Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-21
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Sec 49, The word motto" shall mean
condensed statement Of one paramount
issue, for national motto, state motto OF
county motto, expressed IN not 10 exceed
eight words in each motto, for use rs a
heading Tor group candidates proposed by
the maJority or minority party committee
on the official primary ballot.
sec. IA. Inc word declaration shal
mean statement, as hereinafter provided
signed by the party candidate and at
tAChed 10 his filing papers, pledglng nm
self to qualify and obey the party recall
before his name shall appear on the Of
ficial primary ballot
Sec, IS. The words political record
book shall mean a bound public record
book kept by the secretary Of state, or .
bound record book kept by the county
auditor, in which record shall be entered
in writing the Independent and grouL
proposals Of principles, and names OF al
party candidates, challenges and accep-
tances TO joint debates, minutes of al
proceedings Of all party state central com
| mittee meetings and of all initiatory party
proposal committee meetings In the order
filed, The pages of the political record
| book shall be numbered consecutively.
Sec. l6; The words publicity pamph-
| let" shall mean the official party state
publicity pamphlet compiled ~ the secre.
tary OF state from the political record bool
of filings made In his office, by propose
committees and Independent party candi
See. IL The words "Official Primary
Ballot shall mean the official party bal
| lot, printed by the auditor Of each county
| for each party and used at the party pri
! maries on the fourth Tuesday in Marcel
| IN even numbered years in the order ant
! form designated In Section 13 of this act
! but no candidates name shall appear up
! on the official primary ballot more thar
once in the same primary except tht
names of candidates for Judges of tht
| supreme court who may be endorsed bl
| the state minority or majority propose
| committee and whose names may appeal
| twice.
/ See 49, The words Official party en-
! dorsement' shall mean the act OF de
! termining the party accommodation, o
party candidates for public offices to b
| filled by appointment, by postmaster pri
| mary, or by the regular party centra
! committee, or by the state and count,
/ party chairman and party national com
| mitteeman, as hereinafter provided.
] Sec. l9. The words postmaster pri
/ mary shall mean a municipal election
/ for the purpose Of recommending ant
| endorsing party candidate for post
! master.
Sec 20. The word precinct shall
mean district established under the Law
| within which qualified electors vote II
| one polling place.
| ton" shall mean the general election
! Sec. %. Public places for postini
! notices shall include the outer door o
[ polling places, the post office lobby /
any, and the front outside door Of an,
| public building or any other Mace wher'
| notices are usually posted
/ Sec. %. The word clerk" shall meai
] the clerk, secretary or auditor keeplnl
The records of any village town, city o
tewnship; but where q county is no
/ organized into civil townships the wore
CLERK" shall mean county auditor.
Sec. o. The precinct cOmmlttecmel
composing the county majority or minor
! ity proposal committee may meet IN tn
court room al the county court house Oi
| the last Friday in December in each odd
numbered year and each committee ma!
retire TO self-appOnted separate rooms
/ in the court house to propose principle
and endorse candidates for state ant
/ congressional offices for the purpose o
/ instructions TO the state proposal com
/ mittceman of the minority or majority
/ who shall represent the county, at tn
| state proposal committee meeting at tn
] tate capitol, on the first Monday In Janu
airy following; but when the state ma
| tority and minority proposal committe
principles shall have been decided upOi
! by q majority of the representative Not
/ Of the respective state committee mem
bers present as proposal Tor a part,
state platform TO be nominated at the pri
/ mary, then all county committee pro
| posals or principles must be in conformitl
with erher the majority or minority stat
/ committee proposal principles, par
| amount issue and motto, TO entitle tn
county or district proposal committee
! candidates to the use OF either the ma
.
designated, upon the official primary bal
/ lot. The county auditor shall cause ~
/ candidates name for county office 20 b.
printed upon the official primary ballo
under committee proposals In either th
/ minority or majority column II the prln
cples and county motto filed are in con
/ flict with the paramount issue adopted
/ by the party state ma iOrity or minOrltI
committee proposal; such a motto OF coun
| " platform principles, not to exceed eigh
words. and not in conflict with the stat
platform principles Of the minority or tn
| majority, may be added, Immediately un
| der the state motto and designated as III
! county motto in the column of the mi
/ nority or majority on the official primar.
| ballot.
! sec. q. The words party recall shal
mean the right and official act OF m
| regular party organization by jury trial
! for the causes and under the restriction
/ ton OF any public official who has beer
! elected or appointed to office as part!
! candidate.
Sec 26. hereafter all party candidate
! for all OF the elective offices, presidential
! congressional state, county, Legislative
| and district, presidential electors and a.
| party delegates and alternate delegate
TO the national conventions and all pre-
! cinct, county, state and national com
| mitteemen, party state chairmen and ma
| jority and minority proposal committee
/ men shall be nominated, or endorsed, a
| the case may require, and party repre-
/ sentatives elected at the primary hel'
! in accordance with the provisions Of thi
| act All other proposals Of candidates 70
| such positions shall be by petitions in tn
/ independent column at the Noyembe
! election in the manner now provided b!
Sec q. This act shall not apply t,
/ city, town, township and school distric
| offices but may be adopted by eithe
/ by "A majority vote upon such proposition
at any election held therein.