No person shall be qualified and eligible to perform the duties of special election commissioner in any county, who shall be or have been a resident of such county, or who shall be interested in any manner in the success of any city, town or place, which is a candidate for any such county seat, or who shall be interested in any way or in any manner in any business proposition or institution located in any such city, town or place which is a candidate for the location of said county seat.
R.L. 1910, § 1525.