The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-08-17
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.

AT n meeting of the Executive Committee,
held in Bel Air, on Tuesday, the cath day of
July, 1877, it was.
ReS0tged. That the Primary Elections be
held in the several Election Districts lat the
usual places of holding such) on Saturday,
The Isl day OF September, between the hours
of9 A. NJ, and p. NJ, except in IIavre de
Grace, where the hours shall be from 10 A.
M. to s 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 (no two
from same district.
County Surveyor.
Six Members of the Executive Commit
tee-each district to select its own
member.
Res0loed, That the following persons are
named as Judges of Election, who will ap-
point the necessary Clerks, viz:
lSt DtStI7ct-Wm p, Trimble, John Y.
Pearce, Lee A. Magness.
I'd Dist'act-Samuel Baldwin, JAS H. Mich
ael, Benjamin Cole.
Sd DiSt,1ct-James A. Fulton, r. T. Mar
tin, VIM. II. Waters.
4M Dtstrtct-Dr. John Barton, Thomas
Butler, James Galley.
5M Observation-Disclosures Wilson, A Finney
Galbreath, Zaiock Treadway.
6m DtStrtct-Joseph III. Carver, Alexander
S. Adams, Robert Seneca.
ReS0tced, That all Democrats who will be
entitled to vote in the districts at the next
general election should be entitled to vote at
the primary meetings.
That voters who in good faith identify
themselves M mt, cI,n tlo,l
to woe.
That when any Vote is challenged the
Judges shall be satisfied that the voter will
identity himself with the party and support
It's nominees, and shall exercise prudent dis
erection in the admission of challenged votes.
Ii any 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 ballot
for the person he prefers for each several office
to be filled.
The clerks shall keep q list of the persons
so voting, and at the close of the poh deliver
the same to the judges.
The Judges in each district shall preserve
the ballots cast and list of voters in the said
district, and shall, on Tuesday, the 4th day of
September, 1877, make to the Executive Com
mittee, in Bel Air, n return of the number of
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 be preserved by the Executive Com
tnittee 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.
lish the same in the several Dem cratic coun-
ty 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 Leeisia-
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 selec-
ted, and the next highest from different dis
trlct, and so on until the requisite number is
obtained.
In case of n tic 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.
Ii, 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 ench district shall
Goose one person to he Il member of the Elk.
eculivc Committee, which shall be constitu-
ted OF the six persons 50 chosen, and shall act
as 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 he filled by The 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
by 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, rs first provided
for, shall not be disclosed until all the votes
cast shall be counted.
Any ballot containing more names for one
Office than are to be appointed, shall not be
counted for that office
III. ID. FARNANDIS, Chairman
VIM. YOUNG, Secretary.