The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-03
ASSESSMENTS ARE
LEVIED TO MEET THE
PRIMARY EXPENSES
COMMITTEE FIXES SUMS THAT
MUST BE PAID BY THE CAN
DIDATEs.
VUsT QUALIFY BY DECEMBER II
Provision Made For Meeting the Cost
Of the Democratic Elections on Feb.
5 and II to Name Maury's Next
County Officers.

At a meeting Of the Primary Com
mittee Saturday assessments were
levied upon the candidates for office
in the approaching primary election
on Feb. S and IL. All of the members
of the committee were pres
emit. In making the assessments
the committee acted according to the
instructions from the Democratic
County Committee, the tenure and re-
ceipts of the several offices being Ia
ken into consideration.
The assessments made cover all the
expenses of the first and second pri-
maries. They will cover the cost OF
the supplemental registration, the cost
of the ballots and printing for both OF
the primaries and all incidental ex'
penses. No provision is made for the
payment of the election officers the
law making no allowance for them.
To pay the election officers in both
primaries would have made the as
sessment at least fifty per cent higher
and would have greatly added to the
burdens Of the office seekers. This
the committee was unwilling to do.
Moreover, the County Committee had
expressly provided that only the ex-
penses provided by law should be met.
The hope is expressed by members
of the committee that all of the funds
assessed will not be necessary for the
payment of the expenses of the pri-
mary and that there will remain
fund to return to the candidates.
However, the members realized that
it was easier to collect before the cleo
ton than it would he to levy another
assessment after the election so that
ample provision was made for all
necessary expenses.
The committee issued the following
statement:
Rules For Assessment.
Pursuant to Paragraph of the
rules adopted by the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee of Maury county
governing the primary election on
Feb. 5 and IL next, the Primary
Committee has adopted the following
assessments:
For the Office of County Court
Clerk ...... .......... .$z1o.VO
For the office of County Judge. 10000
For the office of Trustee. $50. 10000
For the office of Register. 80. 10000
For the Office of Sheriff ..... 125.OO
For the Office of Circuit Clerk. 10000
Upon the basis of the announced
candidates the following assessment
is levied against the candidates for
said Offices:
For County Clerk, each. ....... $112.5O
For County Judge, each. ...... 1000
For Trustee, each. ............ 5O.O0
For Register, each. .......... 50.0O
For Sheriff, each. ............. 31.33
For Circuit Clerk. .......... 1900
Candidates must pay the assess
ments herein levied not later than
noon of Saturday, Dec. IL to j. l. Fin
new, Secretary of this committee.
Candidates who do not pay said sum
by that date and do not certify to the
Secretary their intention to become
candidates as prescribed in Paragraph
5 of the Rules for said primary shall
be barred from participation therein
nor shall their names be printed upon
the ballots. In the event that all OF
the candidates now announced for the
several offices should not qualify,
leaving portion of the assessment
to any office unpaid the Secretary and
Chairman of this Committee are au-
thorized. in the event they deem 1t
necessary to assess pro rata upon the
candidates for said Offices who do
qualify a sum sufficient to make up
said defcit Said additional assess,
ment must be paid not later than noon
of Saturday, Dec. IS. Notice of the
additional assessment if any shall be
given by publication made not later
than Monday, Dec. 10.
The assessments herein made and
the additional assessments above stipu-
lated shall be the only assessments