The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-06
RU LES
ADOPTED FOR
GUIDANCE OF CENTRAL CLUBS
AT THE
Primary Election for Democratic
Conservative Candidates to the
Constitutional Convention.

Rooms OF PARISH COMMITTEE.
Democratic Conserrvatiye Party Of OrIeana.
New Orleans. March g. 1891
RULEI
The election for delegates to be held In the
several Wards on TUESDAY the eleventh day
Of March. 1879: the polls to open at n m. and
shall close at pm
RULE III.
Tho President Of each Central Club IA re-
CURED to appoint eight persons as Commits
sioners Mt said election. four to be named by
him and four by tho Executive Committee OF
the Democratic Citizens organization The
eight Commissioners thus appointed shall go
lect Judge Of election. but VIII o shall only vote
In case Of a tic; provided. that in tho event OF
the absence or retirement OF any Commissioner
named by tho 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 the Executive Committee of the Citi-
Gems Democratic organization shall DO filled by
the remaining members named by such organ
ization.
RULE III.
All Commissioners are to be appointed FIVE
days tefore the election.
RULEIv.
~ bhit w tht iN't VI tHb IbbluHUk VI tHH
Ward Club to publish in ut least two daily pa
pers the names the Commissioners two days
before the election: also tho location of the
polling booths. which are to b selected by the
Joint committees. and any election otherwise
hold shall be- null and void.
RULEV.
1t shall DO the duty Of tho Q, nmissioners to
count and tabulate the votes In, nediately after
hn al oF bn alb 1,,,,I
turns thereof before leaving the rolling booths.
which tally sheets. signed by a aiority of the
Commissioners. shall be priu,a faeie evidence
Of the ele ton Of the parties 50 declared one of
which duplicates shall BIO ID nediately for
warded to the Chairman of tho Executive Com
mittee of the Cttizens' Democratic organization
and the other to the President of the Parish
Committee Of tho Democratic Conser vative
party.
All protests TO be made out Ia duplicate and
must be filed In writing Immediately after the
vote shall have been counted 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 orga nization. and one to
the President of tia Parish Committe OF the
Democratic Conservative party.
RULE VII.
II shall be the duty of the President OF the
Central Club to establish two boxes at each
polling BOOTH to be alphabetically divided. one
from A to X. and the other from L to in
elusive.
RULE VIII.
IT shall be the duty of the Comm lssioners In
charge OF each ballot-b 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 tho Execu-
tive Committee OF the Citizens Democratic or
ganization. and one to the President OF the Par
Ish Committee OF the Democratic Conservative
party.
RULE TX.
The Judge and Commissioners are hereby ex-
pressy directed to require each and every voter
to produce his State registration papers of 1878
or 1879 no vote to be received unless the eleetor Is
registered under the State law subject to chal-
Ienge 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
bIllot In the presence Of the voter before being
deposited In the ballot-box. and on the counting
OF the votes all ballots hot so stamped on the
back shall be rejected and not counted.
RULER.
II snail be the duty of the Commissioners to
prevent the voting of any person not legally
emitted to vote, nor shall they allow any person
not IN sympathy with the Democratic-C onser-
Vatlve party or Citizens Association 10 vote.
RULE XI.
Ia the event Of the failure or refusal on the
part OF the President Of the Central Ward Club
to perform or carry out any of the duties mr.
serlbed by these rules. it shall be- competent for
the President Of the Parish Committee and ina
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 Q. SHIELDS,
Official: President.
JAG. VoLRATH.
Secretary Parish Committee.
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