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reports, payrolls, vouchers, blanks, records, and forms as shall be necessary to effect such uniformity, and shall supply a copy thereof to the boards, officers, commissions, trustees, or institutions which are to use the same, and thereafter such boards, officers, commissions, trustees, or institutions shall use the same, and no other.

ARTICLE XIX.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF OTHER EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

SECTION 695. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 695. The secretary of the State Board of Health is ex officio vaccine agent. His powers and duties as such are prescribed by sections twenty-nine hundred and ninety-three and twenty-nine hundred and ninety-four of this Code.

SECTION 696. To be repealed to conform to the amendment of Section 368 and repeal of Sections 2949 to 2969.

ARTICLE I.

CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT.

SECTION 749. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 749. The Clerk of the Supreme Court is elected at the same time, and in the same manner, as the Governor is elected, and holds his office for the same term.

NOTE.-Amended to conform to the requirements of Section 20, Article XX, of the Constitution, relating to the time of commencement of term.

ARTICLE II.

REPORTER OF THE SUPREME COURT.

SECTION 767. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 767. The justices of the Supreme Court shall appoint a reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, who shall hold his office and be removable at their pleasure.

NOTE.-Amended to conform to the provisions of Article VI, Section 21, of the Constitution.

ARTICLE I.

DISQUALIFICATIONS.

SECTION 841. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 841. No person is capable of holding a civil office, who, at the time of his election or appointment, is not of the age of twenty-one years, and a citizen of this State. Women over the age of twenty-one years, who are citizens of the United States, and of this State, shall be eligible to all educational offices within this State, except those from which they are excluded by the constitution.

NOTE.-The amendment consists in adding to the section as it originally existed the provisions of the Act of March 12, 1874 (Stats. 1873–74, page 356).

ARTICLE II.

RESTRICTIONS UPON THE RESIDENCE OF OFFICERS.

SECTION 852. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 852. The following officers must reside at and keep their offices in the City of Sacramento: The Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, State Treasurer, Attorney-General, Surveyor-General, Superintendent of State Printing, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Adjutant-General.

ARTICLE III.

POWERS OF DEPUTIES.

SECTION 865. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 865. In all cases not otherwise provided for, each deputy, or in case there be no deputy, then the chief clerk, possesses the powers and may perform the duties attached by law to the office of his principal.

ARTICLE X.

RESIGNATIONS, VACANCIES, AND THE MODE OF SUPPLYING THEM.

SECTION 1001. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1001. A vacancy in the office of either the Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Surveyor-General, Clerk of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or Superintendent of State Printing, must be filled by a person appointed by the Governor, who shall hold his office for the balance of the unexpired term.

NOTE. The amendment consists in providing for filling a vacancy in the offices of Superintendent of State Printing and Superintendent of Public Instruction.

CHAPTER I.

ARTICLE II.

ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

SECTION 1054. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1054. Such proclamation must contain:

1. A statement of the time of election and of the offices to be filled; 2. Whenever the Legislature, at its session preceding any general election, shall have proposed any amendments to the constitution of this State, or any other question for submission to the qualified electors of this State, the Governor shall include such proposed amendments or other question in such proclamation, numbering them, respectively, in the order of their adoption by the Legislature, and giving them the additional designation of the number given them by the Legislature. In such proclamation, after such proposed amendments or other question has been set forth, the same shall be restated by number, including number given by the Legislature, in manner and form as the same shall appear upon the ballot. Such form shall be substantially as follows, the proper numbers to be inserted: "Amendment Number, being (Senate or Assembly) Constitutional Amendment No. (Then a short statement or syllabus of the purposes or object of the amendment is to be inserted in brackets.) For the Amendment?" The words "Yes" and "No" are then to be inserted in manner and form as provided in section eleven hundred and ninety-seven of this Code;

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3. An offer of a reward in the following form: "I do hereby offer a reward of one hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of any and every person violating any of the provisions of title four, part one of the Penal Code, such rewards to be paid until the total amount hereafter expended for the purpose reaches the sum of ten thousand dollars."

SECTION 1055. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1055. The Board of Supervisors, upon the receipt of such proclamation, must, in case of general or special elections, cause a copy of the same to be published in some newspaper printed in the county, if any, and to be posted at each place of election at least ten days before the election; and in case of special elections to fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator or member of Assembly, the Board of Supervisors, upon receipt of such proclamation, may, in their discretion,

cause a copy of the same to be published or posted as herein before provided, except that such publication or posting need not be made for a longer period than five days before such election.

NOTE.-Amended by changing the word "may" to "must."

CHAPTER III.

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.

SECTION 1083. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1083. Every male citizen of the United States, every male person who shall have acquired the right of citizenship under or by virtue of the treaty of Queretaro, and every male naturalized citizen thereof, who shall have become such ninety days prior to any election, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which he claims his vote ninety days, and in the election precinct thirty days, and whose name shall be enrolled on the great register of such county, as provided for in section ten hundred and ninety-four of this Code, shall be a qualified elector at any and all elections held within the county, city and county, city, town, or district within which such elector resides.

NOTE.-Amended to prevent conflict with Section 1094.

CHAPTER V.

BOARD OF ELECTION.

SECTION 1144. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1144. If the Board of Supervisors fail to appoint the board of election, or all the members of said board fail to attend at the hour set for the opening of the polls on election day, the electors of the precinct present at that hour may appoint or elect the board. If part only of the board of election are present at the hour of opening the polls, any two members so present, of opposite political faith, shall proceed to fill the vacancies on the board; provided, that in each case the partisan qualifications required by section eleven hundred and forty-two of this Code be present in any person elected to fill any such vacancies.

SECTION 1145. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1145. The inspector who for the time is in charge of the ballotbox and receiving the ballots, is chairman of the board, and may: 1. Administer all oaths required in the progress of an election;

2. Appoint judges and clerks, if, during the progress of an election, any judge or clerk ceases to act.

NOTE.-Amended to meet the requirements of Section 1142, which provides for two inspectors.

CHAPTER VII.

POLL LISTS.

SECTION 1174. To be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1174. A poll list shall be kept by the clerks of election as provided for in section twelve hundred and twenty-nine, and shall be substantially of the following form:

POLL LIST.

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on the A and B inspectors, C and D judges, G and H ballot clerks, and J and K tally clerks, of said election, were respectively sworn (or affirmed), as required by law, previous to their entering on the duties of their respective offices.

Number and Names of Electors Voting.

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We hereby certify that the number of electors voting at this election in this precinct amounts to (here write out in full the proper number). The County Clerk of each county shall furnish to the board of election, at each precinct, a tally sheet, to be kept as provided for in section twelve hundred and fifty-eight. Such tally list or sheet shall be printed upon a good quality of paper, and be entitled "Election return and tally list of votes polled at the general election held in ward,

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18-." At the extreme left of the sheet shall be a column headed "Title of office," and in this column, immediately preceding the name of any candidate for an office, shall be printed the title of his office, or in case of officers elected from minor political divisions of a county, space shall be left for writing the title of his office.

In the case of constitutional amendments or other question

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