The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-11

the vote in detail, giving to eacl
candidate the number of votes re
ceived by him in their precinct anc
80 transmit VITA their certificat,
and the ballot stubs, all questioned
ballots as the law directs, to the
| County Committee.
| Seventh-It shall be the duty OF
the Democratic County Committee
to meet at the county seat in their
respective counties on the 18th day
of May, 1908, and tabulat9 the re-
suit of the election in their respec-
tive counties as certified by the Of
ficers of election in the various vot-
ing precincts in their county, and
TO pass upon all questioned ballots
returned to them by the precinct
officers, and to certify to the chair
man of the Democratic Committee
at Frankfort, Ky, the number of
votes cast in their respective coun
ties for each candidate for office be-
fore said primary not later than
May 20, 1903.
Eighth-It shall be the duty of
the Democratic Executive Commit
tee to meet in Frankfort, KY, on
the 30th day of May, 1903, and
tabulate the result of the election
in the various counties for the var
ious offices as certified by the local
Democratic County Committees,
and to declare that candidate re-
ceiving the highest number of votes
cast for the office for which he is
candidate, the Democratic nominee
for that Office, and to certify the
same to the Secretary of State, as
the law directs.
Ninth-It shall be the duty of the
precinct officers of election to pre-
serve the ballots and to transmit
them to the County Democratic
Committee of their respective coun-
ties, to be preserved by them, as the
law directs.
Tenth-The County Committees
shall appoint the officers of election
herein provided for, not less than
twenty days before the date of the
election, and shall cause a list of
same to be published in a news
paper of general circulation in their
counties not later than the week fol
lowing their appointment, if such
newspaper is published therein, and
to have them properly notified of
their appointment as such, as the
law directs. If the local commit
tees fail or refuse to make the APP
pointments by the time fixed here
in, then this committee shall at once
make such appointments and shall
cause the same to be published, and
the officers of election notified as
above directed.
Eleventh-All Democrats desir-
ing to become candidates for State
offices before said primary shall in
writing notify the chairman of this
committee of such intentions, and
shall state in such written notice
the office for which he desires to be
a candidate, not later than April 1,
1903, and upon the receipt of such
notice it shall be the duty of the
chairman TO at once notify the can
didate of the assessment he is re-
quired to pay in order to entitle him
TO have his name placed upon the
ballot as candidate for the office
to which he aspires, and in the
event of failure or refusal of any
one desiring to become a candidate
before said primary, to make known
such intention or desire on or be-
fore the date above designated, and
to pay the assessment assessed
against him as above provided, on
or before the 9th day of April, 1908,
then the name of such candidate
shall not be printed upon the ballot.
The assessment for the various Of
fees is fixed as follows:
For Office of Governor $4,000
For the office of Lieut.. Gov. 600
For the office of Atty. Gen'l. l 800
For the office of Auditor 2,2OOI
For the office of Sec'y of State 1900
For the office of Treasurer 1900