The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-24
PASSED BY CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION.
". A. LEDDETTER'S ADVICE
To the Voters Of Carter County on
the Necessary Steps to Take TO
Hold the Eleetion-commis-
sioners and Clerk Appointed.

Hon. W. \. Ledbcttcr, delegate
from this district % the constitution.
al convention. gave ont the following
statement as % the new election or.
dinance passed by the convention It,
the rcconyention few days ago
"On account of the recent decision
of Judge Burford of Guthrie in sus.
tanning the injunction against the
election officers appointed by the
constitutional convention. and deny.
ing to these officers the power to ap.
point the necessary county commits
sioners and county clerks to hold
the election to ratify or reject the
constitution, and for the election OF
county. district and state officers. the
convention wGs compelled to adopt
an entirely new election ordinance.
and feel it my duty to give to the
voters of this county an outline OF
the provisions of the new ordinances.
This ordinance divides all the
counties in Indian Territory, and the
new counties in Oklahoma into coun-
" commissioners districts, and ap.
points one county Commissioner In
each district and one county clerk in
each county. 1t also subdiyides each
of such counties into reasonable
number of municipal townships.
Garter county, by the provisions
Of the ordinances has been divided
into three county commissioners dis.
tricts, and X. +. Scivally, c. o. Bum
and W. +. Bowman have been ap-
pointed county commissioners. NJ. L.
Alexander of Ardmorc has been ap.
pointed county clerks These officers,
who, under the law, constitute the
board Of county commissioners, are
required to meet at Ardmore within
ten days after their appointment and
organize the first county commission
ers' court of the county, by executing
bond and subscribing an oath Of Of.
flee. They are also required to make
a permanent record of all the proceed.
ings of the board of county commits.
sioners.
Ardmore, being town of more
than fifteen hundred people, will be
required by the Oklahoma statutes,
which are in force in this territory, to
be made a municipal township to II.
self. The ordinance also sub-divided
the county into nine municipal town.
ships. These municipal townships are
entirely different from the townships
referred to in describing land accord
ing To the United States system OF
land surveying.
THE other eight municipal town
ships divide the remaining parts OF
the county about equally, so far as
territory and population are con
cerned.
Each Of the nine municipal town
ships constitutes under the law, 9
Justices precinct, and two justices oi
the peace and two constables are Il
be elected therein.
The board of county commission
ers are given the authority to divide
each of these municipal townships
into election rrecincts and establish
the boundaries OF the same, to des
ignate voting places In each election
precinct, and to appoint the necessa
ry election inspector In each of th'
several voting precincts. The elec
tion inspectors are required TO ap
point judges of the election, one from
each of the political parties which
cast the largest number of votes IL
the election Of delegates to the con
stitutional convention
THE new ordinance also provides
that the county clerk and two per
sons appointed by him, one from eacl
of the two polltic'4 parties that cas-