copy so received, at the expense of the State, in all news¬ papers of the county at least once a week until the time of the elec¬ tion. Section 138. Congressional Districts. —The congressional districts of this State are set forth in section 181. XX. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. Who Ineligible. —No person shall be elected to the office of an elector of President and Vice President who shall hold any office of trust or profit under the United States, or who shall hold the office of Senator or member of the House of Representatives of the United States. Section 183. 41 Qualifications of Electors. —Each elector of President and Vice President must be a male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-five years or upwards, and an inhabitant of this State, and have been a citizen of the United States seven years next preceding the election. Section 3. When and How Elected.— They are to be elected on the Tues¬ day next after the first Monday in November, 1900, and at the same time in each fourth year thereafter. Section 3. Election—How Certified. —Their election is certified by a gen¬ eral certificate of election, signed by the Governor, attested by the •Secretary of State, sealed with the seal of the State, and delivered to the president of the college of electors of this State on the day and at the time and place appointed for the meeting of the college. Section 130. Time and Place of Meeting. —The electors shall meet at the State House at Trenton, on the day appointed by Congress, at the hour of 3 o’clock in the afternoon, and, after choosing a president and secretary from their own body, shall proceed to perform the duties required of them by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Section 131. Vacancies—How Supplied. —Vacancies happening in the elec¬ toral college shall be filled by the other members thereof. Section 132 . XXI. CHARTER ELECTIONS IN CITIES. The provisions of the election law relating to the nomination of candidates and the use of official ballots and envelopes apply to all charter, local and special elections in all of the cities of this State. Section 85. XXII. LOCAL OR CHARTER ELECTIONS IN TOWN¬ SHIPS AND MUNICIPALITIES OTHER THAN CITIES. The township or municipal clerk must provide a suitable room for the election and arrange it with booths and railings; ballots are to he furnished by candidates or other interested parties and are not ■official, but they must be printed with black ink on white paper after the manner and style required for the general election; the township or municipal clerk must furnish official envelopes ( Section 85) and •canvassing books, poll-books, registry books and all necessary blanks. Section 62. 42 XXIII. INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES. No person shall hold at the same time more than one of the fol¬ lowing offices: Elector of President and Vice President of the United States, member of the House of Representatives of the United States^ member of the Senate or of the General Assembly of this State, county clerk, register, surrogate, sheriff or coroner. The acceptance of any such office by a person holding another of them shall vacate the office to which he was previously elected or appointed. Section 181/,. No election officer is eligible to any office to be filled at the election at which he serves. Section 81/. XXIV. ELECTION DISTRICTS. When more than six hundred votes have been cast in any election* district, it must be divided or re-adjusted by the township committee,, mayor and common council, or other governing body of the munici¬ pality. Districts may also be consolidated where necessary. No¬ district shall contain more than six hundred or less than one hun¬ dred and fifty voters, and in every division or re-adjustment the geographical compactness and convenience of the voters shall be considered. A description of the boundaries of every new election district and of every district affected by any division, change or re-adjustment, shall be filed in the county clerk’s office, and a dupli¬ cate thereof in the office of the clerk of the township, city or other municipality. Sections 9 to 12. XXV. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Provisions concerning the manner of conducting primary elections are contained in sections 214 to 219. XXVI. EXPENSES OF ELECTIONS. Compensation of Members of District Boards. —In cities having a population exceeding 40,000 inhabitants each member shal} receive $5 for each registry day and $10 for the election day (the elec¬ tion day including the counting of the votes and the delivery of the returns and ballot-box with contents to the municipal clerk), which. 43 compensation is the same for general and municipal elections. In all other cities, townships and other municipalities, each member shall receive for each local or charter election $3 for each registry day and $7 for the election day (the election day including the count¬ ing of the votes and the delivery of the returns and the ballot-box); and for each general or special election, held in and for the whole county, each member shall receive a compensation of $15 in a district the number of whose registered voters is not more than 150; $20 in a district the number of whose registered voters is more than 150 and not more than 300, and $25 in a district the number of whose regis¬ tered voters is more than 300. Section 178. Compensation for Services of County and Municipal Clerks.— County and municipal clerks, for their services, are entitled to fair and reasonable compensation, to be determined, in the case of a county clerk, by the board of chosen freeholders, and in the case of a municipal clerk by the governing body of the city, township or municipality. Section 179. Compensation of County Board of Elections.— The county board of elections are entitled to reasonable compensation for their services, to be fixed by the board of chosen freeholders. The member acting as secretary thereof may also receive an additional compensa¬ tion not exceeding one-third of the compensation of the individual members of the board, except in counties of the first class, where each such board shall have a clerk, who shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board of chosen freeholders. Section 180. General Expenses —All costs, charges and expenses incurred by county and municipal clerks in carrying out the provisions of the law (except for ballots furnished to individuals on their order), and the compensation of district boards of registry and election, and all other expenses incurred by any officer or person duly authorized in carrying out the provisions of the law, shall be paid, in the case of any general election or any special election held in and for a whole county, by the county, and in the case of any other election by the city, township or municipality in and for which such other election is held. All bills, before being paid, shall, however, be itemized and verified by the oath of the claimant, and audited and approved by the clerk of the county, township, city or municipality who con¬ tracted the bill charged for. No agent or challenger is entitled to any compensation. The board of chosen freeholders shall include in their annual tax levy a sum sufficient to pay all election expenses chargeable to the county and the compensation of the county board of elections. Section 180. 44 XXVII. CRIMES AND PENALTIES. Crimes, misdemeanors and other punishable acts are defined as follows: Secretary of State and Clerk of State Board of Can¬ vassers. —Willfully and knowingly certifying, signing or attesting any false or untrue statement of the result of any election, or of the certificate thereto, by the Secretary of State. Section 189. Willfully and knowingly certifying, signing or attesting any false or untrue statement of the determination of any State board of can¬ vassers, or of the certificate thereto, by the Secretary of State. Sec¬ tion 189. Willfully and corruptly suppressing, destroying, multilating, chang¬ ing or altering any statement or certificate of the result of any elec¬ tion, or any copy thereof, by the Secretary of State. Section 189. Omission or refusal of the Secretary of State to produce and lay before the State board of canvassers the statements of the results of -election. Section 189. County Clerk.— Willfully and corruptly suppressing, destroying, mutilating, changing or altering any statement or certificate of the result of any election, or any copy thereof, by any county clerk. Section 189. Omission or refusal of county clerk to produce and lay before the board of county canvassers any statement or certificate of the result of any election. Section 189. County Board of Canvassers.— Willfully and knowingly certi¬ fying, signing or attesting any false or untrue statement of the result of any election, or of the certificate thereto, by the chairman or clerk of any county board of canvassers. Section 189. Willfully and knowingly certifying, signing or attesting any false or untrue statement of the determination of any county board of canvassers, or of the certificate thereto, by the chairman or clerk of such board. Section 189. Willfully and corruptly refusing or omitting to certify, sign or attest any certificate required to be certified, signed or attested by any chairman or clerk of the county board of canvassers. Section 189. District Boards of Registry and Election.— Knowingly or willfully receiving, or assenting to receive, the vote of any person who is not by law entitled and qualified to vote. Section 191. Willfully and designedly making and signing any false or untrue statement or certificate of the result of any such election. Section 191. Suppressing, destroying, withholding, mutilating, changing or alter¬ ing any statement or certificate of the result of any election, or any copy thereof. Section 191. 45 Knowingly and willfully making any false or untrue entry in any" poll-book. Section 191. Willfully and corruptly writing any figure or mark opposite the name of any person voted for at any election in canvassing and esti¬ mating the votes received at such election. Section 191. Refusing or omitting to write any figure or mark opposite the name of any person voted for at any election when the writing of such figure or mark is required by law. Section 191. Corruptly and without sufficient excuse omitting or refusing to deliver or transmit to the county clerk, within the time prescribed by law, the statement of the result of any election. Section 191. Revealing how any person has voted by any member of a district board of election who has knowledge thereof. Section 201 Neglect or failure by any member of a district board of registry and election, duly appointed by the board for that purpose, to deliver or safely transmit the statement of the result of any election within the time required by law. Section 97. Wilfully neglecting or refusing to perform any duty respecting* soldiers and sailors. Section 229. Fraudently or corruptly disclosing what other candidates were voted for on any ballot bearing a name not printed thereon. Section 201 . Fraudulently or corruptly giving any information concerning the appearance of any ballot or envelope voted. Section 201. Willfully refusing to enter in canvassing books or upon the registers the name of any person legally entitled to vote. Section 33. Registering the name of any person contrary to the provisions oF the law. Section 33. Receiving the vote of any person whose name shall not appear on the revised and corrected register, unless such name shall have been ordered added thereto in the manner provided by law. Section S3. The Printer. —Appropriating to himself, or giving or delivering, or knowingly permitting to be taken by any printer of official ballots or envelopes, any of said ballots or envelopes by any other person than the county or municipal clerk or his duly-authorized agent- Section 199. Printing, or causing to be printed, any official ballot or envelope in any other form than that prescribed by the county or municipal clerk, or with any other names thereon, or with the names spelled or the names or printing thereon arranged in any other way than that authorized and directed by law. Section 199. General Offenses. —Willful and corrupt swearing by any person in taking any oath, affirmation or deposition prescribed or authorized by the election law. Section 188. 46 Willfully and corruptly suborning or procuring any person to swear or affirm falsely in taking any oath, affirmation or deposition pre¬ scribed or authorized by the election law. Section 188. Robbing or plundering any ballot-box. Section 190. Unlawfully and by stealth or violence taking or removing from any ballot-box any ballot, envelope or other paper. Section 190. Changing, altering or destroying any ballot or envelope or other paper contained in any ballot-box. Section 190. Willfully and corruptly suppressing, withholding, mutilating, de¬ stroying, altering or changing any return statement or certificate, or a,ny copy thereof, made in pursuance of the law. Section 190. Selling, or offering to sell, or exposing for sale, spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors on any election day. Section 192. Bringing into the polling place on election day or on any day of registry, during the hours that the election or registration is in pro¬ gress or during the counting or canvassing of the votes, any spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors. Section 193. Falsely making or fraudulently defacing or faudulently destroy¬ ing any certificate of nomination or petition, or any part thereof, or filing or receiving for filing any certificate of nomination or petition, knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely made. Section 195. Suppressing any certificate of nomination or petition which has been duly filed, or any part thereof. Section 195. Forging or falsely making the official endorsement of any ballot or official envelope. Section 195. Removing or destroying any of the ballots or pencils placed in the election booths with intent to hinder or delay the election, or to hinder or delay any voter in the preparation of his ballot. Section 196. Carrying any official envelope from the polling-room during the election. Section 196. Willfully or negligently violating' any duty prescribed by the elec¬ tion law by any public officer. Section 197. Neglecting or willfully omitting to perform any duty imposed by law upon any public officer. Section 197. Willfully destroying official ballots or envelopes, or either of them, by any person charged with their care. Section 197. Neglecting or willfully refusing to deliver official ballots and envelopes to the clerk of any city, township or municipality by any person who has undertaken to deliver the same. Section 197. Showing his ballot, by any voter, within the polling-room after it is prepared for voting in such way as to reveal its contents. Section 198. 47 Soliciting a voter .to show his ballot within the polling place, or within one hundred feet thereof. Section 198. Knowingly voting, or offering to vote, any ballot except an official ballot enclosed in an official envelope where at the election official ballots are required to be used. Section 198. Voting, or offering to vote, any ballot except the same be enclosed in an official envelope where official ballots are not required. Sec- •tion 198. Placing, or permitting to be placed, any mark upon the face or back of a ballot or official envelope by which the ballot or envelope may afterwards be identified. Section 198. Writing, pasting or otherwise placing upon any official ballot or envelope any mark, sign or device as a distinguishing mark whereby to indicate to any member of any election board or other person how any voter has voted. Section 200. Inducing, or attempting to induce, any voter to write, paste or otherwise place on his ballot or envelope any mark, sign or device of any kind as a distinguishing mark by which to indicate to any mem¬ ber of any election board or other person how any voter has voted. Section 200. Entering into or attempting to form any agreement or conspiracy with any other person to induce, or attempt to induce, any voter to place any distinguishing mark, sign or device on his ballot or en¬ velope, whether or not said act be committed, or attempted to be committed. Section 200. Directly or indirectly giving, lending, or agreeing to give or lend, or offering, promising, or promising to procure, or endeavoring to procure, any money or other valuable consideration or thing to or for any voter, or to or for any person in order to induce any voter to vote or refrain from registering for any election. Section 202. Corruptly doing or committing any of the acts mentioned in the last preceding sentence on account of any such voter having voted or refrained from voting at an election, or registered or refrained from registering for an election. Section 202. Directly or indirectly giving or procuring, or agreeing to give or procure, or offering or promising to procure, or endeavoring to pro¬ cure, any office, place or employment to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of a voter, or to or for any person in order to induce a voter to vote or refrain from voting, or to register or refrain from registering. Section 203. Corruptly doing any act mentioned in the last preceding sentence on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting, or having registered or refrained from registering, for any election. Sec¬ tion 203. 48 Giving, advancing or paying, or causing to be given, advanced or paid any money or other valuable thing to any person or to the use of any person with the intent that such money or other valuable thing, or any part thereof, shall be expended or used for bribery of voters or for any other unlawful purpose at any election. Section 201/+ Knowingly paying, or causing to be paid, any money to any per¬ son wholly or in part expended in bribery of voters at any election. Section 20J+. Directly or indirectly receiving, agreeing or contracting for any money, gift, loan or valuable consideration, office, place or employ¬ ment, by a voter, for himself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any election, or for registering or agreeing to register, or for re¬ fraining or agreeing to refrain from registering for any election. Sec¬ tion 205. Directly or indirectly making use of. or threatening to make use of any force, violence or restraint, or inflicting or threatening to inflict any damage, injury, harm or loss against any employe by any em¬ ployer, or by any agent, superintendent or overseer of any company or corporation employing workmen, in order to induce or compel such employe to vote or refrain from voting for any particular candi¬ date or candidates at any election. Section 206. By any sort of duress, constraint or improper influence, or by any fraudulent or improper device, contrivance or scheme, impeding, hindering or preventing the free exercise of the franchise of any voter at any election. Section 206. Compelling, inducing or prevailing upon any voter to vote for or against any particular candidate or candidates at any election by any of the means described in the next preceding sentence. Section 206 . Obstructing the entrance to any polling place, or obstructing or interfering with any voter, or electioneering within any polling place or publicly within one hundred feet thereof. Section 207. Printing or making any envelope by an unauthorized person of su like character and with the names and words contained on the official envelope. Section 208. Having in possession on or prior to election day an official envelope, or an envelope made in imitation thereof, except by persons duly authorized to have charge or possession thereof. Section 208. Removing, destroying or mutilating any registry list or copy thereof, or removing, destroying or mutilating before the election closes any list of voters posted in accordance with the law. Section 209. Soliciting from a candidate for any elective office any money or other property, or seeking to induce such candidate to purchase any ticket, card or other evidence of admission to any ball, picnic, fair or entertainment of any kind. Section 210. 49 Swearing falsely in any affidavit to secure the registration of any person. Section 35. Causing or procuring his name to be registered in more than one election district by any person. Section 3If. Causing or procuring his name, or that of any other person, to be registered, knowing that he, or the person whose name is procured to be registered, is not entitled to vote in the election district wherein such registry is made. Section 3\ Falsely personating any registered voter. Section 31+. Willfully obstructing or interfering with any election clerk on the way from the polls to the office of the city clerk. Section 101. Bribing any person at any election. Section 219. Willfully neglecting or refusing to perform any duty imposed upon an elector to whom any soldier’s or sailor’s ballot shall be sent. Sec¬ tion 229. Delivering or presenting to any district board of election any false, forged, altered or changed ballot, envelope or instrument of any soldier or sailor. Section 230. Directly or indirectly controlling, or attempting to control, any enlisted elector in the exercise of his rights of suffrage by menace, bribery, fear of punishment, hope of reward, or any other corrupt or arbitrary measure or resort whatever, or annoying, injuring or other¬ wise punishing any such absent, enlisted elector for the manner in which he may have exercised his rights. Section 231. Primary Meetings.—Voting, or offering to vote, by an unquali¬ fied person at any primary meeting or caucus, or counseling or pro¬ curing anyone to vote at such meeting or caucus. Section 215. Acting as judge, inspector, clerk or other officer of a primary elec¬ tion without having first taken and subscribed an official oath or affirmation. Section 217. Willfully disregarding or violating any rule of a party at a primary election, or knowingly rejecting the vote of a person entitled to vote under the rules of the party, or knowingly receiving the vote of any person not qualified to vote, or committing a willful fraud by destroy¬ ing or defacing ballots, adding ballots to the poll by false counting, or by making false returns. Section 217 , Directly or indirectly giving, offering or promising to give, at any primary election, money or any valuable thing, victuals, drink or other consideration by way of fee, reward, gift or gratuity to obtain, procure or influence the opinion, behavior, vote or abstaining from voting for the election of any delegate at any party convention. Section 218. Bribing delegates at conventions. Sections 218 and 219. 4 i FORMS. FORMS No. 1.—Notice of Election by Secretary of State to County Clerk. [This notice is required by Section 5 to be given in the month of August.] To.... Clerk of the County of. In conformity with the provisions of an act entitled “ An act to regulate elections (Revision of 1898),” approved April 4th, 1898, you are hereby notified that a Governor for the State of New Jersey, a Member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the.Congressional District, and a Member of the Senate •of this State for the County of.(or as the case may be) are to be elected at the next general election to be held November 7th, 1899. Dated at Trenton, New Jersey, August ., A. D. 1899. Secretary of State of New Jersey. No. 2.—Notice of Election by County Clerk to the Town¬ ship, City and Other Municipal Clerks. [This notice is required by Section 6 to be given in the month of August.] To. Clerk of the Township (City or other Municipality) of. In conformity with the provisions of an act entitled “An act to regulate elections (Revision of 1898),” approved April 4th, 1898, you are hereby notified that a sheriff (three coroners, a county clerk, a register of deeds, a surrogate, or as the case may be) is to be elected at the next general election to be held November 7th, 1899. Dated at.., in the county of.. and State of New Jersey, August.. A. D. 1899. Clerk of the County of ( 53 ) 54 No. 3.—General Notice of Election by Township, City or Municipal Clerk. [This notice is required by Section 7.] Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the town¬ ship (city, or other municipality) of ., in the county of ., on Tuesday, the seventh day of November, A. D. 1899,. between the hours of 6 o’clock in the morning and 7 o’clock in the evening, for the purpose of electing (name all offices to be filled at the election). Said election will be held at the following places: In District No. 1, in said township (or, in District No. 1 in the .ward of said city or other municipality), at .. In District No. 2, in said township (or, in District No. 2 in the- .ward of said city or other municipality), at .. In District No. 3, in said township (or, in District No. 3 in the- .... ward of said city or other municipality), at. Witness my hand this.day of October, A. D. 1899. Clerk of the Township (City or other Municipality) of... No. 4.—Certificate by the Secretary of State to the County Clerks of Names of Candidates. [This certificate is required by Section 43.] .State of New Jersey, Department of State. A statement of all the candidates nominated by certificate or petition filed in the office of the Secretary of State in pursuance of an act entitled “An act to regulate election (Revision of 1898),^ approved April 4th, 1898, for whom voters within the . Congressional District in the county of .are by law entitled to vote at the general election to be held on the seventh day of November, 1899. FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR. Names of Candidates. Residences. Names of Parties Nominating. 55 FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. Names of Candidates. Residences. Names of Parties Nominating. Sto that the foregoing statement is correct and true. Witness my hand and seal of office this.day of October, 1899. Secretary of State. No. 5.—Certificate by County Clerk to Secretary of State of Names of Candidates. [This certificate is required by Section 42.] To the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey: Pursuant to the provisions of the act entitled “An act to regulate elections (Revision of 1898),” approved April 4th, 1898, I hereby certify the names, places of residence and post-office addresses of the several candidates nominated for Senator and members of the General Assembly to be voted for in the county of.at the general election to be held on November 7th, 1899, and also the title of the party nominating said candidates, and whether by con¬ vention or petition, with the dates of holding such conventions and of the filing of certificates of nominations and petitions. FOR SENATOR. Names. Residences. Post-Office Addresses. Party Nom¬ inating. By Conven¬ tion or Petition. Date of Holding Con¬ vention. Date of Filing Certificate of Nomination or Petition. . FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Names. Residences. Post-Office Addresses. Party Nom¬ inating. By Conven¬ tion or Petition. Date of Holding Con¬ vention. Date of Filing Certificate of Nomination or Petition. Witness my hand at ., in the county of this.- day of November, A. D. 1899. Clerk of the County of No. 6.—Notice by Township, City or Municipal Clerk to District Board of Registry and Election of Location of Room for Registry and Election. [This notice is required by Section 8.] To the District Board of Registry and Election of Election District No., Township (or Ward) of ., County (or City) of. : You are hereby notified that I have procured a room at., in the above stated election district, in which your board shall meet to make and revise the register of voters for the general election to be held on November 7th, 1899, and also in which to hold said elec¬ tion. Dated.A. D. 1899. Clerk of the Township (or City) of No. 7.—Affidavit of Voter for Registration. [Form of affidavit of a voter to show the right of another to have his name entered on the register. Sections 21, 22, 23, 2k, 26, 29 ] State of New Jersey, 1 .County, } ss - ., being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is a legal voter in the . District, Township of . County of .; that he is well acquainted with.. who resides at.. 57 in the township and county aforesaid, and that he, the said., has resided in the State of New Jersey for one year last past and in the county of.for five months last past; that he is a citizen of the United States and is a legal voter in said election district. Sworn and subscribed before me,) . this.day of ., A. D. 1899. >• No. 8.—Certificate of Nomination by Party Convention. [This form is prepared for use in cases of nominations by party conventions. It is ■easily adapted to cases of nominations by party conventions for the whole State for Congressional districts, for counties, or for townships and municipalities. When the ^certificate is filed with the Secretary of State, it should be done at least twenty days before the election; when with the county clerk, at least ten days before the election ; and when with the municipal clerk, at least eight days before the election. See Sec¬ tion 42.] That at a Convention of Delegates held at.. in the county of., on the.day of.. 1899, and repre¬ senting the.party, a political party which at [Not more than three words ] the general election next preceding the holding of said convention polled for members of the General Assembly at least two per centum of the total vote cast in the., the following nominations were made: Office to be Filled. Name of Candidate. Residence. Post-Office Address. [Print or write all the above entries very plainly.] Witness our hands this.day of., A. D. 1899. Presiding Officer of the Convention. Residence .. P. 0. Address . Secretary of the Convention. Residence . P. 0. Address . State of New Jersey, ) „ .County, } s * I,., being duly sworn, depose and say that I was the Presiding Officer of the Convention named in the foregoing certificate, and that said certificate and the statements therein con¬ tained are true, as I verily believe. Sworn and subscribed before me, ) ..