The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-08-05

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Adopted by the Beadle County
Central Committee
republican ticket for the various offices to be
filed by the voters of Beadle county shall be
nominated by primary election, and the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes for each
Office shall he declared the nominee of the re-
publican party for that office, and the county
central committee shall have power and author
iy to try and determine all questions as to who
is the nominee, and may hear evidence and take
all necessary steps to determine the questions
that may arise. and the decisions of the county
central central committee shall be final and con-
elusive. The voting shall be by secret ballot. and
the ballot shall be printed and distributed as
herein provided, and no other ballot shall be
used.
Provided, that said committee may appoint
from its member . canvassing board of not less
than three nor more than five members who shall
elect q chairman and secretary, and all returns of
said election shall be made to the chairman of
said canvaesing board. Said board shall have
authority to canvass said returns and by it's
chairman and secretary certify said returns and
declare the ~results, and In case of any contest the
full county committee shall have authority to try
end determine such contests and take and hear
testimony In relation thereto.
Second. The republican nominating election
to nominate cand for the various offices to
be filled by the voters of the county OF Beadle,
South Dakota, shall be held at such times as the
county central committee may determine. and
the polls ehall be open for the reception of votes
between the hours of IL o'clock noon and 6 o'clock
p. m, in the precincts outside the city of Huron
and between the hours of O'Clock p. m. and 8
O'Clock p. m. in the city Of Huron, of that day
and NO one except q person known to be a repub-
lican voter at the previous general election in
November. i. g.. one who voted the state or
national ticket, or one who will become a quail
fed voter on or before the general election in
November following, shall be allowed to vote at
said republican primary election.
Provided further, that such voter is then an ad-
herent of the republican party and will support
the republican ticket at the election following.
No person shall be allowed to vote at said prim-
ary election unless he shall have resided in this
state for six months, and in Beadle county for 80
days, and in the precinct in which he offers to
vote for 10 days prior to said election, and is 81
years of age. or will be 81 prior to the general
election in the following November.
Third. Any qualified voter may challenge any
vote offered. and any ballot rejected by the judges
shall be enclosed in an envelope together with
all the affidavits and evidence that may be offered
in support of or against such vote, and seal the
same, endorsing thereon the name Of the voter;
the same to be canvassed by the county central
committee, whose action in the matter shall be
final. Any precinct election board may, if in its
Judgment it is desirable, employ a justice of the
peace or some other officer e%mpowered TO admin
lister an oath, to prepare the affidavits and admin
lister the oaths where no member of said election
board is so qualified, such expense to be paid by
the central committee. The term QUALIFIED
voter shall be one known to be %asupporter of
the national republican ticket.
Fourth. There shall be three judges of cleo
ton, who shall be discreet, qualified republican
voters, in each voting precinct, and said election
Judges shall be appointed by the central com
mittee at a meeting held for the purpose of call
ing a primary election, and one of said judges
shall act as clerk of election. The compensation
shall be one dollar each for the judges of election
and one dollar for the delivery of the election
returns if delivered in person, the same to be
paid by the central committee. No person shall
be appointed judge of election who has not been
a resident of the precinct for at least one year
next preceding his appointment, or who is a can
didate to be voted for at such election, or who has
not previously affiliated with the republican par
ty by at least voting for its nominees at the last
general election. If for any reason any person
appointed as judge in any precinct should be alb
sent at the time for opening the polls, the repub-
lican voters present shall, by a viva voce vote,
elect a judge or clerk, as the case may be, to fill
the vacancy.
Fifth. Any person desiring to become a candi-
date on the republican ticket for any office to be
filled by the voters Of the county of Beadle, shall
notify the chairman. or in his absence, the secre-
tary of the county central committee, and upon
the payment of the sum of money as assessed by
the committee for defraying the expenses of the
republican nominating election, his name shall
be printed upon the ballot to be voted at said
primary election; provided however, that the
name of no candidate for office shall be accepted
by the committee after Il o'clock. noon, at least
six days prior to the date of the primary election.
Sixth. The assessment on the candidates sub
hitting their names for their various offices to
be voted upon at said primary election shall be
as follows: For state senators, S. each; for
representatives S. each: for register of deeds,
clerk of courts, county Judge, superintendent of
schools, auditor, treasurer, sheriff aud states
attorney. $40 each; for coroner, So each for
| justice of the peace in the city of Huron, s. each;
for all other candidates for justices of the peace,
81 each for constables, 81 each; for surveyor. 81
each for delegates, 81 each, no additional charge
for alternates; for precinct committeeman, SOC
each. Announcements in writing that he is such,
specifying office, shall be made to the chairman
of the county central committee, or, in his
absence, to the secretary of said committee, the
same to be accompanied by the amount specified
in this assessment. The placing of the name of
| any candidate on the primary ballot is nncondi-
toned upon the full performance of the above