Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-09-24

Approved March IS, 1891.
The People Of the State OF Nevada. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act IS follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots csst in elections
for pubIic officers within this State shall
be printed aud distributed at public ex'
pense, a. hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets aud cards oil
instruction for the electors of each county
and the delivery OF the same to the cleo
tion officers. as provided for iu this Act,
shall be 9 county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for in the sans
manner as the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate election
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery OF tickets and cards Of
instruction shall be charged upon the city
town or distric. in which said tickets and
cards are to be used. the payment o!
which shall be provided for in the SAM
manner as the payment OF other city
county or district expenses.
SEC. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined. held for the purpose OF makins
nominations for public Office, and aise
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci
fed, may nominate candidates for public
Offices, 10 be filled by election within th'
State. A convention within the meaning
of this ACT Is an organized assemblsge oI
delegates representing a 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 polt
ical division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SEC. 8. 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
each person nominated, his residence and
Office for which no is nominated, and shal!
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. 1t 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 a certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate Of
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public ofics
may be nominated otherwise than by u
o onyention in the manner following: A
. srtifcate OF nomination containing thu
nams of the candidate to be nominated,
with the other information required to 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
20 be presented, equal in number TO at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
a. the last preceding election in the State,
district or political division for which the
....t.a.,ou u 40 he rnaAa. Hr0uf1a1 that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed 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 aud belief, and Ger.
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as q certificate Of nomina
tion made by a party convention.
SEC. 5. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for offices to be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary OF State. Oerti
ficstes Of nomination of candidates for all
other public off ses shall be filed with tn
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the ofisers are to be voted for, aud where
a district embraces more than one county,
snch certid Gates shall be filed with the
Clerk OF each Of said counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more thar obs
candidate for each Office to be filled. No
person shall join in nominating, under
the provision Of Section 4 of this Act,
more than one nominee for each Office TO
be filled, aud no person who has voted 10
a convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for any Office,
shall join in nominating, in any manner
any other nominee for that office, and no
person shall accept q nomination to more
than one Office.
SEC. z. Certificates OF nomination re
quired to be filed with the Secretary OF
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less thau forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination is
made by a convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day Of election when the nomination
is made under the provisions OF section
four Of this Act. Should O vacancy occur
from any cause in the list OF nominees for
any office, such vacancy may be filled at any
time before the day Of election by the con-
ventiou, or BY q committee to which tbs
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies, or by petitions. as provided
in section fou Of this Act. The Chair
man aud Secretary of the convention, or
OF such committee. or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
a certificate, setting forth the name Of the
person nominated to fill such vacancy, the
office for which he il nominated. the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee il
il 20 be substituted, aud such further infor
nation a. is required to be given in al
original certificate of nomin alton. When
such certificate ia filed, the officer with
whom it is filed shall substitute the name OF
the person therein for the original nomi
nee. by printing, II practicable, or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. s. Not less than twenty-five days
before an election TO fill any public Office
the Secretary OF State shall certify to the
County Clerk OF each county within the
State the name OF each person, and the
name of the Office for which he ia nomin
ated, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC 9. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or OF.
fees. the County Clerk shall cause to be
published all the nominations certified to
or filed with him. Said nominations shall
be published in a newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper is
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting q copy OF the
ballot in a public place in each election
precinct within the county, one OF which
copies shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
ing 10 newspapers, st leasi 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,
constitut ional amendment or other ques-
ton is to be submitted for popular vote,
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
same to the several Comfy Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same as
provided for in section Q OF this Act.
Gee IL Ii shall he iha dntx Of thA