The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-07

MEETING OF THE, CONSERVATIVE REPRE-
sENTAT1vEs OF. THE C,TY'AND COUNTY
sATURpAY-ApLAlN PRIAARY.ELECTIoN
PLAN, AGREED UPON. -.,t,-.., 80, s-r3y

a meeting OF t1e sub COMMITTEE repre-
seniing the City and County Comrcittees OF
the Conservative party was held ut Henrico
courthouse Saturday-prescnt, Messrs. r.
II. Styl1, p. w. Grubbs, q. F. Taylor, and
j. A. Meanley. OF, Rlchmond; and .Messrs.
james M. Gum, Henry Noegier. a. SB. Cot
trtll. and j.. f. Broadus, of aenrico. MIR.
Grubbs was elected chairman and W. o.
Chesterman secretary.
The following was adopted unanimously:
ResolUed. That primary election be
held by the Conservative party of Richmond
and Henrico on the second Thursday OF
September 11th) to nominate candidates
for the ScDute, and that the two candidates
who shall receive the highest number OF
votes shall be declared the nominees OF the
party, and the manner OF voting shall be
ciUd U0Ce. .....-s
The following details were then unani-
mousIy agreed upon:
... 4 "i .yOTISG-pLACES. .. %"
1. [Lels to discretion OF each committee
.'. " JUDGES AND CLERKS. = 81.
2. LEFT TO discretion OF each committee.
WHO NAY VOTE.
3. None but WHITE members OF the Con-
servatiye party who are known or proved
to the Judges TO have identified themselves
with it heretofore shall vote. -.
All Conservatives who are registered in
the districts or wards in which they offer to
vote, and who have paid their capitation
tax for the year 1873. shall be authorized to
vote, of which facts the judges must be sat-
isiicd.
MANNER OF VOTING.
4. Each person offering to vote shall pre-.
sent to the Judges 4 ticket 1of form herein
after prescribed] containing the names OF
his choice for senator's. Upon the back OF
the ticket the person shall endorse his own
name. The judges shall first read aloud
the name OF the person offering to vote,
then. ascertain II he is n duly-qualitied
voter, and then shall Ci The person is found
so QuaIilied) proclaim the name OF the can
dldatcs voted for. The clerk shall record
the name OF the voter and persons voted
for, and string the ticket as q means Of yeri-
flying the poll-books.
-.. TIE REsCLT-uOw ASCEITAISED.
5. After the polls are closed each set OF
judges and clerks, in the presence OF six
spectators, friends OF the candidates Gf so
many desire 10 be present), shall ascertain
the number OF votes cast for each person,
and shall make ont Il certificate of the facts,
to be signed by the judges and attested by
the clerks. The Judges shall return the
poll-books properly certified, together with
the tickets, to their county or city superin-
fendent on or before y NJ. OF the Saturday
Q3th) following the primary, and said su
perintendents shall aggregate the votes OF
their several districts or wards. The two
superintendents shall meet as early as prac-
ticabe thereafter and aggregate the vote
| each person received in the city and coun-
| ~, and make certificate OF the result and an
nounce who are the nominees OF the party.
VOTE WHERE REGISTERED.
| 6. In cases where persons have removed
from one voting precinct or ward to another
since the last registration, they shall lie au-
thorized to vote in the ward or precinct
where their names are registered; and the
judges shall make a note OF the circum-
stance on the poll-book opposite where said
voters names are recorded.
YOUNG VOTERS.
!. Any person who has become twenty
| -. ks1n ~