Wilmington journal., 1875-07-30

to and including the day precedin
the fir Thursday in August, 1877.
keep open said books for the registrs
flon of any electors residing in sue
precinct or township and entitled t
registration whose names have neve
before been registered in such pre-
clnct or township or do not appear i
the revised list.
Sec. z. No etectOr shall be entitle
10 register or UOte IN any other pre-
c1nct or tOtC1ashi20 than the one Il
achtch he as an actual bona tide resi-
dent on the day Of election and no Ger
t!fcdtes of registration shall be gireaa
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of tn
registrars and judges of election t,
attend at the polling place of the town
ship or precinct with the registration
books on the Saturday preceding tn,
election from the hour Of 9 o'clocl
A. Nj. until the hour, of 5o'clock p. M.
when and where the said books shall
be open for the inspection of the elec
tors of the precinct or township. anc
any said electors shall be allowed te
object to the name of anv person ap
pearing in said books. In case of an,
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. Provided
that nothing in this section contained
shall be construed to prohibit the
right of any elector to challenge OF
object to the name of any persons
registered or offering to register at
any time other than that above speci-
he'd If ally person challenged or OBJ
Jected to shall be found not duly 1ual.
flied, as provided in this act, or as
provided in the Constitution, the Reg
lstrar shall erase his name from the
books.
Sec. II. No registration shall be al
lowed on the day of election. but il
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 g ection, OF
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 cleo
tion the Judges of Election shall de-
posit the registration books with the
Register of Deeds for their respective
counties.
Sec. Is. 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-
sons who shall appear on each ticket ;
and If there shall be two or more tick
cts rolled up together or any ticket
shall contain the names of more per =
sons than such elector has a right to
vote for, or shall have device upon
1T, In either of these cases snch ticket
or tickets shall not be numbered in.
taking the ballot, but shall be void,
and the said counting of votes shall be
continued without adjournment until
completed and the result thereof de-
clared.
Sec. 81. Returns from all the pre-
cincts shall be made by the judges of
election by noon on Saturday ensuing
the day of election to the County Com
missioners, who shall in the presence
of such persons as choose to attend,
proceed to add the number of votes re-
turned, and so far as County Officers,
Members of the House of Representa-
tives and Senators, where the Sena-
torial District consists of but one
county are concerned, the person hav-
ing the greatest number Of votes shall
be deemed duly elected. SHOULD any
two persons have an eqnal number of
votes for the same Office, the Com
missioners shall decide which of the
two shall be elected. And if for any
cause the returns of any precinct be
not in by three o'clock, +. M. on haiti
day, then, and in that case the Cmo-
missioners shall adjourn without COM
pairing the polls, to meet again on the
following Tuesday at twelve O'Clock,
NJ, when the polls of the various pre-
cincts of the county shall be compared
and in the meantime they shall direct
the Sheriff or one of his deputies to
compel the attendance of the delin-
quent returning officer with the vote
of his precinct. When the Commits
sioners have thus completed the com.
parison OF the polls they shall proclaim
the result at the Court House door of
the voting in their county for all the
persons voted for and the number of
votes cast for each. and shall immedi
ately thereafter file with the re-
gister and with the Sheriff of
their county or in case there be no
sheriff and coroner a certified copy of
the same. Proceeded the counties of
Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall be al
lowed until Tuesday after the election
to make their returns. The commits
sioners shall also file with the register
of deeds the returns made by the
judges of the election of each precinct.
Sec %. The registrar shall receive
one cent for each name copied from
the original registration book and three
cents for each new name registered.
Sec. %. Any registrar or Judge or
judges of election, appointed under
the provisions of this act. or any county
commissioners, register of deeds or
sheriff failing or neglecting to make
the returns and perform the duties re-
quired of him by this act for the non
performance of which no penalty has
been hereinbefore imposed, shall be
fined not less than five hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars, or i'm
prisoned not more than six nor less
than twelve months at the discretion
of the Court.
Sec. 30. Any person who shall with
intent to commit fraud register, or
vote at more than one box or more
than one time, or who shall induce
another to do so, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, aud on conviction shall
be imprisoned not less than six nor
more than twelve months, or fined not
less than one hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars at the discretion
of the Court and registrar of voters or
any clerk or copyist who shall make
any entry or copy with intent to com
NIT fraud, shall be liable to the
same penalty.
CONVENTION.
An Act to Call a Convention of q In q
People OF North Car0lina.
WHEREAS, The present Constitution
of North Carolina is, in many impor
tant particulars, unsuited to the wants
and condition of our people ana
schereas, in the judgment of this Gen
eral Assembly, a convention of the
people is the only sure, and is besides