Secretary of State to Furnish Necessary Ballots, etc.

1743. The Secretary of State is hereby required to furnish, prepare and have printed the necessary ballots, and if he is not in possession of the names of the candidates for county and township officers, said names may be omitted from the ballot. He shall also furnish each commanding officer the necessary check and poll lists, together with the proper and sufficient blanks for said returns and all necessary instructions for the taking of the votes in their respective commands.

An Act to secure the election of United States Senator in accordance with the will of the people and the choice of the electors of the state, and to obtain an expression of such choice, and to prevent fraud and official dereliction of duty in connection. with such election.

Approved March 14, 1899, 86.

Nominated in Same Manner as State Officers.

1744. SECTION 1. At the general elections next preceding the expiration of the time for which any United States Senator was elected or appointed to represent the State of Nevada in Congress, candidates for choice of the electors of this state for United States Senator may be nominated in the same manner as now provided for the nomination of state officers, and either by certificate of nomination by a party convention or by certificate of nomination signed by electors equal to ten per cent of the entire vote cast at the preceding election. Certificate of Nomination Filed With the Secretary of State-Ballot, How Prepared.

1745. SEC. 2. Such certificates of nomination shall be filed, with the Secretary of State, who shall certify the names of all candidates as shown therein to the various County Clerks as now required by law in case of candidates for state offices, and the several County Clerks in preparing the ballots to be voted at any such general election shall place thereon the names of all such candidates under the words " Choice for United States Senator, vote for one," and there shall be a margin at the right hand side of these names, at least one-half inch wide, where the voter may indicate his choice of said candidates by making a cross or X.

Candidates to Be Submitted at General Election-Secretary of State to Transmit Result of Official Canvass to the Legislature.

1746. SEC. 3. The names of all candidates so nominated shall be submitted to the electors of the state for them to express their choice at every such general election, and the vote upon such choice shall be taken, returned, canvassed and certified by the same authority and in the same way as the vote for state officers is taken, canvassed, returned and certified, and in manner and form complying with the requirements and provisions of an Act relating to elections and to more fully secure the secrecy of the ballot, approved March 13, 1891, and of the various Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and the Secretary of State shall, within five days after the convening of the next session of the legislature following any such election, transmit to each branch thereof the result of the official canvass of the vote upon said choice and candidates.

Not to Apply to Vacancies, When.

1747. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the filling of any. vacancy in the office of United States Senator which may occur by death, resignation or removal between the date sixty days prior to any general election and the adjournment of the next session of the legislature.

No Reward Used in Aid of Candidate.

1748. SEC. 5. No person shall, either in aid of his own candidacy or election, or in aid of the candidacy or election of any other person for the choice of the electors for United States Senator, give, pay, expend or promise any money or reward to any one whomsoever.

An Act providing for the manner of submitting constitutional amendments to the voters of the State of Nevada.

Approved March 5, 1887, 122.

Board of Examiners Shall Order Amendments Printed.

1749. SECTION 1. Whenever the conditions prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Nevada for amending the same have been complied with by the legislature, the State Board of Examiners shall order such proposed amendments to the constitution published in one daily newspaper of general circulation, published in the State of Nevada, for a period of ninety days next preceding any general election held in this state, when any proposed amendments are pending.

Publisher Shall Print and Mail Copies of Paper.

1750. SEC. 2. The publisher of the newspaper publishing the proposed amendments, as required by this Act, shall print and send to the County Clerk of each county in this state, as many copies of said newspapers containing the publication of said proposed amendments as there were registered voters for the general election of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and the printing and mailing of said extra copies required under this Act shall be done by the publisher without expense to the state. It is hereby made the duty of the Clerk of each county to mail to every registered voter within his county a copy of the newspaper containing the proposed amendments.

Commissioners' Proclamation.

1751. SEC. 3. The several Boards of County Commissioners in this state, before the next general election after final agreement by the legislature to any proposed amendments to the constitution, shall, in their proclamation, order that there be printed on the ballots: "Amendment No.----, Yes"; or "Amendment No. No."

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Canvass and Return.

1752. SEC. 4. The vote on an amendment to the constitution shall be canvassed and returned in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the canvass and return of votes for elective officers.

An Act concerning the election of town and city officers in this state and matters properly connected therewith.

Duties of Registry Agents.

Approved March 22, 1897, 113.

1753. SECTION 1. The Registry Agents of every voting precinct in this state, containing within its limits a town or city, the boundaries of which are described by metes and bounds, shall register all voters, residents of said town or city, separately from the voters who reside within the said voting precinct but without the limits of said town or city, or he shall designate after the name of each voter whether he is a resident within or without said town or city; provided that when there are no officers to be elected exclusively for said town or city such separate registration shall not be required.

Shall Designate Residence.

1754. SEC. 2. The Registry Agents, in preparing the official register for any voting precinct as described in section one of this Act for the use of election officers, of the precinct and the wards thereof, if any there be, shall designate after the name of each voter, or in some other appropriate and intelligible manner, the residence of the voter, whether within or without the limits of the town or city, so that the election officers can readily determine whether or not voters are qualified to vote for town or city officers, if any such are to be elected.

Ballots to Contain-Proviso.

1755. SEC. 3. The County Clerk shall cause to be placed upon the official

ballots to be used at any voting precinct containing within its limits a town or city, as described in section one of this Act, the names of all candidates for office for said town or city, in manner as now provided by law to be voted for exclusively by the electors of said town or city; provided, that he shall furnish sufficient ballots without the names of candidates for town or city officers, for use of the voters of the precinct who reside without the limits of said town or city, and the number of all ballots furnished for use in said precincts, and the wards thereof, if any there be, shall be as now provided by law, and shall be apportioned according to the relative number of each class of voters as herein designated.

Form of Ballot.

1756. SEC. 4. The election officers of every voting precinct and the wards thereof, if any there be, shall, in manner as now provided by law, furnish the voters of said precinct or the wards thereof, with ballots with or without the names of the candidates for town, or city officers, according as the voter is a resident within or without the limits of said town or city as shown by the official registry list for use of the election officers of said precincts, or the wards thereof, as in this Act provided, and no ballot containing names of candidates to be voted for exclusively by residents of the town or city shall be given to any voter who resides without the limits of said town or city.

Manner of Voting.

1757. SEC. 5. Except as herein specially provided, the manner of voting and conducting the election shall be as now provided by law.

Applicable to Wards.

1758. SEC. 6. Whenever any officer or officers of any town or city as herein mentioned are to be voted for exclusively by the qualified voters of any ward or wards of said town or city, then all of the provisions of this Act concerning the registration and manner of voting for town or city officers shall apply to said ward or wards.

An Act to define the manner of electing County Commissioners.

Commissioner Districts.

Approved February 21, 1893, 33.

1759. SECTION 1. Whenever twenty per cent or more of the qualified electors of any county in this state shall petition the Board of County Commissioners of their county to that effect, it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of such county, on or before the first Monday in July preceding any general election, to divide the county into three districts to be known as " Commissioner Districts." Such division shall be made to conform to the established boundaries of election precincts or wards, and each and every election precinct or ward shall be wholly within one of the commissioner districts herein provided for. Each commissioner district shall embrace, as near as may be, one-third of the voting population of the county, to be determined by the vote cast at the last general election, and shall consist of adjoining precincts; provided, that in case not more than three election precincts or wards exist in the county, then each election precinct or ward shall constitute a commissioner district.

Precincts in Commissioner Districts to Be Designated.

1760. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners to cause to be published in some newspaper in the county, if there be one, and if not, then by the posting at the door of the court house, and one or more conspicuous places in each of the commissioner districts, a notice specifying the election precincts or wards embraced in each of the commissioner districts so established. Such notice shall be posted or published for a period not less than twenty days prior to each general election.

Terms of Office.

1761. SEC. 3. The Commissioner designated in the statute as the "long term" Commissioner shall represent the district in which he resided when elected, and at the general election in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected a Commissioner from each of the remaining districts, one for the "long term " and one for the "short term." as now provided by law.

Elected Same as Other Officers.

1762. SEC. 4. County Commissioners shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county wherein they reside as other county officers are now elected. As amended, Stats. 1895, 39.

An Act to provide for the election of School Trustees and matters properly connected therewith.

School Trustees, When Elected.

Approved March 16, 1897, 100.

1763. SECTION 1. An election of School Trustees shall be held in each school district in the state on the fourth Monday in May, 1898, and every two years thereafter, and at such elections two Trustees shall be elected, one to serve two years and one to serve four years. The Trustees so elected shall take their office on the first Monday in July next succeeding their election.

Vacancies.

1764. SEC. 2. In all cases where Trustees are not elected as provided in this Act or whenever vacancies occur, the Superintendent of Public Schools shall fill such vacancies by appointment.

Election Officers Appointed.

1765. SEC. 3. All Judges and Inspectors of Election and such other officers as may be necessary, shall be appointed by the School Trustees in each district. If the Trustees fail to appoint the election officers or if they are not present at the time of opening the polls, the electors present may appoint them. All such officers shall serve without compensation.

Certificates of Election.

1766. SEC. 4. The Election Board shall issue certificates of election to those receiving the greatest number of votes cast in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Notices Posted.

1767. SEC. 5. Not less than ten days before the election held under the provisions of this Act, the Trustees in each district shall post notices in three public places in the district, which notices shall specify that there will be an election held at the school house of such district and the hours between which the polls will be kept open. If the Trustees of any district shall have failed to post the notices as required by this section, then any three electors of the district may, within five days of the day of election, give notice of such election, which notices shall be sufficient for the election required by this Act, and in such case no registration shall be necessary, but all the other provisions of this Act shall be enforced.

Qualification for Voting.

1768. SEC. 6. No person shall be allowed to vote at any school election unless he is a resident of the district and his name appears upon the official registry list of the voting precinct or precincts including the district, for the last preceding general election; provided, that any citizen of the United States who shall have resided in this state six months, and in the school district thirty days next preceding the day of election and whose name is not upon the said official registry list, may apply to the Clerk of the Board of School Trustees, or to a per

son authorized by the Trustees of the district to act as Registry Agent, not more than eight nor less than five days prior to the day of election, to have his name registered.

Registration Form of Oath.

1769. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Board of School Trustees, or the person appointed by the Board of School Trustees, as the case may be, to register any qualified voter of the school district who may apply to be registered under the provisions of the preceding section; provided, that if the person applying to be registered be unknown to the Registry Agent, or his qualifications for voting be unknown, he shall, before having his name registered, be required to subscribe to the following oath: "You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States; that you are twenty-one years of age; that you will have resided in the state six months and in this school district thirty days next preceding the day of the school election." False swearing under the provisions of this section shall be deemed perjury, and punished as now provided by law.

List of Voters.

1770. SEC. 8. No person shall be entitled to vote under the provisions of this Act except he be registered as herein provided. The Board of School Trustees shall prepare or cause to be prepared a list of the names of all persons entitled to vote at the school election as herein provided, which said list shall be completed at least three days prior to the day of election and shall be under the charge of the Clerk of the Board of School Trustees and subject to the inspection of any qualified voter in the district.

List of Voters Compensation Allowed.

1771. SEC. 9. The Board of School Trustees in all school districts having a voting population of fifty or more, are authorized to employ a competent person to prepare said list of qualified voters and to pay for the work out of the school fund of the district, in [a] manner as other claims against the district are allowed and paid, a reasonable sum, not exceeding five cents a name for each qualified voter, providing that the total amount to be allowed shall not exceed twenty dollars. The list so prepared shall be sworn to by the person making the same as correct according to his best knowledge, information and belief.

List Delivered to Inspectors of Election.

1772. SEC. 10. The list of qualified voters, as herein before described, shall be delivered to the Inspectors of Election prior to the time of opening the polls on the day of election, and no person shall be entitled to vote at the election whose name is not on said list, provided, that any person whose name is left off said list by mistake, design, accident or otherwise, may have his name placed thereon by the Inspectors of Election upon satisfactory proofs being presented of his having previously been registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Voting Shall Be by Ballot.

1773. SEC. 11. The voting shall be by ballot, either written or printed and when two or more Trustees are to be elected for different terms, the ballot shall designate such term as "long term " and "short term "respectively.

Ballots, What to Contain-Number of Ballots.

1774. SEC. 12. In all school districts having a voting population of one hundred or over, the Board of School Trustees shall have printed ballots of uniform size containing the names, in alphabetical order, of all persons candidates for the office of School Trustee. There shall be twice as many ballots printed as there are voters in the district, and no ballots other than those furnished by the Board of School Trustees shall be voted.

How to Vote.

1775. SEC. 13. A person desiring to vote shall, if his name be