Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-09-15

uli Text Of Nevada's New
Injection Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sIsof us
PROVISIONS.


AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
(Approved March IS, 1891.
The people OF the State Of Nevada. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act q follows:
SECTION /. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this state snail
pe printed and distributed 81 public ex-
pense. a hereinafter provided. Ine
printing of general tickets and CARDS Oh
i~nstruction for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery q the same TO the cleo
eion officers. az provided for In this Act.
shall be Q county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
manner % the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate eiecsions
for city, town or district ofhcers, the pfins.
ing and delivery OF tickets and csros OF
i~nstsuction shall be charged upon the city,
tovn or district in which said tickets and
oards are TO be used, the payment oil
which shall be provided for In the same
manner as the payment OF other CITY,
county or district expenses.
SIC. q. Any convention, 90 hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose oil makins
nominations for public office, and also
alectors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
aed, may nominate candidates for public
oeioes. 10 be flled by election within The
State. A convention within the meaning
Of this Act is an organized ssemblsge OF
delegates representing o political party
which, al the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled 1T
least three per cent Of the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other poht-
ical division, for which the nomination 10
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made by such
oonvention shall be certified IS 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 Ia 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 reel
dence, aud 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 a certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated other wise than by .
onvention in the manner following: A
ertihcate OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate TO be nominated,
with the other information required 10 be
given in the certificate provided for in sec
tion 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
ut the last proceeding election in the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination ia TO be made; provided. 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 10 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 and belief, and q GER
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed.
such certificate OF nomination shall have
the sam effect as q certificate of nomins-
ton made by a party convention.
SEQ. 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-
icates Of nomination Of candidates for all
other public offices shall be fled with the
Clerks of the respective counties wherein
the officers are to be voted for, and where
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 filled, and nc person who has voted In
convention, 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 10 more
than one office.
SEQ 7. 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
the day OF election when the nomination
is made under the provisions OF section
four OF this Act. Should Q 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-
vention, or by Q committee 10 which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies, or by petitions. IS provide cd
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 10 fill such vacancy, the
office for which he is nominated. the name
OF the person for whom the o nominee 10
IL to be substituted, and such further infor-
nation q Ia required to be given in an
original certificate Of nomination. When
such certificate Is filed, the officer with
whom II is fled shall substitute the name OF
the person therein for the original nomi.
nee. by printing. il practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. 8. Not less than 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 Office for which he is nomin-
sted, ss specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. O.. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
foes, the County Clerk shall cause to be
published all the nominations certified to
or dled with him. Said nominations shall
be published In q newspaper printed with
10 the county. When no newspaper 10
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made BY posting a copy Of the
ballot in Q 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. stleastt two publications
BY such newspapers shall be required. one
Of which shall appear In the last regular
sane Of such paper before election day.