The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-09
DEMOCRATIC BYLAWS.
Those Adopted by the City Commit
tee Last Evening.

The Democratic City Committee at its
meeting last evening adopted the new code
of bylaws. That part of the by laws APP
plying to the caucuses is as follows:
Article V.-Primary Meetings-Section
! l. The City Committee shall call all pri-
mary meetings and appoint "A Warden and
/ two Clerks for each ward meeting except
in the Third and Tenth wards, which
wards shall each have three clerks. Notice
! of the call and of the appointment of said
Wardens and Clerks shall he by advertise
ment in two daily newspapers of Provi-
! dcuce. Vacancies in the offices of Warden
and Clerk shall be filled by the ward COM
mittee of the ward where the primary is
! to be held
| Set. 2. At all primary meetings the
| polls shall be open from TO 10 i. VI.
Sec. 3. The ballots shall be written or
! printed on white paper which shall be fur
nished by the candidates or voters, but no
tissue paper shall be used for ballots. Each
candidate named on any ballot may APP
point one supervisor,
Sec. \. The voter may fold his ballot,
provided he secures such fold with u pin
in sucl manner AS will show Mt the can
vass whether more than the proper num-
ber of ballots were cast by said voter. IL
such folded ballot is found to contain
more than one, both shall be thrown out.
Sec. 3. immediately on the closing of
the polls at primary meeting tho warden
and clerks shall, in the presence of the
supervisors, count the ballots cast at said
primary meeting, and the candidate or
candidates receiving plurality of such
ballots shall be declared elected The bal
lots shall then be put in an envelope, to-
gether with statement of the result of
the balloting, the envelope sealed, and the
warden, clerks ami supervisors shall sign
their names on the back of said envelope,
and the envelope shall be forwarded by
the warden TO the chairman of the gen
eral committee for reference, in case of
contest. Said envelope shall not be opened
except 10y order of the committee on Gre
dentials of convention or of the general
committee In case of u tie vote the
warden will adjourn the primary TO the
next available evening, at the same place
and hour, with the same officers and un-
der the same conditions.
Sec. q. Check lists shall be used at all
primary meetings aud shall be furnished
by the chairman of the ward committee.
Any person desiring TO vote, whose name
does not appear on the lists, can present
evidences satisfactory to the warden of his
qualification TO vote at the next succeed
ing election in said ward, and his vote
shall DE received and his name added TO
said lists by the clerk of said meeting:
aud in case any person whose name is on
lists or whose name shall be added TO said
lists rs above provided, ~ challenged on
the ground that he Is not Democrat on
his declaration in open meeting that IL Is
his intention To support the nominees of
the Democratic party at the succeeding
election, his vote shall be received, and
not otherwise.
Sec. {. The warden and clerks shall
certify 10 the secretary of the general com
mittce the names OF all delegates elected
To any convention at said primary meet
ing, and shall also supply said delegates
with credentials of their election, and also
shall, ia the case Of an election OF mem
bers ot the general committee. certify the
names Of persons so elected, with their adj
dresses, to the chairman VI the general
committee.