said sheet, the number of votes cast for such candidate, and such list must be signed by the members of the board and attested by the clerks, substantially in the form required by section eleven hundred and seventyfour hereof. SECTION 1261. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1261. The board must, before it adjourns, inclose in a cover, and seal up and direct to the County Clerk, the copy of the register upon which one of the judges marked the word "voted" as the ballots were received, all certificates of registration received by it, one of the lists of the persons challenged, one copy of the list of voters, and one of the tally lists and list attached thereto. The board shall also, at the completion of their other duties, post, in a conspicuous place at the entrance to the polls, a statement containing the name of each candidate and the name or title of each question voted on, together with the number of votes cast for such candidate or for or against such question. Such statement shall remain so posted for ten days; and to tear down, destroy, or deface the same within that time shall constitute a misdemeanor, and be punishable as such. CHAPTER XI. CANVASS OF RETURNS--DECLARATION OF RESULT-COMMISSIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION. SECTION 1281. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1281. The canvass must be made in public, and by opening the returns and estimating the vote of such county or township for each person voted for, and for and against each proposed constitutional amendment or other question voted upon at such election, and declaring the result thereof. SECTION 1282. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1282. The clerk of the board must, as soon as the result is declared, enter on the records of such board a statement of such result, which statement must show: 1. The whole number of votes cast in the county; 2. The names of the persons voted for, as they appeared upon the ballot, and the proposed constitutional amendments and other questions voted upon; 3. The office to fill which each person was voted for; 4. The number of votes given at each precinct to each of such persons, and for and against each of such proposed constitutional amendments or other questions voted upon; 5. The number of votes given in the county to each of such persons, and for and against each of such proposed constitutional amendments or other questions voted upon. As soon as said statement is entered upon the records of the Board of Supervisors, the clerk must make a certified abstract of said statement, seal up such abstract, indorse it "election returns," and without delay transmit the same to the Secretary of State. SECTION 1283. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1283. The board must declare elected the person having the highest number of votes given for each office to be filled by the votes of a single county or subdivision thereof, except to the person elected judge of the Superior Court. SECTION 1284. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1284. The County Clerk must immediately make out and deliver to such person (except to the person elected judge of the Superior Court) a certificate of election, signed by him, and authenticated with the seal of the Superior Court. SECTION 1285. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1285. When there are officers, other than those to be filled by the electors of the entire State, Representatives in Congress, members of the State Board of Equalization, and Railroad Commissioners, voted for, who are chosen by the electors of a district composed of two or more counties, each of the County Clerks of the counties composing such district, immediately after making out the statement specified in section twelve hundred and eighty-two, must make a certified abstract of so much thereof as relates to the election of such officer. SECTION 1287. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1287. The County Clerk to whom the election returns of a district are made, must, as soon as the returns from all the counties in the district have been received, open in public such returns, and from them and the statement of the vote for such officers in his own county: 1. Make a statement of the vote of the district for such officers, and file the same, together with the returns, in his office; 2. Immediately transmit a certified copy of such statement to the Secretary of State; 3. Make out and deliver, or transmit by mail, to the persons elected a certificate of election (unless it is by law otherwise provided). SECTION 1288. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1288. Whenever in any case the name of any candidate for an office appears more than once upon the ballot, all votes cast for him shall be counted for him by the various precinct election boards, upon the tally sheet, in manner and form as his name appears upon the ballot and tally sheet, and be so returned by the board of election. When the Board of Supervisors of the county wherein the election was held meet to canvass the returns as provided for in section twelve hundred and seventy-eight, in the case of all officers voted for by the electors of that county only, or a minor political division thereof, except judges of the Superior Court, they shall add together all votes cast for any such candidate for any one office, no matter what political party or political principle, or number of such parties or principles, he may represent. In cases provided for in section twelve hundred and eighty-five, the various Boards of Supervisors canvassing the votes shall certify the same to the County Clerk of the proper county, as provided for in section twelve hundred and eighty-six, and such County Clerk shall so add together all votes cast for such officer as aforesaid. In the case of officers to be voted for by the entire State, and Representative in Congress, member of State Board of Equalization, Railroad Commissioner, and judge of the Superior Court, the various Boards of Supervisors shall certify the vote to the Secretary of State, as provided for in section twelve hundred and eighty-two, and the Secretary of State, in estimating and certifying the returns, shall add together all votes cast for any such candidate for any one office, no matter what political party or principle, or number thereof, he may represent. In all cases herein provided for, identity of name shall be considered identity of person, and the vote for any candidate, after having been so added together, shall constitute his entire or total vote, and shall determine the question of his election. SECTION 1289. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1289. Whenever the name of any candidate appears more than once upon the ballot for any one office, followed by different political or party designations, and a voter stamps a cross in all of the squares following such name, the intention of the voter shall be respected and the vote counted as one for such candidate. NOTE.-Sections 1288 and 1289, as they originally read, are, since the amendment of Section 1282, no longer required. The amended sections are designed to meet the contingencies which so forcibly presented themselves during the presidential election of 1896. SECTION 1290. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1290. On the fortieth day after the election, or as soon as the returns have been received from all the counties of the State, if received within that time, the Secretary of State must compare and estimate the vote for offices, proposed constitutional amendments or other questions, to be voted upon by the electors of the entire State, and make out and file in his office a statement thereof, and transmit a copy of such statement to the Governor, and certify to said official, except as otherwise herein provided for, the name of each person who received the highest number of votes for each office; provided, that when an election has been held for member of Congress, member of Board of Equalization, Railroad Commissioner, or judge of the Superior Court, the Secretary of State must, as soon as all the returns have been received from the county or district in which such officers are voted for, compare and estimate the vote, and make out and file in his office a statement thereof, and transmit a copy of such statement to the Governor, and certify to such officer the name of the person who received the highest number of votes for each office. SECTION 1291. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1291. Upon receipt of such copy, the Governor must issue commissions to the persons who from it appear to have received the highest number of votes for offices, except that of Governor or LieutenantGovernor, or electors of President or Vice-President, to be filled at such election, and declare the result of the election upon proposed constitutional amendments or other questions voted upon, and file such declaration with the Secretary of State. CHAPTER XII. ELECTION FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. SECTIONS 1308 and 1309. To be repealed. NOTE. The purpose of these sections is accomplished by Section 1282. SECTION 1313. To be repealed. NOTE. The purpose of this section is served by Section 1290. SECTION 1314. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1314. The Governor must, upon the receipt of the statement and certificate required by section twelve hundred and ninety of this Code, transmit to each of the persons elected as an elector of President and Vice-President, a certificate of election, and on or before the day of their meeting deliver to the electors a list of the names of electors, and must do all other things required of him in the premises by any act of Congress in force at the time. SECTIONS 1344 and 1345. To be repealed. NOTE.-The purpose of these sections is served by Section 1282, as amended. CHAPTER XIII. ARTICLE II. ELECTION FOR REPRESENTATIVES. SECTION 1346. To be repealed. NOTE.-It is a repetition of Section 1290, as amended. SECTION 1347. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1347. The Governor must, upon the receipt of the statement and certificate required by section twelve hundred and ninety hereof, transmit to each of the persons elected as Representative to Congress, a certificate of his election, sealed with the great seal and attested by the Secretary of State. Chapter XIV of Part III, Title II, containing Sections 1357, 1358, 1359, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, and 1365, are to be superseded by a new primary elections law, which the Commission now has in course of preparation. Several systems of primary elections are to be proposed to the Legislature at its approaching session, and it is the design of this Commission to withhold its recommendation until it has examined such measures. CHAPTER II. STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS. SECTION 1487. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1487. The state normal schools have for their objects the education of teachers for the public schools of this State. SECTION 1488. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1488. The state normal schools shall be under the management and control of boards of trustees, constituted as provided in section three hundred and fifty-four of this Code. SECTION 1489. To be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1489. The powers and duties of each board of trustees are as follows: 1. To elect a secretary, who shall receive such salary, not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, as may be allowed by the board; |