North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-08-27
DELEGATE ELECTIONS.

The Democratic electors of the Seward
townships in Wyoming County and Tunk.
hammock Borough, are requested to meet a,
the several places, for holding elections in
their several election Districts on SATURDAY.
the Both inst, between the hours of two and
five O'Clock, P. M. and elect Delegates to
represent them in County Contention, to be
held at Tunkhannock, on Monday, the ls,.
day Of September, 1862.
- COMMITTEES OF VIGILANCE.
Braintrim-Joseph Fox, VIM. Neigh Cha:,
Keeney. rs~..
ClintonLBenj. Thomas, Pardon Knapp
John Baker.
Eaton-Geo. Ney, Hiram Bodle, j. N.
Pilgrim. E.E.
Exeter-Simeon Gay Tho's. Headly, Ash
te) Lee.
! Falls-Amos 7. Dewitt, Joseph Daily.
| Forkston-Calvin Robenson B. II. II obbs
P. Mcqueen.
Lemon-Nat. Keim, George B. Camp,
Miles Avery.
| Ntehoopany-Richard Lott, BENZ Kintner;
George Henning.
Meshoppen--P. o. Dunlap, Clark Burr,
T. F. Bullard
Monroe-E. Thompson, j. j. Schooley,
| Jasper Parrish.
| North Branch-Darie Collins, IT. Cham
pion, W. Burgess.
| Northmoreland-A Whittock, f. R
Halleck, Gordon Pike
Nioholson-W. Osterhout, Elijah Ball, E;
/ n. Bacon.
! Overfeld-Isaac Latcer, Lewis Acer. "
D. Reynolds.
Washngton-J. w Crawford, Charles
Place, Tho's S;emples.
Windham--J. G.Fassett, VIM: Taylor, C.
F. Champion.
TunkhaRnock Tp.-G. Osterhout, John
Flumulerfelt, F. Decker
! Tunkhannock Boro.-C. P Miller, F. G.:
Osterhout, G. D. Williams
The Delegates to he elected at said Dele
! gate Elections, are requested to meet in
! County Convention, at the Court House, OF
! Monday, the lst day Of Sept. next, at one
o'clock P. NJ.
| RULES FOR THE GovERNNENr OF DEMOCRAT
&c CONVENTIONS, &c.
;, The democratic electors of each election
district in this county, shall annually, on the
/ last Saturday in August, meet at the place of
holding their General and Township elections,
and elect three suitable persons to serve as a
! Committee of Vigilance for the ensuing wear
whose duty it shall be to superntend the
next election of delegates to the County Con.
vention, and also to call and superintend all
other meetings Of the Democratic electors of
their distric..
1t the same time and place, shall also be
elected two delegates to the County Conven-
ton, who shall, on the following Monday,
meet at the Court House, in the Borough of
| Tunkhanaock, and after organizing by elect
ing one Of their number for President and
two Secretaries, shall proceed to nominate
such District and County Officers as are to be
voted for at the ensuing General Election;
elect Conferees for such District officers az
they shall nomlnate-appoint Delegates to
the next State Convention and Standing
Committee for the County.
B. al County Conventions shall be held
with open doors.
+. All candidates for nomination shall lie
voted for rira rOce and the one receiving a
J majority of all the votes polled, for any office
shall be declared duly nominated
5. The Convention shall keep journal of
all its proceedings, which shall be duly pub
iished IN the Democratic paper or papers Of
the County and any nomination not made
in conformity with the foregoing rules shall
be declared void, and the vacancy or vacah-
cies so occurring, shall be supplied in the
manner herein after provided.
6. The Stand NC Committee shall consS: of
nine Democratic citizens of the county, who
shall hold their Office for one year from and
after the date Of their election and it shall be
their duty, during that time, to call all Coun-
ty Conventions, MasG and other meetings Of
the party-to fill al} vacancies in the Ticket,
occasiored either by the declination Of noni-
nees, by want of conformity to the forego-
ing rules, or where the Convention shall have
failed TO make nomination, and also in case
of special elections, where the necessity for
doing so occurs after the regular time fer
holding County Conventions and to fill va
cancies in theCommttecs of Vigilance occa
stoned by rem ova, death, or failure on the
part of the citizens to elect them. q
Z. The Standing Committee shall annually,
hereafter, in issuing the call ior The election
of DELEGATES to the G >unty Convention, cause
copy Of the foregoing rules to be published
in connection Herewith.
g. These rules may be amended, or new
ones added thereto by general meeting of
the Democratic citizens of the county called
for that purpose by the Standing Committee,
or if the same shall pass TWO successive
County Conventions without amendments,
and not otherwise.
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