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

e'5A uunuicu dnu seventy. -it
a;l ast. Members Of Congress in the, several
. I'd. Members of the general assembly fol
their respective counties and districts !
Sd. A county treasurer; g
4th. A register of deeds: f-
i 9TH. County surveyor; 4 & st1ss
9th. FIVE county Commissioners: X
ath. AN attorney general;
9th. A coroner ss:sE 80
eth. A sheriff. "a
| SEC. 2. The county commissioners dial,
have power to establish, alter discont;nns
or create such seperate places of election n
their respective counties as thew NAV deem
expsdient, giving thirty days notice thereo,
by advertisement in some public ;onrnal \
there be one published in the county. or in
lieu thereof in three public places IN stcb
county, and at the court house. thereof bnt
there shall be at least one polling place in
every township, as nearly central as poss;ble
and there shall be polling place omen II,
each ward of city numbering over three
| thousand inhabitants. ? - -. -
| SEc. .. The secretary of state shall. ON or
| Pnor 70 the hrst Monday of June, ammo
domini eighteen hundred and seventy. bro.
! vide tor and forward to the commissioners
OF counties, on their requisition, suitable
| registration books, when needed, for each
election precinct as established for the pres.
idential election held in ammo domIni .eiph.
teen hundred and sixty eight, or for any new
precincts established under this act
SEC. 4 If the commissioners of counties
do not receive sufficient number of regis
tratiou books as provided in the last Sec
ton, they are authorized and directed TO
provide the same for their respective caun.
ties at the expense of the State.
Sec. 3. The commissioners of counties
shall select, on or before the 6rst Monday of
July, ammo domini eighteen hundred and
seventy, one justice of the peace for each
election precinct, who shall act as registrar
of voters for such precinct; and when for
any cause there are not enough justices of
the peace to have one at each precinct, the
| commissioners shall appoint some discreet
person to act as registrar of voters. 4,
Sec. 6. Registrars shall be furnished with
a registration book, and shall at all times,
from the first Thursday in July, ammo domi-
nj eighteen hundred and seventy, to the
first Thursday of August, ammo domini
eighteen hundred and seventy, till the close
of the polls on the last mentioned day, re-
ceive and register such qualified voters as
may offer themselves for suffrage, taking
care in each case to administer the oath pro-
vided by the second section of the sixth ar
ticle Of the constitution to each voter; he
shall receive fee of three cents for each
voter registered, to be paid out Of the coun-
ty treasury.
SEC. z. The county commissioners on or
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point two electors at each precinct, who
shall, with the registrar, be judges of the
election herein ordered to be held on the
first Thursday of August next. The
said judges OF election shall attend at the
places for which they are severally appoint
ed on the day of election, and they shall be
sworn by any person authorized by law to
administer oaths, to conduct the election
fairly and impartially according to the Con-
stitution and laws of the State; and in de.
fault of acting, every such judge OF election
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Such
judges, in addition to the powers conferred
| on them by this act, shall have all the pow
ers and perform all the duties heretofore
vested in inspectors of election, not incon-
sistent herewith, aud be subject to the same
penalties.
Sec. 8. Every male person born in the
United States, and any male person who has
been naturalized, twenty one years old, or
upwards, who shall have resided In the
State twelve months next preceding the cleo
ton, and thirty days in the county in which
| be offers to vote, shall be deemed an elector
and shall be entitled to registration upon
application.
SEC. 9. Except in cases provided for in
section eleven of this act, no person shall
be allowed to vote at any election unless his
name shall be found upon the registration
books of the precinct in which he offers to
vote, unless be take the following oath ::
u, -----..- do solemnly swear Tor
affirm that l will support the Constitution
and laws of the United States and the
Constitution and laws of North Carolina,
not inconsistent Herewith; that have been
a resident Of the State OF North Carolina,
for twelve months and in the county Of
for thirty days, and that I have
neither registered or voted during this cleo
ton in any other precinct" Such person,
having taken this oath, shall thereupon be
registered
SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the Judges
of elections to keep the registration books
for their precinct at the place of holding
the election during the dag of such election
and to register therein the name of any le.
gal voter, first administering the oath as
provided in the last section. before receiving
the vote of any elector not previously reg.
istered. s5 5E1tr
SEC. II. The registrar of voters shall. at
the reouest of any local registered voter in
his precinct. furnish TO snch voter und.r
his sionature a certificate of registration
stat;ng the county and nrecinct in which
snch voter is registered and shall make an
entry of such certifcate AGAINST the name
of sncb voter ON the registrat;on booE
JInon such certificate of Registration sncb
elector NAV vote at, any precinct in his
county without further REGISTRATION.
SEC. 10. That the polls shall be opened
ON the day of election from seven o'clock in
the morning until sunset of the same day !:
and each voter whose name may appear reg
| istered. or who NAV produce sufficient evil
| dence that he has been registered in another
township or precinct, as well as those who
NAV be registered on that day, shall hand
in their ballots IN the iudges who shall
caref,iiv Jenos;t the ballot In the ballot
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svc ~ Immediately after any election.
,ha ;udaos of election Shall denos;t tbe req.
w Loots Sor thor resnsct;ye ,,recincis
,1;.h +ho reo;ster IF deeds of their county
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