The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-04-12

"A PRIMARY cloCtlOH Oh the DeHlC
Gratis of Chaves county is hereby call
ed by order of the Democratic Cen
trail Committee of said county, to b.
held in the various precincts on Sat
urday, May IA. 1904, from 9 o'clocl
a. m. to 6 O'Clock p. m. of said day fol-
the purpose of nominating a tickle
to represent the Democrats at the
general election in November.
The purpose and intent of this pri
mary is to ascertain the will anG
choice of the Democrats for the nom
ineeS for the county Offices, and it is
expected that only democrats shall
take part. Therefore, the following
rules and regulations are adopted
governing said primary election.
Qualifications.
First.-All those holding the Demo
cratic principles as promulgated by
the various national conventions OF
the party and issues of the day.
oCCoAu' lACSol JIG At NV III
of said primary under the laws OF
New Mexico, that is, citizens of the
United States twenty-one CID years
of age. a resident of New Mexico six
months, of Chaves county three
months and of the precinct where
voting 80 days. No other, under any
circumstances shall be allowed to
vote.
The judges of election in all pre-
cincts except No. l., shall pass upon
and decide who shall vote and they
shall enforce the above regulations
in a fair and impartial manner.
On account of the large number OF
voters in precinct No. /. and the val
ious voting places thereof. a further
qualification is required, that of reg
istration.
A board of registration composed
of the following democrats is ap-
pointed for precinct No. 1: w. NJ.
Atkinson. Mark Howell, Lucius Dills.
C. Burrus, Joseph Jones, F. j.
Beck. They shall meet at the court
house on the End, 3rd and 4th days
of May and hold a continuous SEES
sion from 9 O'Clock a. m. to 4 O'Clock
p. m, each day. and shall register the
legal democratic voters by wards, in
books provided for that purpose I'M
der the following regulations:
They shall as far as practicable as
and list after each name, the
street, block or resident number and
register each voter in the ward in
which he resides. Those residing out
side the City Limits in precinct No.
l shall be registered and vote in ward
one. They shall use all in
obtainable to make a COM
plete and correct registration of the
voters as provided for in
this call, and may make such rules
and regulations as they see fit to as
the same. No voter shall be
registered in more than one ward.
After closing on the third day they
shall Immediately post a typewriter
list of the voters of each ward in the
hall of the Court House. and shall on
the 10th day of May. meet with the
members of the Central Committee
of precinct one, for the purpose of
hearing complaints or appeals and
to or striking from the lists
any names.
Any one refused registration has
the right of appeal to this Committee
meeting.
The members of the Board of Reg
istration shall be paid $3.50 per day
each. for the three days. No one un-
der any circumstances by swearing
in or otherwise shall be allowed to
vote. unless registered.
The names shall be numbered and
the books closed and signed at the
meeting on May 10th. after which no
names can be added.
The judges of the election in the
various wards shall allow only those
as registered in the book furnished
by the Board of Registration, to vote.
Each candidate has the right Of .
challenger At the polling places.