Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-07-05
Commissioners

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The commissioners shall forward the
poll books, certificates and ballots under
seal, to the County Clerk TO be delivered by
| him to the Chairman of the County Elk.
ecatiye Committee, TO be held and recount.
| ed in case of contest within two DAYS after
the closing of the polls by the County Elk.
ecutive Committee which shall meet at 10
| O'Clock a. M, on the is day of July, al
| Court House in Charles Town, w. Va, aud
shall open and count the vote and declare
the result. The candidates receiving the
highest number of votes for the respective
offices for which they have been candidates
shall be declared by said Executive Com
mittee to be the Democratic nominees for
said offices
s. As to who may vote; The duty Of the
commissioners shall be to receive the votes
OF all who supported the Democratic ticket
at the presidential election in the year 1908.
and who intend supporting the Democratic
ticket at the coming election this wear: of
all Democrats who have moved into this
county aud will be legal voters at the next
election; OF all young men known 70 be
Democrats who win be of age at the next
general election and none others
8. Each person desiring TO be a candidate
| at such primary election, shall ten days
prior thereto, furnish Thomas X. Moore.
Chairman County Executive Committee.
| (P. o. Charles Town, w, Va in writing his
full name and the office for which lie de-
| sires to be candidate, which shall be ac-
companied by the sums named below to
| pay expenses of the primary election: Del
egates to the Legislature, $500; State Sem
ator $25 90; County COMMISSIONERS, SO. 90;
Constable $500; County Superintendent
Of Free Schools. $500; President and
Members of School Board, B 90
7. Should there be tie betwe two or
more candidates the choice shall be made
by drawing lots by the tied candidates or
u may be decided by said Executive Com
mittee ia any manner that the candidates
may agree upon.
8, The name of the candidates shall be
placed on one ticket. under the respective
heading of the position or officers for which
they are candidates. and the voter will erase
the names of all except the person or per
sons he desires to vote for. II more than one
name for each Office shall be allowed TO re-
main on the ticket by the voter, the ballot
for that Office shall not be counted, and no
name will be placed on the ticket unless the
candidate complies with Section 90 Six, as
above.
The time for holding the Primary cleo
ton shall be the 10th day of July 1910, from
O'Clock p. m. until sunset The Commas
sioners of election will see to IL that the re-
| turns of this primary election are delivered
to the Clerk of the County Court of SAID
County by 10 o'clock a. N. on the 18th day
of July, 1910.
8. The voting at such an election shall
be by ballot aud the mode of preparation
distributing aud depositing of ballo's of
such primary election shall be as prescribed
by sec 80 and subsequent acc As of chap 3
general election laws Of Code, except that
the preparation, printing and distribution
| shall be under the supervision of the Chair
man of the County Executive Committee.
who is hereby authorized to furnish any
candidate as many ballots as he may desire.
which ballots may be circulated by him.
and when offered AT the polls shall be ac-
cepted as legal ballots. aud the voting place
of each precinct established for the regular
election shall be ace for holding this cleo
ton, except that in Charles Town. the yof-
ing precincts of Dukesmith's, Hollis Pump
| and the Academy shall be dispensed with
and all the votes shall be cast at the Court
House, aud that at Shepherdstown. the two
precincts. Chase Store No. and Upper
Precinct No. shall likewise be dispensed
with, aud all votes Of said latter town shall
he cast at Market House precinct. Booths
shall be dispensed with at this election.
10. The names of the candidates for State
Senate shall be printed Gu the ticket in the
order of the announcement Of their candi-
dacy. After the name of each candidate
for the State Senate shall be printed the
name of the county in which be re-
sides. Instead of placing the various
names of the delegates to the Senatorial
Convention on the ballots, the voter shall
cast his vote direct for the candidates for
the State Senate. and the candidate receiY-
ing the largest number of votes in the pre-
cinct shall have the right to select the dele
gates to said Senatorial Convention from
this county from said precinct or precinc.s.
And at same time each precinct shall elect
delegates to Congressional convention on
same plan. candidates paying an assessment
of $40 each.
The basis Of representation to the said
Senatorial and Congressional Conventions
shall be that adopted by the Senatorial and
Congressional Committees respectively.
II. The Secretary of the Executive Com
mittee shall make out the poll books and
have the tickets printed. The Democratic
papers of this County are requested 10 pub
lish the proceedings OF this rneeting2
THos. X. MooRK. Chairman.
CHAs- A. JOHNSON. Seer, tary
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