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Fourth. 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 Committee, TO be held
and recounted in case of contest, with
in two days after the closing of the polls,
and the County Executive Committee
shall meet at 10 o'c,ok a. m, Tuesday,
August a.. 1894, at the Courthouse in
Charles Town, and shall open and count
the votes and declare the result. The
candidates receiving the highest num-
Der of votes for the respective offices for
which they have been candidates, shall
be declared by the Executive Commit
tee to be the Democratic nominee for
said offices.
Fifth. The duty Of the commissioners
shall be to receive the votes OF all who
supported the Democratic state and
National ticket at the last election, and
intend supporting said ticket at the
coming elections, Of all Democrats who
have moved into the county, and viii be
legal voters at the next election, OF all
young men known TO be Democrats, who
will be of age az the next general cleo
tiou, and none other.
Sixth Each person desiring 90 be
candidate at such Primary Election
shall five days prior thereto. furnish 10
DR.. w. w. Brown, Treasurer Of the
County Executive Committee, u. o.,
Kabletown. Jefferson county, w. Na.)
in writing, his full name and the Office,
for which he desires TO be "A candidate,
which shall be accompanied by the sums
named below TO pay the expenses OF the
Primary Election:
For House of Delegates .......... so 90
For District Delegate TO House Of
Delegates .... ........... ......... ~ w
For State Senator .....-......... 70 90
For Clerk Of Circuit Court ..-.... 10 %
For County Commissioner. r........ co
For County Superintendent of
Free Schools ls................ .... 90
Seventh. Should there be a tie vote
between two or more candidates, the
choice shall be made by drawing bal
lots by the tied candidates, or it may be
decided by the Executive Committee in
any manner that the candidates may
agree upon.
Eighth. The names of all candidates
will be placed on one ticket, under the
respective heading of the positions 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 viii not
be counted.
Ninth. The printing of the ticket shall
be under the supervision of the County
Executive Committee, and no name piu
be placed on the general ticket unless the
candidate c0mplieS ViM TUlc G. The time
for holding the Primary Election shall
be Saturday, August llth, 1891, from l
u. IN. till sunset-at Harper's Ferry the
polls to be kept open until 9. p. m. The
Commissioners Of Election tciU see that
the returns Of this Primary Election are
deIirered 10 the clerk Of the County Court
by 10 O'Clock q. me-, August IL, 1894
Tenth. On motion it was ordered that
names of candidates for Congress, State
Senate and District Delegates be print
ed on the tickets, instead of placing the
names of delegates TO Conventions to
nominate such candidates aud that the
voter cast his vote direct for the candi-
date for these respective ouices and the
candidate receiving the highest num-
Der of votes cast at the Primary Elec-
tieu shall be entitled to the delegates
10 such convention and shall select his
own delegates.
For National House Of Representa-
tives the delegates selected by the sue
cessful candidate TO be upon the basis OF
one Tor every fifty votes cast at the last
Presidential election. For Senatorial
and District Delegates one delegate for
every one hundred votes and maJoity
fraction thereof, on the baais Of the last
Presidential vote.
Eleventh. The Secretary Of the Exec
utiye Committee shall make out poll
books, and have tickets printed.
The Democratic papers of the county
are requested to publish the proceedings
of this meeting. .r
JNO. NJ. DANIEL,
JAS. w. STRlDER, Chairman.
Secretary.