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made nominations for said Offices as
hereinafter stated. Therefore. be 1T
Resolved, That the following persons
who were nonina ted in said mass7meet-.
ing be, and they are hereby declared to
be, the. Democratic Candidates. and the
only Democratic candidates for Jackson
Ward in the ensuing general election to.
fill said officers, viz: Board Of Aldermen,
HIP. Beck; Common Council, G.. *. Poll
lock, HI. j. t:Heeke. M. f. WhaIen, ohm:
Teefey,D F. Mccarthy; Jus tice. OF the.
Peace, Alfred Otto. P j.. Mccarthy, J.
=. Graves provided said nomtne pay
the same assessments as are required
of other candidates for like Offices In
other wards of the city. =
Committeeman RESIGN
The matter of considering the resigna-s
tons z'of some of the members OF the
committee next occupied the attention Of
the body. MR. H.. Adams, of iJeffer-
son Ward, who is now a candidate ior
the Common Council, rendered his resigSs
nation, which was accepted Mr.. r. J.
Pagan, also of Jefferson Ward. was
elected to fill the va cancy. The resls-
nation of Mr.. Harry Il. Watson. former.
tlys of Clay Ward, was read, and on mo-
ton, laid on the table. Mr.. Watson has
moved to Monroe Ward. where he ex-5
poets to be candidate for the COM
mittee at some future day. The reslgna-
ton of MIR. Henry. P. Beck, of Jackson.
Ward, was received, but vas not acted
upon.
The plan to be adopted by the commit
tee for coducting a lesadzcd primary cleo
ton was then taken up and gone over
section after section. The fifth section
was amended so as to read follows: :.
HOW BALLOTS ARE OPENED.
Before the election the secretary of
the committee shall deliver to the judges,
or one Of the judges of election, the pack
age of official ballots for their precinct,
taking a receipt therefor and certificate
that the seals appeared to be untampered
with. And in the event OF the inability
by sickness or other incapacity of said
secretary to deliver said official ballots
as herein provided, the said secretary
may cause them to be delivered by an
other member of the committee. Said
sealed package, at the opening OF the
polls, shall be opened in the presence
of the clerks and judges of tE- election
All ballots remaining unused at the close
of the polls shall be carefully DESTROYED
before the box is onened
Each ticket shall contain the names
of the candidates who have paid the
amount of their assessment to the treas
urer of the committee, and taken his re-
ceipt and upon showing said receipt 10
the secretary of the committee on or pc
fore u NJ. Tuesday, April 3, 1860 Inere
shall be printed at the foot of eacn OF
said tickets the following words: The
person voting this ticket hereby pledges
himself to support the nominees OF the
Democratic party at the ensuing genera
election No other ticket shall be USED
at said. primary election"
HOW VOTES ARE COUNTED.
A part of the sixth section was
changed SO as to read:
..Imnediately after the closing OF the
polls the judges and cerks shah count
the ballots, and the clerk shall make out
certificate OF the number Of votes cast
for each candidate, which certificate snail
be signed by the judges end attested by
the clerks, and forthwith returned to the
City Committee. at the place where 1t
may then be in session. by the judges and
clerks in person, together with the ball
lots and all other books and papers. II
in the decision OF any question under
this plan tho judges shall disagree, the
clerks shall decide; and in case there IS
still tie, the question shall be decided
in the affirmative.
DIT shall be the duty Of the Ward Su-
perintendents to appoint three voters to
! witness the count in each precinct IN
their respective wards"
CANVASS OF RETURNS.
Sections z, s, 9 and 10 read as follows:
szseAfter the ballots are counted they