notice, ballot book, registry book, bundle of ballots, returns statements or other documents or papers relating to the particular prosecution or contest for the purpose of enabling a full investigation.

IRREGULARITIES NO DEFENSE-INDICTMENTS-JUDICIAL NOTICE.] Section 51. Irregularities or defects in the mode of calling, noticing. convening, holding or conducting any primary election authorized by law shall constitute no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this act. When an offense shall be committed in regulation [relation] to any primary election, an indictment for such offense shall be suffi cient if it allege that such election was authorized by law, without stating the call or notice of election aforesaid, the names of the judges or clerks holding such election, or the names of the persons voted for at such election. Judicial notice shall be taken of this act in any county, city, village or incorporated town to which this act shall apply, and of the holding of any election thereunder on any primary election day.

ACT OF 1889-WHEN INOPERATIVE.] Section 52. In counties. cities, villages or incorporated towns to which this act shall apply as hereinafter provided, the act entitled "An act to reg ulate primary elections of voluntary political associations, and to punish frauds therein," approved June 6, 1889, and in force July 1, 1889, is hereby declared to be, and the same is and shall be, inoperative and of no force and effect.

HOW THIS ACT MAY BE ADOPTED IN FORCE IN COUNTIES OF 125,000.] Section 53. The electors of any county, city, village or incorporated town now existing or hereafter existing in this State may adopt and become entitled to the benefit of this act in the following manner:

Whenever one thousand of the legal voters of such county, city. village or incorporated town voting at the last preceding election shall petition the judge of the county court of such county to sub mit to a vote of the electors of said county, city, village or incorporated town, respectively, the proposition as to whether such county, city, village or incorporated town, respectively, and the electors thereof shall adopt and become entitled to the benefits of this act. it shall be the duty of such county court and the judge thereof to submit such proposition accordingly at the next succeeding general State or county election, and if such proposition is not adopted at such election the same shall, in like manner, be submitted to a vote of the electors of such county, city, village or incorporated town by such county court and the judge thereof, upon like application, at any general, State or county election thereafter, and an order shall be entered of record in said county court submitting the proposition as aforesaid. If one thousand shall exceed one-eighth of the legal voters of such county, city, village or incorporated towns, respectively. voting at the last preceding election, then such petition or application need not be signed or made by more than one-eighth of the legal voters of such county, city, village or incorporated town voting at the last preceding election.

The judge of said county court shall give at least ten days' notice of election at which such proposition is to be submitted by publish

ing such notice in one or more newspapers published in the county for at least five times, the first publication to be at least ten days before the day of the election, and if no newspaper is published in said county, then by posting at least twenty-five copies of such notice in twenty-five of the most prominent places in such county, city, village or incorporated town, respectively, at least ten days before such election. Such election shall be held under the election law in force in such county, except as herein otherwise provided. The proposition so to be voted for shall be on a separate ballot, in plain prominent type, and shall be prepared and provided for that purpose in the same manner as other ballots, and shall be substantially in the following form:

For adoption of the act for primary elections of political parties..

Yes.

No.

If a majority of the votes cast upon such proposition shall be voted for such proposition, this act shall thereby be adopted by such county, city, village or incorporated town, respectively, and the judge of the county court of the county shall thereupon enter of record an order declaring this act in force in such county, city, village or incorporated town, respectively.

Provided, That in counties of 125,000 inhabitants or more this act shall be in full force and effect without submitting the question of its adoption to a vote of the people.

EMERGENCY.] Section 54. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, therefore this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 10, 1898.

FORMS

PREPARED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

In conformity with the provisions of the

Statutes.

[To be filed with the Secretary of State not less than 30 days before the election.]

STATE OF ILLINOIS.

CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION FOR STATE OFFICES.

To the Secretary of State, Springfield, Illinois:

We, the undersigned, in accordance with the law relating thereto, do hereby certify that at a convention of delegates representing the

following nominations were made for the offices herein designated, viz.:

.and..

of.....

Illinois,

Chairman of the Convention.

day of..

whose

A. D. 189...,. names are subscribed to the above certificate, who, being duly sworn, on their oath, say that they severally subscribed the same as chairman and secretary respectively of the convention aforesaid, and that the same is true to the best of their knowledge and belief.

[Imp. of Seal.]

Notary Public.

We also certify that at the last preceding general election in the State, the entire vote cast was.

of which the.......

.party votes, being more than 2 per cent. of the entire vote

polled....

cast at said election.