The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-08-10
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES

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At n meeting of the Executive Committee,
held in Bel Air. on Tuesday, the 24th day of
July, 1877, it was.
ResolcGd. That the Primary Elections he
held in the several Election Districts, (,,t the
usual places of holding such,) on Saturday,
The 1st day of September, between the hours
of9 A. NJ, and p M, except in Havrc de
Grace, where the hours shall he from 10 A.
M. to p. NJ, for candidates for the following
Offices:
For Sheriff
State Senator.
Three Members of the House of Dele
gates tho two from one district
Five County Commissioners mo two
from same district
County Surveyor.
Six Members of the Executive Commit
tee-cach district to select its own
member.
Resolced, That the following persons are
named rs Judges of Election, who will ap.
point the necessary Clerks, viz
1st DiStiact--Wm. p. Trimblc, John Y.
Pearce, Lee A. Magness.
I'd DiStrict-Samucl Baldwin, ,Jas. H. Mich
ael, Benjamin Cole.
Sd Distrtct-James A. Fulton, r. T. Mar
tin, VIM. H. Waters.
4M DiStlfct-Dr. John Barton, Thomas
Butler, James Galley.
9Th Distr5ct-Archibald Wilson, A Finney
Galbrcath, Za,lock Trcndwny.
9Th DiStrict-Joseph III. Carver Alexander
s. Adams, Robert Seneca.
ReS0lCed, That all Democrats who will be
entitled To vote in the districts Mt the next
general election should he entitled to vote at
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 the
Judges shall be satisfied that the voter will
identify himself with the party and support
its nominees, and shall exercise prudent dis
erection in the admission of challenged votes
If any of the Judges above named shall
fail to be present and net, the one or more
present shall fill the vacancy.
Each Democratic voter will vote by ballot
for the person he prefers for each several office
to he filed
The clerks shall keep list of the persons
the same to the judges.
The Judges in each district shall preserve
the ballots Gus, and list of voters in the said
district, and SHALL on Tuesday, the 4th dry of
September 1877, make to the Executive Com.
mittee, in Bel Air, n return of the number of
votes cast for each candidate for the several
offices, and also return the ballots and list of
voters to said committee
Such returns shall be verified by the sig
natures Of the Judges, or q majority of them,
and shall he preserved by the Executive Com
mittec until the November election following,
and shall mt all times be open to the inspcC-
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
lish the same in the several Dem cratic coun-
y papers, announcing the person or persons
receiving the largest aggregate vote for each
office as the candidates of the Democratic
party.
Except that for Delegates to the Legisia-
ture and for County Commissioners, no two
candidates shall be taken from the same dis
trict.
Each district shall select its own candidate
for County Commissioner The Second and
the Sixth District constituting for that pur-
pose one Election district
Subject to the above provision the person
receiving the highest vote shall be first sclec-
ted, and the next highest from different dis
trict, 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 4th day of
September, 1877, publicly in the presence of
all who may choose to attend
If, after the announcement of the candi-
dates, any nominee shall decline, remove from
the county or die, the Executive Committee
shall substitute the person having the next
highest vote
AT the primary meetings each district shall
CHOOSE one person to be n member of the Ex-
eculivc Committee, which shall be constitu-
ted of the six persons so chosen, and shall act
ms such from the next general election for
two years.
The election of such member of the Exec
utivc Committee shall be certified as the
votes for other nominees, and declared by the
present Executive Committee.
Any vacancy in the Executive Committee
shall be filled by the Committee.
To facilitate the counting of the votes, in
any district where the Judges shall deem il
desirable, two ballot boxes may he provided,
and at 3 o'clock, p. NJ, one of the Judges,
with two persons appointed for That purpose
by the three Judges, may begin the counting
of the ballots received up 10 that hour, whilst
the other two Judges shall continue to receive
the votes cast,
The result of counti' e, rs first provided
for shall not he disclosed until all the votes
cnSt shall he counted
Any ballot containing more names for one
office than are 10 he appointed, shall not he
couricd for that office
III. ID. FARNANDIS, Chairman
VIM. YOUNG, Secretary.
-Adiutant General Bond III IL report to
Gov. Carroll recommends that the Fifth
Regiment of Infantry, Capt. RhcLt's artillery
company, $50 men, four guns and 40 horses,
and regiment of infantry, to he consolidat
el from the officers and men 0f the 9TH and
9Th regiments of infantry, be retained in the
service of the State under pay for six months