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

list of candidates, and the candidate
having the least number of votes on
each third succeeding ballot shall
be dropped, until a nomination is made
I by one of the candidates receiving a
majority of all the votes cast in the
Convention.
80. Any duly elected delegate who
may be unable to attend the COnven-
tion may substitute any other Republi-
can having the qualifications of dele
gate for that district, by written proxy,
! and such substitute shall have all the
rights and privileges of a regularly
| elected delegate, and shall be bound
| by the instructions of his principal.
I 81. If any duly elected delegate shall
| be absent and has not appointed a
! substitute the delegates present from
that district may designate one Of their
number to cast the vote of such absent
| delegate.
30. In event ofacontested delegation,
the persons who shall have credentials
signed by a majority of the proper
primary election officers of the district,
shall be entitled to have their names
placed upon the roll, but they shall not
vote upon any question affecting their
right to sit in the Convention, nor
shall any candidate be voted for until
the contest is decided and the rightful
delegates seated.
SO. The Chairman of the County
Committee shall call the Convention
to order and President and two Sec
retaries shall be CHOSEN, who shall be
sworn as required by the Act of June
%, 1881. The President to be sworn as
Judge and the Secretaries as In
spectors.
"a. All voting for the nomination of
candidates, and the election of District
and State delegates, and Chairman of
the County Committee, shall be UiUa
Uoce and majority of the delegates
voting shall be necessary to nominate
or elect.
30. In the event of the death or
withdrawal ofany candidate, the Chair
man of the County Committee shall
recOnvene, as soon thereafter as pos
| sible, the Convention that nominated
such person and said Convention shall
make nomination to fill the vacancy.
SO. All monies and other property
Of the party in the hands of the Chair
man of the County Committee, the
Secretary, or any member of the Com
mittee or the Vigilance Committees
shall be turned over to their success
sors in office.
81 The County Committee shall
annually appoint board of auditors
whose duty it shall be to audit the
accounts of 40 Chairman and Secre-
tary, ana each year the said auditors
shall make written statement of the
finances OF the party, setting forth in
detail all monies received, and from
what sources, and general statement
of expenditures. A copy Of said state
ment shall be filed With the Secretary
and shall be open to e inspection of
all persons who may have contributed
to the campaign fund.
3S. Proposed amendments and al
terations of these rules shall be pre-
sented to a County Convention in
writing, signed by at least three dele
gates, and the same shall be held over
for consideration at the next County
Convention, when action shall be
taken. The proposed amendments
shall be published in at least one Re.
publican county paper before final
action is taken.
80 The nominees for County Off
GERS may select Campaign Committee
who shall conduct the campaign and
in all matters relating to the selection
of such committee the nominees for
office shall have votes as follows
Jury Commissioner, County Surveyor,
Coroner and Auditor one vote each,
Sheriff, County Commissioners, Treas
urer, Prothonotary and Associate
Judge two votes each. Member of
Assembly three votes.
40. Copies of these rules shall be
sent to the primary election officers of
each district before each primary elec-
ton