Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28

Ond primary there snail De lke uls- crepancy between the ballots and the check list, then the district or ward shall not be entitled to representation in any convention under that call. But in case of tie vote each delegate upon each of the tied tickets shall have one-kalf vote each. 9. Any box tender or assistant box tender shall have the right to satisfy himself that no person is voting more ballots than one, but the right to open and examine persons ballot shall not be exercised by anyone.
 TO- Credentials drawn by the sec retary and countersigned by the chair | man of the Democratic Town commit tee shall be sent to each elected dele | gate to the various conventions within ] twenty-fOur hours of the holding of | any convention.
 l. The city convention sha1l be held on Monday of the first week following the local primary at o'clock D. m. The | town convention on the next day at the same hour, and the school con- vention on the next, succeeding day at the same hour at such place as may be designated by the Town committee.
 ?. Conventions for the election of del egates to the state, congressional, | tions shall be held at such time and place as the town committeve shall designate.
 3. The secretary of the Town com mittee shall send notice of the time and | place of each convention to each dele l gate entitled to sit in each convention at least two days before the time it Is l to be held The chairman of the Dem ocratic Town committee shall call said convention to order Tn case the cleo tion of any delegate is contested each convention shall be the judge of its own convention.
 No person other than regularly elect ed delegates and one duly accredited reporter for each paper published n the city of Waterbury shall be admit ted to the floor of the convention. { The first business transacted after the election of chairman and secre- | tary of the convention shall be the { appointment of a committee on ere dentials, to consist of one member from each district and ward. Each ward I delegation shall name it's own member of the committee on credentials. 1 All persons whose right to a seat in the convention Is in question shall have no voice in the organization of the convention, nor in any matter that may arise until the right to do so shall have been given them by majority vote of l the convention
 The delegates to the city convention elected at the local primary shall, when assembled as provided herein, nominate candidates for the following offices:
 Mayor. city clerk, tax collector. comptroller, treasurer, board of relief, | sheriff and agent of the Bronson li- l brary fund. The delegates to the town conyen- tion shall name candidates for the fol l lowing offices: Selectmen, town clerk. constables, registrars of voters, and all other elective town officials not espe- cially mentioned in this section. In years when representatives and justices of the peace are elected said convention ] may adjourn until after the local cleo l tions and shall then meet at the call of the chairman of the town convention. At said adjourned meeting said conven- f ton shall nominate candidates for the office of representatives and justices of I the peace and shall have power to | transact any other business at such ad-, ] journed meeting.
 The delegates to the school conven- l tion shall nominate candidates for the board of education.
 The town convention elected at the local primary shall be the general leg islative body of the democratic party in the city of Waterbury, and no other convention shall have any powers ex- cept the nominations of candidates for the offices herein stated.
 All nominations of candidates for office and all election of delegates shall be made by open vote, the secretary calling the roll and each delegate nam I ing his choice. A majority vote of any convention shall be sufficient and neces- sary to nominate candidates or elect | delegates as the case may be. | All vacancies in the nomination for of1lces made by the different conven- tions shall be filled by the town com, mittee.
 | 1. On and after January 1, 19O3 there shall be a committee known as the town committee. whi.h shall hold
 office for one year and until their sue cessors are appointed.
 I ?. There shall be committee to con- sit of three members from each ward
 who shall be known as ward commit teen and shall be chosen by the dele-
 gates elected to the town convention
 3. The delegates from each ward | oioCtniS representatives, ITOm Cnelr re- spective wards to act as members of
 said committee. The first person ap-
 pointed on said ward committee shall
 be known as chairman. who shall also
 act as member of the town commit tee.
 The chairman and secretary of the
 town committee shall be selected from
 members of town committee. 4. Should any member of said ward
 committee refuse to act, the remaining
 members of said ward committee shall
 have power to fill vacancy If more
 than one member refuse to act the
 town committee shall have power to
 fill vacancies.
 g. The members of said committee to
 take office January 1, 1903, shall be se-
 lected by the delegates of the town
 convention of 1902.
 6. In case any vacancy shall occur in tha town pomrnif ifteo if sha11 "a filed bv