Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1917 — THIRTY DAYS LEFT IN WHICH TO FILE [ARTICLE]

THIRTY DAYS LEFT IN WHICH TO FILE

Prospective Candidates For City Offices Must File By February 3—Primary March 6. a • - -*• '. VoiJjt; Rensselaer citizens who have the city office bee buzzing in their bonnets, and who are halting between two opinions-—whether to get into the primary and run or whether to stay out of the primary and not run—only have until February 3 to make up their minds. In order to get the nameeon the ballot for the primary election to be held March 6, it is necessary to file- them on or before February 3, when the entries close. A candidate desiring to seek the nomination for any city office is required to file with the city clerk a statement showing the precinct and ward in which he lives, the name of the party of which he is a member and under .-iVhich emblem? be will seek the nomination and the place for which he desires to make the race in tho primary. The law provides that the city clerk shall perform all the duties of the county clerk In the general election and that the city 'council shall serve in the same capacity as the county commissioners in a general election. The chief of police performs all duties which devolve upon the county sheriff in a state or national election.