The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26

practically the same as those regulating the municipal primary of two years ago. In fact only a slight change in the word- ing of the rules for the primary or lsol was
 The Council adopted scale of assess nent against the candidates for the vari- ous offices to defray the necessary ex- penses of the primary. Under this scale candidates for Mayor are assessed $2o each, for Aldermen-at-Large, $10 each, and for ward Aldermen. s each.
 The Council will meet .9 again fn Inursday agers and two clerks for each polling place will be selected.
 The meeting last night was held in the
 The members of the Council present were:
 Ward 2-W. c. Smith and w. W. Her
 Ward s-Temple seibels and c. A. La nier. Jr
 Ward 5-J. H. Hardaway and John Con- , nors.
 Ward 6-John J. Farley. Two members. c. C. Dibole from Ward and W. J. Toole, Ward 6, were absent Temple Seibels presented the report or the special committee appointed at the last meeting of the Council to draw up rules and regulations, for the government of the April primary. The special com mittee consisted of Messrs. SeiDels, BroW- der and Hardaway.
 The rules which governed the primary at the last selection of a Democratic can didate for Mayor two years were present. | ed by the committee. The change made was unimportant. relating to the trans | fer of a challenged ballot from the l Dox managers to the Central Council. The change provides that if a ballot is chal- | lenged and rejected it shall be sent sep | arately in a sealed envelope with the name of the voter who cast 1t to the Gen. | tral Council.
 l The rules adopted were as follows: ''First-That the ballot of each voter shall be cast by a printed ticket prepared Council-to be counted as hereinafter pro- | vided That after the voter shall have | marked his ticket, no other mark snail be placed thereon by any person. That | so as not to disclose the names of the | persons voted for, and shall be received | and placed in the ballot-box by the man agers without examination and without 1 folding-and in the presence of the voter l That the managers and clerks snail keep | a poll list in duplicate. which shall De | returned with the ballot-box and ballots l to the Central Council-an securely seal l ed. That when an elector shall receive l his ballot from sthe managers as requlr- | ed by Rule he shall at once step into a booth and there prepare the same, IT | he is able to read and write. If any | elector is unable to read or write. or Is physically incapacitated from preparing | his ballot, he shall have the right at the time he receives his ballot from the man l agers after satisfying them Of his disa- bility, to call one of the managers into the booth to assist him in she preparation of his ballot ,, be qualified voters at the coming cleo ton, who voted for the Democratic ticket at the last State election, and all per sons who have heretofore affiliated with 4utI IAd fn n State election, who will support the nom inees of the party, and will be qualihed voters at the coming election shall be en-
 titled to vote in the primaries.
 'Third-The fact that voters name | appears on the printed registration list oi
 the city shall be sufficient evidence or the
 fact of registration.
 ''Fourth-A majority of the managers of the election in each ward shall decide upon the qualification of voters who may
 be challenged, due regard being had tc
 the foregoing instructions; and any white Democrat, who will be qua1hed Votel in the coming city election. may, chal- lenge a voter, giving his reason for such
 challenge to the managers.
 l .'Fifth-The polls must be opened doat,n% at I;Sl
 ously until o'clock p. m, at which time lime
 they must be closed. Upon closing the
 polls the ballots shall be counted by the
 managers and the result certifiedy and the ballots, poll lists and certificate, seal
 ed in a box, and together with the box
 shall be at once returned to the Central
 Council.
 l a qualified voter unless it be shown thai
 he has been duly registered according te
 law
 cept for the person or persons opposite | whose name or names a x appears or
 the left margin of the ticket provided
 where any ballot is cast for more persons | than the voter is entitled to vote for, sucf | ball Q counted SucT | office, but shall be counted as to the bother offices properly voted Tor; ana pro
 vided that any voter may add the names
 of such persons as he may desire 1ol
 members of the Central Council without
 the cross mark. That no manager ol
 clerk shall be eligible as Central Coun cilnian.
 be allowed to investigate any ballot cast and if the ballot of any voter shall DC
 challenged, and shall be accepted by tho l shall be noted on the poll list; if rejected
 each ballot shall be sent separately in 1 sealed envelope to the central Couhci so marked with the returns.
 .Jinth-The tickets shall only be giver out to the voters by the managers O l. each box in each ward as each electo | presents himself to vote. That pelore oe
 iivering the ballot to the elector two O. | inc managers. one from each side, shal | wrife their names on the stub attachet
 to the ballot That after having marked l said ballot as hereinab above required, anc | hefore handing the ballot to the man | ger the elector shall fold his ballot so as
 fo conceal the face thereof, and show
 the stub attached with the names or the | managers. He shall hand 1t to one ol the managers. The manager receiving such ballot must not unfold 1t and must call the name of the elector audloly ana distinctly, which name must be taken by each clerk and written on the poll list hereina bove provided for. The man. l aRer who receives the ballot shall place if in a ballot-box without being opened | or examined. Should any elector by accl-
 dent or mistake. spoil any ballot so that
 he cannot conveniently or safely vote the
 same, he may return 1t to the managers
 and receive another in lieu thereof ana
 in no case shall a person be permitted to | carry d ballot outside of the polling
 place No ballot shall be counted unless
 1t bears the names of the two managers
 on the stub.
 ''Tenth-Whenever all the booths ol
 compartments are occupied and other l electors are waiting to vote, no electo | or person assisting the elector. shall Oc l cupy the booth or compartment for
 longer time than two minutes. No ele" | tor or person assisting him shall be al
 lowed to occupy booth or compartmen
 already occupied by another person no
 speak or converse with anyone exceI = as herein provided.
 "Eleventh-That 1t is the purpose an T intent of the Central Council in pro l. mitigating rules for the government a the primary election that the ballot s shall be absolutely secret, securing r every voter the right to cast his ban'