Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-21

the date OF signing and his postofec.
address In case or party representatives
occupying county, legislative and com
missioner elective Offices within the coun.
ty or appointive Offices within the counfv
The original OF such petition, Of a propossj
recall, shall be filed with the county aud
itor, and q copy thereof with the cotnr
party chairman.
Sec 1876 Complaint Must Accomnanv
Petition-There shall be filed with either
Of such petitions provided for in Sectio1
specifically the charges made against the
said public officer, which complaint shall
be verified by at least twelve Of the petit
TONERS, ana copy of the said petition
and complaint shall be immediateiy. n,.r
sonally, served upon the officer against
whom the party recall is invoked
Sec. l2o. Party Committee TO Have Ju-
diction--Authority and jurisdiction is
hereby vested in the party state central
committee in case Of national, congress
sional state and district elective Offices
and federal and state appointive offices.
and in the party county central COMMITTEES
in case of elective and appointive county
complaint and try and determine the
charges therein made against its own
party member
Sec 127. Party Chairman to Fix Date
of Party Central Committee Hearing
Upon the filing of said petition and com
plant, al provided herein, it shall be The
duty Of the state or county party chair
nan, as the case may require, TO forthwith
set the time and place whore he and his
committee will hear the said charges
which date shall not be less than ten or
more than thirty days from lie tie lats f' Of
notice thereof upon the officer charged
in the complaint
Sec 12s, Notice Of Party Central Com
mittee Hearing (How Served)-When
the party chairman, state or county, as
The case may require, shall have fixed a
date for the hearing, he shall give imme-
to each member OF his committee and a
copy of the complaint shall accompany
such, notice, which notice shall contain
the date, hour, and place of said hearing,
and he shall serve a copy Of said notice,
by registered mail, upon the officer
charged in the complaint
Sec. 1923 Party Central Committee
Hearing How Conducted) Upon the
day set for hearing, the members OF the
party central committee present shall be
first sworn to try the issue raised in the
complaint in the same manner as now
provided for swearing jetit jurors, and the
chairman Of 3aid committee or any mem
ber of said committee elected by the ma
jority at said hearing in place of, or in
the absence of said chairman, shall preside
at the hearing and administer all oaths
The party electors petitionng shall APP
pear, at the hearing and the officer
charged shall appear. at the hearing. and
both may be assisted by counsel and
the party chairman and his committee
shall proceed in the manner usually fol-
lowed in judicial proceedings to hear the
evidence which shall be given under oath
and TO examine witnesses, and to make
for, and enter such decision as the facts
and justice shall require. The decision
OF ninety per cent or more of the com
mittee members present shall be final and
II the charges be sustained. formal find
ings shall be prepared and certified by
the chairman and secretary of the COM
mittee and served upon the officer
charged and with 1t shall be served as the
official party recall a formal request
signed by the party chairman and secre-
tary that the officer charged resign from
said office, as promised in his written
declaration as a party candidate. If the
charges be not sustained, the complaint
shall be dismissed and notice thereof
served upon the officer charged signed
by the party chairman and secretary
Failure on the part OF the officer charged
to resign, when thus formally and legally
requested, under his written party declar-
alton, shall constitute proof OF his moral
misconduct and corrupt conduct" and
the office he shall occupy shall be de-
clared vacant by such party organiza-
ton
Sec 1870 Expense Of Party Recall
Niow Paid)--The entire expense Of nVot-
ing the party recall, as herein provided.
except the expense of the record. shall
be pad by the state in case Of national,
Offices. and federal aha state appontiys
Offices and by the county in case of coun-
ty and Legislative offices, and by the mu-
nicipality in case of municipal offices
Sec 1871. Auditing Of Fees and EXpenses
--(Party RecalD Each member Of the
party, state and county central commit
tees, as tne case may ne, luttuUluS tNe
chairman and secretary shall be paid al
the rate of two dollars per diem for each
day necessarily spent 10 said hearings
and FIVE 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 81 nae with the secretary
OF state, or county auditor. or munici pal
clerk, as the case may 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