The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-11-02

filed in the office Of the secretary Of state
and must have affixed thereto the sigma
lures of not less than 200 enrolled cleo
tors. OF the party in which the candidate
is proposed for nomination, in the state,
county or district from which such cam
dldate is proposed.
Individual proposal petitions for indie
pendent candidates for county offices
offices, within the county shall be filed in
the office of the county auditor and must
have affixed thereto the signatures Of
not less than 20 enrolled electors of the
party in the county IN which the candi-
date is proposed fOg nomination.
Each individual proposal petition for
an INDEPENDENT candtdnte shall have ar.
such candidate in the form provided in
section 10 before his petition shall be en-
titled 10 be filed either in the Office or
the secretary of state or count auditor
as the case may require.
II shall be unlawful for any Independent
candidate 10 secure more than twice the
number of signatures required in this
section 10 his petition.
Sec. 81. Individual Proposal Petition
tHow Made and Signed)-To each of the
individual proposal petitions as provided
in Sections ~ and 90 OF this act each petit
toner shall affiX his own signature with
pen and ink or by indelible pencil and
shall add after his name, his voting pre-,
Cinct, post office address, ountN 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 petit
ton unless the same appears upon the
party enrolment books and to have been
signed within four months prior to the
date OF the primary election IN which the
person in whose behalf the petition Is
filed. is TO be n candidate. 1t shall not
be necessary that one paper shall con-
tain all the signatures but a single petit
ton nay be made up of one or more
papers each having the requisite heading
Separate papers in the proper form and
duly signed may, before filing, be bound
together and shall be regarded rs one
petition. and shall be sufficient if the ag-
greGate number OF signatures is not less.
nor more than, the number required by
this act. Blank lines upon additional
sheets, securely fastened TO a top sheet
having the prescribed heading, may be
used IN obtaining signatures and shall he
REGARDED, together with the top sheet hay
ing the proper heading, as one paper,
Sec. 50. Joint Legislative District In
dependent Proposal Petitions-ln leGisla-
tive districts composed OF moro than one
county, the individual ropoSal petition
i'm behalf of a candidate for the lcgisla-
ture from such district shall he filed In
the office of the secretary of state at
least has n slT5y &C days prior in to i i6S,, ho nropSs oi
petition shall he substantially in the same
form as provided in section ~ of this
act, with the same requirements as to
signatures ANA form of execution ana
declaration, and the timely filing thereof
shah Nntitle the candidate to have his
name printed upon the official ballot used
by his party at the primary in each
county i'm such legislative district. No
committee proposal Of candidates in Joint
legislative districts is provided herein.
Candidates for legislative Office" in Joint
legislative districts are required to file
as independent candidates at the primary
Sec. SO. Proposal Petition for Judges
All candidates for judges of the supreme
and circuit courts shall file individual pc
titions in the office OF the secretary of
state at least sixty days before the pri-
mary date and their names shall appear
in he independent column upon the Of
fetal primary ballot, but any candidate
for supreme court judge may be en-
dorSod ly either the ma iority or minority
state proposal committee; but not by both
committees.
sec. 81. Majority and Minority Pro
posal Committee-CState Mcetngs)--
The members, of the respective state
majority and minority proposal com
mittees, who have been elected under
the old primary law. or in The
manner herein provided at pri,'
mary. or as especially provided to I'll
vacancies in Section 1873 OF this act, shall
assemble on the~first Monday in January
{ 10 o'clock a. m, in each general election
year, and the state majority propose
committees shall convene in the assembly
hall; and the minority proposal commit
tees shall convene in the senate chamber
at the state capitol at Pierre, South pa.
kota, and each party shall
retire to s~elf-appointed rooms in the cap
itol building, and the members presen'
shall constitute a quorum and shah at al
times act without subcommittee, as
committee of the whole sitting In opei
and public session, and shall proceed Il
organize by the election of a chairman
and a secretary for each committee am
then promulEate, separately, majority %
minority principles by adopting one planl
at a time by roll call vote, then select on
paramount national issue and one para
mount state issue from such platform
principles, under the provisions of TIL!
act, and prepare notices OF eight word
for each OF such selected paramount Is
sues for headings on the official primar,
ballot, and propose majority or minorit,
candidates, subject to provisions in Sec
ton 10 Of this act, for president, vice
president, presidential electors, congress
sional and state Offices and party repre-
Sentatives and endorse supreme cour
Judges in the manner required for commit
tee proposals., as per blank forms herein
by the majority of the members presen
ht any committee meeting and the dec
l~aration thereon signed by the candidates
shall be filed within eight days from dat
OF said meeting by the chairman togeth
er with the roll Of the members present
with the secretary of state. PROPOSAL
when go made and fled, shall entitle tn
respective notices and name of candi
dates thus proposed and endorsed, limited
TO one candidate for each office, to b'
printed on the official primary ballot Il
be printed in separate column as hcrcj!
provided, and thereafter said proposal
committee shall cease to exist as an or
ganlZHtlOn, except as 10 cllilfflldH 10 III
vacancies. All minutes of each meetinJ
shall be signed by the chairman and sec
rotary and filed by the chairman with thu
secretary OF state with the committee pro
posal and recorded in the political recor'
book. Each state proposal committcema
shall, at state committee proposal meet
ings, be entitled to vote by unit repre-
sentation. Each member OF the minOrit,
or majority proposal committee, who shal
attend such state meeting, shall rcceiV,
paymen OF five cents per mile for eacl
mile necessarily Travelled in going to AM
returning from such meeting by filing
written receipted sworn statement thereo
with the secretary OF state, who shall
deliver same TO the state auditor VIII,
shall see to its auditing and forward
warrant therefor, TO the person who file'
such statement, it being the intention
hereof that the state shall pay all eX
pcnses Of mileage herein provided.
Sec. So. Proposal Committee.-CCoun
ty Meetings)-The members of the re
spective county minority and majorit,
proposal committees, who have beef
elected by precincts in the manner here
in provided at the last primary, or to fl
vacancies as especially provided in Sec
ton 1873 of this act, shall assemble Of
the first Thursday after the first Mon
day in January at ] O'Clock p. m, II
each general election year: and the count,
majority committees shall convene in tn
court room and the county minority com
mittees in the office of clerk of courts Il
the court house OF the county, or plac