Wilmington journal., 1873-07-25
ELECTION LAW OF 1872.

Sec. 2. The County Commissioners
shall have power to establish, alter,
discontinue or create such separate
places of election in their respective
counties as they may deem expedient,
giving thirty days notice thereof by
advertisement i'll some public journal,
if there he one published i'll the coun-
ty, or in lien thereof in three places i'll
such county and at the Court House
thereof, but there viii be at least one
polling place i'll every township, as
nearly central as possible, and there
shall be polling place open in each
ward of city numbering over three
thousand inhabitants.
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Sec. l. If the Commissioners of
Counties do not receive q sufficient
number of registration books, as
provided in the last section, they are
authorized and directed to provide the
same for their respective counties at
the expense of the State.
Sec. 5. The Commissioners of COun-
ties shall select, on or before the first
lIonday of July, year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
two, one Justice of the Peace for each
election precinct, who shall act as a
It'pISLIdT O1 NottIS lOI SUCH DItClllCb ,
and when, for any cause, there are hot
enough Justices OF the Peace to have
one at each precinct, the Commission
ers shall appoint some discreet person
to act as registrar of voters. SAID
Commissioners shall make publication
of the names of the persons so selected,
at the Court House door Immediately
after such appointment, and shall cause
pOt1.a tn no Caryal I1anp GI1cI hor-
sons by the Sheriff
Sec. 6. Registrars shall be furnished
with registration book, and it shall
be their duty to revise the existing
registration books of their precinct o,
township IN snch Il manner that SAID
books shall show all accurate list Oi
electors previously y registered III snci
precinct or township, and still residing
therein without requiring such
electors to be registered anew; and
such registrars shall also, between the
hours of sunrise and sunset on eacl
day, Sundays excepted,) from the
first Thursday IN July, 1872, mp to an6
including the day preceding the frs
Thursday in August, 1872, keep Ope1
said books for the registration of an.
electors residing IN such precinct o.
township and entitled to registration
whose names have never before beel
registered in such precinct or town
ship, or do not appear III the revlse'
list
Sec. 7. No elector shall be entitled
to register or vote i'll any other pre-
cinct or township than the one IL
which he is an actual and bona td
resident on the day of election and NJ
certificates of registration shall b.
given.
Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty of tn
registrars and judges of election t.
attend at the polling place of thel
precinct or township, with the regis
tration books, on the Saturday pre-
ceding the election, from the hour O
nine O'Clock, a. M, till the hour o
five O'Clock, p. m,, when and wher
the books shall be open to the inspee
tion of the electors of the precinct o
township, and any of said electors sha
be allowed to object to the name OF an
person appearing on said books. In cas-
of any such objection, the registrar sha
enter upon his books opposite to tn
name of the person SO objected tn
word challenged" and shall appoir
a time and place on or before til
election day, when he together wit
said Judges of election shall hea
and decide such objection, giving du
notice to the voter SO objected tx
Prorided, That nothing i'll this SCI
ton contained shall be construed
prohibit the right of any elector
challenge or object to the name of an
persons registered or offering to regis
ter, at any time other than that aboy
specified. If any person challenged {
objected to shall be found not dul
qualified, as provided in this act, or
provided in the Constitution, the req
istrar shall erase his name from tt
books.
Sec. 8. The County Commissioners
on or before the first Monday of Jul
next, shall appoint four judges or II
spectors of election, two of whom sh