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H Nomi- nation* Fee No elec­tion held when Notice of elec­tion; inspec­tors Regis­tration of elec­tors; quali­fica­tions | tions prescribed in this act for directors elected at the time of organization. Nominations for the office of directors shall be made by filing a declaration with the secretary within fifty days before the date of election and not later than twenty days before such election. Candidates shall pay twenty-five dollars filing fee with such declaration. In the event there shall be no contests for office, and no matters or propositions to be voted upon at any such election, then ,8uch election shall not be held, and the duly qualified candi­dates shall be deemed elected as of the date said election would otherwise have been held, and the board of directors must declare on its records said candidates to have been elected* Sec. o. Not less than fifteen nor more than twenty days before any election held under this act subsequent to the organization of the district, the secretary shall cause notiee specifying the polling places and time of holding the election to be posted in three public places in each election precinct and in the office of the board of directors. Prior to the time for posting the notice the board of directors shall appoint three qualified electors to act as inspectors of election In each election precinct, and shall also appoint two clerks of election for each precinct. If the board of directors fail to appoint a board of election or the members appointed do not attend the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the electors of the precinct present at that hour may appoint the board or supply the place of absent members thereof* She board of directors shall, in its order, appointing the board of election, designate the hour and the place in each precinct where the election shall be held* The secretary shall be ex officio district registrar of the district, and may, at lee.8t four weeks before any election, appoint a deputy registrar in each election precinct* whose duty it shall be to register all electors within his precinct applying for regis­tration , and for this purpose he or she shall have authority to demand of the elector all information, and to administer all oaths required by this act* Such registrar and deputy registrars shall be governed in the performance of their duties by the general election laws of this state as far as they are applicable, and shall be at their places of registration to receive applications for registration from 9 o*clock A.M. until 9 o*clock P.M* on each of three Wednesdays next preceeding the date of |election. The registrars shall require registrants to take the following oath in substance: HI am, or have declared my intention to become, a citizen of the United States, am over the age of twenty-one years, and am, or properly represent, under the law in pursuance of which this election is to be held, the bona fide holder of title or evidence of title of real property within the boundaries of The Las Vegas valley water district, and such holding is for all purposes and not simply for this election or matters con­nected therewith.® -6- ? (Senate Bill No* 16? - Senator Baker - Continued)