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F E D E R A L R E G IS T E R , W ednesday, M a rch 30, 1938
Tobacco 216 Community Summary of 1938 Burley Tobacco M arketing Quota Ballots.
Tobacco 217 County Summary of 1938 Burley Tobacco Marketing Quota Ballots.
Tobacco 218 State Tabulation of 1938 Burley Tobacco Marketing Quota Ballots.
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CO UN TY COMMITTEES

H ie county committee of the County Agricultural Conser vation Association hereinafter referred to as the county com m ittee shall be responsible fo r and in charge o f the referendum on marketing quotas for Burley tobacco, which w ill be held in the county on Saturday, April 9, 1938, and it shall:
1. Designate a readily accessible place fo r balloting in each community and give public notice o f the tim e and place fo r balloting by posting the appropriate notice form at least five days in advance o f the voting day in one or more public places within each community. Make use without adver tising expense o f a ll available agencies o f public inform a tion, including both the press and the radio, to give farmers in tiie county fu ll and accurate notice of the day and hours of voting, the precise location of polling places, anrj the basis o f eligibility to vote. Public notice should in all cases be given as soon as practicable after conditions of holding the referendum have been determined but must in every instance be given at least five days in advance of the date of the referendum.
2. Designate in each community three local farm ers as members of the community referendum committee to be in charge of holding in the community the referendum on Burley tobacco marketing quotas. One of the members shall be designated as chairman of the community referendum committee.
3. Assist each community referendum committee in pro viding a ballot box fo r the ballots cast in the referendum.
4. Furnish each community referendum committee with a list of a ll the persons owner-operators, share tenants, tenant-renters, and sharecroppers in the community who were engaged in the production o f Burley tobacco during 1937.
5. Deliver to the chairman o f each com m un ity referendum committee ballot forms, register forms fo r use by the com munity referendum committee in tabulating the results in tiie community, and three or more sets o f community sum mary form s on which to record the summaries of the bal lots cast in the community, together w ith instructions, respecting balloting, keeping the registers, tabulating ballots, and certifying the results.
6. See that all appropriate measures are taken to insure that each referendum is conducted by secret ballot.
7. Convene not later than 8:30 a. m., Monday, April 1L, 1938, fo r the purpose o f receiving and tabulating the data from community summaries, using the county sum m ary form s fo r this purpose. Four copies o f each county summary showing the county results shall be prepared and certified, two copies o f which shall be sent to the State committee not later than three days after the date o f the referendum, one copy of which shall be posted in a conspicuous place in or near the county office, and one copy o f which shall be filed in or near the office of the County Agricultural Conservation Asso ciation. One copy o f each community summary shall like wise be posted in a conspicuous place in or near the county office.
8. Make an investigation in each case o f a controversy re specting eligibility of a voter. W here the ballot is found in a sealed envelope marked Challenged by the com m u n ity referendum committee and bearing the voters name, the eligibility o f such person shall first be determined; and if such person is determined to be eligible the envelope shall be opened and the ballot tabulated on the county summary. I f it is determined such person was not eligible to vote, the envelope shall remain sealed and shall be preserved with the ballots as provided in paragraph 9.
9. Seal the voted ballots, register sheets, and community summaries for each county in envelopes or packages marked
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Burley Tobacco Referendum 1938 , followed by the name o f the county which shall be kept under lock and key in a safe place under the supervision of the secretary o f the County Agricultural Conservation Association fo r a period of 60 calendar days. I f no contest has arisen at the end of such time the ballots shall be destroyed and the community summaries filed in the county office.
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Make an investigation in cases o f dispute regarding the correctness o f the summary of the referendum in a com munity. No dispute shall be investigated unless it has arisen within 2 days after the date on which the referendum was held. The county committee shall promptly decide the dis puted m atter and immediately report its findings to the State committee and send by registered mail or deliver in person to the State office all voted ballots, register forms, and com munity summary sheets involved in the dispute.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO C O M M U N IT Y REFERENDUM COMMITTEES

The community referendum committee designated by the county agricultural conservation committee shall:
1. Arrange with the assistance of the county committee for conducting by secret ballot a referendum of all eligible Burley tobacco farm ers tendering ballots within the hours fo r receiving same.
2. Assist the county committee in giving public notice o f the tim e and place fo r casting ballots to farm ers at least 5
days in advance of the date on which the referendum w ill be held.
3. Provide a place where each farm er eligible to vote can prepare and cast a ballot without interference and without anyones seeing how he votes.
4. Open the polls not later than 9 a. m. on Saturday, A pril 9, 1938.
5. See that no device is used whereby any voters ballot may be identified except as provided in par. 11 below in the case of a challenged b a llo t, and instruct each voter to fold his ballot before placing it in the ballot box.
6. Provide ballot boxes where ballots may be deposited.
Any container so arranged that ballots cannot be seen or removed without breaking seals on the container w ill be suit able. I f strip adhesive paper or sim ilar seals are used, such seals should be signed or initialed so that breaking or replac ing the seal w ill affect or destroy the identifying marks.
7. Hold the referendum in a fa ir and unbiased manner and explain to eligible farm ers making inquiry the procedure to be followed in casting their ballots.
8. Issue one ballot to each eligible voter requesting it.
9. See that all appropriate measures are taken to insure that the referendum is conducted by secret ballot.
10. Record on the register of ballots the name and address of each farm er to whom a ballot is issued.
11. Issue a ballot to each person who claims a right to vote, even though his right to vote has been challenged by the community referendum committee. Such ballot, after being marked by the challenged voter, shall be placed in a sealed envelope bearing the name of the voter, the nota tion Challenged, and the reason fo r the challenge. The sealed envelope containing the challenged ballot shall be placed in the ballot box and the name of each farm er whose vote is challenged shall be listed at the bottom o f the register of ballots.
12. Stop receiving ballots at 7 p. m. on the date o f the referendum.
13. Tabulate and record the results on the community summary sheet after closing the polls. The number o f challenged ballots cast and sealed in envelopes shall be en tered on the community summary sheet in the space pro vided but shall not be entered as being either fo r or against the marketing quota. I f any ballots are found to be m uti lated and cannot be entered as being either fo r or against the marketing quota the number should be entered in the space provided.
14. Sign the register and community summary form s and certify to their accuracy.
15. Seal the register and community summary forms, and the unused ballots, in envelopes provided fo r that purpose