Minnesota General Laws Passed by the Special Session of the Legislature June 1912. SUPPLEMENT TO kkESS, INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1912. INDEX. electors. Every town, city and village clerk shall give at least fifteen days' posted notice of the time and place of holding the same, (Designated First Choice ISecond Choice of the hours during which the polls will be Office) Vote for One Vote for One APPROPRIATIONS. open, and of the offices for which candidates Chapter are to be nominated. The day for such primary A. B. 1. -gislative expenses 1 election shall be the first day of registration Printing of session laws 14 C. D. in all election districts except in For prosecutions under corrupt practices cities of tlie first class." Aflt 3 Sec. 2. That section 1S2 of the Revised E. F. Laws of 1905, be arid the same is hereby CITIES AND VILLAGES. amended so as to read as follows: G. H. "Section 182. A political party, within the Appropriations for armories 4 meaning of this chapter, is one which shall The officer preparing said ballot shall provide Bonds for construction of libraries 5 have maintained in the district or territorial as many classes and numbers as there CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. division in question a party organization, are offices at large to bo tilled. Every person and presented candidates for election at three when filing as a candidate for the nomination H. F. No. more biennial elections within the preceding or for any such office shall designate in Ratifying amendment of U. S. Constitution ten years or whose members, to a his affidavit the number and class in which providing for election of senators number equal to at least ten per cent of he desires to rile and become a candidate and by popular vote 11 the total number of votes cast at the preceding his name shall be placed on the ballot in Ratifying amendment of U. S. Constitution general election in the county where such designated number and class. Such providing for an income tax 12 the application is made, shall present to the classes shall be rotated upon the ballots Chapter IJLW auditor a petition for a place on the primary the same manner as provided by for the Notice of ratification..... 13 election ballot. Candidates for office rotation of names of candidates. shall be chosen at such primary election by Candidates, in any such case, who have CORPORATIONS. voters of the several political parties and filed for no' ination prior to the passage of 4 Chapter not otherwise provided, however, that the this act, shall designate to the proper officer Regulating foreign beneficiary societies. 6 chief justice and the associate justices of the within twenty days after the approval of this act, in which class they desire to be placed supreme court and judges of the district, probate ELECTIONS. and municipal courts and county superintendents and such officer shall thereupon place the of schools and municipal officers name of such candidates on the ballot in such Chapter in cities of the first class, shall be nominated designated class. The name of the candidate State-wide primary 2 upon separate non-partisan ballots, as hereinafter who has filed for such office, or who Corrupt practices act 3 shall file for the same, shall not be placed provided. Provided further, that all Fees of candidates 11 qualified and duly registered voters may participate on the ballot if he shall fail, neglect or Non-partisan ballot 12 in the choosing of candidates for refuse to designate the class and number JOINT RESOLUTIONS. city office as provided for in the city charter in which, he desires to file and become a candidate, of cities having home rule charters the as hereinbefore provided. H. F. No. Sec. 3. That section 184 of the Revised names of all candidates for nomination for Investigation of value of taxable railroad Laws of 1905, as amended by section 226 the offices of chief justice, associate justices property 3G of the supreme court, judges of the district, of General Laws of Minnesota for 1907 c^nd Boundary between Minnesota and Wisconsin probate and municipal courts, county superintendents Chapter 95, General Laws of Minnesota for 30 of schools and all municipal offices 1909, be and the same is hereby amended Election of senators 11 so as to read as follows: in cities of the first class shall be placed Income tax 12 upon a separate primary ballot hereinafter "Section 1S4. At least twenty days before ssa,- LABOR. designated as "Non-partisan Primary Ballot." the primary election, any person eligible and No party or other designation, except as desirous of having his name placed upon Chapter above, shall be placed on such ballot except the primary ballot as a candidate for any Employment of children 8 as herein provided, nor shall any candidate office, shall file h.is affidavit with the secretary MOTOR VEHICLES. filing for nomination on said non-partisan of state when to be voted for in more primary ballot be permitted or required to than one county, and with the county auditor Chapter state liis party affiliation. All provisions of when in a single county, stating his residence, Brakes, lights, etc 7 law relating to the nomination of party candidates that he is a qualified voter, in the RAILROADS. as to the form of ballot, including subdivision where he seeks a nomination, the rotation of names, the endorsements thereon, Chapter name of his party, and the office for which Ivj Gross earnings tax increased 9 voting, marking ballots, counting, returning desires to be a candidate that he affiliated Repealing gross earnings tax law of 1911 10 and canvassing results shall apply to nomination with said party at the last general election, H. F. No. of said officers except that the tally and, either that he did not vote thereat Investigation of value of taxable property sheets and returns shall be made separately. or voted for a majority of the candidates of 36 Each voter shall be entitled to vote a nonpartisan said party at such election and intends to primary ballot without reference to so vote at the ensuing election. Upon payment his party affiliation. by such candidate to the secretary of CHAPTER 1, H. F. NO. 22. The two candidates for nomination for state of twenty dollars, if for any office to AN ACT to appropriate money for the payment every such non-partisan office who shall receive be voted for in more than one county, or if of the mileage of the members of the highest number of votes, ascertained for any office to be voted for in onlv one the Legislature and the per diem of the as provided by this act. shall be county, upon payment of ten dollars to the officers and employees and all other expenses declared the nominees and their names shall county auditor thereof, the county auditor of the Legislature, including payment be placed upon the election ballot, without shall place the name of such candidate upon for necessary supplies therefor. party designation, and when two or more the primary election ballot of the party designated Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State persons are to be elected for the same office, provided, however, that candidate 3 of Minnesota: at a general election running at large in a for the legislature shall pay ten dollars only Section 1. That the sum of twenty-five citv, county, district or in this state, such to the secretary of state when tht affidavit thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may offices shall be classified and numbered as or petition is filed with him and ten dollars be found necessary, be and the same hereby hereinafter provided and the non-partisan to the county auditor when filed with him, is appropriated from the revenue fund for nominees to be placed upon the general election provided that the name of any eligible person the payment of the mileage of the members ballot shall be the two candidates in may also be placed upon the non- partisan of the Legislature and for the payment of each such class who shall receive the highest primary election ballot as a candidate for the per diem of the officers and employees number of votes at such primary election, chief justice,- or associate justice of the of, and all the other expenses of, the Legislature, ascertained by the rules provided by this supreme court or judge of the district court, including payment for necessary supplies net, but nothing herein shall prevent the upon petition in writing of electors filed therefor. nomination of candidates by groups, individuals within the same time and at the same place Approved June 13, 1912. or so-called political parties which and upon payment of the same fee as is provided cannot be recognized as such, by certificate in case of filing of affidavits by candidates CHAPTER 2, S.'F. NO. 7. of voters to the number hereinafter specified. as follows: For chief justice or associate AN ACT to amend sections 181, 182, 184, 186, The names of candidates nominated by certificate justice of the supreme court, upon petition 1ST. 189, 193, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 217, 218, for offices hereinabove designated as of 500 electors residing within the state 241. 247, 251, and 316 of the Revised Laws non-partisan shall have no party or other for judge of the district court upon Hie petition of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof, relating designation on the certificate or on the election of 250 electors residing within the district. to registration of voters and to primary ballot. Such petition shall be in writing and and general elections, and to add Where there are two- or more offices to be signed by each of the electors joining therein certain provisions relating to registration filled by candidates running at large in a city, and shall be by each of them acknowledged of voters and to primary and general erections, before an officer authorized by law to administer county, district or in the state, such offices and to repeal any acts or parts of an oath. Upon the compliance with shall be classified and numbered one, two. acts inconsistent herewith. etc., using as many classes and numbers as such requirement, such name shall be placed Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State there are offices at large to be filled, which upon the non-partisan primary elect'on ballot. of Minnesota: said classification, numbers and the manner No petition shall contain more-than doable Section 1. That section 181 of the Revised in which the same shall appear on the primary the number of signatures herein reuuireu and Laws of 1905, be and the same is hereby no officer shall receive for 'filing or iIe any ballot sftall be substantially as follows: 1 amended so as to read as follows: petition containing more than double the Class Number One. "Section 181. On Tuesday, seven weeks number of signatures so required. A:iv Person preceding any election, an election of nominees, whose name is so presented and filed may (Designated First Choice jSecond Choice hereinafter designated as the 'Primary Office) Vote for One Vote for One withdraw the same by filing an affidavit of Election,' shall be held in each election district withdrawal thereof in the same office in for the selection of party and other which such petition is filed. Provided each A. 1 -1 candidates for all elective offices within the candidate for state offices, congressman-atlarge state, to be filled at such election, except and judges of the supreme court shall C. offices of towns, villages and cities of the pay to the secretary of statu the sum of third and fourth class, and members of school, fifty (50) dollars each at the time of filing E. park and library boards, in cities having less his affidavit with said officers." a. H. Sec. 4. That section 186 of the Revised than 100,000 inhabitants, except presidential