The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-08

at the primary Members Of parties
registered cannot change parties within
Is days before primary.
| Votes cast for same person on thu
ballots Of different parties shall moi
be added together. but shall only count
in favor of the person as the candidate
Of each party on whose ballot his name
appears.
Said secretary shall, upon receipt OF
the returns from all towns, and upon
five days notice to each candidate whose
name appears on party ballot, canvass
the certificates received and declare
what candidates have received the great
est number, to be followed by publica-
ton of same, mailing a copy OF such
paper to each person whose name APP
pears on party ballot. Plurality vote
to controls in case OF tie vote Tor two
or more candidates for state office or
congressman, the state convention of the
party to which such candidates belong
shall choose one of said candidates for
the position.
Vacancies upon party tickets occur
ring after the primary to he filled by
the state convention; ii vacancy occurs
the party shall elect.
Town clerks to forward declarations
of candidacy within two days after fill
ing, under penalty of Sl0O or 30 days
imprisonment Provisions of title 3 of
the public statutes in reference to hold
ing elections, shall apply to primaries,
as far as consistent with this act. Said
secretary to prepare all forms and fur
nish same in reasonable quantities TO
proper officers. Not later than the first
day of August following primary,
upon call Of the chairman of the state
committee Of party, the nominees OF
each party aud party delegates elected
at such primary shall meet in state
for purpose Of adopting the
party platform. filling vacancies and TO
effect organization for the following two
years.
Convention TO elect county commit
teemen. who shall constitute state com
mittee, whose names shall be certified
to the secretary of state None but
nominees and state delegates chosca
shall take part in state conventions, eX
primary, the state committees as at |
present constituted may act,
Provisions Of this act shall be liberal I
" construed. so that the real will Of |
The voters shall not be defeated This I
lct shall take effect July |, 1918, pro-
1ided that if majority OF the ballots I
% be cast as hereinafter provided shall !
,e 'no," then this act shall take effect I
March |, 1918; but as TO sections 81,
2 and %, this act shall take effect 4
rom its passage.
Sclectmen Of each town shall, when
preparing warnings for the annual Il
farch meeting in 1918, incorporate in 4
{ an article as follows: "Shall an act
f the general assembly OF 1912, entitled
An act to provide for the nomination
f party candidates by direct primary, il
ecome a law July /, l9l3T" Said
eeretary shall on the first Tuesday in
april, 1913, canvass the returns made TO
i'm and shall within two days issue
is proclamation certifying the result of
uch vote and declaring the time when
he provisions of the act take eject.
Approved and Signed by the Governor.
An act to amend section 5l25 of the
ublic statutes, relating to the granting
licenses.
An act 10 PROVIDE Ior the care OF
urial lots.
Joint resolution relating to visit to
re state prison by the committee on
ate prison.
Appointments Made.
The governor has appointed as trns-
es Of the permanent school fund the
flowing persons:
Joseph A. DeBoer. Montpelier.
Porter II. Dale, Island Pond
J. L. Southwiek Burlington.
Also. on the It'll day Of November,
q governor appointed Frank H. Tracy
Montpelier and J. w. Barss of Yer
mes as delegates TO the American
ison association, TO be held at Balti-
Dre, Maryland, on November Q TO IA.