Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-04-21

ult VI tthuSNl vi tiiC pau vi THE
ty executive committee to comply with
the requirements of this section shall
subject tho members thereof to pros
ecution before a justice of the peace,
or indictment by q grand jury, and
upon conviction they shall DO liable to
all the pains and penalties prescribed
by law for the punishment of, for
failure to discharge like duties in a
general election.
MAJORITY To NOMINATE; CONTESTS
HOW DETERMINED.
8. In every primary election for
legislative, county and county dis
trict offices majority of the votes
cast shall he necessary to nominate
unless all candidates for any office
agree beforehand that the candidate
receiving the plurality of the votes
east for any particular Office shall he
declared the nominee of the party.
When q majority is required and no
one is elected second primary shall
he held between the two candidates
receiving the highest vote. And in
cases of contests between candidates
for legislative, county and county dis
trict officers, the county executive
committee shall have jurisdiction for
district officers, the district executive
committee, and for State officers, the
State executive committee, and their
decision shall' be final.
WHO MAY VOTE AT SUCH MEETINGS OR
ELECTIONS.
9. The committee directing such pri-
mary meeting or election may by its
rules and regulations declare the
terms and conditions on which per-
sons offering to vote in such meeting
or at such election shall be regarded
and taken as proper members of the
party, and entitled to participate in
the meeting, or vote at the election,
whether for State, district or county
officers.
CHALLENGES.
10. Any recognized member of the
party, in whose interest such meeting
or election is held, may challenge the
right of any person offering to vote at
such meeting or election, and the
managers there authorized to hold.
and holding the same, shall determine
whether the person so offering is en-
titled to vote, and shall receive or re-
ject such vote as the evidence for or
against the right of the person to vote
shall warrant. The officers may, of
their own motion, or in case of chal-
lenge, if there be doubt of the prOprie-
ty of receiving the offered vote, re-
quircd of the person so Offering to vote
his oath to the facts which he may
claim entltle him to vote; and if the
person sO offering to vote decline to
make the oath demanded. his vote
shall be rejected.
OFFICERS TO BE SWORN.
II. The persons appointed mana
gers, clerks and bailiffs, to hold Il
meeting or primary election shall, be-
fore entering upon the discharge OF
their duties, take and subscribe an
oath to faithfully and honestly per-
form their duties, and endeavor to
obtain fair expression of the will of
the members of the party.
DUTY OF OFFICERS AT MEETINGS.
~. The officer appointed to hold a
primary meeting shall elect one of the
managers to be chief manager all of
them shall attend at the time and
place fixed for the meeting, and
at the hour designated the chief man
ager shall call the meeting to order
and shall act as temporary chairman
thereof; the clerk shall act as tempo
rary secretary of the meeting and the
other two managers shall be tellers,
and the bailiff officer shall preserve
order. They shall conduct the cleo
ton of a permanent chairman, receive
and count the votes, the clerk making
IA list in writing of all persons voting,
and announce the result. In case of
tie vote for permanent chairman the
chief manager shall give the casting
vote. After the permanent chairman
is elected the said officers shall re-
main. and the managers, as tcllers,
shall conduct all votes required to be
by ballot. Each of said officers are
clothed with the powers and duties of
constables, and are required to see
that good order is preserved at such
meetings, and may arrest and present
for commitment to the nearest justice
of the peace any and all persons guilty
of any unlawful conduct.
DUTY OF OFFICERS AT PRIMARY ELEc lions.
IS. Except as otherwise provided,
all party primary elections shall be
regulated and governed by the cleo
ton law of the State in force at the
time the primary election is held as
nearly as the same can be done ; the
officers appointed, us provided by the
committee of the party, to hold the
same, shall have all the powers and
perform all the duties, where not
otherwise provided, required of such
officers in a general election and any
and every act or omission, which by
law is an Offense when committed in,
or about, or in respect to, such gener-
al election, shall be an Offense if COM
mitted in, or about, or in respect to, a
primary election held in pursuance of
this chapter, and the same shall be in
dictable and punished in the same
way as if the election were a general
one for the election of State and coun-
ty officers.
BALLOTS, REPORTS, ETC.
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