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


and elected. l will qualify, adhere to the
principles herewith proclaimed and obey
the party recall if invoked against me.
Signature of
Candidate Residence p. o. Address.
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Sec. SO. Percentage Of sgners Limit.
ed--lndividual proposal petitions for any
independent candidate for presidential,
Joint legislative district office shall be
filed in the office OF tho secretary of state
and must have affixed thereto the sigma
lures OF not less than 200 enrolled cleo
tors of the party in which the candidate
is proposed for nomination. in the state,
county or district from which such cam
didate is proposed
individual proposal petitions for inde-
pendent candidates for county offices
and legislative or commissioner district
offices, within the county shall be filed in
the office of the county auditor and must
have affixed thereto the signatures OF
not less than 20 enrolled electors OF the
party in the county in which the candi-
date is proposed for nomination.
Each individual proposal petition for
an Independent candidate shall have af-
fixed thereto the executed declaration OF
such candidate in the form provided in
Section 40 before his petition shall be en-
titled to be filed either I'm the office of
the secretary of state or county auditor
as the case may require.
II shall be unlawful for any independent
candidate 10 secure more than twice the
section to his petition.
Sec. 81 Individual Proposal Petition
(IIow Made and Signed)-To each OF the
Individual proposal petitions as provided
tioner shall affix his own signature With
pen and ink or by indelble pencil and
shall add after his name, his voting pre-
cinct, post office address, county and
date Of signing. No petitioner shall sign
more than one such petition relating to
the same office in the same year and no
name shall be counted upon such petit
tion unless the same appears upon the
party enrolment books and to have been
signed within four months prior to the
date Of the primary election in which the
person in whose behalf the petition is
filed. is to be n candidate. II shall not
be necessary that one paper shall con-
tain all the signatures but single petit
tion may be made up of one or more
papers each having the requisite heading.
Separate papers IN the proper form and
duly signed may, before filing, be bound
together and shall be regarded as one
petition, and shall be sufficient IL the ag-
gregate number of signatures is not less,
nor more than, the number required by
this act Blank lines upon additional
sheets. securely fastened to a top sheet
having the prescribed heading. may be
used IN obtaining signatures and shall be
regarded together with the top sheet hav-
ing the proper heading. as one paper.
Sec So. Joint Legislative District In
dependent Proposal Pettions-In legis.a-
tive districts composed of more than one
county, the. individual proposal petition
in behalf OF candidate for the legisla-
ture from such district shall be filed in
the office OF the secretary OF state at
least sixty days prior. TO the holding OF
the primary. said individual proposal
petition shall he substantially In the same
form as provided in section 40 of this
act. with the same requirements as to
signatures ana form OF execution and
declaration; and the timely filing thereof
shall entitle the candidate to have his
name printed upon tho official ballot used
by his party AT the primary In each
county In such legislative district. No
committee proposal OF candidates In joint