The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-15

1 ter above referred to- The resolutions | adopted are as follows:
 Be 1t resolved by the democratic execu-
 tive committee of the Sixth congressional | district of Alabama
 l l. That a primary election of the
 democratic and conservative party of the
 Sixth congressional district of the state | of Alabama for the nomination of can | didate for the Sixtieth Congress be and | the same is hereby called to be had and l held in the various precincts and voting | places in the several counties of the Sixth | congressional district on Monday, April | 23, 1906
 l 2. That said primary election be held
 under the rules and regulations prescribed by the act of the legislature of Alabama, approved October l, 1903, entitled an Act | to regulate primary elections in the state | of Alabama
 | 3l That all white voters who are qual- l fled electors under the law of this state, and who democrats, shall have the right to vote in such primary election, l provided however, that no person who i, opposed the nominees of the democratic | party in the last state and congressional | elections, or voted against any of them,
 shall have the right to vote in said pri- | mary.
 l 4 Each candidate for the nomination Of | congressman shall on or before April l. | 1906 file with the chairman of this com | mlttee statement that he is a candidate | for said nomination and shall also pay the ] chairman $200 to be used in defraying the expenses of holding said primary cleo | ton.
 l D. The members of this committee shall select the managers and clerks in their | respective counties for holding said pri- l mary election and shall announce their selection at least fifteen days before said primary, and shall publish in a paper in the county the list of managers and clerks appointed by them. Each candidate for | Congress shall have right to submit to the various committeeman a list of three electors at each voting precinct in the l county and the several committeeman snail select and appoint at least one man l ager and one clerk from different lists so furnished In the event the lists as herein provided are not submitted to any com ! mitteeman, he shall, in making the ap- pointments of manager and clerks, divide them among the opposing candidates so as 1 to give each candidate at least one man. 1 ager and clerk at each voting box where ] it is possible to do so.
 | G. When the votes are counted the man. agers and clerks of the election shall sign
 a certificate of the result in duplicate, and shall deliver one to the returning officer
 and shall mail one to the chairman of this committee.
 T. The several county committeeman shall appoint returning officer for each voting place, and the returning officer shall, as soon as practicable, and not
 later than the 25th day of April, deliver 1 to the congressional committeeman for his
 county the certificate of the result of the election at his voting place. s. This committee shall meet in Tus- caloosa, Alaq on the Sd day of May, 1906 to canvass the returns and declare the 1 result. Each committeeman shall carry with him to the meeting the certificates of results delivered to him by the various returning officers. The person receiving the highest number of votes in said pri-
 mary election shall be declared to be the
 nominee for Congress.
 g. The chairman of this committee shall
 have prepared ballots poll lists, certih-
 cates of result and other necessary sta | tionery, and shall cause sufficient quan- tity to be delivered to the members of
 this committee for use in their respective
 counties, and 1t shall be the duty of each
 member of this committee to cause to be
 delivered to one of the inspectors at each
 voting place sufficient amount of bal 1 lots and of stationery to conduct the
 primary election herein ordered. 10 At said primary election a new ex- i, ecutive committee for this congressional
 
 i elect one member. Any person desiring to | become a candidate for a member of the 1 congressional executive committee for this | district shall file his application with the | chairman of this committee, on or before
 April 1. 1906 and his name shall be printed
 on the ticket for the county in which he
 is candidate, the vote for which shall
 be canvassed and declared in the same
 manner and at the same time as the
 candidates for Congress, the candidate
 receiving the highest number of votes
 shall be declared elected committeeman
 from the respective counties.
 Il. If any person offering to vote Is chal- lenged, the managers before receiving his
 ballot, shall require him to take and
 subscribe an oath that he is duly reg 1 istered and has paid all the poll taxes
 due by him. and has resided in the state,
 county and precinct the length of time | required by law. And that he is dem ocrat. and that he did not oppose the nom l inees of the democratic party in the last
 state or congressional elections, vote
 against any of them.
 F. Resolved further. That the returning
 officers herein appointed shall deliver to the congressional committeeman from
 each county the poll lists and numbered
 ballots from each precinct within the
 county at the same time of making the returns for the election.