Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-05

THE SECRECY Of HE oAbAOA'
Approved March Is, 1884,
The People of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
act a. follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
for public officers within this state shaii
be printed and distributed al pubic eA-
pense. a. hereinafter provided. Inc
printing Of general tickets aud CARDS OF
instruction for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery Of the same TO the eiec-
lion officers, as provided for In this Act,
shall be 9 county charge, the psyment oI
which shall be provided for In the same
manner - the payment oil otner coun.y
expenses, and In case OF separate eiecIions
for city, town or district of1cers' tne PRINT
ing and delivery OF tickets aud cards oil
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
tow or district in which said tickets and
cards are 70 be used, the payment Of
which shall be provided for in the same
manner as the payment OF other ch'y'
county or district expenses.
SEo. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose Oh making
nominations for public office, and also
~eIectors TO the number hereinafter speci-
fad. NAV nominate candidates for public
offices. 10 be filled by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
Of tbis 40. is an organized assemblage OF
delegates representing . political party,
which, At the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polied 81
least three per cen OF the entire vote cast
in the Stale. county, district or other point
ical division. for which the nomination 10
made.
SEC. s. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified as follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
bs In writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, bis residence and
office for which he ia nominated, aud shall
designate the party or principle which
such con yention represents. IL shall be
sigued by the Chair man aud Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, aud make oath before an officer
authorized TO administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the beat OF their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public ofica
may be nominated otherwise b by q
onvention in the manner following: A
ertifcste Of nomination containing the
name 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
TO be presented, equal in number to at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
at the last preceding 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
sign cd by three voters. Said signatures
need not al 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
bsst of his knowledge and belief. n q GER
tificate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall havo
the same effect IS q certificate of nomina-
tion made by 8 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. Certi-
ficates OF nomination of candidates for all
other public off es shall bs filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, and where
q district embraces more than one county,
suoh certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk Of each Of said counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
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 filed. and no person who has voted In
aconvention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against . 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.7. Certificates Of nomination re-
quired to DO filed with the Secretary Of
State shall not be filed more han sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination Is
made by . 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 9 vacancy occur
from any cause in the list Of nominees for
any Off 90. such vacancy may be filled al any
time before the day Of election by the con-
vention. or by . committee to which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies. or by petitions. as provided
in section four Of this Act. The Chair
man and Secretary of the convention, or
OF such committee, or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
certificate, setting forth the name OF the
person nominated to fill such vacancy, the
office for which lie Is nominated, the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee is
Is to be substituted, aud such further infor-
nation as Is required to be given in an
original certificate OF nomination. When
such certificate is filed, the officer with
whom 1t is filed shall substitute the name OF
tho person therein for the original nomi.
nee. by printing, II practicable. or by writ
ing the name Of the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. 8. MOI 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 Is nomin-
sted. as specified in the certificate Of
nomination filed with him.
SEC. Q. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
ices. the County Clerk shall cause to be
published ell the nominations certified to
or filed With him. Said nominations shall
be published In . newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper is
printe within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting . copy OF the
ballot in . 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
log in ne wspapers. Al least two publications
by such newspapers shall be required. n
OF which shall appear in the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When q proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other ques-
ton is TO be submitted for popular vote.
tbs Secretary OF State shall certify the
same 10 the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same as
provided for In section Q OF this Act.
SEQ. IL. Itshsll be the duty OF the