Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-31
PRIMARY ELECTION.

AT meeting of the Iron County Demo.
cratic Executive Committee, at Ironton
on Monday, April 18th, $780,
On motion. it was ordered that Primary
Election be held on Saturday, August ID
| 1890. to nominate candidates for the various
county offices, and the following rules Were
adopted 20 govern the same:
The judges and clerks of election will be
sworn to not violate the secrecy of the ballot
and the former to take charge of the ballots
and poll-books and cause them to be safely
delivered at the county seat to the Chairman
of the Executive Committee.
| Judges will not permit illegal voting, and
in cases of doubt they will cause the voter
| to be sworn.
| No voter will be permitted to cast his bal
lot at any other than his home precinct.
Judges will see this rule strictly enforced.
| Only Democrats and those who will in
good faith pledge themselves to support the
Democratic ticket nominated, will be
permitted to vote at this election-the judges
of election to determine their eligibility in
| this respect.
| Candidates for county offices will be charg-
ed fee OF $500, and for township offices,
$2.50-the fee to be paid before the candi-
dates name can be put on the ticket. Pro-
viied, that an additional assessment will be
made if found necessary.
The usual fees will be paid judges, clerks
and messengers.
The following named persons were then
chosen to serve as judges of election at the
various precincts-the judges being empOw-
cred to select their clerks, two at each poll:
DENT TOWNSHIP.
LOUe's Precinct-D. S. Love, 81. Alcorn,
w. T. Croker.
Henderson Precinct-Houston Latham, B.
F. Brooks, E. w. Ray.
KAOLIN TOWNSHIP.
Rd0lin-Rufus Imboden, VIM. Ruddock
Jas. H. Campbell.
Belps IT. R. Terry, w. E. Westerman,
r. G. Love.
IRON TOWNSHIP.
BelleUieao-N. Barlow, w. FL. Buford, W.
R. Read, T. NJ. Bell.
lMiddlebrook-M. Setz, Thos. Hill, Warren
johnson.
GraniteoiNe-J John Webb, Ut. Fitzpatrick,
Benjamin Kidd, NJ. Foley.
ARCADIA TOWNSHIP.
Plot Knob-A. C. Hancock, Daniel O'Don-
mel, VIM. Bel.
Irontoa-A. Begley, A. P. Vance, H. N.
Hutchlns, Thompson Blanton.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.
Dunn's Precinct-Liab Dunn, VIM. Robbs,
POlk'S Prec1nct-John j. W. Miller, Jacob
Ivester, Nelson Campbell.
UNION TOWNSHIP.
Des Arc-A. Wallis, VIM. O'Neal, C. II.
Collins, Oliver Morris.
annapolis -Jno. B. Hampton, Marion
Lewis, Jno. Buckner, Giles Russell.
The Primary will be held under the fol-
lowing law enacted by the Legislature of
1SSS-S9:
Be it enacted By the General assembly of the
State Of Missouri, as tOIlOtCs:
SECTION 1. The judges, clerks and tellers
of any primary election held for the purpose
of nominating candidates for election, or of
selecting delegates to nominating conven-
ton whereby candidates are selected for
any public office, shall, before entering up
on their duties, take and subscribe the oath
prescribed by law for judges and CLERKS of
election.
SEC. 2. Any person voting at any such
primary election who is not qualified TO vote
in the election precinct where he offers to
vote at the next state, county or municipal
election, or who shall vote more than once
at the same or different precincts or polls
on the same day in the same election, shall
be punished by fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the
county Jail not exceeding thirty days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 3. Every person who shall knowing
ly procure anv illegal vote to be cast at such
primary election shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof,
punished as provided for in section of this
act.
SEC. 4. ANY Judge, clerk or teller of any
primary election held bv any political party
in this state, who shall make or return a
fraudulent statement of the result of such
election, shall be deemed guilty of INSIDE
meanor, and, upon conviction, punished as
herelnbefore provided.
Approved May 10, 1889.
w. R. EDGAR, Chairman.
W. II. BYERs, Sec'y.