North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-24

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five o'clock, P NJ and elect Delegates to re-
present them in County C)nre ntion, to be
held at Tunkhannock, on Monday, the Goth
day Of August, 1868.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES.
The following named persons were return.
ed as vigilance committees OF the respective
Townships for the en>uing year.
Brain'rim; E. j. Keeney, VIM. Neigh,
j. j. Knapp.
Clinton; Lewis Armstrong, Saml Carpen
teri j. G. Mathewson.
Eaton; John Ney, Ale1r. Rogers, B. B.
Harding.
Exeter Thos. D, Headly, VIM. Cool
baugh, Johns Workheiser.
Falls; G. W. Sherwood, D. c. Post, d.
c. Scott.
Forkston Albert Carey Chapman Hitch
cock, Dan'l l.. Yaow.
Lemon Ii. B. Travis, Geo. Lewis, lib
n Smith.
Meshoppen; Jeremiah Allen, Jno, Wins
ans, 5. j, Cortright.
Mehoopany; Richard Lott, Moses, S.
Kintner, d Webster Sweatland
Monroe; Danl. Morgon, Wm. Schoolev
Saml. Billings.
Nicholson; Dan' Decker, Edwin Step
hens, Joseph Bishop.
Norlhmoreiand; Gordon Pike, Miles Eg-
geston, Theodore L. Shaw
North -sanch ; Henry Champin, Wellington
H)xe, Caoson.
OverfeId ChaS. NJ, Daily, Isaac Latter,
AGdrew Aser.
Tunkhannoc.. Twp; Elisha Jenkins, John
Wilsey, Ed Sampson.
Tunk Boro, Geo. D. Williams, L. C.
Conkln, T. 6. OsterhoLt.
Washington; j. e, Luce, ,Danl Stephens
David Armstrong,
Windham; Peter F. Hope, R. L. Palmer,
j, II. Rogers.
RULES FOR THF GOVERNMENT OF DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTIONS, &c.
l. 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 cleo
tions, and elect thee suitable persons to
serve as a Committee Of Vigilance for the
ensuing year, whose duty it shall be to su-
perntend the next election of delegates to
the County Convention, and also to call and
superintend all other meetings Of the Demo
electors Of tr-r district.
At the same time and place, shall also be
elected TWO delegates to the County C0nven-
ton, who shall, On the following Monday.
meet at the Court House. in the Borough Of
Tunkhannock, and after organizing by elect
ing one Of their number for a President, and
two Secretaries, shall proceed to nominate
such District and County Officers as are 10
voted tor at the ensuing General Election
elect Conference for such District officers as
they shall nominate-apP0lnt Delegates to
the next State Convention and Staudin
Committee for the County,
3. All County Conventions shall be held
with open doors.
4. All candidates for nomination shall be
voted for rira r0ce; and the one receiving a
majority of all the votes pooled, for any Of,
flee shall be declared duly nominated.
5. The Convention shall keep journal of
all its proceedings, which shall b@ duly pGb
lishedin the Democratic paper or papers of
the County,; and any nomination not made
N r. fprr nit b., III
te declared void, and The vacancy or
vacancies SO Occur ring, shall be sup
piled IL the manner herein after provided.
e. The Standing Committee shall consist
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 County Conventions, Mass aud
other meetings of the party-to Oil all va.
cancies in the Ticket, occasioned either by
the declination of nomi nees, by want Of
conformity to the foregoing rules, or where
the Convention shall have failed to make a
nomination, and also in case of special cleo
tons, where the necessity for doing SO occurs
after the regular time for holding County
Conventions ard to fill vacancies in the
Committee of Vigilance, occasiOned by re-
moyal death, o failure on the part of the
citizens to elect them,
I. The Standing Committee shall annually
hereafter, in issuing the call for the election
of Delegates to the County Convention,
cause 7o.y of the foregoing rules to be
published in connection Herewith,
s. These rules may be amended, or new
ones added thereto by general meeting of
the Democratic citizens of the county called
ior that purpose by the Standing Committee
Of if the same shah pass two successive
County Conventions without amendments
and not otherwise.