Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1888-03-15
Proceedings ofth, Democratic Central
Committee.

ty the following rules were adopted
for the regulation of the primary
election, to be held on Saturday,
April 81, 1888:
/. The voting of SAID election shall
be taken at the usual place of voting.
2. That all Democrats who are
legal voters under the law or who
may become legal voters on or before
the general election, and are known
to the judges or vouched for as
Democrats by recognized members
of the party, shall be entitled to
vote.
3. That all voters shall vote at
their usual voting precinct in their
respective townships, and no voter
shall be allowed to vote at any other
than his own precinct.
4. That the ballots shall be pre-
pared by this committee and no
vote shall be canvassed, cast up or
counted for any candidate who has
not paid all sums of money assessed
against him by the committee for the
purpose of defraylng the expenses
of the primary election.
). That the ballot shall contain
simply proper heading or caption,
and the names or designations of the
office to be filed, leaving sufficient
blanks in which to write the names
of candidates voted for. The tick
cts to be furnished by the commit
tee.
6. That no ballot shall be count
ed except those prepared by the
committee, specimen of which will
be attached to each poll-book said
poll-books to be furnich by this COM
mittee.
Z. That the officers to be elected
are, representative, justice county
court eastern district, justice county
court western district, prosecuting
attorney, sheriff, treasurer, scoroner.
surveyor and public administrator.
8. That there shall be appointed
by this committee three judges for
each precinct in the county, and
that the judges of the several pre-
cincts shall appoint two clerks for
the respective precincts.
8. That the polls shall be opened
at q. IN. and shall be kept open
until O'Clock p. M, when they
shall he closed, and no vote shall be
received after that time, and the
election shall be governed by the
election laws of the state, unless
special provision is otherwise made
by the committee.
10. That should the judges, or
either of them, not be present at the
time appointed for the opening of
the polls or being present refuse to
act, the voters present to the num-
ber of Sven or more may proceed
to elect a judge or judges in his or
their place In such manner as the
voters present may determine upon,
and the judges so elected shall pro-
ceed with the election the same as if
appointed by this committee.
IL. That each ballot shall be num-
bered by one of the judges in the
order in which it is voted and placed
in the ballot box, and as the same
are voted the clerks shall each re-
cord in separate poll-book the mum
Der of each ballot, and the name of
the person voting the same.
u. That as soon as the polls are
closed the judges assisted by the
clerks, shall proceed to count the
ballots and ascertain the total vote
for each candidate, and shall certify
under their hands, attested by the
clerks, the result of the count, and
the number of votes received by
each candidate for each office, and
shall cause the same to be transmit
ted to the executive committee on
or before Tuesday, the 9th day of
April, 1888.
49, The counting of the vote may
begin, if the judges wish, at 4 p. M,
but not earlier; the judges having
the right to appoint additional clerks
to count the vote under the super
vision of one of their number.
II. That the ballots shall be
strung on string by one of the jud-
ges as they are counted, and shall
be securely tied or sealed up and
sent TO the committee along with the
returns.
10. That one of the poll-books
shall be kept by the judges of the
election and the other sent TO this
committee.
16. That the executive committee
shall be in session in the courthouse
In Keytesville on the oath day of
April and shall continue in session
until all the returns are sent In.
II. That immediately upon the
receipt of the returns the executive
committee shall proceed to cast up
the whole vote of the county for
each candidate, and the person re-
receiving the highest vote for any
office shall de declared to be the
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