The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
OFFICIAL.
Bconfg DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE PARISH
Committee, Parish Of Orleans.
No 100 Gusfofuhouse street,
New Orleans. september -. 1878

{ ~ NO. 1n8 EuBFOfunUuS5 Streets
New Orleans. september ID. 1873. !
At an executive session Of this committee.
held on septembsr ~, 1873. the foll2WTing
prshmble and rules for the government OF Gem
wv Wbaraas' tfle approaching election for. parish
officers makes II necessary that O nominat1iing
convention should be- called by the Democrat1c-
Rssolped. That tns nominating convention Of
as m3REY e 9a av Of e ooe
1878, and that the following rules be adopted tor
the guidance OF central clubs:
RULE /.
THE election for delegates to the parish nomis
natIllg convention shall be held on the twelfth
day Of October, 1878. The polls shall be open
from o. m. to 8 2. m.
RULE H.
M The president of eaeh central club Is hereby
required to appoint one Judge Of election and
Ita shal appoint three commissioners where
there Pre- not than txo sf te4 END n tive
fi1an I've Tickets - 80 &C.,
Should any Judge or eoemmissioner be abse ut
at the opening 81 the polls. the vacancy shall pc
allied BY d vote of tho Judge and commissioners
'lAoAt - 0toiiN' RULE III,
All Judges and commissioners Of election
must be appointed six days before the election
No representation shall be given after That
time.
1t shail be the duty Of the president Of :, Oh
central club to publish In the official journal the
names of tho nudge and commissioners five
days before the election.
RULE v.
Tt shall be- the duty of the president OF eaeh
central club to publish at the. same time as the
announcement Of Judge ,and, commissioners
the location of the polling booth, which must be
centrally paeedin each ward, and any election
hold at any other place than that selected shall
RULE VI.
It shall be the duty OF the commissioners to
count and tabulate he votes in ne d1ately after
nnn o bggohs ns e ee hnd sned m
and countersigned BY the. president Of the cen
parties declared elected. Ali returns to be fled
fore IL m. on the thirteenth Of October.
RULE VII. ~
All protests must be flied In writing with tho
Judge Of election Immediately after the votes
shall have been counted and all grounds of OBJ
must accompany and be transmitted with the
returns to the Parish Committee
RULE VIII.
It shall be the duty. Of the president Of the
wherever necessary. Boxes to be divided alpha
betieally.
IL shall be the duty of the commissioners in
charge of each ballot box to keep q complete
numbered record of the names, precinct, resi-
enSe and age Of each voter Nv Which pol list
ers. and shall col stiute n part OF the returns to
be forwarded to the Parish Committee.
RULE \.
The Judges and commissioners are hereby
expressly directed to require each and every
voter to produce his State regist ration paper Of
I87s-no vote to be received unless the elector Is
registered under the State law, subject to cha.
lenge. -
IT shall be the duty Of the president of each
central club to appoint challenging commit
fee, composed Of 1t least one member Of each
faction, whose duty y shall be 70 challenge any
Vina f1sd with DnitiPnl association other than
the Democratic Conservative party. No mem
Der Of any other political organization shall be
Democratic Conservative patty. All contested
questions to be settled by the judge and COM
missiohers' RULE XII.
part OF the president Of q central club to per-
form any of the duties prescribed by these
dent. secretary or Treasurer Of the central club
to perform the required duties.
RULE XIII.
III the event that any officers Of any central
foregoing regulations It thall be competent for
the president of the Parish Committee, If soli-
claiming bis Interference. to take ali necessary
steps to carry out the election under the fore
going regulations.
RULE XIV. -=@
II ia further directed that the president OF
each central club shall provide q suitable
stamp, bearing the number OF the ward and
date of the election, for the use of the commits
sioners at each ballot box; and it shall be the
duty or the commissioners at each box tc
stamp each ballot before it leaves the hands Of
the voter and is deposited In the box; and on
the counting OF the votes all unstamped ballots
shall be rejected and not e ~
of rules In eoufict with the foregoing are
hereby repealed.
5s5.s J. O. FLYNN Asst Secretary. se19 lot
NEW ORLEANS PEABODY SUBSIST.