The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-05-19
PLAN OF ORGAN
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shall be the voting precincts. In each
precinct there shall be an Executive
Committee, to consist of FIVE active
Democrats, who shall be elected by
the Democratic voters at the several
precincts in the meeting first called by
the County Executive Committee.
And said committee so elected shall
elect one OF its members as chairman
who shall preside at all committee
meetings.
2. The chairmen of the several
precinct committees shall compose the
County Executive Committee, which
shall meet at the same time and place
as the County Convention first held in
each election year, and elect a chair
man OF said County Committee, who
need not be member of the commit
, tee and he shall preside at all meetings
OF said committee, and shall hold his
place until his successor shall be elect
ed. A majority of said precinct chair
men, in person or by proxy, shall con-
stltute q quorum. The County Com
mittee shall likewise appoint a central
committee of five, who shall act in its
stead when the County Committee is
not In session.
3. In case there shall be a failure
on the part of any precinct to elect Its
Executive Committee for q period oil
i thirty days, the County Executive
Committee shall appoint said commit.
; tee from the Democratic voters of said
precinct.
4. The members of the Precinct
Committee shall elect to any vacancy
occurring in said committee.
5. The County Executive Commit
tee shall call all necessary convention!
by giving at least ten days. notice by
public advertisement In three public
places in each precinct, at the cour
house door, and in any Democrat.
newspapers that may be published ir
said county, requesting all Democrat
of the county to meet in their respect
I've precincts On q common day therein
stated, which said day shall not be lee
than three days before the meeting o
the County Convention, for the pur
pose of electing their delegates to tn,
County Conventions. Thereupon tha
meeting 60 held shall elect their dele
gates to represent the precincts in tn,
County Conyention from the voters o
the respective voting precincts, which
delegates, or such of them as shall at
tend, shall vote the full Democrat,
strength OF their respective voting pre-
cincts on all questions that may come
before said County Conventions. 1,
case no meeting shall be held in an,
precinct in pursuance of said call, O
no election shall be made, the Precinc
Executive Committee shall appoin
such delegates.
/ PRIMARIES.
| 6. At every precinct meeting Their
shall (before the delegates to the Couu
ty Convention are elected) be a vot
taken for the different candidates TO
office, whose names NAV be presente,
and the delegates shall vote In tn
County Convention of their RESPECTIVE
districts in accordance with this vote
that is to say, each candidate shall re
ceive in the County Convention tina
proportion OF the vote to which tn
precinct may be entitled which he re
celved in the precinct meeting. Th,
chairman and secretary of the precinc
meeting shall certify to the Count,
Convention the vote received by eacl
candidate at the precinct meeting.
Z. Each precinct shall be entitle.
to cast in the County Convention ON
vote for every twenty-five Democratic
votes, and one vote for fractions o
thirteen Democratic votes cast by tn,
township at the last preceding guberna
torial election: PROVIDED, that ever
voting precinct shall be entitled Il
east one vote, and each precinct ma,
send as many delegates as 1t may se'
lit.
| 8. The chairmen Of the Precinc