Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-21

sional state or district office, shall be
hled by majority vote OF the party state
central committee; and by the party
county central committees OF the judicial
dIstrict, or joint legislative district, in
case vacancy occurs in party nominee OF
circuit Judge, or in party nominee of joint
legislative district and by the party coun-
~ central committee OF tho county in
winch vacancy occurs in party nominee
Tor county legislative offices. II shall
be the duty of the chairman of the party
central committee, interested, upon learn
ing OF vacancy IN nominee to forthwith
issue call by mail for such central com
mlttee meeting to fill such vacancy ano
Si'l uSlslgnate hour, day., date and place
tor meetings of party central committee,
Interested, in judicial or joint Legislative
districts, TO fill vacancies, shall be signed
ana issued, in the same manner, by the
party county chairman Of each county
IN such district by all signing joint call
Sec 1873 Contests How Made and
Declded)--Any candidate Cor nomination
10 any elective office or for election to
any party position. whose name appears
on the official primary ballot or on the
initlatory organization precinct ballot Of
any poltcal party, may contest the pri-
mary election as TO the office or position
Tor which he was a candidate for nomna-
tipn or election by filing with the clerk
or the circuit court of the county in
which his proposal petition was filed, a
complaint in writing within ten days
after the returns have been canvassed by
the county canvassing board or boards,
setting forth the grounds of his contest,
which complaint shall be verified by the
complainant Authority and jurisdiction
are hereby vested in the circuit court to
hear and determine such contests. When
a complaint has been filed, ii shall forth
with be presented to the judge of the cir
cult, in which il is filed, who shall note
thereon the day Of presentation and also
the day and place when Ire viii hear the
same, which shall not be later than ten
days thereafter. The candidate who ap-
pears upon the face OF the returns 20 have
been elected, or TO whom certificate of
nomination has been issued, shall be
named as defendant When the court
has fixed the day, for hearing the COM
be personally served upon the defendant.
The defendant must answer on or before
the day of hearing. The cause may be
heard and determined by the court in
term time, or by the judge thereof in
vacation, and shall have preference in
order Of hearing in all other cases, The
complainant shall give security for all
costs. If, in the opinion of the court the
grounds alleged for the contest are in
sufficient the complaint shall be dismiss
ed. If the grounds alleged are sufficient,
the court shall proceed in a summary
manner and may hear evidence, examine
the returns, recount the ballots and make
such orders and enter such decisions as
the facts and the law may require The
Judgment OF the court shall be final, and
the provisions OF this section shall. SO
nominations and elections by primary.
Where the proposals have been filed with
the secretary Of state, contests affecting
such candidates shall be brought and de-
termined in the same manner by the su-
preme court.