The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-10-22

delegates to the. ..........s state conven-
ton to Dc held soatn "a.
that our motto is........
We request that our names as such
candidates under the above motto, be
printed In a list upon the official ballot
ing primary. Our respective names, pre-
cincts in which we reside. and postoffce
addresses are hereto affixed.
Residence Postoffce
Names by Precincts Address
............. a............. ..........'.
............. ............. .sss.s.'.'-''
'.s...'...... ............ ...''
An afida Wit by one of said candidates
only shall be appended to said request,
in the following form:
State Of South Dakota )ss
county of.............)
............. being duly sworn, says
that he Is personally acquainted with
each OF the persons named in the forego-
ing request: that each and every one OF
said persons is a qualified resident elector
Of the county of.......... State of South
Dakota, and a member OF the. .........
party: that each of said candidates sign
ed the foregoing request in person.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
...........day of.............1s....
No second list of delegates shall be
permitted to use the same motto. Said
joint request, when properly filled out
and executed If filed with the county audi
twenty days before the holding Of the
primary, shall entitle said candidates
to have their names listed together un-
der the motto named In their request
on the official ballot used at the primary,
with a circle at the head of the list. and
the voter may vote for all the names in
Subdivision S. TO each Of the nomi.
mating petitions. as provided in subdivi
slons one and two, each petitioner shall
affix his signature with pen and ink
or indelible pencil, and shall add after
his name, his voting precinct, postoffce
address, county and date OF signing
No petitioner shall sign more than one
such petition relating to the same office
in the same year, and no name shall be
counted upon such petition unless the
same appears to ave been signed within
three months prior to the holding of the
primary before which the person in whose
behalf 1t is filed is to be a candidate. 1t
shall not be necessary that one paper
shall contain all the signatures, but a sim
gle petition may be made up of one or
more apers, each having the requisite
heading Separate papers in the proper
form and duly signed. may. before filing,
be bound together and shall be regarded
as one petition, and shall be sufficient II
all Is not less nor more than the lumber
required by this Act. Provided. that
Where separate papers are circulated IN
behalf of the same candidate, each sepa-
rate paper must have appended thereto
the affidavit herein specified. Such affi-
davit shall be in substantially the follow
ing form:
State of South Dakota, )ss
County of.............)
!, ............. being first duly sworn,
on oath state that | am a qualified voter
Of the State of South Dakota; that each
of the persons whose names are affixed
to the above and foregoing paper signed
the same personally and added thereto
his place of residence, postoffice address
and date of signing; that to the best of
my knowledge and belief each and all of
said persons are residents and qualified
electors of the State OF South Dakota
and each signed said petition with full
knowledge of its contents; that l intend
to support the candidate named in said
petition at the primary, and to vote the
ticket nominated thereat by the. .......
party, of which the candidate named in
this petition is a member.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
day of ...........l9....
......
Said affidavit shall not be made by the
candidate but each candidate provided
for in subdivisions one and two, shall file
with his nominating petition a written