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Session Laws, 1898 Session
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LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

them in their discretion He shall qualify before said Super-
visors, Judges and Clerks of Election.
270 G. The said Board of Supervisors, in each year in

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which an election in April is to be held, shall select before the
fifteenth day of February two judges of election, and before
the twentieth day of February two more judges of election
and two clerks for each voting precinct in said city, taking one
of such judges and one of such clerks, in making each such
selection, for each such voting precinct, from each of the two
leading political parties of the State, so that such parties shall
be equally represented at all times among said election officers.
It shall not be necessary to appoint new or special judges or
clerks of election for any election not held on the third
Tuesday of April, but the judges and clerks appointed under
this Article, for the preceding April election shall discharge
the duties of said judges and clerks of election, respectively,
within their several precincts wherein such election shall be
held. Each judge and each clerk must be a legal voter resid-
ing in the precinct for which he is selected — a man of good
capacity and character, able to speak, read and write the Eng-
lish language, and skilled in the four fundamental roles of
arithmetic, not holding any other public office or employment,
and not a candidate for any office at the next election.
270 H. Each supervisor shall have a veto upon the proposed

Time when
Judges and
clerks of
election are
selected.

selection or nomination of any judge or clerk; and if, in any
case, in consequence of such veto, the Board of Supervisors
cannot agree upon an appointment, then the supervisor, or
supervisors, belonging to the political party entitled to be rep-
resented by the judge or clerk in question shall name three
men who are eligible, and from these the other supervisor, or
supervisors, shall select such judge or clerk.

270 I. Each person selected as judge or clerk by the Board

Veto.

of Supervisors shall be promptly notified of the fact of his
selection, with direction to appear, within the time fixed in the
notice, before the board, for the purpose of examination ; and if,
upon examination, he is found qualified, he shall, unless excused
by the supervisors for good cause, be appointed by the super-
vors, and shall be bound to serve as such officer for the term
of three years. The supervisors shall keep books in which
shall be written down the names of all the judges and clerks
so appointed, the date and manner of notice to them to appear,
and whether or not they appear, and if appearing, whether
they were appointed, rejected or excused, and it rejected
or excused, the reasons therefor. No person shall be com-

Judge or
clerk to be
notified of
his selec-
tion.



 
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