The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-30

party or principle which such conveI
ZION or primary represents. II shall b
signed by the presiding officer an,
secretary of such convention, or by th
chairman and secretary of the centra
committee of the party Gin state
county, district or subdivisIon) TO
and by which said primary election
was held, as the case NAV be, VIII,
shall add to their signatures the
respective places of residence, an,
acknowledge the same before "A.
officer duly authorized to take acknow
edgments. A certificate of such ac
acknowledgement shall be appended /.
said instrument.
Sec. Certificates of nominations
shall be filed with the secretary O
slate for the nomination of candidate.
for offices to be flied by the eIector
OF the entire state, or of any distii L.
or division of greater extent than on,
county. For all nominations f0,
offices to be filled 10y the electors o
one county, or any subdivision thereof
certlhcates of nomination shall be iIer
with the clerks of the respective coun
ties wherein the offices are to be fiilec
by the electors. In the city ST. Loui.
all such certificates shall be filed with
the register of voters.
| Sec. D A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than b,
convention i'm the manner following
a certificate of nomination, containing
the name of the candidate to be nomi
mated, with the other information re
quired 10 be given in the certificate,
| provided for in section three OF thi,
act, shall be signed by electors residing
within the district or political division
Tor which candidates are to be present
ed, equal in number to at least one pei
cent. OF the entire vote cast at the last
preceding election in the state, county
Or other division or district for which
the nomination Is to be made: Pro
Vlded, however, that the number o
signatures 80 required shall not excee,
one thousand when the nomination i.
for an office TO be filed by the electors
OF the entire state, and shall not exceed
one hundred when the election is ior
an office to be filed by the electors oil
county, district, Or other division
less than the state in extent; and Fro
vided also, that the sAid signatures
need not all be appended to one paper
Such certificate, when made as above
prescribed. may be filed as provided
for i'll section four of this act, with the
same effect as a certificate OF nomina
ton made by a party convention.
Sec. s. No certificate of nomination
shall contain the name of more than
one candidate tor each Office to be
filled. No person shall join in nomi
| mating more than one nominee fo,
each Office to be filled; and no person
shall accept nomination to more than
one office.
Sec. z. The secretary of state shat
cause to be preserved in his Office all
certificates OF nomination flied therein
under the provisions of this act, and
each county clerk shall cause TO be
preserved in his office all certificates OF
nomination fled therein under the
provisions of this act.
Sec. s Certificates of nomination
filled with the secretary of state, shall
be filed not more than sixty days and
not less than twenty days before the
day fixed by the law for The election OF
the persons IN nomination. Certificates
OF nomination herein directed 10 be
filed with the clerk of the county shall
be filed not more than sixty and not
less than fifteen days before election.
Sec. 9. Not less than eighteen DAYS
before an election TO fill any public
office, the secretary of state shall
certify to the county clerk of each
county within which any of the electors
may by law vote tor candidates for
such office, the names and the descrip.
ton of each person nominated tor such
office, as specified in the certificates of
nomination filed with the secretary of
state
Sec. 10. A; leas: seven days before
an election to fill any public office, the
county clerk Of each county shall
cause to be published in at least two
newspapers within the county, the
nominations to Office certified 10 him
by the secretary of state, and also
those filed with the county CLERK. He
shall make not less than two such pub
llcatlons in each of such he spapers
before election One of such publica-
tlons III each newspaper shall be upon
the last day upon which such news
paper is issued before election. Such
publication shall be made in two
newspapers, representing the political
parties that at the last preceding elec-
ton cast the largest and next largest
number of votes; "Provided, there are
published in such county newspaper
or newspapers representing different
political parties, but if in any county
only one political party is represented
oy newspaper or newspapers, theu
the publication shall be made in ONLY
one newspaper" The list of nomina-
tions published by the county clerks of
the respective counties shall be arrany.
Cd, as far as practicable, in the order
and form III which they will be printed
upon the ballot.
Sec. IL. The secretary of state shall
not certify the name of a candidate
whose certificate OF nomination shall
have been filed in his office, who shall
have notified him i'm writing, signed
and executed with the formalities
prescribed for the execution of an in =
| strument to entitle il to record, that he
| Will not accept the nomination con
tanned III the certificate of nomination.
The county clerk shall not include in
| the publication to be made according
to section l0 hereof the name of any
candidate whose certificate OF nomina-
ton shall have been filed in his office,
who snail have notified him in like
manner that b. will not accent the
nomination. The names of such candi
dates shall not he inclu,ied in the
names of tine candidates TO be printed
III ihe ballots as hereinafter provided.
Sec. II Whenever proposed
constitutional amendment or othe.
question Is TO be submitted TO the
people of the state for popular vote,
| the secretary Ut state shall duiy, aud
not less than thirty days BET IRE election,
certify the same to the rieIk OF each
county of the state, and the clerk of
each county shall include the same in
the publication provided for in section
10 of this act.
Sec. l3. Except as in this act other.
wise provided, il shall be the duty of
the county clerk of cacn county 70
provide printed ballots for every cleo
ton tor public officers in which electors
or any of the electors within the
county participate, and TO cause TO be
printed III the appropriate ballot the
name OF every candidate whose name
has been certified to or flied with lhe
county clerk in the manner provided
Tor Ill this act. Ballots, other than
those printed by the respective county
clerks according TO the provisions of
thls act, shall not b. cast or counted in
any election. Nothing in this act con
tanned shall prevent any voter from
WIRING upon his ballot the name ct
any person tor whom he desires to
vote ior any Office, and such vote shall
De counted the sa ne rs if printed upon