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

legislative districts is provided herein.
Candidates for legislative office in joint
legislative disuricts are required to Tile
- independent candidates nj the primary.
Sec SO Proposal Petition for Judges
All candidates for Judges. of the supreme
and circuit courts shall file individual pc
ttions in the office of the secretary OF
state at least sixty days before the pri-
mary date and their names shall appear
hcial primary ballot, but any candidate
for supreme court judge may be en-
dorsed by either the majority or minority
state proposal committee; but not by both
Sec 81. Majority and Minority Pro-
posal Commttee-(Statc Meetings)-
The members, of the respective state
majority and minority proposal COM
mittees, who have been elected under
the old primary law or IN the
manner herein provided q prii ri;
vacancies In Section 1873 Of this act, shall
assemble on the first Monday in January
10 O'Clock a. M, in each general election
year, and the state majority proposal
committees shah convene in the assembly
hall; and the minority proposal commit
tees shall convene in the senate chamber
az the state capitol at Pierre. South Da-
kota, and each party committee shall
retire C self-appointed rooms in the cap
itol building, and the members present
shall constitute quorum and shall at all
times act without subcommittee, as q
committee of the whole sitting in open
and public session, and shall proceed TO
organize by the election OF a chairman
( and a secretary for each committee and
I then promulgate, separately, majority or
minority principles by adopting one plank
q I a time by roll call vote, then select one
paramount national issue and on" para
mount state issue from such p.atform
principles, under the provisions of this
act, and prepare notices OF eight words
for each Of such selected paramount is
sues for headings on the official primary
ballot, and propose majority or minority
candidates, subject TO provisions in Sec
tion 10 of this act, for president, vice
/ president, presidential electors, congress
sional and state offices and party repre-
/ sentatives and endorse supreme court
judges In the manner required for commit
/ tee proposals, as per blank forms herein
| after provided. which. when duly signed
/ by the majority Of the members present
at any committee meeting and the dec
! laration thereon signed by the candidates,
shall be filed within eight days from date
OF said meeting Oy the chairman togeth-
er with the roll of the members present,
when so made and filed, shall entitle the
respective notices and name OF candi-
dates thus proposed and endorsed, limited
to one candidate for each ofhce, 10 be
/ printed on the official primary ballot 10
be printed in separate column as herein
! provided, and thereafter said proposals
! committee shall cease TO exist as an or
! ganiZation, except as to chairman 10 fill
! vacancies. All minutes Of each meeting
! shall be signed by the chairman and sec
] rotary and filed by the chairman with the
I secretary of state with the committee pro-
] posal and recorded in the political record
/ book. Each state proposal committeeman
shall, at state committee proposal meet
! ings, be entitled to vote by unit repre-
/ sentation. Each member Of the minority
or ma JOrity proposal committee, who shall
! attend such state meeting, shall receive
/ payment of five cents per mile for each
/ mile necessarily Travelled In going to and
| returning from such meeting by ming a
/ written receipted sworn statement thereof
/ with the secretary OF state, VINO shall
deliver same to the state auditor who
/ shall see TO its auditing and forward a
warrant therefor, TO the person who filed
| hereof that the state shall pay all eN-
! penses of mileage herein provided.
! Sec. 50. Proposal Committee.
/ ~ Meetings)-The members Of the re-
| spective county minority and majority
! proposal committees, who have been
/ elected by precincts in the manner here
| in provided at the last primary or to MI
/ vacancies as especially provided in Sec
| tion 1873 of this act, shall assemble on
/ the first Thursday after the first Mon
day in January at l O'Clock p. m, in
! each general election year; and the county
majority committees shall convene in the
| court room and the county minority COM
mittees in the office of clerk of courts in
/ the court house of the county, or place
/ where the court was last held, and each
| committee shall retire to self-appointed
/ rooms In the court house, and the mem
I DerS present Sildli CDIhlllult "a QuOIuIll anu
/ shall, at all times, act without sub-com-
| mittees, as n committee Of the whole, Sit
| ting in open and public session, and shall
| proceed to organize separately by election
! Of chairman and q secretary for each par
/ ty committee, and then promulgate sep
arate majority or minority principles and
| paramount issue and prepare separate
| county motto from such paramount issue
| for the ballot, limited to eight words, and
propose majority or minority candidates
! for county and legislative Offices and
fN@a.k Il
| state proposal committeeman, in the man
| ner required for committee proposals, as
| per blank form, hereinafter provided,
| which when duly signed by the majority
OF the members present at such proposal
committee meeting and the declaration
| thereon signed by the candidates shall
| be filed within eight days from date OF
| said meeting by the chairman, together
! with the roll OF the members present, with
| the county auditor and said committee
| proposal when so made and filed, shall en-
| title the respective county notices and
| the names of candidates thus proposed,
| limited to one candidate for each office
and only one state proposal committee
! man for each group, 70 be printed on the
| official primary ballot in separate column
as herein provided. and thereafter said
proposal committees shall cease to exist,
| except as to chairman to fill vacancies.
! All minutes Of each meeting shall be
| signed by the chairman and secretary and
! filed by the chairman with the county
auditor. with the committee proposal
| and recorded in the political record book
! Of the county Each county proposal
committeeman shall at county committee
| proposal meetings be entitled to vote by
unit representation Each member OF
| the minority or majority proposal commit
| tee who shall attend such county meeting
| shall receive payment OF seven cents per
| mile for each mile necessarily travelled
| in going TO, and returning from said meet
| ing by filing a written receipted sworn
statement thereof with the county auditor,
who shall present the same to the board
| of county commissioners, who shall allow
| the same, and the auditor shall thereupon
| issue his warrant therefor upon the gem
| eral fund and forward the same to the
person issued.
Sec. Sc. Form of Committee Proposal
The name of no candidate for president,
vice president, presidential elector. United
states senator, member Of congress, state
court, county, circuit legislative or dis
trict offices, nor national committeeman
delegates and alternates to national con-
vention party state chairman, nor can
didate for member of any party state CEN
tral committee. nor candidate for any
mitteeman shall be printed In the minori-
ty or the majority column hereinafter des-
| ignated upon the official party primary
| ballot used al any primary held, as herein
provided unless at least sixty days before
the date of the primary, n minority or
jority committee proposal shall have
been filed in the office OF the secretary
Of state or county auditor, as the pro-
visions of this act require, in the follow
ing form, as far as applicable to the Of
flee proposed:
COMMITTEE PROPOSAL"
We. the undersigned qualified members
belonging to the proposal committee OF
Observation-Disclosures. party Of the state
Of South Dakota do hereby promulgate