Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-01-23


Approved March 10, 1891.
The People OF the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act &c follows:
srcrroS 1. All ballots cast in election
Tor public officers within this State shat
be printed and distributed ct public ex
pense, as hereinafter provided. Th'
printing OF general tickets and cards o
instrnotion for the electors OF each county
and the delivery OF the same to the cleo
tion officers, as provided for in this Act
sbaIl be a county charge, the payment o.
which shall be provided for in the same
manper as the payment OF other county
and in case Of separate elections
for CITY, town or district officers, the print.
ing ana delivery OF tickets and cards oil
i~nstruotion shall be charged upon the city
toxn or district in which said tickets and
cards are 10 be used, the payment oil
which shall be provided for In the same
manner As the payment Of other city
county or district expenses.
syc' q. ANY convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF MAKING
nominations for public office, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci'
fed. NAV nominate candidates for public
Offices. 10 be filed by election within the
stats. A convention within the meaning
Of this Act Is an organized assemblsge OF
delegates representing q political party,
which, at the las, election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled at
least three per cent Of the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination 10
made.
SEC. g.. All nominations made BY such
convention shall be certified as follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
be In writing, shall contain the name OF
zach person nominated, bis residence and
office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle Which
such convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add TO their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, and make oath before an officer
authorized TO administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the best OF their knowledge and
belief, aud q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated Otherwise than by n
convention in the manner following: A
certificate OF nomination containing the
name Of the candidate TO be nominated,
with the other information required 10 be
given in the certificate provided for in sec
ton three OF this Act, shall be signed BY
electors residing within the district or
political division for which candidates are
TO be presented, equal in number to at
least three per cent Of the entire vote cast
at the last proceeding election in the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination is to be made; provided. that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
by three voters. Said signatures
need not all be appended to one paper, but
each signer shall add to his signature his
place OF residence. One Of the signers OF
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best Of his knowledge and belief, and q GER
OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as e certificate of nomina-
ton made by q party convention.
SEC. 5. Certificates OF nomination oil
for offices to be voted for By
the electors Of the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary of State. Cert
fcates OF nomination Of candidates for al
other public off ces shall be filed with tn
Clerks OF ths res pective counties whereii
the officers are to be voted for, q wher
a district embraces more than one county
such certificates shall be filed with tn
CLERK Of each Of said counties.
SEC. G. No certificate OF nominatioi
shall contain the name Of more than on
candidate for each office to be filed. N
person shall join in nominating. unde
the provision of Section 4 OF this AcI
more thsn one nominee for each office I
be filed. and no person who has voted
a convention, either in person or by proxy
for or against a candidate for any oSHc'
shall join in nominating. in any msnnel
any other nominee for that office, and II
person shall accept q nomination TO NOR
than one office.
SECT. Certificates OF nomination r,
quired to be filed with the Secretary {
State shall not be filed more than ski
days MOI less than forty days before tt
day OF election when the nomination
made by Q convention, aud not more tina
sixty days nor less than thirty days befor
the day OF election when the nominstio
Is made under the provisions Of seotio
Tour of this Act. Should q vacancy occu
from any cause in the list of nominees fc
any office. such vacancy may be filled al an
time before the day Of election by the col
vention. or by q committee to which th
convention has delegated the power
fill vacancies, or by petitions. as provide
In section four Of this Act. The Chat
man and Secretary of the convention, {
of such committee, or such petitioner
shall make and file with the proper Office
q certificate. setting forth the name Of til
person nominated to fill such vacancy, tt
office for which he is nominated. the nam
of the person for whom the new nominee
Is to be substituted, and such further infol
nation as is required to be given in a
original certificate OF nomina alton. Whe
such certificate is filed, the officer wit
whom it is filed shall substitute the name {
the person therein for the original nom
nee. by printing, IL practicable, or by wri'
ing the name OF the person thus subst
tuted.
SEC. 8. Not less than twenty-five day
before an election TO fill any public ofic
the Secretary Of State shall certify to th
County CLERK Of each county within tn
State the name OF each person, and til
name OF the Office for which he Ia nomin
ated, Is specified in the certificate Q
hiCo 4 uius
SEC. 8. Not less than ten days befor
an election to fill any public Office or OF
fees, the County Clerk shall cause TO b
published all the nominations certified Il
or filed with him. Said nominations shall
be published in g newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper i
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting . copy of tn,
ballot In q public place in each election
precinct within the county. one OF which
copies shall be posted al the COURTEOUS,
door. When publication is made by print
ing in newspapers, at least two publications
by such newspapers shall be required, one
OF which shall appear in the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When a proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other ques
lion is to be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
same TO the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same as
provided for 10 section 8 OF this Act.
SEC. IL. II shall be the duty OF the
County Clerk to provide printed ballots
for ayarv alaotion for puhlin neenaxa q,