The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-09-01
The Democratic Primaries.

RULKS ADOPTED ny THE DEMOCRATIC ENEcU-
TIVE COMMITTEE FOR TIE CONDUCT OF THE
PRIMARIES TO BE HELD on SEPTEMBER 9th
1908.
AT a meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee OF Hartford county in Bel Air, on
Wednesday August 10th, 1905 ,,thc following
resolutions were UNANIMOUSLY adopted py
said Committee:
with the provisions of the Primary Election
Law which imposes upon this Committee
the duty of providing one fourth of the cost
OF conducting said primaries, that Demo
voted for on the 9th day of September. 1908.
shall contribute toward the expenses of con-
Quoting said primary. as follows:
Candidates for the State Senate shall each
contribute the sum of S25.
Candidates for the House OF Delegates,
each, so.
So.
Candidates for Sheriff, each 500.
Candidates for County Commissioners,
each $40.
oftile Committee after the payment of the ex-
Tenses of conducting the primaries Will be
returned to the candidates contributing III
proportion in which they have contributed
. And it was further resolved; that i'll
order to comply with the law requiring this
Committee to certify to the Board of Super
yiSorS OF Election the form of the ballot to be
voted for at said primary, together with the
names of all the candidates 10 be voted for
that all CandluatcS desiring TO nave IHelI
names placed upon the official ballot are re-
CURED TO deposit with Walter X MCComas,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Democratic
Executive Committee, the amount provided
TO I've Maid as fixed in the first resolution, on
or before the 2Sth day of August, 1908,
and no candidate for office who fails to pay
to the Secretary and treasurer OF TINS (om-
rlittce the amount assessed upon the office
for which he is a candidate by the 18th day
of august, 1908, can have his name placed
rrDon the official ballot to he voted for on the
Ia ~ SrnfcIubcT t1D,l, In like
all candidates for county surveyor and for
members of the executive committee to be
voted for as hereinafter provided shall signify
their desire to have their names placed upon
the official ballot on or before the 2Sth day
Of August. l 9o5. but they will not be re
quirCd to make any deposit for dctraying tho
expenses of conducting said primaries.
=. RESOLVED; that upon receiving the
official result of the primaries to be held on
the 9th day of September, 1905, from the
Supervisors OF Election as provided by law
the Executive Committee shall declare and
publish the same in the several democratic
papers in the county. announcing the person
or persons receiving the largest aggregate
vote for each Office as the candidates of the
Democratic primary; provided that for the
delegates for the Legislature no two candi-
dates shall he taken from the same district.
Subject to the above provision the person re-
Cciyiug the highest vote shall be trSt selected
and the next highest from the different dis
.trct and SO until the requisite number is
obtained In Of a tic vote the candi-
dates shall he determined by lot to be cast
l.
Tuesday, September 18th, 1905. publicly in
the presence of all who desire to attend. If
after the announcement OF the candidates
any nominee shall decline, remove from the
county or die the Executive Committee shall
substitute the person having the next highest
vote, who is qualified as above.
t. RESOLVED that at the primary election
10 be held in Hartford county on the 9th day
OF September, next, there shall be elected
from each precinct by direct vote of the
Democratic voters thereof one member of
said Democratic Executive Committee who
shall serve two years from the date of his
election until his successor shall be elected.
The members of said committee so elected
shall within ten days thereafter organize by
the election of a Chairman and such other
officers as they shall deem necessary and they
shall appoint such subcommittee as in their
Judgment they shall consider expedient.
1t shall also be the duty of said Committee
to provide for the election OF its successor.
JAMES 7. PRITCHARD, Oh. Pro TEN;
4. +. GALBREATH.
CHARLES L. ROTH.
WALTER X. MCCOMAS, Secretary and
Treasurer.