Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-05-11
county or district in which the vacancy

deemed to mean Sucn as eAlStS Wien tnsle
is an uneXpired part Of a term OF once
without a lawful incumbent therein, or
when. the person elected or appointed to an
office fails to qualify according to law, Or
Office at the time appointed by, law, and
whether the vacancy is occasioned by death,
resignation, removal from the state, county
or district, or otherwise.
Sec. il. Any state, county or district
officer elected or appointed to fill a vacancy
shall qualify and enter upon the luties of
elected he shall hold the office during the
unexpired term for which he is elected, and
until his successor is appointed and quail
fed; but if appointed to, he shall hold his
his successor for the remainder of the I'M
expired term shall be chosen, and until his
! successor is elected and qualified.
Sec. Is. Uniform printed instructions to
voters, printed in large type upon cards Or
heavy paper, shall be furnished by the
secretary Of state to the county auditor
that will enable the voters to quickly make
and correctly designate their choice.
Whenever the county auditor Of any coun-
ty notifies the secretary Of state that the
printed instructions are also needed in q
foreign language or languages, and such
foreign language is stated, then it shall be
the duty. OF the secretary. of state to fur
| nish such printed instructions in such for
eigr language or languages.
Copies OF any proposed amendment to the
constitution or other question to be sub
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tributed and posted as now provided by law.
Said cards shall be sufficient in number
to allow one for each booth at each election
district, and four for each district in add.
ton thereto; and the county auditor shall
deliver said cards to the city, village and
township clerks in the county.
Said city, village OF township clerks shall
furnish such cards to each polling. place,
one Of which cards shall be posted in each
booth, two in the polling room and two on
the outside of the building in which the
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Sec. 16. Any person or persons intro
ducing in any way. upon election day, into
a place where an election is being held any
spirituous liquors, and any judge or clerk
Of election, constable or challenger drinking
any such liquors in such place. or being in
toxicated therein, upon election day, shall
upon conviction thereof before any court
of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars,
or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty
days, or by both such fine and imprisOn-
mant, in the discretion Of the court.
Sec. II. No ,spirituous, malt or into1icat-
ing liquor shall be sold or given away, nor
such liquor is sold or given away, be open
on any general or special election day at
any time between the hour of five o'clock
in the afternoon. Whoever violates any pro-
vision of this section shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than
three dafee,+ hundred thsIsof 1 for each he ;m %o5ffnse; and ne thu in
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county Jail for a period not exceeding six
months.
Sec. is. It shall be the duty of the mayor,
sheriff, constable and other officers and
magistrates to see that the provisions of the
next preceding section are strictly enforced,
and the mayor on the day next preceding
any election shall issue a proclamation that
the provisions of said section will be strictly
enforced; and if he fails to perform the
duties herein prescribed. he shall be sub
ject to a fine of one thousand dollars, or
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days, OF both, in the discretion OF the court
but Eo failure on the part Of the mayor to
issue said proclamation shall exempt any
person violating said last preceding section
from the penalty therein prescribed.
Sec. 10. The only method OF voting at any
election shall be by ballot, and all ballots
of Minnesota shall be printed as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 20. There shall be one ballot on
plain white paper, upon, which shall be
cffe .who are to be voted for throughout
the entire state: all amendments to the on
stitution,. and all other questions or propo-
electors throughout the state.
Said ballots on plain white paper shall
be printed under the direction Of the secre,
hundred ballots to the block, the expense
whereof shall be betrayed from the state
tse;.sury, and shall by the secretary Of state
be distributed to the auditors of the differ
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necessary to enable the city. village or
township clerks to fully comply with the
provisions Of this act, such ballots to be for
at least fifteen days before election. and a
receipt, stating the number of ballots and
the date IN which they were; received, shall
preceding the day of election a sample bal
lot shall be printed and placed on file for
examination in the office of the said secre-
tary Of state.
Sno u FThnra shall hn 1rn ho710t ~, no1o
tinted red paper, upon which snail be print
ed the names of all candidates for office
which are to be voted for in any city or
f %rn citg or m at 4 G55Y Of @nnlc and s1se all
questions or propositions that are to be
submitted to the electors Of such city or
municipality, and which pertain to the same
only.
Said ballots on tinted red paper shall be
printed under the direction of the city clerk
or recorder and bound in blocks of one hum
of shall be betrayed from the city treasury,
and shall, together with white and blue
ballots. and printed instructions herein pro-
to the judges of election for each polling
place. and a receipt, stating the number
and color of ballots and the date on which
On the Tuesday next preceding the day of
election a sample ballot shall be printed
and placed on file for examination in the
Office of said clerk or recorder.
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blue paper, upon which shall be printed
the names of all candidates for office other
than those specified in the two preceding
sections; and also all questions or propo-
are not properly to be placed upon the bal
lots specified in said two preceding sections.
Said ballots on blue paper shall be printed
under the direction of the county auditor
Of each county, and bound in blocks of one
hundred ballots to the block, the expense
whereof shall be betrayed from the county
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county auditor, together with the ballots
received from the secretary of state, to city,
village and township clerks within his coun-
ty in such quantities as shall be necessary
to enable such clerks to fully comply with
the provisions of this act. 1t shall be the
duty OF each of the county auditors to give
township clerk within his county as to the
time when the official ballots will be ready
for distributions; and it shall be the duty
Of the city, village or township clerks afore-
said to go to the county seat and receive
the official ballots from the county auditors;
such ballots to be furnished such clerks on
the Thursday next preceding the day Of
election, and receipts, stating the number
and color of ballots and the date on which
they were received, shall be taken therefor.
On the second Thursday preceding the day
and placed on file for examination, in the
Office of said county auditor.
Sec. %. Each city,, village and township
clerk shall provide for each polling place
or election district in his city, village or
township one hundred ballots of. each kind
to be voted in the district for every. seventy
five or FRACTION Of seventyg-fve electors regis
district, aud, in the event Of known large
increase in the number Of voters in any
district, said clerk shall provide such addi-
tional ballots as may be necessary.
Sec. "a. All ballots shall be printed with
black ink on paper of sufficient thickness
to prevent the printing thereon from show
ing through or being discernible from the
back, and all ballots Of the same color shall
be substantially uniform as to style. size,
thickness, shade of color and the type used,