Wilmington journal., 1875-07-23
CONVENTION.
The Election Law.

tIeu 10 tne same nu mOer OF Qele&ateS
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. B. On the LIST Thursday of
August, 1865, the sheriffs of the State
shall open polls for the election of del
egates to the said Convention from
their respective counties, and the cleo
ton aforesaid, and the registration for
the same, shall be held and conducted: ::
! the officers thereof, including regis
trars and judges of election. appoint
ed; the votes counted and compared; :;
the result proclaimed, and certificates
| issued in the same manner as pro-
vided by law for the el ction of mem
bers of the House of Representatives
of the General Assembly.
The following are the provisions of
the act of 1874 relating to the cleo
| tion of members of the General As
sembly:
Section 1. The General Assembly
of North Carolina do enact, That
there will be an election held for the
following officers on the first Thursday
of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sew
enty-four Q874,) and every two years
thereafter: Members of the General
Assembl y for their respective counties
and districts; county treasurer, register
of deeds, county surveyor, five. county
commissioners, 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
tlculars IN such manLer and form, and
under such rules and regulations, as
are prescribed in chapter one hundred
and eighty-fve, acts of one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-o one and
one thousand eight hundred and sew
enty-twO, aud one hundred and twen-
tyfour, acts Of one thousand eight
bundred 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 and eighty-five,
laws OF one Thousand eight hundred
and seventy-One and one Thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two, incon-
slstent with this rrOviso is hereby re-
pealed. That when a voter is chal-
le, ged at the polls, upon demand of
any citizen of the State, il 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 for
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 195, Acts OF Assen,6ly
1871-72.)
SECTION 6. Registrars shall be fur
nished with registration books, and it
shall be their duty to revise the ex-
listing registration books of their pre-
cinct or township in such manner that
said books shall show an accurate list
of electors previously registered in
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 (Sunday's excepted) from
the first Thursday 10 July, 1872. up
to and including the day preceding
the first 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 etector shall be entitled
to register or cote in any other pre-
ciact or toUnship than the one IN
sChich he is an actual bona tide resi-
dent on the day Of election and no GER
tifcates of registration shall be giUe'a.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
attend at the polling place of the town
books on the Saturday preceding the
election from the hour of 9 O'Clock
A. M. until the hour. of O'Clock P. NJ,
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-
pRaring 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. Provided
that nothing in this section contained
shall be construed to prohibit the
right of any elector 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
iec:ed to shall be found not duly quail
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 if
any person shall give satisfactory evil
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 cleo
ton 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-
soDs than such efector has right to
vote for, or shall have device upon
it, in either of these cases such 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-
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