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

sional, state OF district sffice. shall be
ilileu py majority vote of the party state
central committee; and by the party
county central committees OF the judicial
uIsulct, or joint legislative district in
case vacancy occurs in party nominee OF
clicuft judge, OF Ia party nominee OF Joint
legislative district; and by the party coun-
" central committee Of the county in
which vacancy occurs in party nominee
Tor county legislative offices II shall
pe the duty Of the chairman of the party
cehual committee, interested, upon learn
ing OF vacancy IL nominee to forthwith
issue call by mail for such central com
mlttee meeting TO fill such vacancy an0
designate hour, day, date and place
Whefe such meeting shall be held. Call
ior meetings of party central committee,
interested, in judicial or joint legislative
ulstglcts, TO fill vacancies. shall be signed
ana issued, in the same manner, by the
party county chairman Of each county
IN such district by all signing joint call.
Sec. lSS. Contests How Made and
Declded)--A candidate .or nomination
10 any elective office or for election to
any party position, whose name appears
on the official primary ballot or on the
ihtlatory organization precinct ballot Of
any poltcal party, may contest the pri-
mary election as to the office or position
for which he was candidate for nomina-
tlon or election by filing with the clerk
or the circuit court OF the county in
which his proposal petition was filed, a
complaint in writing within ten days
after the returns have been canvassed by
lie county CaNNdSSlnE DCard or DOAruS,
setting forth the grounds of his contest
which complaint shall be verified by the
complainant. Authority and jurisdiction
are hereby vested in tho circuit court to
hear and determine such contests When
complaint has been filed, il shall forth
with be presented to the judge OF the cir
cult, in which il is filed, who shall note
thereon the day of presentation and also
the day and place when ne viii hear the
same, which shan not be later than ten
days thereafter. The candidate who ap-
pears upon the face of the returns to have
been elected. or to whom a certificate OF
nomination has been issued, shall be
named as defendant. When the court
has fixed the day for hearing the COM
plant, order fixing such hearing shall
be personally served upon the defendant.
The defendant must answer on or before
the day Of hearing. The cause may be
heard and determined by the court in
term time, or by the judge thereof in
vaca ton, and shall have preference in
order of hearing in all other cases. The
complainant shall give security for all
costs If, in the opinion of the court the
grounds alleged for the contest are in
sufficient the complaint shall be dismiss
ed II the grounds alleged are sufficient,
the court shall proceed in summary
manner and may hear evidence, examine
the returns, recount the ballots and make
such orders and enter such decisions as
the facts and the law may require The
judgment OF the court shall be final, and
the provisions of this section shall, 50
far as applicable, apply TO contests OF
nominations and elections by primary
Where the proposals have been filed with
the secretary of state. contests affecting
such candidates shall be brought and de-
termned in the same manner by the su-
preme court