The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-27

two Q62),, and said sections are hereby
maze 9ne, applicable to primary elections held
:. CANVAss1NG BOARD.
sec. 2S The clerk Of the district court
OF the county, the county auditor, the
| chairman OF the board of county commits
slohers. and two justices of the peace of
tne same county, OF opposite political par
Ties from that of the majority of the 9TH
er ni,sln members of the canvassins board. If
| possible to be selected by the clerk of
| the district court shall constitute the
county canvassing board for the purposes
| or the primary election and shall meet
at the court house In the county at ten
| QU O'Clock in the morning of the second
| day after said primary election, and shall
proceed eSoo a after taking the =, usual oath of
| ONCE, to openly and publicly canvass the
primary election returns made to the
| county auditor
Any three of said canvassing board
shall constitute a quorum, and are au-
| tnorized to make the canvass herein pro-
vided and to certify to the results thereof.
The Ganyassing board shall not wait
beginning, but after filling out their
sheets with the names and number of the
election districts, they shall take such
returns as are at hand, and fill in the
results there shown, and when the re-
turns are not at hand they shall leave q
space until the missing returns are
| brought in.
Sec "a. The canvassing board shall
make and prepare statement the same
| to be signed by the said board, and filed
| in the office OF the county auditor as fol-
| lows:
l. A. statement containing the names of
all candidates voted for at the primary
election, with the number of votes re-
ceived by each, and for what office, said
| statement to be made as to each political
party separately.
| 2. A statement of the names of the
! persons or candidates of each political
party who are nominated, to-wit: Those
persons or candidates Of such political
party who received the highest number
| of votes for the respective offices; and
| where there is more than one person to
be elected to a given office at the ensu-
ing election, there shall be included in said
so many candidates Of such party, receiv-
ing the next highest number of votes for
that Office, as there are persons to be
elected to such office at said ensuing cleo
ton. Said statement shall in like man
ner be made separately as to each politi-
cal party.
| electors registered and the number of bal
| lots cast, male and female separately at
such primary election.
If two or more candidates Of the same
political party are tiled" for the same Of
| fee the tie shall be determined by lot
to be cast then and there by and as the
| canVasslng board may determine.
auditor upon the completion Of its can
vass by said canvassing board to mail or
deliver in person to each candidate 80
nominated, a notice of such fact, that his
name will be placed upon the official ballot
at the ensuing election, provided g fee to
day to be named therein. in each case the
same to be named in accordance with the
fee and date required by said general
election law, and a notice further that his
name will not be placed upon the ballot
| If said fee Is not paid by such time.
Sec. 20. The persons whose names are
SO properly placed in said nominated
nominees Of the several political parties
in which they were candidates, and such
names shall be printed upon the official
| ballot prepared for the ensuing election,
| ln like manner as If such persons had
been duly nominated by e party . CO con :
| thereof filed as required by said general
| election lawI provided, no name shall be
placed upon the ballot for said ensuing
election unless the further fee required
| by said general election law Is paid with
in the time therein required as In case of
| filing certificates Of nomination from con-
yentlons.
| No names Of candidates of any political
| party which Is required to make nomina-
! tons under this act for officers to be vot-
| ed for wholly within such county, shall
unless such candidates have been chosen
in accordance with this acti except in
case of a vacancy occasioned by the
death, removal or resignation of any
| candidate SO chosen or arising otherwise,
and in such event, the campaign or party
committee of the same political party,
OK IL ILeT9 O0 no SUCH COIlIIllllS6t lHcli d
mass convention of such party. may fill
such vacancy, the name of such new
candidate to be certified under oath to
| the county auditor by the chairman and
| secretary Of such committee or conVen-
ton.
COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.
Sec &C. The following sections OF said
sation and expenses, are hereby made ap-
plicable to primary elections held under
this act, except &c as IN may Z be be her herein other lr
| dred fifty-eight Q5S) and one hundred
seventy-two Q72). The compensation of
the clerk Of the district court shall be the
same as that of other members Of the
'a'i' 'ssIa.E RfivfEW gGsF' BY COURTS.
| Sec. 27.-Whenever 1t shall appear by
court or district court Of the county, that
an error or omission has occurred, or Is
about to occur in the printing of the
name of any candidate on official ballots,
| or that any error has been or Is about to
| be committed In printing the ballots, or
that the name OF any person has been or
such ballots, or that any. wrongful act
has been performed, or is about to be per-
| formed by any judge or clerk Of the pri-
mary election county auditor. canvass
person charged with q duty under this
| act, or that any neglect of duty by any
of the persons aforesaid has occurred,
or is about to occur, such Judge shall by
order require the officer or person or per-
| sons charged with the error, wrongful act
or neglect, to forthwith correct the error,
desist from the wrongful act or perform
the duty, and do as the court shall order
or to show cause forthwith why suchser-
ror should not be corrected, wrongful
act desisted from, or such duty or order
performed. Failing to obey the order of
such Judge shall be contempt.
| Any candidate at such primary election
who may desire to contest the nonina-
ton Of any candidate for the same Office
at said primary election, may proceed by
such affidavit so presented, provided that
such affidavit be presented within five (5)
days after the completion Of the canvass
| by said canvassing board, and not later,
and the candidate whose nomination IS
! so contested shall, by the order OF such
judge duly served, be required to appear
and abide by the orders OF the court, TO
be made therein.
OFFENSES AND PUNISHMENTS.
| Sec 28 The offenses and penalties and
| punishments thereof, as set forth in the
| following sections Of said general election
law, shall be applicable to the same per-
mary elections held under this act, and
| said sections are hereby made applicable
! to primary elections held under this act
| to-wit: Section one hundred ffty-nine
| ninety-four, Q9g, one hundred ninety-five
| Q95), one hundred ninety-six Q96) and
one hundred ninety-seven Q9D.
Sec. 20. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after It's passage
Approved April 10th, 1899.
CHAPTER 250-H. f. NO. s72.
AN ACT providing for condemnation Of
right Of way by street railway COM
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Sect Section / Any, .fforporation organized
pose Of constructing a street railway in
this state. wholly or partly without tte