The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-31
MUST BE ENDORSED.


returning to the election board the first
ballot received by him.
MUST BE ENDORSED.
21. The county chairman shall pro-
| vide each precinct with a suitable bal
! lot box; no ballot without the official
| endorsement shall be deposited in the
| ballot box, and none but the official
! ballot provided for in these rules shall
| be counted. All the ballots deposited
in the ballot box shall be securely
| sealed up by the vigilancel committee
! after being counted and before leav-
| ing the election room, and the same
| shall be preserved in the custody of
| the judge of election until fifteen days
! after the meeting of the county con-
Vention.
90. 1t shall be the duty of each vigil
ance committee to keep list of voters
| to whom ballots are given, specifying
| whether each of said voters has re-
| ceived only one or two ballots: also
| to keep one regular poll list and tally
| sheet at said election in same manner
| as such lists at general elections are
| required to be kept, except that the
| ballot shall not be numbered; and it
| shall be the further duty of said vigil
ance committee to make public procla-
| nation by announcement, and by post
| ing upon the door of the polling booth
| a statement of how many votes were
| cast for each candidate in each pre-
| Cinct Immediately after counting the
ballots; and it shall be their further
| duty to return by the return judge
under their certificate the return sheet,
oaths of office, affidavits, poll list and
| tally sheet to the county convention.
%. The county convention shall meet
| at 10 o'clock a. m, upon the third
| day after the primary election, and
| shall be composed of the return judges
|
substitutes.
"a. In case any candidate shall de-
| sire to contest the vote of any pre-
cinct, he shall give written notice to
the return judge of that precinct with
| in thirty-siX hours after the closing
| of the polls to produce the ballot box,
| together with all ballots, poll list, oaths
/ and other papers used in or about the
! election, at the county convention,
where they can be examined into and
passed upon by a contest committee,
to be appointed by the temporary
| chairman of said convention: and it
| shall be the duty of the return judge
to produce said ballot box, ballots, etc,
at the convention, in accordance with
said notice, not later than 1890 a. m.
on the day of the convention.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
25. The order of business in the coun-
ty convention shall be as follows:
First-Calling TO order by county
| chairman.
Second-Receipt of credentials of re-
| turn judges or substitutes.
Third-Temporary organization.
| Fourth-Appointme of committees.
Fifth-Permanent organization.
Sixth-Report of committees.
notwithstanding returns.
| The computing of returns shall be
done as follows: The list of the dis
tricts shall be called in alphabetical
order by the permanent chairman, and
as the name of each district is called
the return judge from that district
or his substitute shall rise on the floor
| of the convention and announce the
vote as cast in his district for each
of the different candidates. II the vote
| announced Is confirmed by the return
| sheet 1t shall be set down by the sec
retaries of the convention, and when
| the vote of all the districts have been
announced the secretaries shall foot
up the returns, and the chairman
shall announce the name of the person
receiving the highest number of votes
for any particular office as the Repub-
lican candidate for that office; in case
there should be a tie vote between any
candidates for any office the same
shall be determined by casting lots
In the presence OF the open conven-
! tion, under the supervision and direc-