Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

The names or such nominees shall be i'm
mediately certified, by the chairman and
secretary of the meeting to the secretary
of state. They shall perform
such other business as may properly be
brought before such meeting. The platform
of each party shall be framed at such time
that it shall be made public, not later
than six o'clock In tie afternoon of the
following day
Section liza l. In case of tie vote,
the tie shall forthwith be determined by
lot by the canvassers.
2. 1t shall be the duty Of the secretary
Of state to prepare all forms
necessary to carry out the provisions of
this act, which forms shall be substantially
followed in all primaries held in pursuance
hereof. Such form shall be printed with
copies of this act for public use and dis
tribution.
5. Every day on which a September pri-
mary shall be held shall be a legal holt
day.
Section 11-24. l. ANY person who shall
offer, or with knowledge of the same, per
NIT any person to offer For his benefit any
bride to a voter to induce him to sign any
nomination paper and
any person who shall accept any such bride
or promise of gain of any kind in the ma
ture of a bribe as consideration for signing
the same, whether such bride or promise
of gain In the nature Of bride be offered
or accepted before or after such signing,
or any candidate who shall knowingly cause
a nomination paper or papers, to be signed
in his behalf by more than the maximum
number of qualified electors provided for
his district by subdivision OF section
lis of this act, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor and upon trial and conviction
thereof be punished by fine of not less
than twenty-five nor more than five hun
dred dollars, or by Imprisonment IN the
county jail of not less tnan ten days nor
more than six months or by both such
fine and Imprisonment.
2. Any act declared an offerse by the
general laws of this state concerning eau
md al CHI q lGn IN n G
be an otfense In all primaries, and shall be
punished In the same form and manner as
therein provided, and all the penalties and
pnd sections except as herein otherwise
provided, shall apply In such case with
equal force, and to the same extent as
though fully set forth in this act.
3. Any person who shall forge any name
Of a signer or witness to nomination pa
per shall be deemed guilty of forgery, and
on conviction punished accordingly.
4. ANY person who, being In possession
of nomination papers entitled to be filed
under this act or any act of the 1egisla-
ture, shall wrongfully either suppress, neg
lect, or fail to cause the same to be filed
at the proper time in the proper Office
shall on conviction be punished by imprison-
ment In the county jail not to exceed six
months or by a fine not to exceed five
hundred dollars, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Section 11-25. The provisions Of the
statutes now in force in relation to the
holding of elections, the solicitation of vot-
ters at the polls, the challenging of voters,
the manner of conducting elections, of
counting the ballots and making return
thereof, and all other kindred subjects, shall
apply to all primaries in so far as they
are consistent with this act, the intent Of
this act being to place the primary under
the regulation and protection of the laws
now in force ga to elections.
Section 2. There Is added to the stat
utes a new section to read: Section IL
25m. Any person who shall sell, give away
or barter, any intoxicating liquors on a
primary election day the person so offend
ing shall be punished by a fine of not less
than FIVE nor more than twenty-five dollars
or by Imprisonment in the county Jail not
to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
Section g. All acts or parts of acts in
consistent with this or in conflict with the
provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved July 16, 1907.