Wilmington journal., 1876-08-11
NO. 80

= at the close of the election the judges C
8 election shall certify the same over thei
q proper signatures, and deposit them wit
f the register of deeds for safe Keeping
:. And said poll books shall i'm any trial fo
a illegal or fraudulent voting he received a
evidence. The County Commissioner
shaii Immediately after the appointment O
the judges OF election, as herein provided
D furnish list of the names of such Judges
to the sheriff Of their county, who shall
within ten days serve notice of such an
l polntment upon the said judges; and if
Ior 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.
II. Every male person born in the Uni
ted States, and any male person who has
been naturalized, twenty .one years old OF
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 i'm the township in which he re-
sides, and shall be entitled to registration
| upon application, upon taking the follow
ing oath 81, --, do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that l will support the Constitution
and laws of the United States, and the
Constitution and laws of North Carolina
not incOnsistant Herewith; that. L have
| been a resident in the Slate of North Caro-
| lima for twelve months, and in the county
| of -- for thirty days, and that | have
not registered for this election in any other
precinct, and that | am an actual and bona
| Hde resident OF -- township. So help
me God"
l3. No registration shall be allowed on
ftR.a. IL Of Int Oh
give satisfactory evidence 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 shallbe allowed
to register and vote.
IA. On the day of election any eIector
may, and it shall be the duty of the judges
of election to challenge the vote of any per-
son, who may be known or suspected not
to lie duly qualified voter.
16. The polls shall be opened on the dav
of election from seven O'Clock in the NOR
ming until sunset of the same dav; and !
each voter whose name may appear register |
ed, and who shall rot be challenged and |
rejecred, shall hand In his ballots to the |
judges who shall carefully deposit the bal.
lots i'll the ballot boxes.
II. Immediately after any election the |
judges of election shall deposit the regis
with the register of deeds of their respec-
tive counties.
Is. The State officers, viz: Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Pub |
lie Instruction, and Attorney General shall
be voted for on one ballot. The members of
Congress for their respective districts shall |
be voted for on one ballot. The members
of the General Assembly for their respec-
tive counties and districts shall be voted
for OH one ballot. The county officers for
the respective counties, viz: treasurer reg
lister of deeds, surveyor, five commissioners,
coroner and sheriff, shall be voted for on
one ballot. The ballots shall be on white
paper, aud may be printed or written, or
partly written and partly printed, and
without device.
80. The County Commissioners, or upon
their failure, the inspectors of election, shall
provide for each election precinct in their
respective counties four ballOt-boxeS, one
for each class of officers to be voted for as
prescribed i'll the preceding section, in
which to deposit the ballots for such Off
GERS respectively. Each of said boxes shall
have an opening through the lid of suffi-
cient size to admit single folded ballot
and no more. The said ballOt-boXes shall |
be kept by the judges of election for the
use of their several election precincts res
pectively. And said judges of election,
before the voting begins, shall carefully eX-
anime the ballot boxes and see that there
is nothing in them.
20. 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 persons who shall appear OH each
ticket; and if there shall be two or more
tickets rolled up together or any ticket
shall contain the names of more persons
than such elector has Il right to vote for, or
shall have a device upon il, in either of
these cases such ticket or tickets shall not
be numbered in taking the ballots, but
shall be void, and the said counting of
votes shall be continued without adjourn
ment until completed. .and the result threOf
declared.
II. Returns from all the precincts shall
be made by the judges of election by noon
on Saturday ensuing the day of election to
the County Commissioners, who shall, in
the presence OF such persons as choose to
attend, proceed to add the number of votes
and so far as county officers,
of the House of Representatives
and senators, where the senatorial district
consists of but one county, are concerned,
The person having the greatest number of
votes shall be deemed duly elected (should
any two persons have all equal number of
votes for the same office, the commission
ers shall decide which of the two shall be
elected) And ii for any cause the return
of any precinct be not in by three o'clock,
z. M on that day, then and in that case
the commissioners shall adjourn without
the polls, to meet again on the
Tuesday at twelve o'clock NJ,
vi hen the polls of the various precincts of
t1n cIolI ho in l,o |
meantime they shall direct the sheriff or
one of his deputies to compel the attend
ance of the delinquent returning officers |
with the vote Of his precinct. When the | !
have thus completed the
Of the polls they shall proclaim
he result at the courthouse door, OF the /
voting in their county for ali the persons
7oted for and the number Of votes cast for ,
each, and shall Immediately thereafter file !
with the register of deeds and with the +
sheriff of their county, or i'm case tler" he 7
10 sheriff, with the coroner, a cert led :
statement Of the same: PrOrided, the a
of Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall I
,e allowed until Tuesday after the election
o make their returns. The commissioners
hall also file with the register of deeds the
ctIIrns made by the judges of the election
If each precinct.
2S. The registrar shall receive one cent
or each name copied from the original
egistratiof1 book, and three cents for each
lew name registered
20. Any registrar or Judge or judges of
election appointed under the provisions OF
his chapter, or any county commissioners,
.egister of deeds, or sheriff failing or neg
ecting to make the returns and perform
he duties required of him by this chapter,
or the non-performance of which no pen
llty has been hereinbefOre imposed, shall
De fined not less than five hundred nor T
more than one thousand dollars, or i'm
,risoned not more than six nor less than
wo months, at the discretion Of the court.
80. Any person who shall with intent,to il
commit fraud, register or vote at more n
han one box or more than one time, or
uho shall Induce another To do so. shall | !