The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-29
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Such announcement shall be signed
and acknowledged by the candidate
tefore some officer qualified to ad-
minister oaths, who shall certify the
same, and filed with the city clerk at
least thirty days before said primary
election.
Section 9. Within thirty days be-
fore the day fixed for holding the
primary election hereunder the city
clerk shall arrange all the names OF
all the candidates who have filed an
nouncements with him, as provided
herein, and who are entitled to have
their IN printed on any political
party ballot in accordance with the
provisions OF this ordinance. He
shall also post a duplicate of each
list or lists in a conspicuous place
in his Office. and keep the same post
ed until after said primary election
has taken place. Said certificates
shall give the name and residence OF
each candidate; the name Of the Of
fee for which he is a candidate; the
name Of the political party Of which
he is n candidate; and upon what bal
lot his name is to be printed as such
candidate.
Section 10. There shall be a sep
arate ballot of candidates of each po-
litical party who may file their pc
tition and pay the assessments as re-
quired by this ordinance, on differ
ent color or paper, and the ballot OF
no two parties shall be Of the same
color or tint. The city council shall
select and determine the color OF the
paper OF the ballot of each Of the re-
~spective parties.
The same color Of paper as select
ed and designated by the city council
for any party shall also be used for
sample ballot of such party but there
shall be printed across the face OF
such sample ballot In large letters.
the words, sample ballot" and no
sample ballot shall be voted or
counted.
The name Of no candidate shall be
placed on the primary ballot OF his
party, unless he has paid all assess
ments required by this ordinance.
Section IL. At least fifteen days
before the, holding Of any primary
election, the primary ballot commits.
sioners shall prepare from the list OF
candidates filed with the city clerk
a sample official primary ballot for
each party. placing thereon the names
of ali candidates of such party to be
voted for at such primary election.
and publish the same In a newspa-
per Of general circulation published
in said city representing such party,
IL there be one; II not
then in some other news
paper published in said city, In
at least two issues of such paper.
Said ballot commissioners shall cause
the official ballots to be used at said
primary election to be printed and
distributed as required In case of bal
lots at any general election; except
that the number thereof shall be for
each party twice the number Of votes
cast by such party at the last preced-'
ing city election.
Section 10. Said official primary
ballot shall contain at the left OF
each column OF names Of candidates
in a perpendicular column. and so
printed as to leave a square at the
left OF each name on the ballot.
On the. said primary ballot the
names Of candidates for the respec-
tive Offices shall be arranged as fol-
lows:
Mayor, chief of police, superintend-
ent of t~sreets, member OF water works
and sewerage board. assessor, city
collector and treasurer and city clerk,
and members of the city council.
The face Of every primary election
ballot shall conform as nearly as prac-
ticable to the form given and pre-
scribed in section twelve Of chapter
twenty-six Of the acts of the regular
session. 1915, of the. legislature Of
West Virginia.
The city clerk shall arrange the
names OF the candidates to be print,