The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-08-06
RULES AND REGULATIONS
ADOPTED BY CONGRESS
SIGNAL EXECUTIVE COM.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Dem,
ocratlc Congressional Executive Com
mittee for the Third Congressional
District of Georgia as follows:
l. That a Democratic Primary E1ec-
ton be held in each of the counties
comprising the Third District of
Georgia, on September 8, 1920. for
Gselection of the Democratic candi-
date for Congress to the 9th Con,
gress from said Congressional Dis
trict.
T. That all persons qualified to vote
Tor the selection of Governor and
state-house officials shall be qualified
to vote in said primary for the selcc>
ton OF the Democratic candidate for
Congress.
3. That the entire vote cast for
Congress in the fifteen counties COM
prising the Third District of Georgia
shall be consolidated, and the candi-
date who receives plurality of the
vote cast in the entire district shall
be declared the Democratic nominee
for Congress from said district, if
qualified, as hereinafter provided, to
hold said office.
T. That, as soon as the Democratic
Executive Committee of the respec-
tive counties of the district shall de-
clare the result in their respective
counties, as to the vote for Congress,
t ne Congressional Committeeman
from each county shall certify the re-
suit in his county to Hon. A. S.
Rainey, Ellaville, Georgia, Secretary
of the Congressional Executive Com,
mittee for said district. The said Sec
rotary shall consolidate the vote cast
in the fifteen counties of the district,
and the candidate who receives
plurality of the votes cast shall be en-
titled to appoint delegates from each
of said counties to a Democratic Con-
gressional Convention.
5. That said Congressional Con,
ventlon shall assemble in Americas,
Georgia, on September ID, 1920, at
ten o'clock, a. m. The secretary of
the Congressional Committee shall
present to said convention certified
statement of the vote cast in said
district of Congress, and the candi-
date receiving the plurality of the
votes cast iii said district of Congress,
and the candidates receiving the plur-
atty of the votes cast shall be, by
said convention, declared the Dem,
ocratic nominee for Congress. Said
convention shall have power to elect
new Congressional Committee for
the ensuing two years, to make a
platform, and to pass upon any ques-
ton that may arise as to the qualih-
cations of the nominees to hold the
office which he has been nominated.
g. No candidate for Congress shall
be declared the nominee of the party
if it is proven that, in the conduct OF
his campaign for the nomination, he
violated any of the laws of the state
of Georgia or of the United States.
l. Any candidate desiring to con-
test for the Democratic nomination
for Congress must, in writing on or
before. August 20, 1920, notify the sec
rotary of the Congressional Commit
tee (Hon. A. S. Rainey, Ellavile, Ga.
that he is candidate for such office;
and, after said date, all entries are
closed, and no person subsequently
thereto can become candidate in
said primary for the office of Con-
gresham.
g. That all candidates for Congress
shall pay to the Democratic Execu,
tive Committee of the respective
counties of the district whatever as,
sessment shall be levied against said
candidates for Congress by the sad
committees to defray the expenses of
the primary, and the name of no cam
didate failing to pay such assessment
shall be placed upon the official DEM
ocratic ticket.
9. That the newspapers of the Third
Congressional District are respectful,
ly requested to publish these resolu-
tons, so that the public generally
fmay be acquainted as to the rules and
regulations governing said Congress-
ional Primary.
Resolutions adopted at Americas,
Georgia, August 5, 19200