The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-11-02
Election for Members of the House of
Renraserta ffves and Coperess

Election for Members of the House of
,~; Representatives and Congress.
1t will be seen by referring to our adver-
Using columns that the Governor has re-
yoked the election to be held in this County
on the 10th of next month, and ordered the
election for members Of the House of Rep
resentatives and Congress to be held on Sat
urday, the 26th day of next month.
f r. This change was made because it was
thought unnecessary to call the people OF
this county out twice, when they can vote to
fll both vacancies on the same day.
The opinion Of, Attorney General Shipp
was asked with reference to the manner OF
holding the Congressional election. The
election Act Of the last General Assembly
ratified the, Goth of March, 1870, made no
provisions for filing vacancies that might
take place in the Congressional delegation.
The election is ordered under the following
sections Of the Goth chapter of the Revised
Code n ..-17 --,...... IL -.
~ 5. If at any time, after the>expiration Of
any Congress and beforl another election;
or if at any time after any election, there
shall be q vacancy in the representation in
congress, the governor shall issue a writ Of
election, and by proclamation shall require
the voters to meet in their respective coun-
ties, at such time as may be appointed
therein, and at the places established by law,
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in Congress to fill the vacancy, and the cleo
ton shall be conducted in like manner as
regular elections.
g. The polls of election shall be ascer-
tanned by the inspectors, or other persons
holding the election, and the returns thereof
shall be made to the sheriff, or other return
ing officer, in like manner, time, and place,
and under the same penalties for omission,
recoverable in like manner and for like uses
as in elections for members of the General
Assembly. ..iEl. ql.- .,.... .. .s.
z. The returning officer, upon receiving
the returns, shall, at the Court House, in the
presence Of a majority of such inspectors as
may have carried the polls, cast up the votes
and make two correct statements of the
number of sufrages given at such election
for each candidate; one of which being duly
certified by him, shall, with the poll books,
be filed by the inspectors in the Office of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the
and the other shall. be retained by
the sheriff or other returning officer, with
which he shall attend on the day and at the
places mentioned in the next section.
81 The sheriffs, or other returning officers
of the counties,of each district, shall meet
on the Thursday next after each election, at
the following places in the several districts,
for the purpose of comparing the polls,
namely: In the first district, at the court
house in the county of BERTHE; in the second
district, at the town of Newbern, in the
county of Craven; in the third district, at
the court house in the county of Bladen
in the fourth district, at Louisburg, in the
county of Franklin; in the fifth district, at
the town oil Graham, in the county of Ala
nance; in the sixth district, at the court
house in the county of Yadkin; in the
seventh district, at the town of Charlotte,
in the county of Mecklenburg; and in the
eighth, district, at the town of Asheville, in
the county of Buncombe. Prorided alscdys,
that if any accident may prevent any re-
turning officer from meeting on the day
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the day following and the returning omcer,
failing to attend as required at the time anu
place about mentioned, shall forfeit and pay
one thousand dollars, to be recovered for
the use of the State, in any court OF law.
And when the returning officers shall be
convened, the poll for the several counties
shall be examined and compared by them,
in the presence of three justices of the peace,
summoned by the returning officer OF the
county where they shall meet; and certi-
ficate under the hands of said returning Of
ficers shall be given to the candidate, for
whom the greatest number of votes shall
have been given in said district. But iftwo
or more candidates shall have an equal
number of votes the returning officers shall
determine which of them shall be the rep
resentatiye; and if no decision is by them
made, they shall determine the same by
drawing, in like manner as the grand;jury
is drawn. .f,f...,...:.,
The Sheriffs of the different counties will
observe that they must make their returns
at Leuisburg, Franklin County. The Coun-
ty Commissioners can assemble in special
meeting ana appoint the officers to conduct
the election at the different polling places
in their counties. A recent case in Carteret
County of this kind is in point. The Com
missioners asked whether they could have
special meeting and appoint the officers to
conduct the election. The Attorney Gener-
al decided that they could. The Commis-
sioners will take notice of this fact and gov
ern themselves accordingly.
The papers throughout the district win
confer favor on the community by copy
ing this article or the sections of the Revised
Code.