Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-28

| the date OF signing. and his postofncs
! address IN case Of party representatives
occupying county, legislative and COM
| missioner elective offices within the coun.
| ty or appontiye Offices within the county
| The original Of such petition, OF a proDoset
/ recall, shall be filed with the county aud
| itor. and copy thereof with the count,
/ party chairman.
Sec l25 Complaint Must Accompany
! Petlton-There shall be filed with either
4 Of such petitions provided tor ia Section
/ t2i a complaint In writing setting out
/ specifically the charges made agaiI4st the
| said public officer, which complaint shall
! be verified by al least twelve of the peti-
! toners, and copy Of the - q petition
/ and complaint shall be Immediately, per-
| sonally, served upon the officer against
whom tbs party recall is invoked
| Sec lZs Party CommitIee 10 Have Ju-
/ risdictioii--Authority and jurisdiction Is
/ hereby vested in the party state central
| committee IN case % national congress
! sonal, state and district elective Offices
I md federal and state appontive offices
and in the party county central committed
/ in case Of elective and apDointive county
! ard municipal Offices, 10 hear the said
Z complaint and try and determine the
charges therein made against its own
1 party member
| sec 127 Party Chairman TO Fix Date
/ Of Party Central Committee Hearing
I Upon the filing OF said petition and com
| piaint, as provided herein, 1t shall be the
duty OF the state OF county party chair
/ nan, as The case may require, 10 forthwith
I set the time and place where he and his
/ committee viii hear the said charges
/ which date shall not be less tnan ten on
more than thirty days from tha la' ~
: notice thereof upon the officer aarged
I in the complaint.
1 Sec. l2s. Notice OF Parry Central Com
mittee Hearing (How Serced1-When
( the party chairman, state OR county. as
| the case may require, shall have fixed
date for the hearing, he shaM give imme-
diate notice thereof by registered mail
70 each member OF his committee and
/ copy OF the complaint shall accompany
such notice. which notice shall contain
! the date, hour and place Of said hearing,
by registered mail, upon the officer
charged in the complaint
Sec. l2e Party Central COMMITTEES
I Hearing-tHow Conducted) Upon the
day set for hearing. the members OF the
party central committee present shall be
first sworn 10 try the issue raised be the
I complaint in the same manner a. now
provided for swearing 5eut jurors. and the
chairman OF said committee or any mem
Der Of said committee elected By the ma
jority az said hearing in place o. or in
the absence of said chairman. shall prps de
AZ the hearing and administer all oaths
The party electors petiuoulng shan app
pear, at the hearing and the officer
charged shall appear, at tie hearing, and
both may be assisted by counsel md
the party chairman and his committee
shall proceed in the manner usually fol-
lowed in judicial proceedings 10 hear the
evidence which shall be given under oath
and 70 examine witnesses, and 70 make
q record thereof, II demanded and paid
for, and enter such decision as the facts
and justice shall require The decision
~ ninety per cent or more of the COM
mittee members present small be nual ard
y the charges be- sustained formal 0nd-
lngs shall be prepared and certified by
the chairman and secretary OF the com
miJtee and served upon the officer
charged and with II shall be served rs the
official party recall. q formal request
signed by the party chairman and secre-
tary that the cffcer charged resign from
said afnce- as promised in his written
declaration as party candidate u The
charges be not sustained. tho comp aint
shall oG dismissed and notice thereof
served upon tire ofncer charged signed
Oy the party chairman and secretary
Failure on the part " tae ota charged
% IGN. when thus formally ana HG4tIg
requested, under his written party Geclar-
ION. shall constitute proof ~ his moral
misconduct and corrupt conduct and
the Office he shall occupy shall be de-
clared vacant by such party organiza-
ton
Sec 100 Expense Of Party Recall
Glow Paid)-The entire expense 0f tnvok-
ing the party recall. as herein provided
except the expense az the record. shall
state congress and district elective
offices. and federal ard state appo.ntivs
Offices, and hy the county IN ca Sc of coun-
IS and legislative offices and by the mu-
nicipalry In case OF municipal offices
Sec 12l, Auditing of Fees and Expenses
--fParty Recaib-Each member 81 the
party Stale anu county tflltdA commit
tees as the case may be Including the
chairman and secretary shall be paid az
The rate o. two dollars per diem for each
day necessarily spent in said hearings
and Eve cents per mile FOR each mile nee
essarily Travelled In going TO and return
ing from said hearing The party chair
man having jurisdiction shall audit all
bills and file the same with the secretary
o. state, or county auditor. or municipal
clerk, the case NAV require. who shall
present the same 10 the proper authority
for payment, which shall allow the same
and order them paid out Of the respective
general funds