Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-05
RULES ADOPTED BY
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
COMMITTEE JUNE 4TH

BE IT RESOLVED By the Demo-
cratic Congressional Executive Com
mittee for the Third Congressional
District of Georgia, as follows:
FIRST: That a Democratic Pri-
mary Election be held in each of the
counties comprising the Third Con-
gressional District of Georgia, on
September 10th, 1924 for the selection
of the Democratic candidate for
Congress to the Goth Congress from
said Congressional District;
SECOND: That all persons quail
fled to vote for one selection of Gov
ernor and statehouse Officials shall be
qualified to vote in said primary for
the selection of the Democratic can
didate for Congress-
THIRD: That the entire vote cast
for Congress in the fifteen counties
comprising the Third District of
| Georgia shall be consolidated and the
( candidate who receives a 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;
| FOOKl II: nat as soon as the
Democratic Executive committee of
the respective counties of the district
shall declare the result in their respect
i've counties, as to the vote for Con-
| gress, the Congressional committee
man from each county shall certify
the result in his county to Mr.. John
NJ Greer, of Oglethorpe, Georgia,
Secretary of the Congressional Exec
utive Committee for said district. The
said secretary shall consolidate the
vote cast in the fifteen counties of
the district, and the candidate who re-
ceives a plurality of the votes cast
shall be entitled to appoint delegates
| from each of said counties to Dem
ocratic Congressional Convention;
FIFTH: That said Congressional
convention shall assemble in Ameri-
Gus, Georgia on September 18th, 1924,
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 dis
trict for Congress and the candidate re
ceiving the plurality of the votes shall
be, by said convention, declared the
Democratic nominee for Congress.
Said convention shall have power to
elect new Cong. essional committee
fer the ensuing two years, to make
platform, and to pass upon any ques-
ton that ray arise as to the qualltl-
cations Of the nominee to hold the Of
flee for which he has been nominated.
SIXTH: No candidate for Congress
shall lie declared the nominee of the
party if it is proven that, in the con-
duct Of his campaign for the nominal
tor, he violated any of the laws OF
the State of Georgia or of the United
States:
SEVENTH: AIRY candidate desir-
ing tc contest for the Democratic nom
ination for Congress must in writing,
on or before June 81, 1924. notify the
secretary of the Congressional Com
mittee, Mr.. John M. Greer, Ogle-
thorpe, Georgia, that he is candidate
for such office; and after said date all
entries are closed and, no person sub
sequentlythereto can become a candi-
ate in said primary for the office OF
Congressman;
EIGHTH; That all candidates for
Congress shall pay to the Democratic
Executive Committee OF the respect
i've counties of the district whatever
assessment shall be levied against
said candidates for Congress by the
said committees to defray the expense
of the primary, and the name OF no
candidate failing to pay such assess,
ment shall be placed upon the official
Democratic ticket; >.
NINTH: That the newspapers OF
third Congressional District are res
pectfully requested to publish these
Resolutions so that the public general
| ly may be acquainted as to the rules
and regulations governing said Con-
gressional primary. -,
I, John M. Greer, secretary Of the
Democratic Congressional Executive
Committee for the Third Congression-
al district of Georgia, de certify that
the foregoing is true and correct
copy of the resolutions passed and
adopted by said committee at a meet
ing held at Americas, Georgia on the
4th day of June, 1924.
This June 4th, 1924