Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-20
THE ELECTION LAW.
ACT OF 1971-72, (BATTLE's REvISAL
CHAP. 52,) AS AMENDED BY ACT OF

| Luc 1USSOdy
first Monday in November, in the year
our Lord one thousand eight hundre
and seventy-siX: $50
First, Governor; second, Lieutenan
Governor; third Secretary of State; fourtl
Auditor fifth, Treasurer; sixth. Superb
tendent of Public instruction; seventh
Attorney General; eighth, members Of Coz
gress in the several districts; ninth, men
bers of the General Assembly for their res
pective counties and districts; tentl
| a county treasurer; eleventh, O resl:
ter of deeds; twelfth, county surveyor
| thirteenth, five county commissioners
fourteenth, coroner; fifteenth, a sheriff
| for their respective counties.
| 4. The county commissioners shall hav
power to establish, alter, discontinue O
create such separate places Of election il
| their respective counties as they may deem
J expedient, giving thirty days notice thereo
| by advertisement in some public journal
| if there be one published in the county, o
| in lieu thereof in three places in sucl
| county and at the court house thereof, bu
| there shall be at least one polling place II
| every township, as nearly central IS posi-
! BILE, and there shall be d polling place opel
| in each ward of city numbering over three
housand inhabitants.
5. The Secretary of State shall, on o.
prior to the first Monday Of September, yea
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred anC
seventy-six, provide for and forward tt
the commissioners of counties, on theil
requisition, suitable registration books
when needed, for each election precinct az
established heretofore, and for any new
precincts which may be established under
the last section.
6. If the commissioners of counties dc
not receive a sufficient number Of regis
tration books, as provided i'll the last sec
ton, they are authorized and directed to
provide the same for their respective cOun-
ties at the expense Of the State.
7. The commissioners Of counties shall
select, on or before the first Monday OF
October, year ofour Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six, one justice OF
the peace for each election precinct, who
shall act as registrar Of voters for such pre-
cinct; and when for any cause there are
not enough justices Of the peace to have
shall appoint some discreet person to act
as registrar of voters. Said commissioner
shall make publication Of the names Of the
persons so selected, at the court house
door, Immediately after such appointment,
and shall cause notice to be served upon
said persons by the Sheriff.
PrOUided, That any person who is a
candidate for office shall not act as registrar,
8. Registrars shall be furnished with a
registration book, and it shall be their duty
to revise the existing registration books of
their precinct or tow 1ship in such m amer
that said books shah show an accurate list
of electors previously registered In SUCH
precinct or to~nship, 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 each day (Sundays excepted)
from the first Tuesday in October, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six,
up to and including the day preceding the
first Tuesday in November, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, keep open
said book for the registration of any cleo
tors residing in such precinct or township
and entitled to registration, whose names
nave never before been registered in such
precinct or township, or DO not appear in
the revised list.
8. No elector shall be entitled to register
or vote in any other precinct or township
than the one in which he is an actual and
bona fde resident on the day Of election,
and no certificates of registration shall be
given.
10. 1t shall be the duty Of the registrar
and judges of election to attend at the poll
ing place of their township or precinct
with the registration books on the Satuf-
day preceding the election, from the hour
of nine o'clock, A. NJ, till the hour Of five
o'clock, P. NJ, when and where the said
books shall be open to the inspection Of
the electors Of the precinct or township,
and any Of said electors shall be allowed to
object to the name Of any person appear
lection the registrar shall enter upon his
"a tn fho nf thA
so objected to, the word " challenged" and
shall appoint time and place On or before
the election day, when he, together with
said judges of election, shall hear and de-
eide said objection, giving due notice to
the voter so objected to: Prorided, that
nothing in this section contained shall be
to prohibit the right of any cleo
tor to challenge Or object to the name of
any person registered, or offering to regis
ter, at any time other than that above
specified. Ii any person challenged or
objected to shall be found not duly quail
fed, as provided in this chapter, or as
provided i'll the Constitution, the registrar
shall erase his name from the books.
II. The County Commissioners, on or be-
fore the first Monday of October, 1876, shall
appoint four judges or inspectors of cleo
lion, two of whom shall be of different
political party, where possible, from the
registrar, at each place of holding election
in their respective counties. The said
Judges of election shall attend at the places
for which they are severally appointed, on
the day of election, and they together with
The registrar for such precinct or township,
who shall attend with his registration books,
after being sworn by some justice of the
peace or other person authorized to ad-
minister oaths, to conduct the election fair
" and impartially according to the Con-
stitution and laws of the State, shall open
the polls and superintend the same until
the close of the election. They shall keep
poll books in which shall be entered the
name of every person who shall vote; and
at the close of the election the judges of
election shall certify the same over their
proper signatures, and deposit them with
The register of deeds for safe keeping
And said poll books shall in any trial for
illegal or fraudulent voting be received as
evidence. The County Commissioners
shall Immediately after the appointment of
the Judges of election, as herein provided,
furnish list of the names of such Judges
to the sheriff of their county, who shall
within ten days serve notice of such ap-
pointment upon the said judges; and if
for any cause, any person appointed judge
of election shall fail to attend, the regis
trar OF such township shall appoint some
discreet person to act as such, who shall be
by him sworn before acting, and shall be
of the same political party as the absent
Judge or judges.
Prooided, That any person who is a
candidate for Office shall not act as Judge or
Inspector Of election.
II. Every male person born in the Uni
ted States, and any male person who has
been naturalized, twenty.on years old or
upwards, who shall have resided in the
State twelve months next preceding the
election and thirty days in the county in
which he offers to vote, shall be deemed
an elector in the township in which he re-
sides, and shall be entitled to registration
upon application, upon taking the follow
ing oath al, -, do solemnly swear Cor
affirm) that will support the Constitution
and laws of the United States, and the
Constitution and laws of North Carolina
OF incnnsistant therewi.h; that l have
l,aap q resident in the State of North Caro-