Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-04-25

I see. ". NO certifrate oil NOMINATION
shall contain the name of more than
one candidate for each Office to b,
filled. No person shall join i'm nomi
: mating more than one person for eaci
Office to he filled, and no person shal
accept n nomination to more than
one Office.
Sec. Z. The secretary Of the tern
tory and the clerks of the severa
cOuntIes and Of the several municipa
corporations shall cause to he pre-
served in their respective offices fol
one year all certificates of nOnina
tiOns filed in their respective offices
under the provisions of this act. Al
such certificates shall be open o publ,
inspection under proper regulations to
be made by the officers with whom
the same are filed.
Sec. 3. Certificates of nominati ion.
to be filed with the secretary OF the
territory, shall be filed not more than
sixty days and not less than thirt y
days before the day fixed by law fOi
the election OF the persons in nOmina.
yion. Certificates OF nomination herein
directed to be filed with the county
clerk shall DE filed not more than sixty
days and not less than twenty days
before election: certificates for the
nomination of candidates for munici-
pal offices shall be filed with the clerks
of the respective municipal corpora
lions not more than thirty days and
not less than three days previous to
the day Of election. Provided: that
the provisions Of this section shall not
be held to apply to nominations for
special elections to ill vacancies
caused by death, resignation or other
wise.
Sec. -. Not less than twenty nor
more than thirty days before an elec-
tion to fill any public office, the secre
tary of the territory shall certify to
the county clerk Of each county within
which any oi the electors may by law
vote for candidates for such Office, the
names and description Of each person
nominated for such office. as specified
in the Certificates OF nomination filed
with the secr-tar! oi the territory.
Sec. 10. At least ten days before
an election to ill any public office
other than n municipal office. the
county clerk Of each county shall
cause to he published in one or more
newspapers within the county the
nominations to Office cert flied To him
under the provisions of this act. The
county clerk shall make such publica
tions daily until the elect ion, in coun-
ties where daily newspapers are pub
| lisIIed. hut ii there be no daily news
paper published within the county, two
publication, in each newspaper will Ia.
sufficient. One of such p,iblicat ions
I D .,.t.l. shall L.. II
last day upon which such NEWSPAPER
is issued before election. IN the cas..
of municipal election such publica-
tions shall be made in one or NOR,
newspapers devoted to the ,iissemina
tion oi general news aud published
within the municipal corporation Ia
which the election is to he held at
least three days before the election.
the publication to bc daily unit il ..lec-
tion where there are daily new spa pers.
but ii there be no daily newspaper
published wit hin the municipal corpo-
ration. One publication in each news
paper shall be sufficient.
Sec. II. Whenever any person nom
mated lor public office as in his act
provided shall. at least twenty DAYS
before election, except i'm the case OF
municipal elections, in writ ing signed
by him, notifying the officer with whom
the cert iticate nominating him j., bv
this act required To be filed, that he
declines such nomination. such nomi-
nation shall be void. Ia municipal
elections such decInation must be-
made at least two days before the
election.
Sec. 12. Should any person So
nominated die before the printing of
the tickets, or decline the nomination
as in this act provided, or should any
certiiicateo of nomination he or become
insufficient or imperative from any
cause. the vacancy or vacancies thus
occasioncd may he filled in the manner
required for original nominations. Ii
the original nomination WAS made by
a party convention which had dele
gated to committee the power to iili
NacancIes, such cOmmlttce may. upon
the occurring Of such vacancies. pro
ceed to fill the same. The chairman
and secretary of such committee shall
thereupon make and file with the
proper officer n ccrtiiicat u set ing forth
the cause OF the vacancy. the name of
the person nominated, the office for
the person for whom the new nominee
IL q be substituted, the fact that the |
was authorized to fin va 4,
cancies, and such f,Irt her information |
ms Is required to bc given in an original |
cer titicate OF nomination. The certiti- |
cate so made shall De executed in the |
manner prescribed for the original
certificate of nomination, and shall |
have the same force and effect rs an |
original cert rtiticate Of nomination.
When such cert ilicaie shall be filed !
with the secretary Of the terrific /
he shall, in certifying the nomination
to the various county clerks, insert |
I he name nj the person who has thus |
been nominated to iili a vacancy in
place Of that Of the original nominee.
And i'm the event hat he has already
sent fort h his cert iiicate he shall forth
with certify 10 theclerk = Oi the proper
counties, the name and descript ION Of
the person so nominated to fill "a
y vacancy, the office he is nominated
for, the party or political principle he
and the name OF the person
for whom such nominee is subst tuted.
See. l3. When any vacancy occurs
before election day after the printing
Of the tickets. and any person is nom-
mated according to the provisions Of
his act to till such vacancy, he officer
whose duty it is to have the tickets
printed and distributed, shall there
upon have printed a requisite number
Df stickers and shall mail them by
registered letter to the judges OF elec-
ion IN the various precinct interested
N such election, and the Judges of
election whose duty it is made by the
provision OF this act to distribute the
tickets, shall aflix such stickers i'm the
proper place on each ticket before il is
yiven out to the elector.
Sec. IL. Whenever "a proposed con-
'titution unconstitutional amendment
Dr. other question is to be submitted
20 the people OF the territory for popu-