Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26

ti!eo IN knS Once 81 the secretAty Of eeete
lures Of not less than 200 enrolled cleo
tors. Of the party in which the candidate
L. proposed os a, for a,om9i nina sss,a in the the state,
didate is proposed.
individual proposal petitions for inde.
and legislative or coamissionssr district
offices. within the county shall be filed In
the office Of the county auditor and must
n noy' les s5f' tSsn : g enroll sse .%i E,snstuf of the os
party in the unit in which the candi-
date is proposes Tor nomination;
an in iadepen Ssrt'e candidate aafidapttsAs h I1'i have ar az.
fixed thereto the executed declaration OF
ouch candidate in the form provided in
titled to be filed e in the se" office L of
the secretary of state or county auditor
as the case may require.
1t shall be Unlawful for any independent
candidate to secure more than twice the
number of signatures required in this
SECTION to his petition.
QHow Made and Sisned)-To each OF the
Individual proposal petitions as provided
N Sections sHnn 40 and So of this act zach petis
pen and ink or by indelible pencil and
shall add after his name, his voting pre-,
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 petit
ton unless the same appears upon the
party enrolment books and to have been
signed within four months prior to the
person in whose behalf the petition is
filed, is to be a candidate. 1t Shall not
be necessary that one paper shall con-
tain all the signatures but a single petit
ton may be made up OF one or more
papers each having the requisite heading:
Separate papers in the proper form and
petition, and shall be sufficient il the ag-
gpesa ,tern number tnns Of signatures Is not less IS;
this act. Blank lines upon additional
sheets. securely fastened to a top sheet
having the prescribed heading, may be
regarded. together with the top sheet hav-
ing the proper heading, as one paper:
dependent Proposal Petitions-In legisla-
tive districts composed OF more than one
county, the individual proposal petition
ture from such district shall be filed in
the office Of the secretary Of state at
l the n aix5y days sa Prior ,n tH the lho nraaos Of
petition shall be substantially in the same
form az provided In section 40 of this
act, with with the same 1n,,, r%eauirements as to
declaration; and the timely filing thereof
shall entitle the candidate to have his
bsms liz r' pasty up ss the the o SrImary ballet lS sseS
county in such legislative district. No
committee proposal Of candidates in joint
lc6 ulSlTlCIS Is pfOVlQeO HeFelu.
Candidates for legislative office In Joint
legislative districts are required to file
as independent candidates at the primary.
AL. candidates for Judges OF the supreme
and circuit courts shall file individual pc
titions in the office of the secretary Of
mary date and their names shall appear
In the Independent column upon the Of
fetal primary ballot, but any candidate
dorsed by either the majority or minority
state proposal committee; but not by both
possi c9m ni-y aat N'1 MsetInes5o-
The members. Of the respective state
mlttees; who have been elected under
manner herein provided at pris
vacancies in Section i53 Of this act, shall
assemble on the first Monday in January
t 10 O'Clock a. M, in each general election
committees shall convene in the assembly
hall; and the minority, proposal commit
tees shall convene in the senate I'M
kota. and each party committee shall
retire to self-appointed rooms in the cap
l1ol h onna,1fE%,te and n o, the members amd sh,d present st mt
times act without subcommittee. as a
committee of the whole sitting in open
and a secretary for each committee and
then promulgate, separately, majority or
minority principles by adopting one plank
at a time by roll call vote, then select one
paramount national issue and one para
mount state issue from such platform
act, and prepare notices of eight words
for each of such selected paramount is
sues for headings on the official primary
ballot, and propose majority or minority
candidates. subject to provisions in Sec
ton 10 of this act, for president, vice
president. presidential electors, congress
\ SiOn91 and state nfHcas and MARTY rppre.-
sentatives and endorse supreme court
judges in the manner required for commit
by the majority of the member present
at any committee meeting and the dec
shall be filed, within eight avs from date
er with the roll Of the members present,
when SO made and filed, shall entitle the
respective notices and name of candi-
dates thus proposed and endorsed, limited
printed on the official primary ballot to
be printed in separate column as herein
committee shall cease to exist as an or
vacancies. All minutes Of each meeting
rotary and filed by the chairman with the
secretary of state with the committee pro-
posal and recorded in the political record
shall, at state committee proposal meet
ings, be entitled to vote by unit repre-
sentation. Each member of the minority
or majority proposal committee. who shall
attend such state meeting, shall. receive
payment of FIVE cents per mile for each
mile necessarily travelled in going to and
returning from such meeting by fling a
written receipted sworn statement thereof
with the secretary of state, who shall
deliyer same to the state auditor who
warrant therefor, TO the person who filed
hereof that the state shall pay all ex-
penses Of mileage herein provided.
Sec. So. Proposal Committee.-(Coun-
ty Meetings)-The members of the re-
s%pective county. minority. and majority
proposal committees, who nave been
elected by precincts in the manner here
in provided at the last primary. or to fill
vacancies as especially provided in Sec
ton 1873 of this act, shall! assemble on
the first Thursday after the first Mon
day in January at 1 o'clock p. M, in
each general election year; and the county
majority committees shall convene in the
court room and the county minority com
mittees in the office Of clerk Of coerts in
the court house of the county, or place
where the court was last hold. and each