The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-23
OFFICIAL CALL
FOR PRIMARY
Democratic Committee Meets and
Adopts Rules and Provides For
Assessment of Candidates.

At the meeting of the Democratic
Committee for Clark county. held ON
the 22nd day of March, 1909, it was
ordered:
LIST. That a Primary Election be
held on Tuesday, the 25th day of May
1909, for the purpose of nominating
Democratic candidates for the follow
ing Offices, to-wit: County Judge,
County Attorney, County Clerk, Cir
cult Clerk, Jailer, Assessor, School
Superintendent, Sheriff, Representa-
tive, Surveyor, Coroner, Magistrate,
and Constable, to be voted for at the
November election 1909; that for the
purpose of holding said primary, the
polls shall be opened at each voting
place in Clark county from six a. m.
to four p. m. on said day, and that
all persons who are devoted TO the
principles of the Democratic party,
and desire to see those principles pre-
vail, and who, by participating in sad
primary, will feel in honor bound to
support the nominees of said primary,
and who will be legal voters in the
precincts, wherein they will offer to
vote at the final election, and who
were legal voters at November cleo
ton, 1908, and such young men as
will become twenty-one by the final
election, and desire TO cast their polit
ical lot with the Democratic primary,
shall be entitled TO vote in said pri-
mary at their respective precincts.
In the city of Winchester, the general
law with regard to the qualifications
of voters shall be followed. No per-
son who voted the Republican ticket
at the November election, 1908, shall
be allowed to vote in said Democratic
primary.
2nd. For the purpose of defraying
the expenses of said primary, the fol-
lowing assessments are made: Each
candidate for County Judge, $50; for
Sheriff. $50; for County Attorney,
$25: County Court Clerk, $25: Circuit
Clerk, $25; Jailer, $40; School Super
SIS; Representative, $50;
Assessor, 500; Surveyor, So; Coroner,
So; Magistrate, So; and Constable, 81,
and all persons desiring to make the
race for the nomination of any of said
offices, shall pay the sum so assessed,
to j. NJ Stevenson, Chairman of this
Committee, on or before the 10th day
of April, 1909, with the understanding,
that, if the total amount thus assessed
exceeds the expenses of the primary,
the excess shall be ratably refunded,
and, if the amount is insufficient, the
candidates shall ratably make up the
deficiency.
3rd. That this Committee meet at
the court house in Winchester. on the
18th day of May, 1909, for the pur-
pose of selecting the officers to con-
dact said primary, and, if by said
time, only one person for any one of
said Offices has paid his assessment,
such person shall be declared the
nominee for that office, but shall not
be relieved of paying the sum assess
ed for that office.
4th. This Committee shall meet
at the court house on Thursday, May
the 9th, 1909, receive and canvass
the returns and declare the result
of said primary.
9Th. That the Chairman and See
rotary of this Committee be and they
are hereby directed to give public
notice of said primary election, for
at least forty days prior to May 25th,
1909, by posting a notice at the court
house door and at least forty other
public places in the county, stating
the date of said primary election, the
hours between which it will be held,
the offices for which candidates are
so be nominated, and places at whicL
polls will be opened at said primary.
9th. That the Chairman of this
Committee be, and he is hereby au-
thorized to attend to printing Of bal
lots, to secure necessary supplies and
to have so much of the registration
books in the various precincts in the
city, as may be necessary, copied, as
provided by law, and to attend to the
delivery of various supplies ordered
to the election officers, in accordance
with law, after they have been select
ed at the same time specified by law,
and to receive the return of said pri-
mary election at the office of the
County Court Clerk in the court house
in Winchester, KY, and within the
time and manner provided by statute.
]. NJ. STEVENSON,
Chairman Democratic Committee.
L. B. COCKRELL. Secretary.