The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-09-07
{ DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
CALLS CITY ELECTION


Be It resolved By the CITY Demo
$ cratic Executive Committee that thu
{ city primary for the purpose Of nomi
! mating one mayor, six members Of
) the Board Of Aldermen, one marshal
] one assistant marshal, one recorder
! five members of the City Board Of
Education and five members Of the
i City Democratic Executive Committee
! be held en- Tuesday the 24th day
of October, 1922, between the hours
of a. m. and 4>p. M, and that al
white qualified lyotqrs residing on
, owning real estate in Covington, who
/ will agree to support the nominees
of said primary, be invited to vote
therein. Be it further
Resolved, that the Australian bal
lot be used, and that each voter in
said primary be required to furnish
satisfactory evidence that he has paid
his poll tax for the year 1921, If
liable therefor. and that be Or she is
duly registered. All men and wo-
men thus qualified who are Fl years
of age, or who will be q years of ape
prior to the second Tuesday in March,
1928, will be qualified to vote in said
primary.
Be it further ordered that any per-
son desiring to become candidate
for the office of mayor, marshal, as
sistant marshal or recorder shall file
with the secretary of this committee.
or in his absence, with any member, a
written declaration of intention to be-
come a candidate for such office.
Such declaration may be in substan-
tally the following form, to-wit:
"To the City Democratic Executive
Committee: / desire to become a can
didate for the office of ........................
in the primary to be held on October
"a, 1922, and ask that my name be
printed on the official ballot as a can
didate for such office"
Which declaration shall lie signed
by the candidate, and shall be accom-
panied by a deposit of $40. Said
declaration and said deposit must be
filed on or before the 10th day of
October, 1922. AS much of said de-
post as is not expended in defraying
the necessary expenses Of said pri-
mary will be returned to the respect
i've candidates.
Be it further ordered that car
didates for the Board of Alder
men, the City School Board ard
the City Democratic Executive Com
mittee may be nominated by the fill
ing with the secretary Of this COM
mittee on or before the 10th day Of
October 1922, petition signed by
not less than Is qualified voters of
Covington, Tennessee, nominating
such candidates, and requesting that
his or her name or names be printed
on the official ballot of said primary;
and the names of candidates so nomi-
mated shall be printed on said ballot;
provided that, should.a nominating pc
tition be filed in behalf Of any per-
son who does not desire to become a.
candidate for the office for which
he has been nominated, such person
may, by filing with the secretary Of
this committee on or before the 18th
day Of October, 1922, a request that
his or her name be not printed on
said ballot, have his or her name with
drawn therefrom. No such petition
may nominate candidates for more
than one office to be filled, but there
may be nominated by one petition as
many as six candidates for the Board
of Aldermen, or five candidates for
the City School Board, or five cam
didates for the City Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, as the case may
be.
Be it further ordered that candi-
dates for any of the three boards
mentioned in the foregoing para
graph shall not be required to make
any deposit.
Be it further ordered that the Sec
rotary Of this committee be and he is
hereby directed to attend to the print
ing of ballots, the erection of voting
booths, the procuring Of meals for the
officers of said primary and other de-
tails thereof.
Be it further ordered that a COM
mittee composed Of L. ]. Lindsey and
William G. Upton be appointedto APP
point the necessary officer, judges,
clerks registrar to hold said pri-
mary, and they will announce their
not later than October
Is, 1922. Said committee will en-
deavor to give every candidate, if it
can be done, a representative among
the officers holding said primary; and
each candidate will be entitled to one
to be present at the
counting Of the ballots.
Be it further ordered that the Of
ficers holding said election be furn-
ished with dinner and supper and
that the compensation Of said officers
be So each for the day; and that The
polls be closed between the hours Of
IL and / o'clock.
Be it further ordered that the laws
applicable to general elections shall
control in this primary unless other
wise provided hereinbefore.
Be it further ordered that the re-
turns for said primary election be
canvassed by said committee ON the
Both day Of October, 1922, at A p. m.
at the office of the secretary.
Exceptional values in all-wool fall