Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-09-29

THE EOhLO vi Il
Approved March 10, 1884,
The People OF the State Of NevadA' rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State shall
be printed and distributed ct pubic eA-
psnse, as hereinafter provided. Ine
printing Of general tickets and caras OF
instruction for the electors OF ZACH county
and the delivery OF the same 70 tne eiec-
tion officers. as provided for 10 tn's acs,
shall be ! county charge. the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
mapue az tbs payment Of other county
expenses, and in case OF separate elections
for city, town or districtoficers, the print.
ing aud delivery Of tickets and cards oil
Abstraction shall be charged upon the city,
toxn or district in which said tickets and
cards are to b used, the payment OF
which shall be provided for in the same
manner as The pay ment OF other city'
count or district expenses.
SEC. q. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office, and also
electors TO the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for pubic
offices, to be filed BY election WITHIN .ne
State, A convention within the meaning
Of this Act il an organized assemblsge OF
delegates representing 8 political party,
which, at the last 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 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 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, and . 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 a
onvention in the manner following: A
ertiicate 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
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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 10 the
best Of his kn owledge and belief. n q GER
t~iicate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate Of nomina-
ton made by a party convention.
SEC. 8. 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-
icates OF nomination Of candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with the
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are to be voted for, and where
district embraces more than me county,
such 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 NOMINEES for each Office to
be filed, and no person who has voted In
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 nc
person shall accept q nomination 10 more
than one office.
Scot Certificates Of nomination re.
quired to be filed with the Secretary oil
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination il
made by Q 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 fol-
any office. such vacancy may be filed at any
time before the day Of election by the con.
v~ention, or by 9 committee TO which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies, or by petitions, as provide ed
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, and such further infor-
nation % is required to be given in an
original certificate OF nomination. When
such certificate is filed, the officer with
whom il 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. 8. Not less thar twenty-five days
before an election 10 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 ofic 90 for which he is nomin-
ated, % specified in the certificate Of
nomination fled with him.
SEC. g.. 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 fled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in q newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper is
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting g 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
ing in newspapers, at least " publications
by such newspapers shall be required. one
Of which shall appear in the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
SEQ. 10. When a proposed Constitution. |
constitutional amendment or other ques- |
lion 10 TO be submitted for popular vote.
he Secretary OF State shall certify the
same 10 the several County Clerks. and said |
Oountv Clerks shall publish the same as