The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-08-22
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.

LII DuH1UOltAl lO 1llNlAll1INs
At meeting of the Executive Committee,
held in Bel Air, on Tuesday, the Sth day Of
July, 1879, it was
Res0IDed, That the Primary Elections be
held in the several Election Districts, Cat the
places of holding general elections in said dis
tricts) on Saturday, the 23d day of August,
1879, between the hours of 8 A. NJ, and 6
p NJ, except in IIWre de Grace, where the
hours shall be from 10 A. M. to 8 p NJ, for
candidates for the following Offices:
For Three Members Of the House of Dele
gates, mo two from the same district)
Three Judges of the Orphans Court,
Register of Wills.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
States Attorney.
Sheriff
Five County Commissioners mo two
from the same district)
County Surveyor.
Six Members of the Executive Com
mittco-cach district TO select its own
member.
Reso1ccd, That the following persons are
named as Judges of Election, who will APP
point the necessary Clerks, viz:
LIST DisiI4rt.-WiIliam p. Trimblc, William
Billingslca and George w, McComas.
I'd DiStrict-Iials \ Roads Prccinct.-B.
II. Keen, J. II. Baldwin, William A. Court
ncy. HopewcI Prccinct-Wm. G. Wilson,
Jas. b. Gallon, Albert Silver
3D. District-Be Air Precinct-Dr. r.. T.
Martin, George IIeuislcr, r. w. Holland
. Fallston Precinct-Jamcs X. kCcch, William
M. Edelin,, Frank G. Norris. Churchyille
Precinct-John Hood James Wakcland,
VIM. II. Divers.
4M Distrct-,Jarrettsville Prccinct.-J. G.
Luckey, I. b. Hayward, james Hope. Upper
X Roads Prccinct-John Divers, Dennis
Standford, Samuel Moore Norrisyille Pre-
cinct-J. r.. Jackson, .IOsias CathCart, Richard
Mcdonald.
5th Distrtct-Dubln Prccnct-R l.. Nc
Cam, w. b. Hopkins, JOS. r. Ross. Stcarnss
Prccinci-Archibald Wilson, David Heaps
Frank Rigdon.
9Th Distl4ct-.Ios. H. Carver, A. S. Adams,
VIM. Il. WoOdhousc.
ReS0Lced, That all Democrats who will be
entitled to vote in the districts at the next gen
cral election should be entitled to vote at the
primary meetings. but where a district is
divided into precincts the voter must actually
reside on be registered in the precinct where
he offers to vote.
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 nomi-
nccs, and shall exercise a prudent discretion in
the admission of challenged votes
If any of the Judges above named shall fail
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 be 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 and precinct
shall preserve the ballots cast and list ofvoters
in the said district, and shall, on Tuesday, the
Goth day of August, 1879, at IL NJ, make to
the Executive Committee, in Bel Air, IL return
of the number of votes cast for each cand-
date for the several offices, and also return
the ballots and list Of voters to said commit
tee.
Such returns shall be verified by the sigma
lures OF the Judges, or majority of them, and
shallbe preserved by the Executive Committee
until the November election following, and
shall at all times be opened to the inspection
of any person interested therein.
On receiving such returns the Executive
Committee shall ascertain the result through
out the county, and shall declare and publish
the same in the several Democratic county
papers, announcing the person or persons
receiving the largest aggregate vote for each
Office as the candidates of the Democratic
party.
Except that for Delegates to the Legisa-
turc 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
and Sixth Districts constituting for that pur
pose one Election District.
Subject TO the above provision the person re-
ceiving the highest vote shall be first selected,
and the next highest from different district,
and so onuntil the requisite number is obtain
ed.
In case of tic vote the candidates shall be
determined by lot to he cast by the Executive
Committee, in Bel Air on the Goth day of
August, 1879 publicly in the presence of all
who may choose to attend.
If aitcrthc announcement ofthc candidates
any iiominec 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 lc member of the EX-
ccutivc Committee which shall be constituted
of six persons SO chosen, and shall act rs
such from the next general election for two
years
The election of such members of the EXccu-
tive Committee shall be certified ms the votes
for other nominees, and declared by the pres
ent Executive Committee
Any vacancy in the Executive Committee
shall be filled by the Committee
Whereas, II may be desired to have an cx-
preston ofpopular opinion as to the relative
advantage of the present system of Demo-
cratic primaries and the old convention sys-
TEN,
ReDinoi, That at the next election of the
Executive Committee the people be requested
to vote in reference to such change SO that
the members may he able to express the views
of their respective districts thereon.
To facilitate the counting of the votes, in
any district where the Judges shall deem it
desirable, two ballot boxes may he provided,
and at O'Clock, =. NJ, one of the Judges
with two persons appointed for that purpose
by the three Judges, may begin the counting
ofthe ballots received up to that hour, whilst
the other two Judges shall continue to receive
the votes cast.
The result ofcounting, as first provided for
shall not be disclosed until all the votes cast
shall be counted
Any ballot containing more names for one
Office than m are to be appointed, shall not be
II. D. FARNANDIS, Chairman.
j. r.. RUTLEDGE, Secretary.