The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-05-05
DEMOCRATIC
Rules and Regulations Governing
i asM Them-AAid MAY a..

A primary elecLiOn ~Od the D0Hio-
Gratis Of Chaves county is hereby call
ed by. order of the Democratic Cen
trail Committee. OF said county. to be
held in the various precincts on Sat
urday, May Ia, 1904, from 9 o'clock
a. m. to 6 o'clock p. m. of said day for
the purpose of nominating a ticket
to represent the Democrats at the
general election in November.
The purpose and intent of this pri
mary is to ascertain the will and
choice of the Democrats for the nom
iRees 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.-AH those. holding the Demo-
cratic principles. as promulgated by
the various national conventions of
the party and issues of the day.
Second.-Legal voters at the time
of said primary under the laws of
New Mexico, that is, citizens of the
United States .wenty-one CID years
lof age, a resident of New Mexico siA
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-
lcincts except NJ. /, shall pass upon
land decide VII, shall vote and they
shall enforce the above regulations
in a fair and impartial n
On account of the large number of
voters in precinct No. 1, and he var
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. L; w. M.
lAtkinson, Mark Howell, Lucius Dills.
Nv. 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 ses-
sion from 9 O'Clock a. m. to 4 O'Clock
D. m, each day, and shall register the
legal democratic voters by wards in
books provided for hat purpose un-
der the following regulations:
They shall as far as practicable as
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
/ shall be registered and vote in ward
number one. They shall use all in
formation obtainable to make a COM
plete and correct registration of the
democratic voters as provided for in
this call, and may make such rules
and regulations as they see fit to as
certain the same. No voter. shall be
registered in more than one ward.
After closing ON the third day they
shall. Immediately post a typewriter
Hist of the voters of each ward in the
hail of the Court House. n shall OF
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
adding Ito or striking from the listc
any names.
Any one refused registration has
the right of appeal to this Committee
Injecting.
L The members of the Board of Reg
l~istration shall be paid $3.50 per day
Zach for fhe three days. No one un-
der any circumstances by swearing
lin or otherwise shall be allowed to
vote, unless registered.
The names shall be numbered and
THE books closed and signed at the
Injecting on May 10th, after which no
names can be added
l. The Judges Of the election in the
various wards shall allow only those