The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-11-02
NTNIIUIIL V.NT-.
Organic Provisions and Definitions OF
Terms.

Section O. This statute shall be liber-
ally interpreted and so construed that the
spirit, intent or purpose of any section or
article shall not be defeated by technical
or presidential construction Of a word, or
by Interpolation of words into any section,
or otherwise, in any way, hinder reSpon-
sive and responsible party government,
which is the purpose of this political party
Provided. further, that the word "may"
shall mean "can" and the word shall"
shall mean must" -
Section /. The word 'elector" shall
mean an enrolled party %elector. =,
Sec. .. The word enrolment shall
mean the official registration of electors
as party members.
any political organization which has had
candidates for state offices on the official
ballot at the last general election. or
which now has. or shall hereafter effect
a national organization.
Sec. 4. The word primary shall mean
Ehe March primary election provided Tor
issue of the party, party nominations OF
candidates and party platform; .sou
mean any individual candidacy in the In
dependent column on the primary ballot.
Sec. 8. The words minority proposal
committee shall mean an elected repre-
sentative body of party electors or one
party consisting of one member from each
county to constitute the state minority
proposal committee and one member from
each precinct to constitute the county mi
nority proposal committee authorized to
~promulgate principles and propose group
candidates, subject to provisions OF this
statute. G2ead Sections 10, so and 81
Sec I. The words majority proposal
committee shall mean an elected repre-
sentative body OF party electors of one
party consisting Of one member from
each county to constitute the state ma
FORTY proposal committee and one mem
Der from each precinct to constitute the
county majority proposal committee, au-
thorized to promulgate principles and pro-
pose group candidates and representing
Che principles of the party candidate nomi-
mated for governor at the last primary,
subject to the provisions of this statute.
(Read Sections 10, 60 and 81. Also Sec
tions "a and 48.)
Sec. s. The words party central COM
mittee" shall mean an elected body of
enrolled party members constituting the
regular party organization; one party
county central committeeman from each
precinct within each county to constitute
the party county central committee; and
one party state committeeman from each
county 10 constitute the party state CEN
trail committee. Whenever the state CEN
trail committee of any party meets, min
utes Of all transactions of the meeting
shall be kept by the secretary of the
meeting and shall be signed by the chair
man, who shall Immediately, upon adj
journment of the meeting, file such MIN
utes with the secretary, OF state, who
shall Immediately record same in the
''political record book" ,
Sec. 9. The words unit representation
SNAIL mean HAT cNtIy tbliliiiANNCNilbA W
~resenting the party electors of his pre-
cinct, county or state, at the regular party
organization meetings.. shall represent eV-
cry party elector of the territory he rep
-resents by casting the same number OF
votes in said meeting as were cast in ag-
gregate, by the party electors OF the ter
ritory he represents, for the several cam
didates of his party for governor at the
last primary election; that each majority
proposal committeeman shall cast the
same number of votes at each proposal
r1aptinO as were cast Tor the majority
candidate for governor at the last pri-
mary election In the territory represented
by him; and that each minority proposal
Der Of votes as were cast for the minority
candidate for governor at the last pri-
mary election in the territory represented
Sec. 10. The word '1eader" shall mean
q party elector who as an Independent
candidate for nomination for President
or for. Governor, shall have made his
campaign on one well defined and defi-
mite principle, as the paramount issue, as
filed in the office Of the Secretary OF
OF the total party vote cast for governor
at the primary election. Such leader and
his paramount issue shall automatically
become the proposed candidate of the mi
nority, for the same office, and his par
amount issue shall be the motto of the
minority committee proposal Of his party
at the next ensuing primary election.
Dread Section 60 explaining paramount
issue, and Section 81 on public joint de-
bates.)
ciples proposed by any independent can
didate or committee proposal candidate,
as printed in the state publicity pamphlet,
receiving the highest number OF votes for
governor at the primary. shall Immediate
~ become the regular party platform at
the following general election.
Provided, further. II there shall be any
Ing TO national affairs or proposed candi-
dates for president and vice-president,