Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
ORDER FOR THE ELECTION.
HD'ORs ID MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. 18th, 1867. !

-IEE,ut government OF ING 1SD6I Duties,
,.,sqd March I'd, 1867, and of the acts of
March 23d and July 10Th, 1867, supple
,nantary thereto-it is made the duty OF
fn. Commanding General of this Military
!..>tIi let TO cause a registration to be made
i the male inhabitants Of the State of
North Carolina, of the age of twenty-one
Years and upwards and qualified by the
terms Of said acts to vote, and after such
registration is complete, to order an election
10 be held at which the registered voters of
said State shall vote for or against a Con
vcntion, for the purpose of establishing a
constitution and civil government for the
said State, loyal to the Union, and for dele
gates 20 said Convention, and to give at
feast thirty days notice of the time and
place at which said election shall be held !;
and the said registration having been
u.pleted IN the State of North Carolina,
t is ordered
First: That an election be held in the
State Of North Carolina, commencing on
Tuesday, the 10Th day of November, 1867,
and ending on Wednesday, the 10th day OF
Eovember, 1867, at which all registered
voters Of said State may vote g For Con
ycution.' o. against Convention" and
tor delegates to constitute the Convention
in case & majority of the votes given on
that question shall be for Convention,
and IL case 4 ma jority OF the registered
voters shall have voted on the question OF
.olGing such Convention.
S..,nN 1t shall be the duty OF the
Boar Is OF Registration in North Carolina,
commencing fourteen days prior to the
election herein ordered, and giving reason
.Ie public notice Of the time and place
Hereof 10 revise for period of five days
lie registration lists, and upon being salts
led that any person not entitled thereto
mas been registered, to strike the name Of
such person from the list and such person
shall not be entitled to vote. The Boards
Of Registration shall alSO-durlnG the same
period, add 10 such registers the names OF
all persons who at that time possesses the
qualifications required by said acts-WhO
have not already been registered.
THiyd In deciding who are to be stricken
from or added to the registration lists, the
Boards viii be guided by the law Of March
ID, 1861, and the laws supplementary
thereto, and their attention is specially di-
Te~ted to the Supplementary act OF July
1874, 1867.
Fo,gth. The said election will be held in
each district at such places as may here
after be designated, under the superintend-
eHce cf the Boards Of Registration as pro-
li,ei iyy law. and in accordance with in |
structions hereafter to be given to said
Boards in conformity with the acts OF Con-
grcsr, and as far as may be with the laws OF
torth Carolina.
Fytlh. All judges and clerks employed in
conducting said election, shall, before com
MERGING TO hold the same, be sworn to the
faithful performance OF their duties, and
shall also take and subscribe the oath Of
office prescribed by law for officers Of the
United States.
.SirH. The polls shall De opened at such !
voting places at eight o'clock, in the fore !
noou, and closed at four o'clock in the af- |
ternoon of each day, and shall bekept open |
during these hours without intermissiOn or !
adjournment.
.r.reaM. No member Of the Board Of Re
giatration, who is candidate for election
as q delegate to the Convention, shall serve
a. Judge of the election in any county or .
district which he seeks to represent.
EigIth The Sheriff and other peace Off
GERS of each county are required to be pre-
sent during the whole time that the polls
are kept open, and until the election IS
completed and will be made responsible
that there shall be nc interference with
Judges Of elections, or other interruption
al good order. Il there should be more
han one polling place in any county, the
-. riff Of the county is empowered and d.
-.'et 10 make such assignments of his de-
r.ut..s, and other peace officers, to the other
i'.-uI places, as may, in his Judgment,
.n.-, subserVe the purposes OF quiet and or
g.. and ne IS further required to report
...-~e arrangements in advance to the Com
handler Of the Military Post in which his
county IS situated.
EHdl. Violence, or threats Of violence,
or u discharge from employment, or other )
oppressive means to prevent any person
EiuH registering, or exercising his right of
voting, is positively prohibited, and any
such attempts viii be reported by the reg
Ietrus or judges of elections to the Post
Commander, and will cause the arrest and
tlal of the offenders by military authority.
Isstt. All barrOOms, saloons and other
places for the sale of liquors by retail, will
be closed from 6 o'clock of the evening of
the lSth Of November, until O'Clock OF
the morning OF the DIST Of November, 1867,
.nI during this time the sale OF all intoxi-
citing liquors at or near any polling place
- prohibited. The police officers of cities
and towns, and the sheriffs and other peace
officers Of counties, will be held RESPONSE
Die for the strict enforcement of this pro-
a-Jltlon, and will promptly arrest and hold
tur trial all persons who may traSngress it.
Elara@l. Military interference with cleo
tons, unless it shall be necessary to repel
The armed enemies OF the United States,
Or 10 keep the peace at the polls" is pro-
Llhited by the act of Congress approved
February 10Th, 1865, and no soldiers will
unless as citizens OF the State they are
qualified and are registered as voters, and
then only for the purpose of voting but
the Commanders Of Posts will keep their
troops we'll in hand on the days of election,
and Will be prepared TO act promptly if the
civil authorities are unable TO preserve
the peace.
I~@rh. The returns required by law to
be made 10 the Commander of the District
Of the results of this election, will be rem
dered by the Boards Of Registration OF the
several registration precincts through the
Commanders OF the Military Posts in which
their precincts are situated, and in accor-
dance with the detailed instructions here
after to be given.
Thirteenth. The number of delegates to
The Convention is determined by law, and is
the number Of members of the most nu-
merous branch of the Legislature for the
year eighteen hundred and sixty, and this
number, one hundred and twenty, is appor-
toned to the representative Districts of
tiG State tba of