Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-21

county clerk OF each county shall cause to
be published in at least two newspapers
within the county the nominations to
office certified TO him under the provi-
sions OF this act. Such publication shall
be made in two newspapers represent ting
the political parties that at the last pre-
ceding election cast the largest and next
largest number Of votes. The county
clerk shall make not less than two such
publications in each Of such newspapers
before election. One OF sHch publica-
fions in each newspaper shall be upon
the last day upon which such newspaper
is Issued before election; provided, how
ever, that ii there shall be no daily new
paper published within such county, one
publication in each of such newspapers
shall be sufficient, Such publication
shall be made in type OF the same size
and in the precise form and order of ar
rangement as to names and classification
OF candidates as that in which the ballot
shall be printed for use upon election
day.
$40, IL. The county clerk OF each
county shall, at least seven days before
election day, send to the town clerk OF
each town and to the alderman of each
ward in any city therein. printed lists,
at least one copy for each election pre-
cinot In such town or ward, containing
| the name, residence, business, business
address, and party or political designa-
! tion OF each candidate nominated as
hereinbefore provided; to be voted for
by the electors of the respective towns
and wards. Such lists shall be conepicu-
ously posted by such town clerk or al.
derman In one or more public places in
l Ganh RIpRtInn yraainot nj nnoh tnr
| ward.
| Sec. IL, Whenever any person nomi.
mated as in this act prescribed for public
Office shall, in writing signed and exc
cuted with the formalitIes prescribed for
the execution OF an instrument to entitle
it to record. notify the officer with whom
the certificate nominating him is by this
act required to be filed. that he declines
such nomination shall be void.
Sec. ID Should any person SO nomI-
mated, die before election day, or decline
the nomination, or should any certificate
of nomination be insufficient or inopera.
| tive, the vacancy or vacancies thus oc-
casioned, may be filled in the manner
required for original nominations. Ii
the original Nomination was made by
perty convention which had delegated
to committee the power to fill vacan.
cies, such committee, may, upon the
occurring of such vacancies proceed to
| fill the came. The chairman and secre-
tary of such committee shall therenpon
make and file with the proper officer, a
certificate setting forth the cause OF the
vacancy, the nRme of the person nomi-
mated, the name OF the person for whom
the new nominee IS to be substituted,
the fact that the committee YES author.
lied TO Ill the vacancies, atid such other
Information as is required to be given in
an original certificate of nomination. The
certificate 30 made shall be executed and
acknowledged in the manner prescribed
for the original certificate of nomination,
and shall, upon being filed, have the
same force and effect as An original certi-
tioate of nomination. When such certi-
ficate shall be filed with the secretary oil
the territory. he shall in certifying the
nomination to the various county clerks
insert the name Of the person who has
thus been nominated TO fill q vacancy
IN place of that OF The original nomi-
nee. And in the event thst he has al
ready sent forward his certificate he
shall forthwith certify to che clerks OF
the proper counties the name and de-
soription OF the person go nominated to
fill the vacancy, the office he is nomina.
ted for. the party or political principle
he represents, and the name Of the per-
son for whom sueh nominee is substitu-
| ted.
Sec. IA Whenever proposed con-
istltutional amendment or other question
is to be submitted to the people OF the
territory for popular vote, the secretary
OF the territory shall duly, and not less
than fifteen days before election, certify
the name to the clerk OF each county of
the territory, and the clerk of each coun.
ty shall include the same in tho publi-.
cation provided for in section 10 OF this
act.
| SEQ. 10. Except as in this act other.
wise provided, it shall be the duty CT the
county clerk of each county to provide
printed ballots for every election for
public officers in which electors or any
OF the electors within the county parti
clpate, and to cause to be printed in the
appropriate ballot the name OF every
candidate who has been certified Co or
fiied with the county clerk in the man-
ner provided for in thia act. Ballots
other than those printed by the respao-
tive county clerks according to the pro-
visions OF this act shall not be cast or
counted in Guy election. Nothing in this
act contained shall prevent any voter
from writing or past'ng upon his ballot
the name OF any person for whom he de-
slres 70 vote for any Office, and suoh vote
shall be counted the same as il prin ted
upon the ballot, and any voter may take
with him into the polling place any
printed or written memorandum or
paper 10 assist him in marking or pre-.
parIng his ballot:
| Sec. is. Except as otherwise pro.
vided in this act; every ballot printed as
herein prescribed with the existing pro-
visions OF law, and each ballot shsIi con.
tain the name OF every candidate whose
nomination for any Office specified in the
ballot has been certified to and filed &C.
cording to the provisions OF this act, and
no other name. The names OF capdi-
dates nominated by each party shall be
grouped together upon the proper ballot
and each group shall be designated by
the name OF the political party by which
the candidates comprising said group
/ were placed in nomination as described
in the certificate of nomination. There
shall be a margin on each side at least
half an inch wide and reasonable space
between the names TO be printed thereon,
SO that the voter may clearly indicate, in
the way hereinafter provided, the candi-
date or candidates for whom he wishes
to cast his ballot
Sec. II. Whenever the secretary O;
the territory has duly certified to anv
county clerk any question to be submit.
ted to vote OF the people, the county
clerk she'll prepare and distribute ballots
OF such form as will enable the electors