The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-11
CITY PLACES
 FOR VOTING Chairman Jones An nounces Ward Polls. INSTRUCTIONS ARE ISSUED Votes In Congressional Primary to Be Certified Monday. Counting VIII Not Be Nearly so La- borious as in Primary of May
 1s-Pons Open at
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INSTRUCTIONS ARE ISSUED

The polling places for the Congress sional primary tomorrow which have been arranged by the several beat con- mttteemen, were announced yesterday by Chairman George W. Jones, of the Montgomery County Democratic Ex- are for the various wards of Mont- gomery.
 Chairman Jones yesterday also issued instructions to the returning officers of the election and reminded them of the sections of the Code of Alabama affecting such primaries as will be held tomorrow. The polls in Montgomery, under the law, must be opened between the hours of and o'clock in the morning and kept open until o'clock and not any longer.
 The polling places selected are as follows for Montgomery:
 Ward 1--Durr's Stables on Bibb Street, between Moulton aud Catoma
 Ward 2-Loeb's Stables, corner Church and Moulton Streets.
 Ward a-County Jail.
 Ward 4--Murray's plumbing shop, SIP Dexter Avenue.
 Ward 5-Citizens' Light, Heat and Power Company office. POI Dexter Av- enue.
 Ward e-Police Headquarters, corner Madison Avenue and North Perry Street.
 Ward 7-Box 1, Bullock and Co., store. Forest Avenue, (Highland Park.)
 Ward 7-Box 2, J. G. HagenwalPs tin shop. South Hull Street, (Clover- dale.)
 Election OfTicers fin City.
 The election officers selected by the Executive Committee at its meeting on August 15. 1908, for the wards in the city of Montgomery are as follows:
 Ward 1--T. M. McDonough. W. B. Davidson, J. B. Brown, Managers; F. G. Taylor Jule Galtas, Clerks; c. c. Devipney, Returning Officer.
 Ward 2-E. c. Hannon. S. A Tyson, Jr.. Joe Wilson. Managers; J. N. Scott, W. c. Smith, Clerks; A. H. Arlington, Returning Oficer.
 Ward s-Hugh Watts, Armistead Brown. J. Y. Brame, Managers; P. L.. Rollo, LS B. Whitfield, Clerks; W. T. Seibels. Returning Officer.
 Ward 4-E. F. Taylor. Dave Shack Graves, H. c. Crenshaw. Clerks; W. R. Brassell, Returning Officer.
 Ward 5-J. H. Hinderer. Geo. Walk CT, J. s. Conniff, Managers; I. H. De- Wees, Tom Fariss, Clerks: J. c. Crom- melin. Returning Officer.
 Ward 6-Chas. D. Faber. I. s. Butt Ter. Porter Bibb. Managers; B. H. Jack son, Tony Boscowitz, Clerks. J. J. Far. ley, Returning Officer.
 Ward 7-Box 1, (Highland Park): H. E. Quillan. F. M. Mcqueen. Chas. Boyd, Managers; W. D. Peck. E. H. E. Warren Clerks; Carl Roemer, Return. ing Officer.
 Ward 7-Box 3. (C1overdale): Jack Thorington, J. Fl. Patterson, R. H. Green, Managers; Bryan Ball. T. H. Jones' Clerks; Carl Roemer. Returning Officer.
 Under a resolution adopted at the meeting of the Executive Committee on August Is, 1t was provided that each beat committeeman should act as re- turning officer.
 Chairman Jones has requested each returning officer to see to it that the ballot boxes and returns from their respective beats are delivered to the committee not later than 12 o'clock, noon, Monday, September 14, at which hour the County Executive Committee will assemble at the Court House to canvass the returns
 for each beat have been delivered by Chairman Jones to the several beats committeeman whose duty 1t is to de- liver them at the polling places to the election officers by o'clock Saturday morning.
 It Is suggested that any committee man who brings in the returns and the ballot boxes prior to the hour of the meeting of the Executive Commit tee may deposit them in the vault at the county 1allr Tn cnarB0 or CoIIlInlt- teeman, Hon. S. J. Pettus.
 Sections of Primary Law.
 Chairman Jones also calls attention to Section 396 of the general election law which Is applicable to this pri- mary Under said section of the Code 1t IS provided as follows:
 "The polls must be opened at each place of voting, in each precinct, be- tween the hours of eight and nine o'clock in the morning and kept open without intermission or adjournment until the hour of five in the afternoon. and no longer; provided that in cities and towns of over five thousand inhab- ttants the polls shall remain open until six o'clock in the evening and no lon- ger"
 It k also n1oyided by Sections 35s and se1 of inc Sode that on the fail ure of any nrecihct election officer to attend. such ofacars as may be present may compIete the number from quail flied electors of Ahe precinct.
 If Is contenn1a ted that the work of counting the votek in the various city wards will be dorEe in a short time Hf- ter the polls closA. and that the mana gers and clerks Twill not have the la borioua task yub {ch they encountered at the .aay prtmalry where there were numerous candJdsh htes for numerous of- f1ces. Of courseg this primary being .confined strictly to the selection of a ConRressman for kthe short term and a Congressman for& the long term. sAe matter of counting the votes ana ar irving at the res# #ult will be extremely simple ana all Returning officers are requ ested to furnish to the newspapers a memorandum oi the result from theIK respective beats In advance of the official declaration. which will be maK Kde by the County Ex- ecutive Commit tee on next Monday night when theR returns are opened Under the laW Wv, election managers are required toW post at the several polling places in hmediately upon ascer- aiming the .resu t, certificate thereof. md it is custom lary for the returning officers to brin with them an unoffi- tlusrulaa