Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...officers of the club shall be a president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, and auditor. They shall be chosen annually by ballot. The president, vice-president and auditor shall be chosen from among the directors by vote of all members of the club at a general meeting held during the first week in March. The treasurer and secretary shall be chosen during the next month from among the directors by vote of the directors themselves...
...accordance with the usual custom the election of the Yale Lit. board took place a few days ago. After considerable preliminary discussion, a vote was taken which resulted in the election of Messrs. Crosby, Sage, Colton, and Hurd, and in a tie between Messrs. Opdyke and Beckford. After another ballot with a like result the matter was left pending for settlement till some future...
...Resolved, That the United States government should take measures to secure a free ballot and a fair count in congressional and presidential elections." 2. "Resolved, That the prohibitory amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution should be adopted." 3. "Resolved, That courts of justice should be free of expense to litigants...
...Wigmore, H. U. '83, L. S., '87, has just published a very noticeable book on the "Australian Ballot System." Mr. Wigmore was recently awarded the one thousand dollar prize offered by the Medico-Legal Society of New York for the best essay on the subject: "Circumstantial Evidence in Poison Cases...
...Possible Boston," the Rev. Edward Everett Hale; Jan. 14, "The Rise of American Cities," Professor Albert B. Hart; Jan. 21, "Birmingham: A Study of City Government in England," the Rev. John Cuckson; Jan. 28, "Berlin: A Study of City Government in Germany," Sylvester Baxter; Feb. 4, "The New Ballot System," Richard H. Dana; Feb. 11, "The True School Board," William A. Mowry, Ph. D.; Feb. 18, "The Government of Boston," Henry H. Sprague; Feb. 25, "Josiah Quincy, the Great Mayor," the Hon. Mellen Chamberlain...