North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-17

townships for the ensuing year.
Braintrm; E. j. Kceney, VIM. Neigh,
j. j. Knapp. s'z's-''..
Clinton; Lewis Armstrong, Sam'l Csrpen-
teri J. G. Mathewson.
Eaton; John Ney, Alexr. Rogers, B. B.
Harding.
Exeter; Thos. D, Headly, VIM. Cool
baugh John Workheiser.
Fails; G. W. Sherwood, D. C. Post, D.
G. Scott.
Forks;on; Albert Glrey Clapmln Hitch
cock. Dan'l L. Vaow.
Lemon; II, B. Travis, Geo. Lewis, Ziba
n. Smith.
Meshoppen; Jeremiah Allen, Juo, WiD>
ans, s. j, Cortright.
Mehoopany; Richard Lott, Moses, S.
kintner, D Webster Sweatand.
Monroe; Danl. Morgon, Wm. SchooleI.
Saml, Billings.
Nicholson; Dan'l Decker, Edwin Step
hens, Joseph Bishop.
NorthmoreiaDd Gordon Pike, Miles E.
gleston, Theodore L. Shaw.
North Branch Henry Champin, Wellington
HoxIe, Russell Cas- son.
Overfeld Chas. 81. Daily, Isaac LATTER,
Andrew Ager.
Tpnkhannock Twp; Elisha jenkins, John
Eisey, Ed Sampson.
Tunk Boro. Geo. D. Williams, L. C.
Conklin, f. C. Osterhott.
Washington; j. Q, Luce, tDan'l Stephens
David Armstrong.
Windham; Peter F. Hope, R. L. Palmer,
j, II. Rogers.
RULES For THF GOVERNMENT OF DEMocRATfc
CONVENTIONS, &c.
l. The democratic electors Of each election
district in this county. sh all 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 Committee of Vigilance for the
ensuing year, whose duty it shall be to su-
perintend the mex election of delegates to
the County Convention, AMI also to call an d
superintendent other meetings of the Demo
electors of their district
At the same time and place, shall also be
elected two delegates to the Coautv Conven-
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 to
voted for at the ensuing General Election
elect Conference fer such District officers as
'hey snail nominate-appo!nt Delegates to
the next State Convention and q S.andin
Committee for the County,
3. All County Conventions shall be held
with open dours.
4. All candidates for nomination shall be
voted for rira rOce and the one receiving
majority Of all the votes poiled, for any Of
flee shall be declared duly nominated.
). The Convention shall keep journal
all its proceedings. which shall be duly pub-
ishcd in the Democratic paper or papers of
the County,; and any nomination not made
n conformity with the foregoing rules shall
te declared void, and the vacancy or
vacancies so ccu'r rlng shall be sup
piled ii the manner herein after provided.
6. TIE Stauling Committee shall consist
Of nine Democratic citizens Of the county,
who shall hold their Office for one year from
and after tne date of their election; and it
shall be their duty, during that time, to
call all County Conventions, Mass and
other meetings Of the party-to Oil all va.
cancics in the Ticket, occasiVned eilher by
the declination of nominees, by.a 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, occ sioncd b. re-
moval, death, o failure on the part of the
citizens to elect them.
7. The Standing Committee shall annually
hereafter, il issuing the call for the election
of Delegates to the County Conver ION,
cause copy of the foregoing rules to be
.,GbIshed 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
for that purpose by the Standing Committee
Oh if the same shah pass two successive
County Conventions without amendments
and not otherwise.
c. NJ, KOON.
Chairman Standing Committee.