Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-03

thereof shall be given as ABOVE set forth
Il The caucus shall have power to in
]. struct the delegates elected how to vote
on any question to come before any con
|vention; but such instruction shall moi
BE binding upon the delegates unless
1 passed by vote equal TO a majority OF
i all persons who participated iii the eau
Gus. 3.s & IA
Il Sec. 8 AT the time and place specified
in IN the notice, the electors present shall
4 proceed to organize the caucus BY the
ELECTION of chairman, secretary and
two judges The chairman shall preside
at the meeting and perform the duties
OF an Inspector of elections SO far as
. such duties are applicable to caucus
4 The powers and duties of the secretary
i and Judges shall be the same as those
! 81 the clerks and Judges of elections 50
i Tar as applicable, and in addition thereto
| the secretary shall keep full record
Iof the proceedings of the caucus.
As soon as the Organization Of the
caucus is complete and a suitable ballot
box provided, the chairman shall an
! rnounce that the polls are open for the
first delegates Each elector shall pro-
vide himself with a ticket on which shall
be written or printed the names Of all
persons for whom he wishes to vote for
delegates, but not exceeding the number
! OF delegates to. be chosen; which ticket,
SO folded as to conceal the names there
en-, shall be delivered by the elector to
one OF the judges and by him be depos-
tied in the ballot box. The secretary
shall enter upon his minutes in a per-
i pendicular column the names Of persons
voting at the time the ballot is placed in
the box
When all present appear to have voted
the Chairman shall announce that the
polls are about to be closed and, if no
! further votes are offered, the polls shall
be closed and the votes canvassed at
once and the secretary shall make a
record Of the same and declare the re-
suit sui Any person having majority Of
4 all the votes cast shall be declared duly
elected and, unless the full set Of dele
gates is elected on the first ballot, other
! ballots shall at once be taken i'll the
same manner as the first, except that be-
tfore each ballot is taken the chairman
shall announce how many delegates re-
main to be chosen, and the ballots shall
be prepared for that number and no
more. In like manner the voting shall
continue until the required number is
chosen. 5 sE5
If two successive ballots be taken
without the choice of delegate, then
ION the third and each subsequent ballot
the name Of the person having the least.
number of votes shall be dropped, and
no further votes for him nor for any
person for whom no oytes had been cast
on the last ballot shall be counted until
there is a choice Of at least one delegate,
and then votes must again be counted:
for all persons until the conditions
again arise making it necessary to drop.
names as above provided.
The chairman and secretary Of the
caucus shall sign and deliver to each
delegate elected certificate Of election.
and attached thereto shall be a certified
copy Of the instructions to delegates, if
any, above provided for The chairman
and secretary of the caucus shall also
make and file with the secretary Of the.
proper county or district committee a
certified list giving the name and post.
office address Of each delegate and also.
a copy Of the instructions to. delegates,
Eif any. 8s AN
Sec 8. The secretary Of the caucus
shall keep and preserve the complete
record thereof, including the names Of
all persons voting thereat for a period
of SIX months, and shall furnish veri-
fed copy thereof to the chairman of the
proper county or district committee on.
demand
Any person who shall participate in
the caucus Of more than one political
party shall be deemed guilty of a misde-.
Imeanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine Of not less than FIVE
dollars nor more than one hundred dol
liars. 3. IS
Sec. 10. The time and place of hold
ling all county, district and state con-
yentions shall be determined by the
county, district or state committee as
the case may be Of each political party,
and NOTICE thereof, signed by the chair
man and secretary Of the proper com
arnittee shall be published in at least one
newspaper in every county Of the state
sor district affected thereby at least thirty
days before the convention, and in case
of "a state convention the notice must
he published at least forty five days be-
4 fore the date Of the convention. In any
county or district where no newspaper
u is Published the notice shall he piven nv