Wilmington journal., 1875-07-16
CONVENTION.
The Election Law.

CONVENTION.
The Election Law.
The act calling the Convention pre-
sbribes:
Sec. 2. The said Convention shall |
consist of one hundred and twenty del |
egates, and each county shall be enti-
tied to the same number of delegates
that it has members of the House of
Representatives under the present
apportionment, and the said delegates
shall have the qualifications required
of members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, of which qualifications the
Convention shall be the judge.
Sec. 3. On the 1st Thursday of
August, 1865, the sheriffs of the State
shall open polls for the el ction of del
egates to the said Convention from
their respective counties, and the elec-
tion aforesaid, and the registration for
the same, shall be held and conducttd:
the officers thereof including r,gs
trars and judges of election appoint
ed; the votes counted and mpart q;
the result proclaimed, and cei tlfcates
| issued in the same manner as pro
vided by law for the ell ction of IN.
| bers of the House of Representatives
of the General Assembly.
The following are the provisions of
| the act OF 1S73-74 relating to the eiec-
| ticn of members of the General As
| sembly:
Section l. The General AssenlGW
| of North Carolina dO enact, That
| there will be an election held for the
| following officers on the first Thursday
| of August, Ill the year of our Lord
| one thousand eight hundred and sew
| enty-four OS74,) and every two years
| thereafter: Members of the General
Assembly for their respective counties
and districts; county treasurer, register
of deeds, county surveyor, five county
! commissioners, a coroner and sheriff
| for their respective counties, and also
| for members of the House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States Con
gress for their respective districts.
| Sec. II. That all elections herei
| ordered shall be conducted in all par
ticulars in such manLer and form. and
| under such rules and regulations. as
are prescribed in chapter one hundred
md eighty five, acts of one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one and
one thousand eight hundred and sew
enty two, and one hundred and twen-
ty-four, acts of one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two, both of
which, so far as they are not inconsist-
ant with the provisions of this act, are
hereby re-enacted PrOUided, that
any elector shall be eligible as regis
trar for their several townships in all
such elections, and any provisions of
chapter one hundred aud eighty-five
laws of one thousand eight hundred
and seventy one and one thousand
eight hundred and seventy two. incon-
sistent with this proviso is hereby re-
pealed. That when a voter is chal-
lerged at the polls, upon demand OF
any citizen of the State, it shall be the
duty of the inspectors of the election
to require said voter, before being al
lowed to vote, to prove by the oath OF
some other person, known to these
judges, the fact of his residence fol
thirty days previous thereto in the
county III which he purposes to vote
The following are the sections OF
chapter 1876, Laws of 1S71-'72, relating
to the registration of voters, re-enact-
ed in section II, of the act of assembly
above recited
(Chapter 1856, Acts Of ASSEMBLY
1S71-'72.)
SECTION 6. Registrars shall be fur
nished with registration books, and il
shall be their duty to revise the ex.
listing registration books of their pre-
cinct or township in such manner tina,
said books shall show an accurate list
of electors previously registered i'll
such precinct or township. and still
residing therein, without requiring
such electors to be registered anew
and registrars shall also between the
hours of sunrise and sunset on
each day Sundays excepted) from
the first Thursday in July, 1872. UP
to and including the day preceding
the fir Thursday in August, 1872,
keep open said books for the registra-
tion of any electors residing in such
precinct or township and entitled to
registration whose names have never
before been registered in such pre-
cinct or township or do not appear in
the revised list.
Sec. 7. No eiectOr shall be entitled
to register or rOte IN any other pre-
cinct or tOlU7ShiD than the one IN
Which he as an actual bona tide resi-
dent on the day Of election and no Ger
titicates Of registration shall be giUe,a.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
registrars and judges of election to
attend at the polling place of the town
ship or precinct with the registration
books on the Saturday preceding the
election from the hour of 8 O'Clock
A. Nj. until the hour,of 5o'clock P. NJ. e,
when and where the said books shall
be open for the inspection of the cleo
tors of the precinct or township, and
any said electors shall be allowed to
object to the name of any person ap-
pearing in said books. In case of any
such objection, the Register shall en-
ter upon his books, opposite the name
of the person objected to, the word
challenged, and shall appoint time
and place on or before the election
day where he, together with said
Judges of Election, shall hear and de
eide said objection, giving due notice
to the voter SO objected to. PrOUided
that nothing in this section contained
shall be construed to prohibit the
| right of any elt ctor to challenge or
object to the name of any persons
registered or offering to register at
any time other than that above speci-
| fed. If any person challenged or OBJ
jec:ed to shall be found not duly quail
flied, as provided in this act, or a.
provided in the Constitution, the Reg
| istrar shall erase his name from the
books.
| Oec. IL. NO registration Snall De al
lowed on the day of election. but if
any person shall give satisfactory evi-
dence to the judges of the election
that he has come of the age of twenty
one years on the day of election. or
has for any other reason become on
that day entitled to register, he shall
| be allowed to register and vote.
Sec. Is. Immediately after any elec-
ton the Judges of Election shall de-
posit the registration books with the
Register of Deeds for their respective
counties.
Sec. l8. When the election shall be
finished the registrar and Judges of
election, in presence of such of the
electors as may choose to attend shall
open the boxes and count the ballots,
reading aloud the names of the per
Il.