The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-10-28
NOTICE OF ELECTION

continue open until $500 o'clock in the after
noon of the same day.
The election will be held IN the se'erai
voting precincts in the County as foiiows:
Alton precinct. at Town Hall. -
Argo precinct, at school house In district
No. "a
Alton precinct, at the Town hall in Bush
nell.
Aurora township precinct, at the school
house in district No. 10l.
Aurora village precinct. at the Town hall.
Brookings township precinct, at the Town
hall.
Bruce city precinct, at the Electric Asht
plant.
Brookings city. First ward, at the First
ward hre station.
Brookings city, Second ward at the Grand
Army hall.
Brookings city, Third ward, at the City
hall.
Brookings city. Fourth ward, at the Farm
ers' room in the Court house.
Elkton precinct, at the City hall in Elkton
city.
Eureka precinct, at the Town hall.
Laketon precinct, at the school house in
district No. 3S.
lake Sinai precinct, at the Town hall in
Sinai village.
Lake Hendricks precinct. at the school
house in district No. ~.
Medary precinct, at Cornelius Trygstad's
house.
lakewood precinct. at the lakewood school
house.
oslo precinct. at the school house in dis
oak Lake precinct, at the Gripentrog
school house in district No. g..
rarnell precinct, at the school house in
district No. 10.
Preston precinct, at the Lee school house.
Richland precinct, at the school house in
district No. %.
Stealing precinct, at the Town hall.
sherman precinct at the school house in
district No. los.
Trenton precinct, at the Camp school
house in district No. so.
Noiga township precinct, at the CONNER
cial clue rooms in Nolga city.
Nolga city precinct, at the City hall.
Winsor precinct, at the school house In
district No. IS.
White city precinct, at the Opera house.
a general election Will be held for the
election of a United States Senator, a Rep
resentative in Congress, and for State, Dis
trict and County officers, and for the pur-
pose of voting upon the various proposed
amendments to the constitution. and re-
tcrred laws as follows:
one United States Senator.
one member Of Congress for the End dis
trict.
Five electors for President and Vice. Presi-
dent.
one Governor.
one Lieutenant Governor.
one Secretary of State.
one Attorney General.
one State Auditor.
one State Treasurer.
one Commissioner of School and Public
Lands.
one superintendent of Public Instruction.
Two Railroad commissioners.
one State Senator for the 18th district.
Three Representatives for the 22nd dis
trict.
one County Treasurer.
one County Auditor.
one Sheriff.
one Register of Deeds.
one CleIk of Courts.
One County Superintendent Of Schools.
one States Attorney.
One County Judge.
One County Surveyor.
one County Coroner.
Three Justices Of the Peace.
one County Commissioner for the Second
district.
one County Commissioners for the Fourth
district.
Notice is further given that at said cleo
ton there will be five amendments to the
Constitution submitted as follows:
A Joint Resolution proposing an amend
ment 20 Section 2 of Article XXI Of the
Constitution of the State of South Dakota,
so as to authorize the salaries and COM
pcnsation of all state officers to be fixed
by the Legislature, and to require therefor
a two-thirds vote of the members elect Of
each branch thereof, and to prohibit expense
allowances.
The purposes and legal effect of the pro-
posed amendment, of which the title is
printed above, as declared by the Attorney
General, are as follows:
The State Constitution adopted in 1889
fixed the salaries of the Governor, Judges
Of the Supreme and Circuit Courts. Secre-
! tary of State, State Auditor, State Treas
. urer. Commissioner OF School and Public
Lands, Superintendent of Public instruction,
Attorney General. and per diem of members
OF the Legislature and the Lieutenant Gov
4 ernor. Such salaries and per diem cannot
be changed except by a vote of the people
amending the Constitution. The salaries OF
, all other State officers, elective and APP
pointlVe (and they comprise the larger num-
ber) are now fixed and may be changed by
. the -gislature by a majority vote.
one Of the purposes of the proposed
amendment is, and its legal effect will be,
, TO confer power on the Legislature to fix
j the salaries of all state officers by a two
thirds vote of the members elect OF each
branch thereof, and prevent any change in
; present salaries except by a two-thirds vote
of the members elect of each branch thereof
The other purposes of such amendment is,
and the legal effect of it's adoption will be,
to absolutely prevent the Legislature from
granting to state officers any other COM
2 pensation than their salaries; any fees, per-
quisites or emoluments whatsoever for or by
reason of their offices; any expenses based
upon change of residence owing to election
or appointment to office; and in fact any
expense except such as is actually incurred
that the Legislature will be permitted to
provide a governors residence.
A Joint Resolution proposing and agreeing
to an amendment to Article XIV OF the Con-
~stitution of the State of South Dakota, cre-
ating a Board of Control. and submitting
the same to a vote of the Electors Of the
State