Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-24
SHARPE PRIMARY BILL

Continued from Page 81
this act, and deliver the same as now
provided by law.
Sec. 35. The city council shall COM
pose the canvassing board and shall
meet within five days after any pri-
mary election and canvass the votes
as required in subdivision first and
second of section % Of this act, and
make returns Of same as now pro-
vided :s1 s#s5
4 Sec. 36. When the result of such
election is announced it shall be the
duty Of the city auditor to notify the
candidates declared nominated by
written notice thereof and by publish
ing the same in the official paper Of
the city one week prior to the munich
pal election.
Sec. 81. The city committee OF each
political party shall be chosen in the
manner in which the county commit
tee is chosen and shall be clothed with
the same powers.
II Sec. 50. All Of the provisions Of
chapter 5 of the Penal Code In SO far
as the same relates to crimes against
the elective franchise, are hereby
made applicable to elections held
pursuant to the provisions Of this act.
n Sec. 80. Every state, county, dis
trict and city committee Of each politi-
raj narty now nligihla nn5ar fha nro.
visions of this act shall remain the
regularly constituted committee of the
respective parties until succeeded as
provided for in this act.
Sec. 40. At the primary each voter
may write in the space left on his
ticket for that purpose the names Of
not to exceed three qualified electors
of the precinct for members Of his
party precinct committee The three
having the highest number Of votes
shall constitute such committee, and
the one having the largest shall be
chairman. The official returns made
by the election board from each pre-
cinct shall show the name and address
of party committeeman chosen.
Sec. Al. The chairman Of each pre-
cinct committee shall constitute the
county committee of each county and
they shall meet at the county seat be-
tween the first day OF August and the
tenth day of August following every
primary election and organize BY
selecting a chairman, a secretary and
a treasurer, and shall adopt rules and
modes of procedure. They shall at
the same time select one person who
shall be a legal voter, to act upon and
be a member of the state central com
mittee of such party in all counties
consisting of one legislative district.
and in counties having more than one
legislative district they shall select
one person from each district; and
when two or more counties are en-
braced in one legislative district the
county committees of each county
shall meet at the county seat of the
senior county of such district on or
before the fifteenth day of August fol-
lowing every primary election, and
select one person who shall be legal
voter, to act upon and be member of
the state central committee of such
party. 8
The members SO selected as state
central committeeman shall naaaf at
the state capitol between the first day
and the tenth day of September and
organize by selecting a chairman,
secretary and treasurer, and shall
adopt rules and modes of procedure
and promulgate and publish plat
form or principle upon which it's candi-
dates shall stand. Each member of
any committee shall retain such posi-
ton until his successor is chosen.
Every member so selected shall be
a legal voter.
Vacancies shall be filled by ma;
jority of the committee by appoint
ment from the district in which such
vacancy exists.
Sec. 40. All acts and parts of acts
in conflict with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed, in so far as
they relate to the provisions OF this
act.
Are Miliionaires as Independent as
Farmers?
Farmers have the advantage over
millionaires, according to David Gray