Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-05-05

THE VI lnE oALANA'
Approved March IS, 1884,
The People OF the State Of Nevada, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act ss follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State shall
pe printed and distributed at public ex-
pense. as hereinafter provided. Inc
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
Instruction for the electors Of each county,
and the delivery OF the same 10 the cleo
ton officers, as provided for In this Act,
shall be Q county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
hammer a. the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case of separate elections
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 district ia which said tickets and
cards are 70 be used, the payment Oh
which shall be provided for In the same
manner IS the payment oil other city
county or district expenses.
SEQ. 2. Any convention, az hereinaitef
defined, held for the purpose OF making
Nominations for public office, and also
electors 70 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for pubic
Offices, 10 be filed By election within she
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act Is an organized Assem- blage OF
delegates representing q political party,
which, at the last election, before tine
holding OF such convention, polled ~
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other polit-
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, shsll contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he Ia nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. 10 shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary Of
such convention, who shall add to theii
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, and make oath before an ofhcer
authorized TO administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the best OF their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate OF the said ostt
shall be annexed 70 said certificate Of
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by
onvention in the manner following: A
ertifcate 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.
tion three OF this Act, shall be signed by
electors residing within the district OF
political division for which candidates are
to be presented, equal Ia number to al
least three per cent OF the entire vote casi
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
signed by three voters. Said signatures
need mot all be appended to one paper, but
each signer shall add to bis signature his
place Of residence. One OF the signers oil
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best OF his knowledge and belief, and Q cer-
tiioate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the SADIE effect as a certificate of nomins.
ton made by q party convention.
SRo. 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 offices shall be filed with the
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are 30 be voted for, and where
Q district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk OF each OF said counties.
SEC. G.. 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 filled, and no person who has voted in
o convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for any Office,
shall join In nominating. in any amer,
any other nominee for that office, and no
person shall accept 9 nomination TO more
than n Office.
SEo.7 z. Certificates OF nomination re-
quired to be fled with the Secretary Of
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination Is
made by Q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
tie 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 office, such vacancy may be filled az any
time before the day Of election by the CON-
vention, or by q committee TO which the
convention has delegated the power to
ill 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
Q certificate. setting forth the name OF the
person nominated to fill suoh vacancy, the
Office for which he Is nominated, the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee is
Is to be substituted, and 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 il Ia filed shall 9 substitute the mann OF
the person therein for the original nomi.
nee. by printing, If practicable, or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. 8. 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, % specified in the certificate OF
filed with him.
SEC. 8. Not less than ten days before
election to fill any public Office or Of
fees, the County CLERK shall cause TO be
published all the nominations certified to
or hled with him. Said nominations shall
be published In a newspaper printed with
In the county. When no newspaper is
within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting . copy of the
ballot In Q public place in each election
precinct within the county, one Of which
shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
Ing in newspapers. at least two publications
by such newspapers shall be required, one
81 which shall appear in the last regular
Of such paper before election day.
axq. 10. When a proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other ques-
i5h is TO be submitted for popular vote,
he Secretary Of State shall certify the |
lame 10 the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same az
for in section Q Of this Act.
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