The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-01

spection and control OF the district
c0r1mittee.
The sasd district COMMITTEES shall
give public notice in the Democratic
papers of the district. OF the time at
which said primary is to be held,
which notice shall require all per-
sons who desire to be candidates to
give notice thereof, In writing. to the
chairman of the district committee on
or before a day named, which day
shall not be less than sixty days be-
fore said primary is to be held, and
only such persons as shall comply
with said Condition shall be voted for
at said primary election. II only one
person shall comply with this require
ment, the district committee shall
meet and announce that fact, and de-
clare the said person the nominee, and
give notice that the primary election
will not be held The district com
mittee shall decide all contests, sub
ject to an appeal to the State central
State Senatorial Primaries
State senatorial primary elections
shall be held under the direction of
the chairmen of the counties and
cities comprising the several senatorial
districts throughout the State. except
where a single county or city shall
comprise a senatorial district, in
WHICH case lHt Sdtu primary piCEtIOii
for such district shall be held under
the direction of the committee for said
bcounty or city.
| The said chairman, or committee,
shall decide upon what date the pri-
mary election is to be held through
out the senatorial district. Wher-
ever there Is a tie or failure to act
in State senatorial district commit
tee the State chairman shall act with
ft,x.g 1a
{ tive county and city committees the
appointment OF Judges and clerks to
conduct the election, which judges
shall, within two days after the. said
| primary election, certify the returns to
! the respective county and city chair
men, or to the city or county COM
mfttee, where single county or city
shall comprise a senatorial district,
who, in turn, shall within five days
after said election meet: but may adj
I journ from time TO time until all the
returns are in, and canvass and de-
clare the result of the election. The
poll books shall be sealed, returned.
and preserved as heretofore provided,
and shall be subject to the inspection,
control. and disposition of the State
central committee. Said chairmen
or committee. as the case may be.
shall give at least ninety days public
notice In Democratic papers Of the
/ district of the time at which said
primary shall be held and shall re-
duire all persons who desire to become
candidates to give notice thereof, in
writing. sixty days prior to said pri-
mary to the chairman of the coun-
ties and cities composing the sena-
torial district. Should there be no
Democratic paper published in the
senatorial district, then the notice
herein required To be given shall be
published In any two Democratic pa
/ pers which the chairmen of the re-
spective counties and cities may Sc
( lect and by posting notices OF said
! election in every voting precinct in the
/ district.
| II only one person shall comply
with this requirement, the chairman
| of the counties and cities composing
n senatorial district shall meet and
announce that fact. except where a
single county or city shall comprise
a senatorial district, in which case the
county or city committee shall meet
and announce that fact. and declare
] the said person the nominee, and give
notice that the said primary will not
be held. The chairmen Of the coun-
/ ties and cities comprising a district
shall decide all contests In the pres
ence OF the candidates, or in the pres
/ ence of representative chosen by
each candidate, subject to appeal to
the State central committee.
/ Primaries for Members of the Gen.
eral Assembly and County and City
Officers.
| County and city committees shall
have the direction and regulation OF
primaries held for the nomination OF
candidates for members of the general
assembly, county and city Offices, re-
spectively. and shall decide contests
subject to the right of appeal to the
congressional district committee
whose decision shall be Anal. County
and city committees shall have the
right 10 determine whether nomina-
] tons for county and city offices shall
be made by primary or by some other
method
At all primary elections held for the
nomination of candidates for members
Of the general assembly, and for coun-
ty and city offices. the poll books shall
i be sealed and returned by the per-
sons conducting the elections. as pro.
i vided by law, and preserved by the re-
spective county or city committees for
] n period of at least twelve months
i In ali nominations for members OF
the general assembly it shall be dis
fereticnary with the properly consti.
tuied committees ef the counties com
posing the legislative district. whether
house or senate. having charge of such
nominations as to whether such nomi.
nations s3e. made pursuant TO said pri'
mary plan or by some other method.
In the selection OF all county or cit,
committees the method adopted ma,
be by primary election or otherwise
as the local committee may direct
In the event of q vacancy occurring
after the nomination OF a candidate
| and before the election. then the com
mittee, whose duty 1t would be to holt
a primary TO I'LL such vacancy, shall
determine the manner in which suci
vacancy shall be filled.
Primary elections held under thi
plan must be governed by the act o.
i the general assembly approved Marcel
ia, 1912, page Sill, entitled an act Il
4 establish and regulate the holding o
primary elections.