Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-15
2 BALLOTS MAY
BE REQUIRED IN
COUNTY PRIMARY
Committee Plans For
Contingency If Nc
Math Is Opposed

If County Supt. E. j. McMath has
opposition for reelection to the office
of county school head, two sets of
ballots will be used in the coming
primary March 3 in the city of
Americus. This was decided yester-
day alta special meeting of the coun-
ty executive committee at the court
house for the purpose of considering
the nomination of superintendent,
that Office having been overlooked at
the committees previous meeting, and
a modified law governing the election
to that Office having been called to
their attention.
The report having reached the
committee that Mr.. McMath would
have opposition, although no names
have been mentioned, the committee
decided to arrange for the contin-
gency that would be confronted in ad-
vance. Under the law residents iy-
ing within an independent school sys-
tenn are not permitted to vote on
county school superintendent. The
Amerlcus school is an independent
district, and it constitutes only a part
of the 9th district. Therefore, the
committee decided that, in case there
should be more than one candidate
for the office, to use two ballots, white
for all the county, except the voters
living inside the Americas city school
district, and colored for the Americus
voters. The committee also will have
a man stationed at the voting place in
Amerlcus to explain the two ballot
arrangement.
Publish Qualifications.
Because of the eligibility reauire-
ments for county school superintend-
ent as fixed by the code, the COM
mittee ordered published this section
OF the law as matter of information
IN advance to all who might contem-
plate entering the race. The commit
tee also fixed an entrance fee of SIS
for this Office.
For the information of newcomers,
the committee by resolutions declared
eligible to participate in the coming
primary all persons who are register
ed and who will be qualified to vote in
the general election next November,
tins including persons who, bv cleo
ton day in November will have been
IN the state year and the county
six months.
Following is the text of the section
OF the Georgia school code on qualif-
cations for county superintendent,
and also that section governing the
voting on superintendent, publication
OF which was ordered by the commit
tee:
Sections of Code
Section 149. Before any person
shall be equalified or eligible to the
offlce of county superintendent of
schools, he shall have had at least
three years practical experience in
teaching, hold a first grade nigh
school license, or in lieu thereof shall
have Q diploma from literary or
noi uaI school, or shall have had five
y rs experience in the actual SUD-
e.Vlslon of schools, or stand an ap-
proved examination before the State
Board as to his qualifications, be a
person of good moral character, never
convicted of any crime involving
moral turpitude. Before being eligi-
bic to qualify for election, candidates
for the position must file at the State
Department of Education a certificate
as to qualification under at least one
of the four methods prescribed by
law. This certificate must be signed
by the president of the Board of Edu-
cation.
Section 147.-If there is in the
county one or more independent
school systems not under the super
vision of the county superintendent,
the voters of such independent system
or systems shall not vote in the cleo
ton for the county superintendent" j."
The members of the committee at
tending the meeting were Chairman
Davenport, Secretary Fred B. Ar
thur and E. Zimmerman, C. D.
Brinley, j. T. Methvin, f. C. Webb
and A. w. Buchanan.