The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-29
All Announcements OF Candida
cieS Must Be Made by Next
Saturday Evening.
PRIMARY ON MARCH q
Election This Year Will Be on.
the First Tuesday in April
as Usual.

ing city primary election law Friday
night:
An ordinance relating to and provid-
Ing for the holding Of primary elec-
tions to nominate candidates for r1ii-
nIcipal offices. as provided by chapter
twenty-six Of the acts Of the regular
session, 1916, Of the Legislature Of
West Virginia,
he It ordained by the council OF the
city Of Clarksburg, West Virginia:
Section /. Hereafter all candidates
of political parties to be voted for by
the people Of this city, including coun-
cilmen, shall be nominated at a direct
primary election held In accordance
with this ordinance and In accordance
with chapter twenty-six Of the acts Of
the regular session. 1915, Of the legis-
lature Of West Virginia.
Section 2. The time for holding pri-
mary election for the purpose OF noIni-
mating candidates provided herein
shall be on the first Tuesday In March
OF each year; providing that no such
municipal primary shall be held on
the same day as general primary,
nor less than twenty-five days immedi-
ately preceding the corresponding mu-
nlcipal election. The time Of holding
the municipal primary election, and Q
notice Of the object thereof. shall be
published In two newspapers which
then favors and thereafter fayors the
tenets and principles Of the two oppos-
ite parties. which polled the largest
number Of votes at the preceding gen.
eral election, of general circulation In
the city, daily for two successive
weeks next preceding the date on
which such primary election is to be
held. At such primary election the
polls shall be opened at. $3.50 o'clock
a. m. and closed at $3.50 o'clock p. M
eastern standard time. Said primary
shall be conducted In one room at the
regular voting place in each ward, Or
voting precinct in said city.
Section 3. At any primary election
when committeeman are to be chosen,
there shall be elected for each politi-
cal party two members. respectively.
for each party In each ward Of this
city as city executive committee. All
members of said executive committee
shall reside In the ward from which
chosen; provided that no person hold
ing any appointlye or elective political
Office shall be eligible to serve on the
committee as a member Of the city
executive committee, as provided here
in. The term Of such committeeman
80 elected shall begin on the fifth day
after the date Of such primary elec-
tion and shall continue for four years
thereafter and until their successors
are elected and qualified. Vacancies
In such municipal executive committee
shall be filled by the members Of the
respective committees for the unex-
pired term. As soon as possible sue
ceedlng the selection Of the executive
committees as herein provided they
shall convene on the call Of the chair
man Of corresponding out going execu-
tive COMMITTEES, and proceed TO select
a chairman, treasurer, and secretary.
each Of which officers shall for their
respective committees perform the
duties that usually appertain to such
Offices.
Section 4. The city council shall
hold q regular or special session at the
council chambers on the second Tues
day Of the month next preceding the
month in which any primary election
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