The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-19

ganization adopted by the
State Democratic Committee for the
guidance of the party:
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
l. The unit of county organiza.
ton shall be the township. In each
township there shall be an executive
committee, to consist of five active
Democrats, who shall be elected by
the Democratic voters of the same
townships In meetings called by the
county executive committee. And
said committee so elected shall elect
one of it's members as chairman, who
shall preside at all committee meet
ings.
2. The several township executive
committees shall convene at the
meetings of the several county con.
ventions, or at any time and place
that a majority of them may elect,
and shall elect a county executive
committee. to consist of not less than
five members, one Of whom shall be
designated as chairman, who shall
preside at all OF said committee meet
ings.
3. In case there shall be a failure
on the part OF any township to elect
its executive committee for the Pc
riod Of thirty days, the county exec
utiye committee shall appoint said
committee from the Democratic vo-
ters of said township.
4. The members OF the township
committees shall elect TO any vacan-
cy occurring in said committee.
5. The County Executive Com
mittee shall call all necessary county
conventions by giving at least ten
days notice by public advertisement
in three pubic places in each town.
ship. at the court hoasc door, and in
any Democratic newspaper that may
be published in said couItT, request
ing all Democrats Of the county to
meet in convention in their respec-
tive townships on a common day
therein stated, which said day shall
not be less than three days before
the meeting of the county conveu-
tion, for the purpose Of electing their
deleg gaces to the county conventions.
Thereupon the conventions so held
shall elect their delegates 10 repre-
sent the townships in the county
conventions from the votes of the
respective townships, which delegates,
or such of them as shall attend, shall
vote the fnll Democratic strength Of
their respective townships on all
questions that may come before the
SAID county convention. In case no
convention shall be held IN any
township in pursuance of said call
or no election committee shall ap.
point such delegates.
6. Each township shall be entitled
to cast in the County Convention
one vote for every twenty-five Dem
ocratlc votes, and one vote for frac-
tlous of fifteen Democratic votes cast
by that township at the last preced
ing gubernatorial election: ProUtded,
That every township shall be entitled
to cast at least one vote, and each
township may send as many dele
gates as it sees fit.
Z. In eases where townships con-
sist of more than one ward or pre-
cinct, each of said wards or precincts
shall be entitled to send delegates to
county conventions and shall cast
Its prorortionate part of its town
ships vote, based upon the last pre-
ceeding vote for Governor in said
township.
s. The chairman of township com.
mittees shall preside at all township
conventions. In their absence any
other member of said committee may
preside.
Q. In cases when all the township
executive committees are required to
meet for the purpose of electing a
county executive committee, said
meeting shall be deemed to have
quorum when a majority of such
townships shall be represented IN
said meeting
COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
l. The several county conventions
shall be entitled to elect TO their
Senatorial, judicial and Congress
ional Conventions one delegate and
one alternate for every fifty Demo-
cratic votes aDd one delegate for
fractions over twenty five Democratic
votes cast at the last preceding CUB.
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