Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-03-05
Rules Adopted tor the Govern
ment of the March Primaries.

eu with the cOnUucL Oh the eiec-
ton ~ March has completed it's
preliminary Iabors, and following
arc the regulations adopted:
NOTICE OF AN ELECTION FOR DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEES.
Be it known that, under the author
| ity conferred npon tho committee OF
seven by the juint resolutions Of the
State central committees If the two
factions Of The Democratic PARTY in
tina State Of Louisiana passed OF the
/ 2U;L of February, 1892, All q -c;i,'n
~iil be held throughout IL. State on
tuesday, the 22ud day Of March,
1892
| The election shall be for tie rur-
pc sr IF determining is 10 lows VIZ.
! First w ho shall bs the candidates
OF III. Democratic purity Of he State
If Louisiana for the vnrions State o.
fees TO be- tii.e.i Mt the election 20 take
piuoe on April 10, 1892
! Second 10 Choose members ci the
Democratic State Central Committee
for the several Parishes i'll the STATE
a ID wards of the city Cf New Orleans.
Thirt!-Iu decide wLe! Der OK not
the basis Uf rel 7, So nj atio, 10 al dis
,rict, congressional aud Stale noml-
eating conventions up to AID iiiciu,!-
ing IKE next State nominating cCn-
veutiuu, ST all bc tao tc;al number oi
votes cast for the heads OF the tive
tickets at saii election of March %
1892
BE it further Known. that said ell c.
ton shall be- con inc;eI ane held in
conformity with tue following reSu;i-
tionS adopted by thu, committee
! FIRST LOCATION OF POLLING, PLACES.
The precincts established 1T the
late congressional election in 1850 III
the city CT New Orleans aud Iii the
csuntry parishes shall ise the precincts
in which polling booths shall be es
TAI lished ut this sal 1 election.
In the several parishes throughout
tie State. the parish Ct Ori-aEs ex-
cepted, the !Wo parish executive com.
'rittees shall agree upon and ain
nounce the location of the polls. In
'he parish of Orleans the chairman CT
the State executive con- ni:teo OF each
side shall perform that dnty.
SECOND SELECTION CT COMMISSIONERS
At each polling both ,troun hon,
The State there shall be five cnm mis-
sioners Of elcctie n, two to each side
the fifth to tie selected in The luanuer
hereinafter provided fer Said two
commissioners shall be- selected by
the chairmen OF tie parish commit,
tees representing tue McEnery and
Foster tickets respectively through
cut the State, and in the wards of
New Orleans by the cha;rmen of the
State Executive Committees. Should
any Commits ione1 be absent at tn.
opening OF the polls, or be compelled
to leave the poll for any length OF
time, the vacancy shall be filed hy
the remaining cen. missioner for the
faction which the absentee in part
represents.
The selection Of the fifth commits
sioner shall be determined by lot in
the first instance, in each parish Of
the State and ward CT the city of New
Orleans, by the chnirmen of the res
pective parish and State Executive
Committees. The chairman winning
the let shall have first choice Of the
polling booth, the loser the second
choice, the winner the sec ma choice,
and so on alternately until the list
Of the polling booths is exhausted
giving the odd poll, IL any there be,
to the chairman winning the first
choice. At every poll tho commits
sioners who are in the minority sha
name the clerk, whose dates shall be
entirely clerical. In those parishes
in whIcL there ere no parish commit
tees representing either side the
chair man of the State Executive Com
mite. shall designate an indi idua!
t. act i'll lieu of the chairman of the
parish committee.
TH1RD-HoCRs OF VOTING
| The polls shall be kept open ut
each polling place from the hour of 7
in the forenoon until 6 in the after
noon, except in the city of New Or
leans, where thay shall he kept open
from O'Clock in the forenoon until Z
O'Clock in the afternoon.
FOURTH NOTIFICATION CT THE POLLING
PLACE AND COMMISSIONERS.
Notice, p publication, hy the
chairman of the respective committees
| fixing polling booths and desi grating
the house in which the voting shall
be held, and naming the commission
ars in the several precincts and the
hours of voting shall be given several
days in advance of this election.
FIFTH-sECURIrY OF VOTERS
In the city of New Orleans ropes
barriers shall be run eight (s) feet ia
front from each ballot box, making Il
rectangle eight feet wide and sixteen
feet long, with openings of ingress
and egress, and no person shall be al
lowed inside Of the ropes or barriers
except tie person voting and no per
son who has already voted shall be
allowed to take place in the line of
| voters.
SIXTH FORM OF B .LLoT.
Tickets shall be printed or written
on white paper of uniform size and
texture, without device, seven inches
tong and three inc hes wide. In the
parish of Orleans, white paper, to he
agreed upon by the chairmen of the
respective State Executive Commit
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