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

OF the resident party electors OF such
municipality. All candidates and sgners
upon petitions Of such candidate for mu-
nicipal endorsement for postmaster shall
be limited TO enrolled party electors OF the
national party administration in power.
Sec. 116 Duty OF Municipal Clerk
POSTMASTER Primary)-It shall be the du-
ty OF the municipal clerk, in the event
OF more than one party elector filing for
the municipal endorsement of party cam
didates for postmaster in any municipal
ity, to prepare and cause to be printed an
official municipal postmaster primary ball
lot under the Australian ballot system,
containing only the names of such party
candidates who have filed proposal petit
tions as provided for in Section l21 of this
act, and furnish an adequate number of
such ballots TO the officers of the post
master primary TO supply all voters in
each precinct OF his municipality; also
TO furnish poll books and necessary cleo
tion supplies; also to appoint judges and
clerks for holding said postmaster pri-
mary
Sec. M Expense Of Postmaster Pri-
mary for Endorsement of Parry Candi-
date-(How Pad)-The entire expense
OF such postmaster primary shall be paic
by the municipality in which il is held.
and the clerk shall receive, audit and pre-
sent all bills in connection Herewith to
the municipal board for payment.
Sec llS-Time of Filing Petitions Limit
ed--Al petitions of candidates must be
hled, as herein provided not later than
one day before date of postmaster pr-
mary
Sec. 119 Postmaster Primary-(How
Conducted) provisions OF this act
governing the March primary election,
except as to qualification of voters, the
hours OF opening and closing of the polls;
duties of election officers counting OF
the vote and making return thereon, shall
apply to postmaster primaries for en-
dorsement of party candidates as far as
applicable, except that the return of the
vote shall be made to the municipal clerk
and the judges and clerks shall receive
but two dollars each per day. The abo-
lition OF the spoils system in post Offices
for the best interests of public policy now
requires the regulation of party transac-
tions by municipal endorsement of party
candidates for postmaster
Sec. l2O. Canvassing of Vote-Gssuing
Endorsement Certifcate)-The municipal
recording officer and two party electors
appointed by such officer shall constitute
the canVassing board of the returns of
postmaster primary, and upon canvaSsing
the vote, shall issue to the candidate for
official municipal endorsement for post
master who received the highest vote, if
only one or two candidates filed, and in
the event three or more candidates filed.
then to the candidate who received the
highest total number of first and second
choice votes added an official municipal
party endorsement certificates, as per
form provided herein, addressed and
mailed one to the successful candidate,
one to the secretary Of state, one to the
congressman of the district and one to the
President and one to the Postmaster Cen
eral, setting forth that an official party
postmaster primary has been held by the
voters of that municipality, and that the
party elector named therein has received
the highest vote for postmaster of that
municipality and respectfully recommend
him for that position.
Sec. 121. Postmaster Primary Petition
The postmaster primary proposal petit
tion shall be in substantially the follow
ing form:
we, the undersigned. qualified, enrolled
party electors Of the. .............. party,
do hereby propose se.............., who is a
resident nt.............. and who is n mem
ber of the party for the position of post
master of the. .............., post office,
to be voted for at the municipal postmas-
ter primary to be held on the-..........
day of. .............., and we, and each Of
us, for himself seVeraly do further de-
clare that we intend TO support the can
didate herein named at said postmaster
primary.
Name OF Date of
Signers Postofnce Precinct Signing
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