In re Booth

Martin, Louis M., J.

The petitioner herein on August 22,1922, filed with the county clerk of Oneida county, the duly constituted board of elections of said county, what is known as a designating petition, for the purpose of having his name duly placed on the primary ballot as one of the candidates for the Bepublican nomination for member of assembly from the first district of Oneida county, N. Y. This petition was signed by 294 persons and was filed on the last day prescribed by law for filing the same. The said petition was rejected by the county clerk August 29, 1922, for the reason that it…