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_. Minnesota General Laws i : ced * Passed by the Special Session of the Legislature June 1912. SUPPLEMENT TO HERALD-REVIEW, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN.WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1912. INDEX. | APPROPRIATIONS, . ? : Chapter i.ogislative expenses.............0.00005 1 Printing of session lawS............++5. 14 For prosecutions undeg corrupt practices CITIES AND VILLAGES. Appropriations for armories....... Bonds for construction of libraries... CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. H. F. No. Ratifying amendment of U. S. Constitu- tion providing for election of senators By popular Vote. oy. os os). etcbis ous heats 11 Ratifying amendment of U. S. Constitu- tion providing for an income tax...... Chapter Notice of ratification.............. Bcnrete CORPORATIONS, Chapter Regulating foreign beneficiary societies. 6 ELECTIONS, State-wide primary......... ah Ws bs ocenpeses Corrupt practices act.........eceee0- Fees of candidates... . iscsi. cesses . Non-partisan: Da MlOb.. s6:..6 0 sosp isp tuee ee JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 4 H. F. No. Investigation of value of taxable rail- POG DPOMBICY. 536.055 Ss Sas ok Vin eintgaicah S 36 Boundary between Minnesota and Wis- CRU BINE. 5... Sinisa s sigeehd otis toe sitio wisi ere Be 8 we 30 Election of senators.... stake pie 11 SUGCOMO FR a o's fists ovo pw ates vamos eiecbiee & er 12 LABOR. Chapter Employment of children................ MOTOR VEHICLES. Chapter Brakes, Tents; Gia ois. os piece © Sida cio. oots “ RAILROADS. Chapter Gross earnings tax increased........... Repealing gross earnings tax law of 1911 10 H. F. No. Investigation of value of taxable prop- QPL. ania Fabs soto aty ad's ale Ai ass + bee Be 36 CHAPTER 1, H. F. NO. 22. AN ACT to appropriate money for the pay- ment of the mileage of the members of the Legislature and the per diem of the officers and employees and all other expens- es of the Legislature, including payment for necessary supplies therefor. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, be and the same hereby is appropriated from the revenue fund for the payment of the mileage of the members of the Legislature and for the payment of the per diem of the officers and employees of, and all the other expenses of, the Legis- lature, including payment for necessary sup- plies therefor. Approved June 13, 1912. CHAPTER 2, S. F. NO. 7. AN ACT to amend sections 181, 182, 184, 186, 187, 189, 193, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 217, 218, 241, 247, 251, and 316 of the Revised Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof, relat- ing to registration of voters and to pri- mary and general elections, and to add certain provisions relating to registration of voters and to primary and general elec- tions, and to repeal any acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: ¢ Section 1. That section 181 of the Revised Laws of 1905, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ‘Section 181. On Tuesday, seven weeks preceding any election, an election. of nomi- nees, hereinafter designated as the ‘Primary Election,’ shall be held in each election dis- trict forthe selection of party and other candidates for all elective offices within the state, to be filled at such election, except offices of towns, villages and cities of the third and fourth class, and members of school, park and library boards,.in cities having less than 100,000 inhabitants, except presidential electors. Every town, city and village clerk shall give at least fifteen days’ posted notice of the time and place of holding the same, of the hours during which the pol!s will be open, and of the officeS for which candidates are to be nominated. The day for such pri- mary election shall‘be the first day of regis- tration in all election districts except in cities of the first class.” Sec. 2. That section, 182 of the Revised Laws of 1905, be and,the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “Section 182. A political party, within the meaning of this chapter, is one which shall have maintained-im the district or territorial division in question a party organization, and presented candidates for election at three or more biennial elections within the pre- ceding ten years; or whose members, to a number equal to at least ten per cent of the total number of votes cast at the pre- ceding general election in the county where’ the application is made, shall present to the auditor a petition for a place on the pri- mary election ballot. Candidates for office shall be chosen at such primary election by voters of the several political parties and not otherwise; provided, however, that the chief justice and the associate justices of the supreme court and judges of the district, pro- bate and municipal courts and county super- intendents of schools and municipal officers in cities of the first class, shall be nominated upon separate non-partisan ballots, as here- inafter provided. Provided further, that ali qualified and duly registered voters may par- ticipate in the choosing of candidates for city office as provided for in the city charter of cities having home rule charters; the names of all candidates for nomination for the offices of chief justice, associate justices of the supreme court, judges of the district, probate and municipal courts, county super- intendents of schools ahd all municipal offices in cities of the first class shall be placed upon a separate primary ballot hereinafter designated as “Non-partisan Primary Ballot.” No party or other designation, except as above, shall be placed on such ballot except as herein provided, nor shall any candidate filing for nomination on said : non-partisan primary ballot be permitted or required to state his party affiliation. All provisions of law rélating to the nomination of party can- didates as to the form of ballot, including rétation of names, the endorsements thereon, voting, marking ballots, counting, returning and canvassing results shall apply to nomina- tion of said officers except that the tally sheets and returns shall be made separately. Each voter shall be entitled to vote a non- partisan primary ballot without reference to his party affiliation. : The two candidates for nomination for every such non-partisan office who shall re- ceive the highest number of votes, ascer- tained as provided by this act, shall be declared the nominees and their names shall be placed upon the election ballot, without party designation, and when two or more persons are to be elected for the same Office, at a general election running at large in a city, county, district or in this state, such offices shall be classified and numbered as hereinafter provided and the non-partisan nominees to be placed upon the general elec- tion ballot shall be the two candidates in each such class who shall receive the highest number of votes at such primary election, ascertained by the rules provided by this act, but nothing herein shall prevent the nomination of candidates by groups, indi- viduals or so-called political parties which cannot be recognized as such, by certificate of voters to the number hereinafter specified, The names of candidates nominated by cer- tificate for offices hereinabove designated as non-partisan shall have no party or other designation on the certificate or on the elec- tion ballot. . Where there are two or more offices to be filled by candidates running at large in a city, county, district or in the state, such offices shall be classified and numbered one, two, etc. using as many classes and numbers as there are offices at large to be filled, which said classification, numbers and the manner in which the same shall ad | aes on the pri- mary ballot shall be substantially as follows: Class, Number One. ‘(Designated First Choice !Second Choice Office) Vote for One | Vote for One A ei | ae LORRY > SRE aicle Gian te pesca N aes Foren Hi By ee Loe Ciass Number Two. (Designated | First Choice |Second Choice Office) | Vote for One | Vote for One fe oe Sg ee oR eee | ESOS, 7 _The officer preparing said ballot shall pro- vide as many classes and numbers as there are offices at large to be filled. Every per- son when filing as a candidate for the nomi- nation for any such office shall designate in his affidavit the number and class in which he desires to file and become a candidate and his name shall be placed on the ballot in such designated number and class. Such classes shall be rotated upon the ballots in the same manner as provided by law for the rotation of names of candidates. Candidates, in any such*case, who have filed for noyination prior to the passage of this act, shail designate to the proper officer within twenty days after the approval of this act, in which class they desire to be placed and such officer shall thereupon place the name of such candidates on the ballot in such designated class. The name of the candi- date who has filed for such office, or who shall file for the same, shall not be placed on the ballot if he shall fail, neglect or refuse to designate the class and number in which he desires to file and become a can- didate, as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 3. That section 184 of the Revised Laws of 1905, as amended by gaction 226 of Géneral Laws of Minnesota for 1907 end Chapter 95, General Laws of Minnesota for 1909, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “Section 184. At least twenty days before the primary election, any person eligible and desirous of having his name placed upon the primary ballot as a candidate for any office, shall file his affidavit with the sec- retary of state when to be voted for in more than one county, and with the county auditor when in a single county, stating his resi- dence, that he is a qualified voter in the subdivision where he seeks a nomination, the name of his party, and the office for which be desires to be a candidate; that he affiliated with said party at the last general election, and, either that he did not vote thereat or voted for a majority of the candidates of said party at such election and nds to so vote at the ensuing election. n pay- ment by such candidate to the secretary of state of twenty dollars, if for any office to be voted for in more than one county, or if for any office to be voted for in only one county, upon payment of ten dollars to the eounty auditor thereof, .the county auditor shall place the name of such candidate upon the primary election ballot of the party des- ignated; provided, however, that candiaates for the legislature shall pay ten dollars only to the secretary of state when thie affidavit or petition is filed with him and ten dollars to the county auditor when filed with him, provided that the name of any eligible per- son may also be placed upon the non-partisan primary election ballot as a candidate for chief justice, or associate justice of the supreme court or judge of the district court, upon petition in writing of electors filed within the same time and at the same place and upon payment of the same fee as !s pro- vided in case of filing of affidavits by can- didates as follows: For chief justice cr asso- ciate justice of the supreme court, upon peti- tion of 500 electors residing within tlhe state; for judge of the district court upon the peti- tion of 250 electors residing within the dis- trict. Such petition shall be in writing and signed by each of the electors joining therein and shall be by each of them acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to ad- minister an oath. Upon the compliance with such requirement, such name shall be placed upon the non-partisan primary election ballot. No petition shall contain more ihan Gouble the number of signatures herein requirea and no’ officer shall receive for filing cr file any petition containing more than double tbe number of signatures so required. Any per- son whose name is so presented and filwi may withdraw the same by filing an affidavit of withdrawal thereof in the same ottice in which such petition is filed. Provided each candidate for state offices, congressman-at- large and judges of the supreme court shall pay to the secretary of state the sum of fifty (50) dollars each at the time of filing his affidavit with said officers.” Sec. 4. That section 186 of the Revised