Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-10-05

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-. 7,o7zn Of wIlmlngton.---Election o.
Tine TOW" .ars---A Registration Law
,or the &c Private Laws OF the State OF
III CsToiina, passed by the General Assembly at
N ,Dl"a.ion Of 1s5455: Raleigh Holden Wilson,
ors n the State, 1867 we find the following
-. Socton II of " An act to empower the Com
.s;aaoners of the Town of Wilmington to establish
4-oots in said town. and for other purposes" ha'l
fad the 10Th of January, 1856.
~ :, ~ = further rmacted That whereas it is greatly
oha that the elective franchise sno9lo De | ~ ~
abuse and exercised s IS and just that those
g tba nro}ection, mmunities ana privileges Si
the Pc the expendures necessary for the due admin
tton of such law which ENDS the
e OF sa and vent at the Office of said
~ bich each and every inhabitant OF SAID town VINO
1neo 70 Assembly Of the State shall register cause to be
raoistered his and place OF residence A ;5 49,
6eioe s H SO to register their names more
than once and such book shall pc cloSeu @ for
% each and every month next preceding any lSl
curing Of sad town and person whatever shall be
;tted 70 vote at any such election unless ms nale @
in said book and said book or copy mere
De SO bereupon arranged in alphabetical order
Tall no furnished by the commissioners Oh sal1 C"n "
bs dutv Of the clerk Of said town. and the sheriff
F the county of New Hanover, or such person as nv
CURED Oy & nreyou to every election of commission
srs of said town. to be prepared IN whose
% ept for that purpose list of all such persons TnO
De are registered as herenbere required who sha nO
o raid the taxes due by them to SAID Town ioL ' b
nav :o voor and no person whose name appears III euIL
a be permitted at any such election gTs
shall at the time he tenders his VOTE da Nv him to
the proper officer of the payment OF inc ~ persons
d town for the year preceding and the person or
holding managing any such gecof arc Administer an
tb to anv peson offering vote at any sucn eectoI
make all necessary "na Gf tne So to Vote
neTson or persons convicted Of having Ta he deemed
nGre on oFT nTy and on prosecution and IN
%neror court Of law for the county Oh view which
be LIABLE 70 M On those who convicted OF that OIL
W. take occasion to publish this regulation al 'nis
time and to call especial attention to IT. because VIZ
do,,t think that of the general public there Is one
~ ton who has thought of it, or knew OF lis pas
COCO nor of the further provision contained IN TIT
TTth soct;on Of the same law, changing the tlne
o1d;ro elections TO the third Thursday IN December
which section reads as follows .o.
SEC H. Be further cmGcted That the e11G the thir
of said town. shall hereafter be nelG on INC ~
Irodoy in December next and on the thlro 1nursS
nncember in every year thereafter, IN tne sa h
now e the duties their Office on the first MonoN
=; January next ensuing after any such e!ecuon'
Without wishing to be captlouS' we nuS' 0"J .u'
we fear great deal of forgettuneSs OF ne c"''0'''u
tional requirement, in regard to private laws 10
inc in. We cannot see that any notice was give"
any desire to apply for these changes. we 40 no
saw that they may not be right but for augAt IN
people of Wilmington could have known OF them DC
fore their passage they might have been OF the mos
dangerous tendency. The Constitutional res'rlctIO
also ia positive: The General Assembly %0" nc
pass any private law unless it shall be made 10 az
near that thirty days notice of application to pas
sucb law shall have been given, in sucL manner
sbau be provided by law" The terms OF the LAY
are equally positive. If these requirements nav
beep satisfied, we don't know it. The constlluuo
and the law and the general principles OF puolclt
reouired by both, are necessary-nay, essen'I"l
aoletv Thew ought not to be departed from