The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-23
ROOMS PARISH COMMITTEE
neutrality-suspicious. PARTY
Rules to Govern an Election for state
Delegates to state Convention of the
acknowledgements Party, to be
Held on the First of August, 1878.
JULY %. 1878

| According to resolution adopted by the Par
tsh Committee of the Democratic Conservative
party, on July IS. 1873. we. the undersigned
committee report the following rules for the
government of the election to be held for dele
gates to the State Convention Of 1878:
| The president of each Central Ward Club Is
authorized to appoint two or more commits
sioners and Judge of registration and cleo
tion giving all parties In interest fair repre-
sentation.
| 1. 1t shall be the duty of the commissioners to
issue to each registered elector certificate of
| registration, to be signed by at least two COM
missioners of registration and countersigned
by the Judge Of registration and election. which
shall entitle such person to vote at all primary
elections.
2. Said committee shall make careful reyis-
ion OF said registration. and shall have power
by vote Of a majority of the whole committee o
appointed to strike off such names as have been
wrongfully registered, making report of said
names to the central ward clubs, at meeting
which shall be held two days prior to the date of
said election. and no person whose name shall
have been stricken from the registration as
above shall be entitled to vote at any primary
election OF the party. except upon proof Of error
and by vote of a majority of the members pres
ent at said meetings Of the central ward clubs
g. Should any president or central ward club
neglect or refuse to carry out the regulations
hereby established it shall be the duty of the
Parish Committee TO appoint the commission
ers and Judge OF registration and election, and
to make all necessary arrangements for carry
ing out the same.
4. It shall be the duty of the commissioners
and Judge to certify to the result of the cleo
ton, required to be held on Thursday,
August 1. 1875 to the president Of the central
clubs, and the same shall be transmitted, with
his Endorsement. to the Parish Committee.
A majority in number of the commissioners
and Judge shall decide all questions arising at
said election. and they shall be guided by the
rules and regulations here in established.
s. No person who Is not registered Oh the
books of the central ward club of the respec-
tive wards shall vote at any primary election
except they present the State registration GER
tfcates of 1878 and are members of the Demo-
cratic Conservative party. The polls shall be
open from a. m. till D. m.
The registration books for registration and
revision of every ward shall be opened at once
and remain open until Saturday, the twenty
seventh.
In wards where there are but one set Of dele
gates. and fair election can be had by mass
these rules may be suspended.
6. Electors having lost their certificates of
registration shall be entitled to duplicates there
of upon application to the commissioners of
registration during the period in which the |
books are re-opened for registration,
B. ON0RATO, President.
A. ]. KELLY. Secretary. jy2s st