Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27


licans of his election district to act
with him as a Vigilance Committee tor
said district, and the members of the
County Committee shall have full
power to fill all vacancies which may
occur in the Vigilance Committees OF
their respective districts.
s. The County Committee may con-
vene on the first Tuesday of February
as the Chairman may deem proper
In case of the absence of the Chairman
the Committee shall elect one of it's
members Chairman pro tempore. 1t
shall be the duty of the Chairman,
when authorized by the County Com
mittee, to issue all calls for the holding
of the County Conventions. ProUided-
That on the request of five members of
the County Committee, in writing,
the Chairman, or in his absence or
inability to act, the Secretary, shall
call the Committee together at any
time. The Chairman of the County
Committee shall give notice of all
meetings of the Committee to each
member thereof at least one week be-
fore the time of meeting, when the
time will admit, by written notice de-
posted in the post-office addressed to
him at his last known address or per-
sonally. ProUided, further That the
County Conventions held for the cleo
ton of district delegates and delegates
to the State Conventions shall be held
within ten days of the date fixed for
the State Convention, and the County
Conventions held for the nomination
of county officers shall be held not
more than sixty days nor less than
forty-five days of the date of the Fall
elections.
9. Each person who intends to be
named i'll a Convention as a candidate
for office shall have filed with the
Chairman OF the County Committee, in
writing, his intentions to be candi-
date before such Convention, with his
name, residence and office for which
he shall be candidate, at least thirty
days before the Convention, and shall
have paid Except candidates for the
office of Coroner, Auditor, Surveyor
and Jury Commissioner to the
said Chairman, the sum of ten
tickets, notices and blanks. The Chair
man shall publish the list of such can
didates and their residence and Office
'OclltNi Nlbll tdIl lOI tlIt SOuNtIl-
ton.
10. The Chairman of the County
Committee shall furnish to the Com
mitteemen of the several election dis
tricts, tickets for such districts with
the names of the candidates for dele
gates for the district printed in alpha
betical order, and blank space for
writing the name of their choice for
County Committeeman, and the names
of the various candidates for Office
under the proper head.
II. The nominations for delegates
to the County Convention shall be
placed in the hands of the member of
the County Committee for each cleo
tion district not less than seven days
previous to the date of the primary
election; the same shall be placed in
sealed envelopes by the person making
the nominations and marked on the
envelopes, Nominations for delegates
to the County Convention" The
Vigilance Committee of each election
district shall meet at two o'clock, p.
m on the Monday preceding the day
of holding the primary election and
proceed forthwith, publicly, to open
and announce the nominations made
for delegates, and if it shall appear that
the nominations shall be more than
double the number of delegates to
which the district is entitled, then
the Vigilance Committee shall proceed
to reduce the number of nominees by
lot, to double the number to which
the district is entitled.
IL. The Vigilance Committee shall
make two lists of the nominees for
delegates to the County Convention, re-
tanning one list and mailing one list to
the Secretary of the County Committee
not less than four days previous to the
date of the primary election.
13. The primary elections shall be
held at such place in the several cleo
tion districts as directed by the County
Committee, on the Saturday proceed
ing the County Convention, and at
such hour as shall be directed by said
Committee. The polls to be held open
at least two hours.
The time and place for holding the
primary elections shall be advertised
in at least one Republican paper in
the county for at least two regular
issues, Immediately preceding the date
of holding such election.
IA. The primary elections shall be
conducted by Judge and two In
spectors who shall be chosen by the
voters present at the hour fixed for the
opening of the polls and who shall
serve during such meeting.
10. The primary elections shall be
called to order by the County Com
mitteeman of the district, at the hour
fixed for the opening of the
polls, and he shall conduct the
election for Judge. In case the County
Committeeman is not present, or re-
fuses to act, the first named member of
the Vigilance Committee shall act in
his place, and in case he is not present
the remaining member of the Vigilance
Committee shall act, and in case all
the Committee shall be absent the
voters present shall elect one of their
number to perform the duties of the
Committee.
IS. The Judge of the primary cleo
tion shall be elected by viva voce vote,
publicly taken, or by division of the
house, if called for, and he shall con-
duct the election for the two Inspec-