The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-08
The News of Selma.

inspector for each of the polling places in addition to the inspectors named by the said candidate or candidates for Mayor, and in the event there Is but one candidate for Mayor and one can didate for President of the City Coun- ell, then each candidate for the office of City Clerk shall have the right to name one inspector for each of the polling places in said city, in addition to the inspectors named by the candidates for Mayor and President of the City Council.
 That the candidates for the offices of l chief of police and tax collector shall
 have the right, to appoint one clerk
 of election for each of the several poll
 ing places in said city.
 | That the names of the several inspec-
 tors and clerks selected as above pro-
 vided for shall be given to the secre-
 tary of this committee not later than
 noon Monday, February 20. That it l shall be the duty of the secretary of l this committee to immediately notify
 the several inspectors and clerks of
 their appointments and to provide each
 of the said clerks and inspectors with
 copy of these resolutions together with a respectful request on the part of this committee urging said inspec- tors so appointed to be present at the proper polling places and to serve in | the capacity for which they were | respectfully selected
 That in the event one or more of | these inspectors or clerks so appointed shall fail or refuse to serve the in- l spector or inspectors present shall have the right to appoint a sufficient num- Der of inspectors from the voting pre- cincts or ward in which such election is to be held, to equal three inspectors, and shall have the right to appoint clerks sufficient from the voting pre- cincts or ward to equal two clerks. That in the event all of the inspec- tors so appointed fail or refuse to serve, then the executive committeeman from said precinct or ward shall have the right to appoint a sufficient number of inspectors and clerks from the voters of said precinct or ward to hold said primary election.
 That nothing contained herein above shall be construed so as to prohibit any candidate from being present at the polling places for the purpose of wit messing the voting or the counting of the votes at such primary election.
 That the secretary of this commit tee shall have prepared a sufficient number of official ballots for each poll ing place in the said city of Selma, which ballots shall be in conformity with the laws of the State of Alabama and shall contain in alphabetical order the name of each and every candidate for the various offices to be voted for in the order of their rank, and he shall also have poll lists and other necessary blanks and certificates for the use of said inspectors and clerks of such election, which tickets, poll lists, certificate blanks and other nec- essary materials shall be turned over to the executive committeeman of the various wards or precincts not later than 7:30 a. m. February 27.
 That it shall be the duty Of said com mittee to deliver said blanks. ballots and materials to the inspectors of cleo tion not later than 7:3O o'clock on the morning of February 21.
 That the poll list above provided for shall be in triplicate form, one of which shall be signed by the person offering to vote, and shall contain a pledge upon the part of the voter to main tain and support the principles of the Democratic party and support the nominees of said primary election.
 That the inspectors and clerks of said primary election shall upon en- tering upon their duties take a pledge to faithfully and fairly perform the duties of the offices for which they were appointed, and to make true re- turns of the votes cast and for whom they were cast and Tor what once
 That the inspectors certificates above, provided for shall be in duplicate form containing q certificate as above pro vided for, which said certificate shall be signed by the said inspectors and att tached by the said clerks.
 That one of the said certificates and poll lists shall immediately after cleo ton bo delivered to the secretary of this committee one of said poll lists and certificates shall be delivered to the committeeman of the precinct or ward, and one shall be retained by the inspectors of said election.
 That any white Democrat shall have the right to challenge the vote of any person offering to vote. provided he shall have reason to suspect or believe the vote so offered to be cast is in any way. illegal. or the person so offering to cast such vote is disqualified to participate in said primary election. Such challenged vote shall be received by the inspectors and counted as all other votes are counted and shall be marked with the name of the person offering to cast such ballot and the number occupied by the voter on the poll list of said election
 That any person who wishes to have