The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-08
AT THE
Primary Election for Democratic
Conservative Candidates to the
Constitutional Convention.

Rooms OF PARISH COMMITTED
Democratic Conserva'iye Party q Orleans.
New Orleans, March ;, 1871
nULEI.
The election for delegates to be held In tho
several Wards on TUESDAY. the eleventh day
of March. 1879: the polls to open at u. IN. and
shall close ut y. IN.
RULE III.
The President Of each Central Club Is re-
auired to appoint eight persons AZ Commits
sioners at said election. four to be named by
him and four by the Executive Committee oil
the Democratic Citizens organization. The
eight Commissioners thus appointed shall Sc
lect Judge of election. but who shall only vote
In case OF tie provided. that In the event of
the absence or retirement OF any Commissioner
named by the President OF the Central Ward
Club. the vacancy shall be filed by the other
members named by said President: and all
like vacancies among the Commissioners
named by tho Executive Committee Of the Citi-
xens' Democratic organization shall be filled by
the remaining members named by such organ
ization.
RULE Ill
All Commissioners are to be appointed Ave
days before the election.
RULE ".
It shall be the duty of the President Of each
Ward Club to publish In at least two daily pa
pers the names the Commissioners two days
before the election also the location of the
polling booths. which are to be selected by the
Joint committees. and any election otherwise
held shall be null and void.
RULEv.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioners to
count and tabulate the votes Immediately after
the closing of the polls. making duplicate re-
turns thereof before leaving the polling booths,
which tally sheets. signed by majority Of the
Commissioners. shall be prirna fdcie evidence
OF the eleetion Of the parties so declared one of
which duplicates shall be Immediately for
warded to the Chairman OF the Executive Com
mittee of the Citizens Democratic organization,
and the other to the President of the Parish
Committee Of the Democratic Conservative
party.
All protests to be made cut In duplicate and
must be filed in writing Immediately after the
vote shall have been counle cd, and all grounds
of objection must be stated in the same pro-
| test one shall be transmitted with the tally
sheet to the Executive Committee of the
Citizens Democratic organ cation. and one to
the President of the Parish Committee of the
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! RULE VI
| It shall be the duty of the President OF the
Central Club to establish 70 boxes at each
polling booth. to be alphab, ideally divided. one
from to X. and the other from L to z In
elusive.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioners In
charge Of each ballot box to keep numbered
record of the name, precinct. residence and
age of each voter. which poll list shall be sign
ed by the Judge and Commissioners. one copy
| to be forwarded to the Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Citizens Democratic or
ganization, and one to the President Of the Par
lsn Committee of the Democratic Conservative
party.
RULE TX.
The Judge and Commissioners are hereby ex-
pressly directed to require each and every voter
to produce his State registration papers OF 1875
or 1879 70 vote to be received unless the eector is
registered under the State law subject to chal-
lenge. Each registration paper shall be stamped
by one of the Commissioners or Judge with the
date of election. and as having voted. The
Judge or Commissioners shall also stamp each
ballot In the presence of the voter before being
deposited in the balot-b box, and on the counting
back shall be rejected and not counted.
RULER
| It shall be the duty of the Commissioners to
prevent the voting of any person not legally
entitled to vote nor shall they allow any person
not in sympathy with the Democratic onser-
yatiye party or Citizens Association to vote.
RULE XII.
In the event of the failure or refusal on the
part of the President of tho Central Ward Club
to perform or carry out any Of the duties pre-
scribed by these rules, it shall be competent for
the President of the Parish Committee and the
chairman Of the Executive Committee OF the
Citizens Democratic organization to perform
! the said duties.
r. B. PLEASANTS.
Chairman Executive Committee
LIONEL ADAMS,
Chairman Executive Committee Of Parish Com
mittee OF Democratic Conservative Party.
| BERNARD c. SHIELDS,