order; in the third column, the respective Christian names of such persons; in the fourth column, the respective residences of such persons by street and number, or, if there be none, by a brief description of the locality thereof; in the fifth column, there shall be inserted on the day of the election, the number of the ballot given to each voter; in the sixth column, the signature and impression of the right thumb of the voter shall be affixed on one of the copies of the list when he appears to vote, and in the seventh column, the signature of the inspector who has handed the ballot to the voter.

"(c) Manner of entering registrations on ensuing days; publication of lists.-At each meeting, a space shall be left after each set of surnames beginning with the same letter sufficient for the addition thereto at subsequent meetings of surnames beginning with the same letter. Before any such surnames are added at any subsequent meetings there shall be written 'Added at the (second, third, or

fourth, as the case may be) meeting.' During the sixth week next preceding the election, the board of inspectors shall post a complete list of the voters registered in the precinct in a sheltered place at a height of one meter and a half, at the main entrance of the polling place, or as near said entrance as practicable inside the polling place."

"SEC. 431. Qualifications prescribed for voters.-Every male or female citizen of the Philippines, twenty-one years of age or over, able to read and write, who shall have been a resident of the Philippines for one year and of the city or municipality in which he has registered during the next preceding six months, who is not disqualified by law, nor is an officer or soldier of the active regular army of the Philippines or the United States, is entitled to vote in said city or municipality at any election."

SEC. 432. Disqualifications.-The following persons shall not be qualified to vote:

"(a) Any person who has been sentenced by final judgment to suffer not less than eighteen months of imprisonment, such disability not having been removed by plenary pardon.

"(b) Any person who has violated the allegiance he owes to the United States or to the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

"(c) Insane or feeble-minded persons.

"(d) Persons who cannot prepare their ballots themselves."

"SEC. 437. Applications to strike names from list.—(a) Any registered voter of the election precinct and any candidate or representative of a candidate authorized in writing may apply, within the twenty days next following the preparation and revision of the list of voters, to the judge of first instance, the justice of the peace of the provincial capital, or the circuit justice of the peace, for the exclusion of the names of voters from the list of voters. The application shall state the names and places of residence of the voters whose exclusion is requested, the election precinct in which they are registered, and the grounds for the challenge. It shall be sworn to and shall be accompanied by proof that copies of said application have been served upon a member of the board of inspectors or the poll clerk and upon the voters sought to be excluded. Service of a copy of the application shall be made by registered mail or by delivery to the interested party or by leaving it with a person of sufficient discretion in his place of residence.

"(b) With the application the applicant shall file a bond satisfactory to the court in an amount equal to one peso for each person sought to be stricken from the list, and in case of final decision in favor of the respondents the court may adjudicate the amount of the bond as costs in favor of the persons challenged.

"(c) On petition filed before the hearing, any candidate who may be affected by the proceedings may intervene and present his evidence thereat. The decision shall be rendered on the merits of the evidence presented, and in no case shall it be on the stipulation between the applicant and the respondents.

"(d) Such applications shall be heard and decided without delay and notice of the decision shall be given to the board of inspectors and the interested parties not later than at the noon hour of the second Saturday before the election."

"SEC. 442. Official ballots.-(a) Uniform official ballots shall be provided at public expense for each election. Said ballots shall be of white paper in shape of a strip 120 millimeters wide and 240 milimeters long, excluisve of the coupon containing the detachable number of the ballot, and shall bear in English and Spanish: On top, the words 'Official Ballot,' the name of the municipality or city and province in which the election is held, the date of the election, and this notice in eight point (brevier) gothic type: "Fill out this ballot secretly inside the booth. Do not make any mark on this ballot or write anything thereon but the names of the candidates you vote for. Any violation of this instruction will invalidate your vote." On the left margin shall be printed the titles of each of the offices to be voted for, in ten point (long primer) roman type, followed by a blank line for the name of the candidate for whom the voter desires to vote, or with a corresponding number of blank lines immediately under the title of the office if more than one is to be elected. There shall not be anything on the back.

The ballots shall be folded twice toward the bottom, so that they shall, when folded, be sixty by one hundred and twenty millimeters, showing the entire coupon with its detachable number and space for the thumb mark of the voter.

The ballots shall be in substantially the following form:

Ballot No.

120 mm.

(Perforated Line)

OFFICIAL BALLOT

TAAL, BATANGAS, DECEMBER 14, 1937

Fill out this ballot secretly inside the booth. Do not make any mark on this ballot or write anything thereon but the' names of the candidates you vote for. Any violation of this instruction will invalidate your vote.

"(b) The official ballots shall be bound in books of one hundred ballots each. Each ballot shall be joined by a perforated line to a stub numbered consecutively beginning with number one in each municipality. The ballot shall also have at its bottom a detachable coupon with the same number as the stub and a sufficient space for properly affixing the imprint of the thumb of the voter. Each book of ballots shall bear on its cover the name of the province and city or municipality in which the ballots are to be used, and the number of ballots it contains, and shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number one in each city or municipality. The Director of Printing, the provincial treasurer, and the municipal treasurer, shall each keep a record of the ballots furnished to the various provinces, cities, municipalities, municipal districts, and election precincts."

"SEC. 452. Preparation of ballot; prohibitions.-The voter, on receiving his ballot, shall forthwith retire alone to one of the empty polling booths and shall there prepare his ballot by writing in the proper space for each office the name of the person for whom he desires to vote. No voter shall be allowed to enter a booth occupied by another voter, or to occupy a booth more than five minutes in case there are other voters waiting their turn to vote, or to speak with anyone other than as herein provided while within the polling place. It shall be unlawful to use any alias for a candidate nor any nickname not appearing on the certificate of candidacy and not accompanied by his family name. Any vote thus unlawfully cast shall be considered as null and void for said office. It shall be unlawful to prepare the ballot outside the voting booth or to exhibit its contents to any person before it is placed in the ballot box, or to erase any printing from the ballot or to add any distinguishing feature thereto, or to intentionally tear or deface the same, or to put anything thereon other than the names of the candidates voted for. It shall likewise be unlawful to use carbon paper or other means for making a copy of the ballot, or make use of any other means of identifying the vote of the voter."