The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-07-27
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.

LIE UhNlUUlhllU InlIlAnlhD.
held in Bel Air, on Tuesday, the Gath day of
July, 1877, it was.
ReSOlced. That the Primary Elections be
held in the several Election Districts, (at the
usual places of holding such,) on Saturday,
the 1st day of September between the hours
Off A. NJ, and p NJ except in Havre de
Grace, where the hours shall be from 10 A.
NJ. to 8 2. 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
ReSotced, That the following persons are
named as Judges of Election, who will APP
point the necessary Clerks, viz:
LIST DiStrdct-Wm. p. Trimble John Y.
Pearce, Lee A. Magness.
2d District-Samuel Baldwin, Jas. II. Mich
ael, Benjamin Cole.
Sd Distrct-James A. Fulton, r. II. Mar
tin, VIM. III. Waters
4M Dast,7ct-Dr John Barton, Thomas
Butler, James Galley.
18th Dist,3ct-Archibald Wilson, A Finney
Galbreath Zadocll Treadway
9th Dist,1ct-Joseph II. Carver, Alexander
S. Adams, Robert Seneca.
ReSOlced, 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 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
II any of the Judges above named shall
lall 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 he filled.
The clerks shall keep list of the persons
so voting, and at the close of the poll 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, 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 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-
tion of any person interested therein.
On receiving such returns the Executive
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out the county, and shall declare and pub
fish the same in the several Demo cratic coun-
ty papers, announcing the person or persons
receiving The largest aggregate vote for each
Office rs 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 DO first seec.
ted, and the next highest from different dis
lrict, and so on until the requisite number is
obtained.
In case of tic vote, the candidate shall be
determined by lot to be cast by the Executive
Committee, in Bel Air, on the 18th 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 each district shall
choose one person to be member of the Elk
eculiye Committee, which shall be constitu.
ted OF the six persons so chosen, and shall act
rs such from the next general election foI
two years.
The election of such member of the Exec.
utlve Committee shall be certified as the
votes tor other nominees, and declared by tho
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 i,
desirable, two ballot boxes may be 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 to that hour, whilst
the other two Judges shall continue to receive
the votes cast,
The result of counting, as first provided
Tor, shall not be disclosed until all the votes
casL shall be counted
Any ballot containing more names for one
office than are to be appointed, shall not be
counted for that office
II. ID. FARNANDIS, Chairman
VIM YOUNG, Secretary.