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4th. The Commissioners shall for
ward the poll books, certificates and
ballots, under seal, to the County
Clerk, to be delivered by him TO the
Secretary of the Executive Commit
tee,to be held and recounted in case
of contest, within two days after the
closing of the polls, and the County
Executive Committee shall meet at
10 o'clock a. m, Tuesday, August
9, 1892, at the Courthouse in
Charles Town, and shall open and
count the votes and declare the re-
suit. The candidates receiving the
highest number of votes for the re-
spective offices for which they have
been candidates, shall be declared
by the Executive Committee to be
the Democratic nominees for said
offices.
9Th. The duty of the Commits
sioners shall be to receive the votes
of all who supported the Democrat
ic State and National tickets at the
last election, and intend supporting
said ticket at the coming elections;
of all Democrats who have moved
into the county, and will be legal
voters at the next election; of all
Young men known to be Democrats
who will be of age at the next gen
eral election and none other.
9th. Each person desiring to be
candidate at such primary election,
shall five days prior thereto, furnish
to H. b. Davenport, Treasurer of
the County Executive Committee,
(P. 0. Charles Town, w. Va.,) in
writing, his full name and the office
for which he desires to be candi
date, which shall be accompanied
with the sums named below to pay
the expenses of the Primary Elec
ton
For Sheriff .............. $4,000
For Prosecuting Attorney. 1000
For Assessor ............. 800
For House of Delegates . 1900
For County Commissioner $50
7th. Should there be a tie vote
between two or more candidates, the
choice shall be made by drawing
ballots by the tied candidates, or it
may be decided by the Executive
Committee in any manner that the
candidates may agree upon.
Sth. The names of all candidates
will be placed on one ticket, under
the respective heading Of the posi-
tions for which they are candidates
and the voter will erase the names
of all except the person or persons
he desires to vote for. If more than
one name for each office should be
allowed to remain by the voter, the
ballot for that office will not be
counted
9th. The printing of the ticket
will be under the supervision of the
County Executive Committee, and
no name ,cW be placed on the gen.
erql ticket unless the candidate
complies ,cith rule 8.
The time for holding the Primary
Election shall be Saturday, August
6, 1892, from p. IN. till sunset-at
Harper's Ferry the polls to be kept
open until 9 p. IN.
The Democratic papers of the
county are requested to publish the
proceedings of this meeting.
The Commissioners Of Election
,rU see that The returns Of this prj-
MARI election are deferred TO the
CLERK Of thc county Court Jy 10
o'clock q. m. AUgUSt 9, 1892.
10th. The Secretary Of the Exec
utiYe Committee shall make out
poll books and have tickets printed.
18th. The voters at each precinct
will elect two members of the Coun-
" executive Committee to serve for
the next four years.
ROBT. EARLE, Chm'n.
w. 4 II .N-rr-rc Soof,-