The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-04-04
OHIO KNOW-NOTHINGS IN COUNCIL
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS PUBLISHED,
SECOND DAY

Mr. rsfHESIDENT:-l peg leave 10 introduce,
for the consideration of the Council, the pro-
priety of adopting the following order for
the government Of our Councils in their
manner of nominating candidates from the
different Offices of township, county or
State:
1t shall be the duty of the President to
give twenty days. notice OF meet ting which
shall be held for the express purpose ofnom-
mating or electing such officers as are want
ed, either to serve in the Councils, or town.
ship, county or State; and the President
shall make known in the notice the various
vacancies that are TO be filled, whether in
Council, township, county or State, all Of
which shall be elected by ballot, in manner
hereinafter described, the President being
allowed the exercise of the appointing power
on ly SO far as relates to the officers of the
Council-such as Marshal, Sentinels, Secre-
tary, etc.-and this exercise of appointing
Power shall be allowed only in cases where
Or when then duly elected officers are ab-
Sent. ~
2. After the Council shall have assembl-
ed, in obedience to the notice as required
in the first section, it shall be the duty of
the President, after calling the Council to
order, to rise in his place, and re- state the OBJ.
ject Of the meeting, together with the names
of the different offices that are vacant, wheth-
er in Council, township county or State, af-
ter which he may appoint two persons, who
shall be approved by the Council, who, to-
gether with the President, shall preside
over the election, which election shall i'm
mediately take place by ballot, each mem
ber of the Council remaining in his seat quiz
etly until the Secretary (whose duty it shall
beg furnishes each individual with blank
ticket; each person will then write the
names of the different officers that are to be
voted for on their respective tickets, the vo-
ter having hereby the full privilege ofseect-
ing and voting for the man or men whom
his own judgment shall dictate are best quail
flied or suited to fill the respective Offices
After the entire Council have been served
with blank tickets and sufficient length oi
time given for the purpose of writing or FL
ling up the tickets, the President shall call
the house to order, when the voting shall
take place, each voter going forward and
deposting, one at time, in the presence OF
the judges, his vote in the ballot-box, and
the man or men receiving the majority oi
votes shall be the candidate, or the man
elected, as the case may be. All election.
eering is hereby positively prohibited within
the Council room--the object of prohibition
being to bring every man to think and act
for himself in these matters, unbiased Of
uninhuenced by any other than his owr
judgment
8. All important measures that ar,
brought before the Council for consideration
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shall, before they become a law, be submit
ted to the vote Of the Council, in a mannel
similar to voting for candidates, with thil
exception or addition, namely, that for thi'
purpose there shall be two balot.boxes, ont
; for and the other against the measure. Eacl
voter shall then write his own name upol
ticket, and deposit it for or against th'
measure as his judgment may dictate
, shall then be the duty of the Secretary Il
record the measure on the journal, togethe
with the names of those for and thos,
against.
On motion, the Council resolved itself in
to Committee of the Whole on the Consti
tuition reported by the committee, Bro. Fish
back, of Batavia, in the chair.
The committee having arisen, and tn
President resumed the chair, Bro. Fishback
from the Committee ofthe Whole, repor tel
progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bro. L, d. Campbell, of Hamilton; mad
a statement in regard te difficulty existing
in the order in the Third Congressional Dis
triet, and asking that special committee O
investigation be appointed to take the matte
under adyisement. Pending the considera
tion of which, the Council adjourned to 2.
O'Clock, P. M.
AFTERNOON sEssIoN--2a O'CLOCK.
) The following query was presented b.
Bro. d. V. Williamson, and referred to tn
Committee on the state of the Order:
What would be the proper course 70
{ Councils to pursue towards members VIII
have taken cards of withdrawal for the pur
pose of voting against its nominations, an
then ask for admission again!
Bro. Hyde, from the Committee on tn
state Of the Order, submitted the followin
report, which was adopted;
To the State Council of Ohioi
The Committee on the State of the Order
in reply to the inquiry of T. c. Wright, @
No. 239, report that officers cannot ballo
for members outside the Council.
Respectfully submitted,
J T. v. HYDE,
H. H. DoDD,
Committee.
Bro. Morton, from the Committee on Sub
ordinates, submitted the following repor
which was adopted:
To the State Council Of Ohio:
/ The Committee on Returns Of Subord
nate Councils have examined the paper
submitted to them, and from the imperiec
and In rnanu instances merelu- cnniecfnra