The record-union., 1899-08-25
THE ELECTION PRECINCTS.
THERE WILL BE SIXTEEN OF
THEM.
Board of City Trustees Defined
Their Boundaries Last
Night.

A special meeting of the City Board
of Trustees was held last night for
the purpose of establishing primary
precincts for the primary election to be
held on September Goth, under the pro-
visions of the Stratton Primary Election
Act. passed by the last Legislature.
There We're present Trustees Mckay,
Bentley, Devine, Kent, Tebbets and
Douglas, the later being brought in
hack to fill out the necessary number
for a special meeting.
Corporation Counsel J. B. Devine ex-
planned that under the Stratton Act It
became the duty of the board, acting
as Board of Election Commissioners
of the city, to designate the precincts
for the coming primary election so as
to permit the central committees of the
several political organizations to eStl-
mate the number of delegates such
precincts are entitled to, and file a
statement of the same with the Clerk
of the board thirty days before the
holding of the primaries, or by to-mor-
row.
The Corporation Counsel also ex-
planned that under the Stratton Act the
board might combine not more than
three contiguous general election pre-
cincts into one primary precinct, pro-
vided that no such precinct should be
in more than one ward, Assembly Die
trict or Supervisor District. He said
that his idea, which had been agreed
to by w. NJ. Sims and r.. o. Cravens,
Chairman of the Republican and DEM
ocratic City Central Committees, re-
spectively, was to take up each ward.
ascertain the number of primary pre-,
cincts needed in each, and fix the
boundaries Of the same.
The board agreed with the Corpora
tion Counsel and in five minutes it was
all done. The result of the work was
that primary precincts will be as fol-
lows, the districts being numbered
from to 16:
First Ward-Primary Precinct Two.
First; North of center of K street and
west Of center Of Fourth street
Second: North of center of K, east of
center of Fourth and west of center
of Sixth street.
Second Ward-Primary Precincts.
one:
Third: South of the center of K and
west of the center of Fourth streets.
Third Ward-Primary Precincts. one:
Fourth: South of the center of K,
east of the center of Fourth and west
of the center of Seventh streets.
Fourth Ward-Two Primary Pre-
cincts:
Fifth: North of the center of K, east
of the center of Sixth and west of the
center Of Eighth streets.
Sixth: North of center of K, east Of
-.,eT
Tenth streets.
Fifth Ward-Three Primary Pre-
cincts:
Seventh: North of center of K, east
of center of Tenth and west of center
of Twelfth
Eighth: North of center of K. east
of center of Twelfth and west of center
of Fourteenth streets.
Ninth: North of center Of K, east OF
center of Fourteenth and west of CEN
ter of Sixteenth.
Sixth Ward-Two Primary Precincts:
Tenth: South of center of K, east of
center of Seventh, west of center of
Tenth streets.
Eleventh: South of center of K, east
of center Of Tenth and west of center
of Eleventh streets.
Seventh Ward-Two Primary Pre-
cincts:
Twelfth: South of center of K, east
of center of Eleventh and west of cen
ter of Fifteenth streets.
Thirteenth: South of center of K,
east of center of Fifteenth, and west
of center of Nineteenth streets.
Eighth Ward-Two Primary Pre-
cincts:
Fourteenth: North of center of K.
east Of center of Sixteenth and west
of center of Twentieth streets.
Fifteenth: North of center of K. east
of center of Twentieth and west of
Thirty-first streets.
Ninth Ward-One Primary Precinct:
Sixteenth: South of center of K, east
bf center of Nineteenth streets.
After the designation of the pre-
cincts. Corporation Counsel Devine in
formed the board that at least fifteen
days before the holding of the pri-
maries it was the duty of the clerk to
designate the polling places of the sew
eral precincts and the election officers
for each, and he suggested that action
be taken at the earliest possible mo-
ment-Monday evening next, if pos
sible The suggestion was adopted
and a motion by Devine that polling
places be fixed and election officers
named on Monday evening next, was
carried.
William NJ. Sims, Chairman of the
Republican City Central Committee.
filed his petition for representation on
the ticket, and Judge Cravens. Chair
man of the Democratic Central Com
mittee. stated that he would do like
wise for his party in the course of a
few days.
THE CHTNAMAN ARRESTED