Section 11
SEC. 11. Section four hundred and seventeen of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 417. 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 inspectors of election and one poll clerk, with their respective substitutes, for each election precinct therein, who shall hold office for three years or until their successors shall have taken charge o£ the same. The date of the meeting of the municipal council for the appointment of inspectors shall be published at least fifteen days in advance of such meeting, by the town crier and other means of publication. Should there be in such municipality one or more political parties or branches or fractions thereof, or political groups, then two of said inspectors and two substitutes for the same shall belong to the party which polled the largest number of votes in said municipality at such preceding election and the other inspector and his substitute shall belong to the party, branch or fraction thereof, or political group which polled the next largest number of votes at said election; and the inspectors so appointed shall be persons proposed by the legitimate representative or representatives of such political parties, branches or fractions thereof, or political group: Provided, however, That if on or before the date of the designation of the election inspectors as prescribed herein, any party, branch or fraction thereof or political group entitled to representation has not proposed eligibles for the office of inspector, the designation made by the council shall be final for such party or political group. "A 'political party' is an organized group of persons who pursue the same political ideals in a government. "A 'political group' is a number of persons who unite for election purposes. "In case of a vacancy in the office of election inspector or poll clerk, the same shall be covered for the remainder of the term by the municipal council, as above provided. "With the exception of the notaries public, no person who holds any public office, or is a candidate for any elective public office shall be eligible to appointment as inspector or poll clerk."