The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-27

Moore county; in the twenty-ninth. district,
at Wadesboro; in thirty first district, at
Mount Pleasant in the thirty-secopd dir
| trict, at Ford's Mills, in Rowan county; in
the thirty fourth district, at Germantown,
in Stokes county; inIthe thirty fifth district,
at Rockford !; in the thirty sixth district, at
Statesville; in the thirty-sevenrh district,
| at Lincolnton in the thirty eight district,
/ at Rutherfordton, in the thirty ninth dis
trict, at Laurel Springs; in the fortieth dis
trict, at Hendersonville; in the forty first
district, at Lenoir; in the forty-second dis
trict, at BuTowsville; in theforty third dis
| trict, at Franklin. If by accident any of
said sheriffs or returning officers are prevent
ed from meeting at said places respectively
on the aforesaid second Thursday in Au-
gust, the returns of such officer shall be
| waited for and received if they arrive on
the following day, and the returning officer
failing to attend at the time and place re-
| quired as Aforesaid shall forfeit and pay one
thousand dollars to be recovered in the su-
perior court OF his county BY any person
who may sue for the same, and moreover
shall be guilty of misdemeanor but if the
| returns of all the counties of the district be
not in by Friday noon, then the returning
officer shall adjourn from day to day till the
returns from all the counties be received,
and in the meantime shall dispatcha COM
| petent person, under oath, to the county of
the delinquent returning officer for q certi-
fed copy of the vote of that county, which
shall be furnished by the rigister of deeds
of said county, and when received shall be
counted; and when the sherifs shall be
convened as aforesaid the polls for the diff.
ferent counties shall by them, in the pres
ence of one justice and five electors to be
Summoned by the sheriff Of the county
where they shall meet, be examined and
compared; a certificate under the hands
and seals of the returning sherifs shall be-
given to the candidate in each district for
whom the greatest number of votes shall
have been given; but if two or more candi-
duties shall have an equal number of votes
the said officers shall determine which shall
be senator, and if NO decision shall be
made by them they shall determine the same
by lot. n
SEC IS. The sheriff OF other returning
officers of the counties Of each congression-
al district shall meet on the third Thursday
of August at the following places in
the several districts for the purpose
of comparing the polls for members
OF congress, namely In the first
district, at the court house in the
town of Edenton, in the county of Chowan
in the second district, at the court house in
the city of Newbern. in the county of Cra-
ven in the third district, at the court house
in the town of Lumberton, in the county of
Robson /; in the fourth district, at the court
house in the city of Raleigh, in the county
of Wake; in the fifth district, at .he court
house in the town of Greensboro. in the
county of Guilford in the sixth district, at
the court house in the town of Salisbury, in
the county of Rowan; in the seventh dis
| trlct, at the court house in the town OF Ashe-
vile, in the county of Buncombe: H0cided,
aloays, That if any accident may prevent
any returning officer from meeting on the
day aforesaid the returns shall be received
on the day following; and the returning of
fcer failing to attend as required at the
| time and place above mentioned shall for
| felt and pay one thousand dollars, to be re-
| covered for the use of the State in any supe-
| rior court of Law but if the returns from
| all the counties of the district be not in BY
Friday noon, then the returning officers pre-
| sent shall adjourn from day to day till the
| returns from all the counties are received,
and in the meantime shall dispatch COM
| petent persons under oath, to the county of
| the delinquent returning officer for certified
copy of the vote of that county which shall
| be furnished by the register of deeds of said
| county, and when received shall be counted
and when the returning officers shall be con-
! vened, the poll for the several counties shall
be examined and compared by them in the
| presence of a justice OF the peace and ten
electors, tosbe summoned by the return,
ing officers OF the county when they shall
meet; and certificate under the hands of
said returning officers shall be given to the
candidate for whom the greatest plumber of
votes shall have been given in said district;
but if two or more candidates shall have an
equal number of votes, the returning officers
shall determine which of them shall be rep.
resentative, and if no decision is made BY
them they shall determine it by lot.
SEC. 10. The sheriff of each county shall
furnish before the first Monday in Sep
TENDER, the member or members elected
to the House of Representatives and to the
Senator, where the district is not con- posed
of more than one county, q certificate of
election under his hand and seal; he shall
also, at least ten days before the first day
of September, notify all persons elected in
the county to meet at the court house on the
first Monday in September to be qualified
The commissioners elect shall be qualified
before the clerk of the superior court by
taking the several oaths of Office, and shall
thereupon organize by electing one of their
number as chairman and proceed to qualify
the other officers elected in the county and
take the several bonds as prescribed by law.
SEC. 90. The sheriff of every county shall
transmit by mail, on or before the fifteenth of
August, to the secretary of state statement,
under his hand and seal, of the votes taken
in his county for attorney general, which
statement shall be in the form prescribed
for returns for governor; and failure to
make such returns shall be punished by a
fine of two thousand dollars to be recovered
for the use of the State in any Superior
court of law. The Governor, at 10 o'clock
on the first Thursday in September, shall as
semble the Council of State in the office of
Secretary of State, who shall open said re-
turns, proceed to add the number of votes
returned and declare the person elected
The Governor shall thereupon issue procla-
nation announcing the result, which shall
be published in the daily papers of the city
of Raleigh. The person so declared elected
shall be qualified by taking the several oaths
| of office before any judge of the Superior or
Supreme court of the State
Sec 81. Every person duly elected rep
| sentative to Congress, upon obtaining GER
tiicate of his election as aforesaid, shall pro-
cure from the Governors commission, certi-
| flying his appointment as representative of
| the State, which the Governor shall issue on
snch cnrti ficatp heinz producal
| SEC. %. Every sheriff or other return
ing officer shall be allowed three dollars
per day for the time actually employed
and ten cents per mile for distance travel
ed for making the returns for Senators
and members of Congress, and one dollar
for each notice served upon the county offic-
ers elect, and one dollarfor giving certificates
to representatives to the general assembly,
| and to the Senators whose district is single
county; all to be paid by the county Trea-
surcr upon the affidavit of the returning
| officer. Aaiel2
Sec. 49, It shall be the duty of the Judges
provided Tor in this act to furnish one ballot
box on the day of the election at their re-
iispective precincts for the convenience of
4 voters, and as many more boxes as they may
think necessary. Two judges shall preside
at each ballot box, and if majority of the
Judges think more boxes necessary they shall
appoint two additional Judges for each adj
ditional box. The registrars shall assist at
all the boxes.
T. SEC. a. The registrar Of voters shall
furnish the original registration book to the
judges of the election in the precinct for
which he is appointed, and if there be more
| than one box he shall furnish one additional