istry list as herein provided, receive from the Board of Election or some member thereof, and from no other person, a ballot upon which he shall designate his choice for Trustee or Trustees to be elected in the district, by placing a cross thus: X, opposite and to the right of the name of the person for whom he intends to

vote.

Ballot Can Contain.

1776. SEC. 14. There shall be placed upon the ballots, in addition to the names of the candidates such information as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary to inform the voter how to mark his ballot, such as: "Place a cross thus: X, opposite and to the right of the name of the candidate for whom you wish to vote,' 99.66 vote for one," "vote for two," etc.

Who Allowed at Polls-Misdemeanor for Violation.

1777. SEC. 15. No person other than the Board of Election or a police officer in the discharge of his duty, shall be allowed within one hundred feet of the polls, except when actually engaged in voting or in going to or from the polls for the purpose of voting or of challenging the vote of another, and excepting all persons in attendance upon any school which may be in session in the building. No person shall show his ballot to another while marking it or after marking it so as to disclose for whom he has voted, but he shall as soon as possible after marking it fold it so that the marking will be on the inside and return it to the Board of Election to be counted. Willful violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twenty-five days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Assistance Allowed.

1778. SEC. 16. No person shall receive assistance in marking his ballot unless physically unable to mark it and then only by permission of the Board of Election. A voter spoiling his ballot may procure another by delivering the spoiled ballot to the Board of Election.

Challenges Penalty for Illegal Voting.

1779. SEC. 17. Any registered person offering to vote may be challenged by any elector of the district, and the Judges of Election must thereupon administer to the person challenged an oath in substance as follows: "You do swear that you are a citizen of the United States; that you are twenty-one years of age; that you have resided in this state six months and in this school district thirty days next preceding this election, and that you have not voted before this day." If he takes the oath prescribed in this section his vote shall be received, otherwise his vote must be rejected. Illegally voting under the provisions of this Act shall be punished the same as the law now provides for punishing offenses of this character.

Candidates to File Their Names.

1780. SEC. 18. In school districts having a voting population of one hundred or over, candidates for the office of School Trustee shall, not later than five days before the day of election, have their names filed with the Clerk of the Board of School Trustees with the designation of the term of office for which they are candidates, and no names shall be placed upon the ballots unless filed within the time herein provided.

Duty of Election Board Upon Completion of Count.

1781. SEC. 19. The Board of Election shall keep a poll list and tally sheet, which, together with the registry list and all ballots cast, shall be delivered to the County Clerk upon the count being completed, and such returns shall be kept as the law now provides for keeping returns of general elections.

This Act supersedes Act of 1891, 93, and the Acts amendatory thereof.

OFFICERS GENERALLY.

An Act relating to officers, their qualifications, times of election, terms of office, official duties, resignations, removals, vacancies in office, and the mode of supplying the same, misconduct in office, and to enforce official duty.

Approved March 9, 1866, 231.

What Officers to Be Elected-Appointed Officers.

1782. SECTION 1. There shall be elected the following officers, to wit: FirstA Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. Second-Two United States Senators. Third-As many Members of the House of Representatives of the United States as this state may be entitled to. Fourth--As many Presidential Electors as this state may be entitled to. Fifth--Three Justices of the Supreme Court. Sixth-. One District Judge for each judicial district into which the state is divided by law. Seventh-Senators and Members of the Assembly. Eighth-A Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller, Attorney-General, and SurveyorGeneral. Ninth-A Clerk of the Supreme Court. Tenth-A State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Eleventh-For each county, one County Clerk, who shall be ex officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, and also Clerk of the district court of his county; one Sheriff; one District Attorney; one Public Administrator, who shall be ex officio Coroner; one Assessor; one Treasurer; one County Surveyor; one County School Superintendent; three County Commissioners, except in counties having a voting population of four thousand and upwards, and in those counties five; one County Recorder, who shall be ex officio County Auditor; Justices of the Peace; and Constables. The following officers shall be appointed, to wit: Notaries Public, Commissioners of Deeds, for the respective states and territories of the United States and foreign countries, and all the officers which are not elective.

Who Eligible.

QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS.

1783. SEC. 2. No person who is not a qualified elector shall be eligible to any office of honor, profit, or trust, in and under the government and laws of this state. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Judge of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller, Attorney-General, Surveyor-General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, who, at the time of such election, has not attained the age of twenty-five years, and been a citizen resident of this state for two years next preceding the election; and to the offices of Clerk of the Supreme Court, State Senator, or Assemblyman, who, at the time of such election, has not attained the age of twenty-one years, and been a citizen resident of this state one year next preceding the election. Any person over the age of twenty-five years shall be eligible to the office of District Judge who is a qualified elector of the state and district in which he resides.

OF THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS AND THE TIME AND MANNER THEREOF. Presidential Electors.

1784. SEC. 3. In each year when the election of President and Vice-President of the United States is to take place, there shall be chosen as many Electors of President and Vice-President as this state may be entitled to at the time of such election.

Time and Manner of Election.

1785. SEC. 4. The qualified voters of the state shall meet at the places designated for holding the general election in the different counties in the state, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in each year when the election of President and Vice-President is to take place, unless the Congress of the United

States shall appoint a different day, and in that case, on such day as Congress shall appoint, and shall proceed to elect as many persons as the state shall then be entitled to elect as Electors of President and Vice-President.

Notice of Election, How Given.

1786. SEC. 5. Notice of the election of Electors shall be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given of other elections, and the election thereof made in the same manner as is prescribed by law in regard to the election of Representatives in Congress.

Electors, When and Where to Convene.

1787. SEC. 6. The Electors so chosen shall convene at the seat of government on the first Wednesday in December next after their election, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and in case of the death or absence of any Elector so chosen, or in case the number of Electors shall, from any cause, be deficient, the Electors then present shall forthwith elect, from the qualified electors of the state, so many persons as shall supply the deficiency. As amended, Stats. 1869, 64.

Duties When Convened.

1788. SEC. 7. The Electors, when convened on said first Wednesday in December, shall vote by ballot for one person for President and one person for Vice-President of the United States, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of this state. They shall name in their ballots the persons voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the persons voted for as Vice-President; and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes given for each, which list they shall sign and certify and transmit, sealed up, to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; and they shall, in all respects, proceed conformably to the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of the United States in this behalf. As amended, Stats. 1869, 64.

OF THE ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, AND THE TIMES AND MANNER THEREOF.

Representatives in Congress.

1789. SEC. 8. At the general election in the year eighteen hundred and sixtysix, and at the general election in each second year thereafter, there shall be elected such number of Representatives to the Congress of the United States as the State of Nevada may be entitled to.

OF TIMES OF ELECTION AND TERMS OF STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS, EXCEPT PRECINCT OFFICERS.

State and County Officers.

1790. SEC. 9. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Justices of the Supreme Court, State Treasurer, State Controller, Attorney-General, Surveyor-General, Clerk of the Supreme Court, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall be elected by the qualified electors of the state; Members of the House of Representatives of the United States, District Judges, District Attorneys, Senators, Members of the Assembly, County Commissioners, County School Superintendents, Sheriffs, County Clerks, Public Administrators, Recorders, Assessors, County Treasurers, and County Surveyors, shall be elected by the qualified electors of their respective districts or counties. Justices of the Peace and Constables shall be elected by the qualified electors of their respective precincts or townships.

State Officers, When Chosen--Term of Office.

1791. SEC. 10. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of the State, State Controller, State Treasurer, Attorney-General, and Surveyor-General shall be chosen at the general election of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and every fourth year thereafter, and shall hold their office for the term of four years

from the time of their installment, and until their successors shall be qualified, and all of said officers, excepting the Surveyor-General, shall keep their office and reside at the seat of government.

Justices of Supreme Court, When Chosen.

1792. SEC. 11. One Justice of the Supreme Court shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the state, at the general election of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and one every second year thereafter, and shall hold his office for the term of six years from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January next after his election. Each Justice hereafter elected or appointed shall be commissioned by the Governor, and before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall take the constitutional oath of office. The senior Justice in commission shall be Chief Justice and in case the commission of any two or more of said Justices shall bear the same date, they shall determine by lot who shall be Chief Justice.

Clerk of Supreme Court.

1793. SEC. 12. At the general election in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and at the general election every four years thereafter, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the state, and shall hold his office for the term of four years from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January next after his election, and until his successor is qualified. Superintendent of Public Instruction.

1794. SEC. 13. At the general election in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and at the general election every four years thereafter, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the state, and shall hold his office for the term of four years from the first Monday of January next after the election, and until his successor is qualified.

District Judges.

1795. SEC. 14. District Judges shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective districts, at the general election of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and shall hold their offices for the term of four years from the first Monday of January next after their election.

Assemblymen.

1796. SEC. 15. The Members of the Assembly shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective districts, at the general election of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and shall hold their office for the term of two years from the day succeeding such election.

Senators.

1797. SEC. 16. The Senators shall be elected by the electors of their respective districts, at the general election in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and every two years thereafter, and shall hold their offices for four years from the day succeeding such general election.

County Officers.

1798. SEC. 17. County Clerks, Sheriffs, County Assessors, County Treasurers, District Attorneys, County Surveyors, County Recorders, County School Superintendents, County Commissioners, and Public Administrators, shall be chosen by the electors of their respective counties, at the general election in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and at the general election every two years thereafter, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of January subsequent to their election.

ELECTION OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.

Township Officers.

1799. SEC. 18. The Board of County Commissioners of each county shall,

from time to time, as the public good may require, divide said county into a convenient number of townships, and shall cause such division to be published. For each of such townships one Justice of the Peace shall be elected. The Constables of the several townships of the state shall be chosen at the general election of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the first Monday of January next succeeding their election, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years thereafter, until their successors are elected and qualified. Justices of the Peace of the several townships of the state shall be chosen at a general election, to be held for that purpose, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, who shall hold their offices from the expiration of the term of the present incumbents until the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

New Township.

1800. SEC. 19. When any Justice of the Peace, in the formation of a new township, shall be brought within the limits thereof, he shall be one of the Justices of the Peace allowed to such new township, and shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which he was elected.

Justice of the Peace in Certain Townships.

1801. SEC. 20. If, by annexing a part of one township to another, there should be more than the proper number of Justices within the limits of the townships to which such addition shall have been made, any Justice of the Peace brought within such township shall, notwithstanding, hold and exercise his office therein until the expiration of his term of office, but no successor shall be elected to fill any vacancy in said office which may be occasioned by the expiration of said term, or otherwise. And whenever any township, in consequence of a part being taken to form a new township, or to be annexed to any other township, shall be deprived of its proper number of Justices of the Peace, the vacancy thus produced shall be supplied, as in other cases.

New Township-Constable.

1802. SEC. 21. When any Constable, by the formation of a new township, shall be brought within the limits thereof, he shall continue to act as Constable to such new township, and shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which he was elected.

Oath and Bond.

OATH AND BOND OF OFFICE.

1803. SEC. 22. Members of the Legislature, and all officers, executive, judicial and ministerial, shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, provide the official bond required by law, when such bond shall be required, and take and subscribe to the official oath. All officers elected, except Senators and Representatives, shall qualify, and execute and deliver their official bonds (when required), as above provided, prior to the Tuesday after the first Monday in January ensuing their election; and all officers appointed to fill vacancies, in the cases provided by law, shall qualify and give bond (when required) within thirty days from the time of their appointment. The term of office of all officers, elected or appointed, shall begin from the time of their qualification, unless some other express provision is made by law.

Oath Indorsed on Commission.

1804. SEC. 23. Said oath, except in cases specified in the next two sections, shall be indorsed on the commission or certificate of election of such officer, and signed by him, and certified by the officer before whom such oath or affirmation shall have been taken.

Members of Legislature.

1805. SEC. 24. Members of the Legislature shall take and subscribe to the