Wilmington journal., 1875-07-16

the Sheriff or one OF his deputies u
the attendance OF the deIln-
uuent returning officer with the vote
of his precinct When the COmDlls
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 ri! the |
persons voted for and the number OF |
votes cast for each. and shall immedi- |
ately thereafter file with tie re !
gister and with the Sheriff OF |
their county or in case there be no |
sheriff and coroner a certified copy Of |
the same. PUouided the counties of |
Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall be al |
lowed until Tuesday after the election |
to mike their returns. The cOmn.i>- |
sioners shall also file with tue register
If deeds the returns made 10y tn,
judges of the election of each precinct.
Sec %. The registrar shall receive
one cent for each name copied from
the original registration book ana Il T .
cents for each new name registered.
Sec. %. Any registrar or judge on
Judges of election, appointed uLd"c
the provisions of this act. or any county
commissioners, register OF deeds on
sheriff failing or negiecting IT, make
the returns and perform the duties re
quired of him 10y tIH 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 Im
prlsoned not more than six nor les
than twelve months at the discrctl"u
of She Court.
Sec 30 Any person who shall will
inteIt to commit fraud register, or
vote at more than one box or more
tn, II one time, or who shall induce
another to do so, shall be guilty OF Il
misdemeanor, aud on conviction shall
be imprisoned not less than SIX Dor
more than twelve months, or fined 1Of
less than one hundred nor more than
| five hundred dollars at the discretion
of the Court and registrar Of voters or
| any clerk or copylst who shall MAKE
any entry or copy with intent to com
NIT fraud, shall be liable to the
same penalty.
An Act to Cali a Convention OF IEa..
| People OF kSrtEa Carolina.
| WHEREAS, The present Constitution
| of North Carolina is, III many impOr
| tant particu. .ars, unsuited TO the wanta
and condition of our people !; and
Whereas, in the judgment of this Ger
eral Assembly, convention Of th~
| people is the only sure, and is besides
| the most economical mode of altering
or amending it. aud believing the end
in view utterly impracticable by legIs
| lative enactment Oh account of the
great number Of iii cordalt and con
tiicting provisions of the Constitution
| as it now il, now therefore.
| SECTION l. The General -1SstnlLiY
Of North Carolina do enact, (two-
| Al II Ill 81 & l.
| House concurriDg,) That a Convention
of the people OF North Carolina, be
and the same is hereby called, to '1eet
in the Hall of the House OF Represen-
tatives in the city OF Raleigh, oil Mon
day, 9th day Of September, a. D.,
1875, for the purpose of considering
and adopting such amendments to th.
Constitution a thu Y may deem neces-
sary and expedient, subject only to
the restrictions hereinafter provided
Sec 2. The said Convention shall
consist Of one huLdl ed and twenty del
egates, and each county shall be cGtI-
tied to the same number OF delegates
that it has memkers of the H9usc Of
Representatives under the present
aportionment. 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, 1875, the sherlt1s of the State
shall open polls for the election of del
egates to the said Convention from
their respective counties, and the eIec-
tion aforesaid, and the registration for
the same, shall be held and coGducte :;
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 Is pro
vided by law for the election Of men,
bers of the House of Representatives
Of the General Assembly.
Sec. 4. The said delegates shall be
called to Crder at II o'clock on the
day fixed therefor, uy the Chief Jus
tce or one of the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court or Secretary of
State, who, if there be not a quorum,
shall adjourn them to the same place.
and from day to-day, until a quorum
shall appear; and on the appearance Of
a quorum he shall administer 10 eacu
of them the following oath:
You, A 3, do solemnly swear (or
affirm, as the delegate elect shall
choose, } that you will faithfully main
tain and support the Constitution OF
| the Urited States and the several
| amendments thereto, Including the
18th, 18th ard 10Th amendments; and
that you will neither directly nor indi-
rectly evade or disregard the duties
enjoined nor the restrictions imposed
upon the Convention by the act of the
General Assembly authorizing your
! election. So help you God.
| And no delegate shall be permitted
| to sit or be entitled to a seat in said
| Convention, or act as a deleSate
thereto, until he shall have snb
scribed the above oath or affirma-
tinn; and as soon as a ma jOrity of the
delegates elect shall have thus ap-
peared and been sworn in, they shall
then proceed to elect their own pre-
! siding officer, and such other officers
and servants as they. from time to
time, shall find necessary; and if va
cancy shall occur, they shall be filled
in the same manner as the like vacan-
cies are filled by law in the case Cf va
cancies in the General Assembly.
Said Convention shall have no power
to consider, debate, adopt or propose
any amendment to the existing Con
stitution or ordinance upon tbs follow
ing subjects:
TheHomestead andPersonal Proper
ty Exemptions, the mechanics and Ia
borers' lien, and the rights Of married
women, as now secured by law, no: to
alter or amend section 3 or 5, article
V, of said Constitution, nor change
the ratio between the poll and proper
ty tax as therein established; nor shall
the said Convention have power to
propose or adopt any amendment or
ordinance vacating any office or term
of office now ex sting and filed or
held by virtue of any election or APP
pointment under the existing Consti-
tuition and laws, until the same shall
be vacated or expired under existing
laws; but the said Convention may re
commend the abohshment of any
Office when the present term
therein shall expire Or vacan-
cies occur, and they may provide for