The age-herald., 1898-03-11

 | the precinct or subdivision.
 Sec g. 4 committee of arrangements, to
 be hereinafter provided for, shall appoint 1 the managers, clerks and returning ofn- eers from lists which may be furnished by any candidate for governor, county or Jn- | dicial office, or by the executive commit I teeman from the voting precinct. In mak- l ing said selection the committee shall, as l far as practicable, arrange a fair division among competing candidates, so that ad- verse interests may be represented The l committee is specially urged to appoint as 1 managers, clerks and returning officers
 men of well established reputation for
 fairness and integrity in their respective
 communities, and as far as practicable no two managers or clerks in any beat or subdivision shall be supporters of any one candidate. The committee shall publish twice in some newspaper in Birmingham,
 Bessemer and Pratt City a list of the man. agers, clerks and returning officers; the first publication to be made at least ten days before the 9th of April next. All lists of names must be furnished said commit- tee on or before March N next.
 Sec. f. Each executive committeeman in
 his voting precinct shall cause to be pre- pared an alphabetical list of all the white
 voters in his precinct, which list must be
 filed with the chairman of the executive
 committee at least ten days before the election. If the name of any person offer
 ing to vote is not found upon said list at
 
 must make satisfactory proof of his resi-
 dence in the said beat and his right to vote. The secretary shall cause said list to be printed and post printed copy up- on the bulletin board at the court house at least five days before the election. A print ed list for the particular voting precinct shall also be furnished the managers to | conduct the election therein. In beats | where there are more than one voting place 1 the executive committeeman from said bat l in announcing the place of voting shall in-
 dicate how said beat is subdivided, and l that voters residing in the subdivisions
 vote only at the polling places provided for 1 said subdivision.
 | Sec D. The election shall be conducted I with as much publicity is consistent l with the orderly and proper management l of the same.
 Sec G. The names of all the candidates l for county officers and circuit judges shall l be printed on the same ticket Blanks shall | be left for the insertion of the names or | beat committeeman in each precinct to De l voted on. The names of delegates to the county convention to be held to select deie- gates to the state convention and to nomi- nate six candidates for the legislature shall be printed or written upon separate bal lots. The ballots for all county officers
 and judges of circuit courts shall be pre-
 pared by the committee of arrangements and shall be the official ballots, and none
 
 The committee shall not print the ballots for delegates to said convention. All bal lots to be cast in said election shall be on white paper, without any identifying devices or marks thereon.
 Sec. T. Any person desiring to have his name printed upon the official ballot shall make a written request to that effect upon the chairman of the executive committee. He shall therein state his name, residence and the office for which he is candidate, and shall therein pledge himself to abide the result and to support the nominees of the primary and the democratic ticket for
 state officers, which request and pledge he shall deliver to said chairman not later
 than the Fist of March, 1898. The said
 chairman shall at once, after receiving said request, make copy of the same and de-
 liver it to the commtte of arrangements. Sec. 8. Immediately after the polls have been closed the managers shall proceed to l count the ballots, counting first the ballots l for delegates to the county convention. l After counting these the managers shall proclaim and post at the voting place the result of the election for delegates, and they shall give to the delegates receiving the highest number of votes a certificate
 stating the number of ballots cast for each
 and that they are duly elected delegates from the particular precinct, which certifi-
 cate shall be prima facia evidence ot a
 right to a seat in the county convention,
 except where a contest may be made in
 such event the county executive committee
 shall- determine who is entitled to the "prima facia right to the seat in the con vention. Where there is more than one vot- ing place in the precinct the parties re- celving the greatest number of votes in
 the entire party precinct shall be entitled
 to the certificate. And where more than
 one voting place exists in the precinct 1t
 shall be the duty of the managers to cer-
 hn ia fnp al fa f1a
 executive committee in the same manner as other candidates and the executive com
 mttee shall in such cases issue the cer-
 tifcates.
 Sec. g. The managers shall then proceed
 to count the ballots. After the count Is
 finished they shall proclaim and post the
 result at the voting place, filling out a cer- titicate giving the name of each person
 voted for, the name of the office and the
 number of votes cast for each, including
 delegates to the county convention. They
 shall also certify therein that the election
 was duly heidi The certificate shall be signed in duplicate. Only one copy shall
 be given to one of the managers and the other shall in the presence of the other
 managers, be enclosed and sealed in an
 envelope. The managers shall write their
 names across the seal and place same in
 box hereafter stated. The manager to
 whom the first certificate is given shall re-
 turn the same to the committee at a meet ing to De nelQ Ol ApTll Io, loJo. The pal
 lots shall be carefully replaced in the box,
 together with all poll lists, tally sheets and
 other memoranda made by the managers
 and with duplicte certificate The box shall then be sealed and each manager shall write his name across the seal. The box SO sealed shall be delivered to the re- turning officer and shall be by him re-
 turned to the secretary of the executive committee as early possible. Any can didate may be present or have a. representa-
 tive present at the casting and counting of
 the ballots.
 Sec. TO- On Wednesday, April 13 next,
 the executive committee shall meet at 10
 o'clock in the circuit court room of the court house at Birmingham and shall pro- ceed to canvass the results. The envelopes as returned by the several managers and returning officers shall be opened and com- pared, and if any conflict or obscurity is shown in the certificates the committee shall proceed to open the ballot box for the pre- cinct and by comparison of the ballots and certificates ascertain the true results of the election for such precinct After the re- turns from all the precincts have been can-
 vaseh the committee shall, by resolution, dpp1ara.