[1948-2.] 

## ARTICLE V 

## Board of Inspectors 

S ECTION 514 . Appointment of Inspectors and Poll Clerk . — It shall be the duty of the municipal council in each municipality wherein a general election is to be held to appoint, ninety days immediately prior to the date of such general election, three inspe ctors of election and one poll clerk for each election precinct therein, who shall hold office for four years. Should there be in such municipality one or more political parties or branches thereof which shall have polled thirty per centum or over of the v otes cast at the preceding general election, then two of the inspectors shall belong to the party which polled the largest number of votes in said municipality at such preceding election and the other inspector shall belong to the party which polled the ne xt largest number of votes at said election; and the inspectors so appointed shall be persons proposed by the representative or representatives of such political parties. aTIAES 

[2045-8.] 

In case of a vacancy in the office of inspector of election or poll clerk the same shall be filled for the remainder of the term by the municipal council. 

[2330-1.] 

No person who holds any public office, or is a candidate for public office, shall be eligible to appointment as inspector or poll clerk. 

[1582-15.] 

S ECTION 515 . Disqualification of Inspector.  — Any person appointed as inspector who accepts appointment and qualifies for the office may not be appointed to any other office unless one year shall have elapsed from the last election in which he acted as ins pector and he shall have resigned the office prior to his appointment. 

[2330-1.] 

S ECTION 516 . Qualifications of Inspectors and Poll Clerks — Oath of Office . — All persons appointed inspectors of election or poll clerks shall be qualified electors of their respective precincts, of good character, not convicted of an offense involving mo ral turpitude and able to read, write, and speak either English, Spanish, or the local dialect understandingly. The persons so appointed 

