The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-24
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THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.

At a meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Hartford county; in Bel Air on
Monday, the 9th day of July, 1885, it was
ReS0lUed, That the Primary Elections be held in
the several Election Districts, at the places of
holding general elections in said districts,
On Saturday, August LIST, 1886,
between the hours of o'clock, A. NJ and 6
o'clock, p NJ. except in the Cd District, where the
hours shall be from9 A. M, to p; NJ, and in
Havre de Grace, where the hours shall be from
9o'clock, A. M, to o'clock, p. NJ, for candidates
FOR 10 sd CLERK iHiI OF OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.
FOR REGISTER OF WILLS.
FOR FOUR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF
DELEGATES (no two from the same distrct0
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE, leach district to select its own mem
Resolyed, That the following persons are named
as Judges of Election, who will appoint the ne
' Isl Bist1fet.eAbingdon Precnct-John A. Cum
ningham, Geo. VIM. McComas and Glenn. Sewell;
Magnolia Precinct1Thos. Sullivan, sr., Edward
I'd District.-Halrs Cross Roads Precinct-BenJ
Cole. VIM. H. Barnes and j: g. Hollis HopeweI
Precinet.Wm. F. Reasin, Robt. N. Hanna and
81 District.EBel Air Precinct-w. II. Clark, j.
s, Richardson and 4. W. Holland, Fallston Pre-
c. Norris. Churchville Precnct-Geo. J. Fin
ney, VIM. q. Divers, Jr., and Arthur Trag9 =,
as y aoa aas Wm
Jarrettsville Precinct-James f. Beatty, VIM. j..
Watkins and James H. Galley. Norrisvie Pre-
cinct:-Corbin Taylor, Jas. A Wiley and Wiley
5M Dist,ict.-Dublin Precinct-R. L. Mccain,
r. s. McNutt and Hugh A. Jones: Stearns' Pre-
cinct-Jas. w. GLADDEN., Robert ID. Orr and H..
Gun. Whiteford.
ca Dist1ict.-Havre de Grace-Joseph II. Car
yer. Hollis Courtney, Jr., and Michael Gleason.
ResOloed. That all Democrats who will be ent-
tied to vote in the districts at the next general
election should be entitled to vote at the primary
meetings but where a district is divided into
precincts the voter must actually reside or be reg
istered in the precinct where he offers to vote.
Ihat when any xGte Is ohRaiienged OF 9neped py
Judges shall be thoroughly satisfied that the
voter will identify himself with the Democratic
party and support its nominees, and unless so
satisfied, in the exercise of prudent discretion
will exclude such vote.
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
filed.
The clerks shall keep list of the persons so
voting, and at the close of the poll deliver the
The Judges in each district and precinct shall
preserve the ballots cast and list of voters in the
said district, and shall, on TUESDAY, the 4th day
of August, 1885. at IL M, make to the Executive
Committee, in Bel Air, return of the number of
votes cast for each candidate for the several Off
ces and also return the ballots and list of voters
to said committee.
Such returns shall be verified by the signatures
of the Judges, or majority of them, and shall be
November election following and shall at all
times be open to the inspection of any person in
te res rsdt therein tne
mittee shall ascertain the result throughout the
county, and shall declare and publish the same in
the several democratic county papers, announc.
aggregate vote for each Office as the candidates
of the Democratic party.
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and for County Commissioners, no two candi-
dates shall be taken from the same district.
Each district shall select its own candidates for
County Commissioner. The Second and Sixth
Districts constituting for that purpose one Elec-
ton District.
Subject to the above provision the person re-
ceiving the highest vote shall be first selected,
and the next highest from a different district,
and so on until the requisite number is obtained.
termned by lot to be cast by the Executive
Committee, in Bel Air, on the 4th day of August,
1885, publicly in the presence of all who may
If, after the announcement of the candidates,
any nominee shall decline, remove from the
county or die, the Executive Committee shall
substitute the person having the next highest
vote, who is qualified as above.
At the primary meetings each district shall
tive Committee which shall be constituted of six
persons so chosen, and shall act as such from the
NEXT general election for two years:
The election of such members of the Executive
Committee shall be certified as the votes for
other nominees, and declared by the present
Executive Committee.
Any vacancy in the Executive Committee shall
be filled by the committee.
To facilitate the counting of the votes, in any
district where the Judges shall deem it desirable.
two ballot boxes may be provided and at 3
o'clock, p. NJ, one of the judges with two per-
sons appointed for that purpose by the three
Judges, may begin the counting of the ballots
received up to that hour, whilst the other two
Judges shall continue to receive the votes cast.
The result of counting as first provided Tor shall
not be disclosed until all the votes cast shall be
counted.
Any ballot containing more names for one
office than are to be appointed shall not be
counted for that office.
II. D. FARNANDIS, Chairman.
EDWARD Fl. HALL Secretary.