The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-07-25
TO CorTespondanfs
The Democratic Primaries,

} At a meeting of the Executive Committee
held on Wednesday, the 23d day of July
1873, it was resolved to hold Primary Meet
ings on Saturday, the ed of August, in each
OF the several Districts for the selection of
Ten Delegates TO County Convention to he
held in Bel Air on Tuesday, August 5th for
the purpose of appointing Four Delegates to
represent Hartford county in the State Con-
Ventlon, to be assembled in the city of Balti-
more on the 18th day of August, for the NOM
ination OF candidates for Comptroller and
Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
The hours for holding the primary meet
ings in theseveral districts to be between 3
O'Clock and o'clock, 2. NJ. The hour for
holding the County Convention to be 2
o'clock, P. M.
Ii was further resolved that the Primary
Elections be held in the several districts,
on Saturday, the Both of August, between the
hours OF 3 A. M. and 6 P. NJ, except in
HaVre de Grace, where the hours shall be
- between A, M. and P. NJ, for candidates
for the following State and County officers
For CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.
REGISTER OF WILLS
" SHERIFF.
" STATE SENATOR
THREE MEMBERS OF THE House OF
DELEGATES, mo two from one district
FIVE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS mo two
from same District.)
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
4" SIX MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE each district to select its own
Member.
HsSotoed, That the following persons are
nominated as Judges of Election who will
appoint the necessary clerks, viz
LIST Dtstrsct-Henry G.. Wilson, Franklin
Hanway, VIM. P. Taylor.
I'd Dfst,Tct-Dr. W. W. Virdin, Vim. A.
Courtney, John b. Foy.
3D. District-Jas. A. Fulton, Richard r
Martin, VIM. H. Waters.
4h D1st'7ct.James Whteford, David Han.
way, James Galley
5M District - John Daurbertv. Paddock
Treadway, Hugh T. Bay
6M Dsst,7ct-Joseph Fl. Carver, r. r. Van.
iver Jr., Matthew Reynolds.
Resolged, That all Democrats who will be
entitled to vote in the districts at the nexI
general election should be entitled to vote al
~ the primary meetings.
That voters who in good faith identify
themselves with the party should be entitled
to VOTE
That when any vote is challenged tho
Judges shall be satisfied that the voter will
identify himself with the party and support
its nominees, and shall exercise prudent dis
lfany OF the Judges above named shall
fail to be present and act, the one or more
present shall fill the vacancy.
Each Democratic voter will vote by bal
lot for the person he prefers for each several
office to be filled
The clerks shall keep list of the persons
sovoting, and at the close of the poll deliver
the same TO the Judges.
The Judges in each district shall preserve
the ballots cast in the said district and shall
on Tuesday, the I'd day Of September 1878
t'fettrff1 ute number Of votes cast for eac
candidate Tor the several Offices and shall also
return the ballots to said committee.
Such returns shall be verified by the sig
natures OF the Judges, or majority of them
and shall be preserved by the Executive Com
mittee until the November election following
and shall at all times be open to the inspec
ton of any person interested therein.
On receiving such returns the Executive
Committee shall ascertain the result through
out the county, and shall declare and pub
fish the same in the several Democratic coun
ty papers announcing the person OF persons
b receiving the largest aggregate vote for each
office as the candidates of the Democratic
party
Except that for Delegates to the Legisla
ture and for County Commissioners, no two
candidates shall be taken from the same dis
trlct The persons receiving the highest vote
shall be first selected, and the next highest
from different district, and so on until the
requisite number is obtained.
In case of a tie vote, the candidate shall be
determined by lot to be cast by the Executive
Committee, in Bel Air, on the I'd day of Sep.
TENDER, 1878, publicly in the presence OF
all who may choose to attend.
If, after the announcement of the candi.
dates aDV nominee shall Ieclinn rpmoyn from
the county or die, the Executive Committee
shall substitute the person having the next
highest vote.
AT primary meetings each district shall
choose one person to be member of the Elk
ecutive Committee which shall be constitu-
ted OF the six persons so chosen, and shall act
as such from the next general election for two
years.
The election ofsuch member of the Exec
ntiyc Committee shall be certified as the
votes for other nominees, and declared by
the present Executive Committee.
To facilitate the counting of the votes, in
any district where the Judges shall deem it
desirable, two ballot boxes may be provided,
and at O'Clock, p. NJ; one of the Judges,
with two persons appointed for that purpose
hy the three Judges may begin the counting
OF the ballots received up to that hour, whilst
the other two Judges shall continue to receive
The votes cast.
The result of counting, as first provided
for, shall not he disclosed, until all the votes
cast shall he counted.
Any ballot containing more names for one
Office than are TO be appointed, shall not he
counted for that office.
IL ID. FARNANDIS, Chairman.
JOHN CARROLL. WALSH, Secretary.