The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-21

OF the electors Of the state at the next
general election to be held in the year
1917 Tor their approval. before going
into effect.
Be It Enacted by the People of South
Dakota:
Section 1. (Statute, How Construct
ed.) This statute shall be literally
construed SO that the real will of the
electors may not be defeated by mere
t~echnicality.
Section 2. (Shan be Nominated and
elected at Primary Election.) Here
AFTER all party candidates for United
states Senator, Representatives in
Congress, Governor and County and
Legislative officers shall be nominated
ana all party delegates to political con-
ventlons, and all Precinct, County and
state Committeeman, shall be elected
at q primary election. And all state Of
ncers including Circuit and Supreme
court Judges except as above provided
lncludlng Presidential Electors, shall
De nominated, and all National Com
mltteemen and delegates to National
rarity Conventions shall be elected at a
party delegate state convention in ac-
with the provisions Of this
act. All other nominations Of such
candidates shall be by petition in a
manner now provided by law.
Section 3. Claw Not Applicability
n act shall not apply to Municipal,
Town, Township and School District
officers.
Section 4. primary and Convention
when Held.) The primary election
snail be held at the regular polling
place IN each precinct throughout the
state on the first Tuesday in May, 1922,
ana bIennially thereafter between the
hours 500 o'clock a. m. and 500
o'clock p. M, n any person entitled
TO vote at a general election who has
registered his party a~ffiliatfon as pro-
Vlded in this act shall be entitled to
vote in such primary. The state con-
vention herein provided for shall be
held at the state capital in the city of
Pierce on the 3rd Tuesday in May, 1922,
and biennially thereafter.
Section s. (Subdivision ~ The
name of no candidate for any County
or Legislative office nor candidate for
election as a member of any State Cen
trail Political. Committee from any
County shall be printed upon the off,
cial ballot used at such primary I'M
less at least thirty days prior to such
primary a nominating petition shall
v beer filed in his behalf in the
Office OF the County Auditor in the
county IN which he is a candidate in
substantially the following form:
We, the undersigned qualified cleo
tors OF the County of ........... and
members of the ...... party,
do hereby nominate ........ who
RESIDES IN ........ voting precinct, in
............ county, and whose post
orfce ADDRESS is ............., South
Dakota, and who is a member Of the
............. party, for the office of
............. in said county, to be
voted for at the primary to be held on
the first Tuesday in May, H., and
we and each Of us, for himself sever
ally, do further declare that we intend
to support the candidate named here
in at said primary and vote the........
..... ticket in the following November
election.
Name of Date of
Signer P. O.. Precinct County Signing
.....''. $500. ........ ........
Said nominating petition, before the
same shall be filed in the office of the
County Auditor must have affixed
thereto. the names of not less tina two
per cent. nor more han five per cent.
of the voters of the party of which the
petitioners are members cast in the
county named at the preceding general
election for Governor as shown by the
official returns.
Subdivision 2. The name of no can
didate for United States Senator, Rep
resentatives in Congress or Governor
shall be printed upon the official ballot
used at such primary unless at least
thirty days prior to such primary
a nominating petition shall have been
filed in his behalf in the office Of the
Secretary of State Of the State of South
Dakota in substantially the form above
specified.
Subdivision 8. The name Of no can
didate for delegate to any state con-
v%ention shall be printed upon the Off
cial primary ballot used in such pri-
mary unless at least thirty days before
such primary UGH candidates have
been nominated by the County Central
Committee and such nominations certi-
fed to the County Auditor by the chair
man and secretary of the Party County
Central Committee of such county in
substantially the following form or
petition as provided by his act:
We, the chairman and secretary of
the .............. party in and for
............. county, hereby certify
that the following persons were duly
nominated by the count Central Com
mittee of the .............. party in
ana LOT .............. county as can
didates for election as delegates to a
party state convention to be held at
Pierre On the third Tuesday in May,
H..
Name Of Candidate. P. O.. Prct. County
-. $3.50. .......
Chairman.
Secretary.