Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-02

determine such contests and take and
hear testimony in relation thereto.
SECOND-Ths republican nominating
election to nominate candidates for the
various Offices to be filled by the voters of
the county of Beadle, South Dakota, shall
be held at such time as the county central
committee may determine, and the polls
shall be open for the reception of votes be-
tween the hours of IL n.on and 9 o'clock
y. m. in the precincts outside the city
of Huron, and between the hours of ?
o'clock p. m. and 8 o'clock D. NJ. in the
city of Huron of that day; and no one ex-
cept person known to be a republican
voter at the previous general election in
November, /. e. one who voted the state
or national ticket, or one who will become
a qualified voter on or before the general
election in November following, shall be
allowed to vote at said republican primary
election.
Providedi further, that such voter is
then an adherent of the republican party
and will support the republican ticket at
the election following. No person shall be
allowed to vote at said primary election
unless he shall have resided in this state
for 6 months, and in Beadle county for 30
days, and in the precinct in which he of
fers to vote for 10 days prior to said cleo
tion, and is 81 years OF age, or will be 81
prior to the general election in the follow
ing November.
THIRD-Any qualified voter may chal-
lenge any vote offered. and any ballot re-
jected by the judges shall be enclosed in
an envelope together with all the affi-
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in support of or against such vote, and
seal the same, endorsing thereon the
name of the voter; the same to be canvas
sed by the county central committee,
whose action in the matter shall be final.
Any precinct election board may, If in it's
judgement is desirable, employ a justice
of the peace or some other officer en-
powered to administer an oath, to prepare
the affidavits and administer the oaths
where no member of said election board
is 30 qualified; such expense to be paid by
the central committee. The term quail
fed voter" shall be one known to be a
supporter of the national republican
ticket.
FOURTH-Therc shall be three judges
of election, who shall be discreet. qualifi-
ed republican voters, in each voting pre-
cinct, and said election judges shall be
appointed by the central committee at a
meeting held for the purpose of calling a
primary election, and one of said judges
shall act as clerk OF election. The COM
pensation 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
he l,,xf a<rot rof No,
son shall be appointed Judge of election
who has not been resident of the pre-
cinct for at least one year next preceding
his appointment, or who is a candidate to
be voted for at such election, or who has
not previously affiliated with the republi-
can party by at least voting for it's
nominees at the last general election. If
for any reason any person appointed as
judge in any precinct should be absent at
the time for opening the polls, the repub-
lican voters present shall by vivavoce
vote elect Judge or clerk, as the case
may be, to fill the vacancy.
FIFTH-Any person desiring to become
a candidate on the republican ticket or
any office to be filled by the voters of the
county of Bead1e, shall notify the chair
man, or in his absence, the secretary of
the county central committee, and upon
payment of the sum of money as asserted
by the committee for defraying the ex-
penses of the republican nominating cleo
ton, his name shall be printed upon the
ballot to be voted at said primary election !;
provided, however, that the name of no
the committee after IL o'clock noon at
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primary election.
SIXTH-The assessments on the candi-
dates submitting their names for the
various offices to be voted upon at said
primary election shall be as follows: for
state senator, $500 each; for representa-
tives, $500 each; for register of deeds,
clerk of courts, county Judge, superintend-
ent of scpools, auditor, treasurer. states
attorney, $1,000 each; for coroner. 81
each; for justice of the peace in the city
of Huron, $500 each; for all other candi-
dates for justices of the peace, ST. 90 each /;
for constables, loo each; for surveyor,
S1.00 each; for delegates, S1.00 each, no
additional charge for alternates; for the
precinct committeeman, so cents each .
Announcement in writing that he is
such, specifying the Office, shall be made
to the chairman of the county central
committee, or in his absence, to the secre-
tary OF said committee, the same to be
accompanied with the amount specified
in this assessment. The placing of the
name of any candidate on the primary
ballot is conditioned upon the full per
formance of the above requirement, with
in the time stated in Ar ticle ". And it
at,alf ia the dr,fv ,,f tho an nr an r.
retary TO receipt to each candidate or his
representative presenting said announce
ment, for money so received and notice of
candidacy filed by said candidate.
SEyENTH-Th ballot shall be prepar-
ed by the county central committee and
delivered, under the direction of said COM
mittee, to the chairman of the judges of
election in each precinct. the person de-