Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-08-05

Union County Whig Nominations.

The Wing Voters Of Union County are
requested to meet at the respective places
of holding their elections, on SATURDAY,
the 6th day of AUGUST, 1858, to elect
Return judges and vote for Candidates for
Offices according to the Rules adopted by
the Wing County Meeting held in New
Berlin on the l4th of last December, viz {:
Rules for hol,2iny tie EIec,ion.
SECTION ?. The Wings in their election
districts shall meet at one o'clock, p. NJ, on
the day and place designated by the Standing
Committee, and shall al one o'clock organize
by ciecting Chairman and Secretary by yeas
and nays. The Chairman and Secretary shall
Immediately after they are elected, organize
, and hold an election for one Judge and two
Inspectors. The meeting shall nominate such
persons as they desire to vote for, for Judge
and Inspectors; the Secretary shall write the
names of those nominated on sheet of paper,
designating the Offices they are nominated for,
after the meeting has closed the nominations !;
then the yotc.s shall commence by strokes for
Judge and inspector, no voter TO vote for
more than one Inspector; the Secretary shall
write down the names of all those who vote
by strokes, and shall make 4 full and correct
record Of the proceedings, and the Chairman
and Secretary shall certify that the election
was held as directed by the County Meeting
and the Standing Committee. The election
for Judge and Inspector to be closed at f,co
o'clock. The certified proceeding shall i'm
mediately be handed to the Judge and Inspect
ors elected. They shall, after they have held
the election for candidates as hereinafter pro-
vided, attach the proceedings Of the election
for Judges and Inspectors 10 the proceedings
OF the election for Candidates.
Each Of the Inspectors shall choose Clerk,
and at t,cO o'clock the Judge and Inspectors
shall organize and receive a ticket Of every
qualified Wing voter in the district, who offers
to vote; each vo'or shall only be permitted to
vote one ticket. 5n the ticket shall be printed
or written the IS of the candidates desig-
mating the Office voter desires to have him
nominated for. Il nen the Inspectors can not
agree as to the 1ul'ifcation of one offering to
vote, the Judg hall decide the question:
The Judge ar ia>pectors shall deposite the
tickets in a s pr hat until the election is
closed. The election to close at four o'clock,
then the judge une Of the Inspectors shall
read the tick rpled, and the two officers
elected which -oj read the tickets, the one
shall be TO the and the other TO the left of
the one who re .e tickets, and see that the
tickets are corr read The Clerks shall
write down the 'S of every one who votes,
and shall max correct tally paper of the
votes polled for CO II candidate when the tick
cts are read by Judge or one of the In
spectorS. The iSe, Inspectors, and Clerks
shall certify the proceedings Of the election,
that /, was held as directed by the County
Meeting and the Standing Committee.
SKcTuoS g. The Inspectors shall he the
Return Judges, and they shall meet in County
Convention in the Court House, in New Ber-
lin, on the day designated by the Standing
Committee and then and there count the votes
poled for each candidate of every election
district in the county, and the candidate who
has the largest number of votes for the Office
he has been voted for. shall be the nominee of .
the Wing party. Ii several of the highest
candidates for the same office should receive
an equal number of Votes, then the Conven- /
ton shall nominate one of those who have
received an equal number of votes, to be the |
nominee of the Wing party.
SEcTIo> 4. The certified election papers !
shall be the only evidence 10 admit the Return .
Judges 10 sit in the County Convention of the /
Return Judges.
The Return Judges to meet in County
Convention on MONDAY, the 9th day of
August. at the Court House in New Ber-
in. BY the Whig Standing Committee
DIV. WOODS, Chairman.
JOHN F. WILSON, Sec'y pro tenn.