Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-13
THE ELECTION LAW,
ACT OF 1S7l-72, (BATrLE's REvIsAL
CHAP. 52,) AS AMENDED BY ACT OF

ACT OF 1S7l-72, (BATTLE's REvIsAI
CHAP. 52,) AS AMENDED BY ACT o
1S74-75.
3. There shall be an election held 70
the following officers, Tuesday after tn
first Monday i'm November, in the year O
our Lord one thousand eight hundre,
, and seventy-siX:
I First, Governor; second, Lieutenant
Governor: third Secretary of State d; fourth
Auditor; fifth, Treasurer; sixth, Superin
tendent of Public instruction; seventh
Attorney General; eighth, members of Con
gress in the several districts; ninth, mem
bers of the General Assembly for their res
| pectiVe counties and districts; tenth
county treasurer; eleventh, a regis
ter of deeds; twelfth, county surveyor
| thirteenth, five county commissioners
| fourteenth, coroner; fifteenth, sheriff,
for their respective counties.
4. The county commissioners shall have
power to establish, alter, discontinue or
create such separate places Of election in
their respective counties as they may deem
expedient, giving thirty days notice thereof
by advertisement in some public journal,
if there be one published in the county, or
in lieu thereof in three places in such
county and at the court house thereof, but
there shall be at least one polling place in
every township, as nearly central as posi-
BILE. and there shall be polling place open
III each ward of a city numbering over three
hOusand Inhabitants.
5. The Secretary of State shall, on or
prior to the first Monday of September, year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-siX, provide for and forward to
the commissioners of counties, on their
requisition, suitable registration books,
when needed, for each election precinct as
established heretofore, and for any new
precincts which may be esta ablished under
the last section.
6. Ii the commissioners of counties do
not receive sufficient number of regis
tratiOn books, as provided in the last sec
ton, they are authorized and directed to
provide the same for their respective coun-
ties at the expense OF the State.
Z. The commissioners of counties shall
select, on or before the first Monday of
October,y 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
one at each precinct, the commissioners
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 tue court house |
door, Immediately after such appointment, |
and shall cause a notice to be served upon |
said persons by the Sheriff.
PrOUSded, That any person who is a |
for office shall not act as registrar,
s. 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 IL amer
that said books shall show an accurate list |
of electors previously registered in such |
precinct or to Nnship, 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 earh day (Sundays excepted)
from the first Tuesday in October, one |
eight hundred and seventy-six, |
up TO and including the day preceding the |
irst Tuesday in November. one Thousand |
eight hundred and seventy-siX, keep open |
said book for the registration of any cleo
.ors residing in such precinct Or township |
Ind entitled to registration, whose names
laVe never before been registered in such
precinct or township, or 90 not appear in |
he revised list.
9. No elector shall be entitled to register
,r vote in any other precinct or township |
han the one in which he is an actual aud
,OnG .ttde resident on the day of election, |
md no certificates of registration shall be
,lven.
10. 1t shall be the duty of the registrar
md Judges of election to attend at the poll |
no place of their township or precinct |
With the registration books on the SatuJ-
lay preceding the election from the hour |
# nine o'clock, A. NJ, till the hour of five |
o'clock, P. NJ, when and where the said |
,ooks shall be open to the inspection of |
he electors of the precinct or township,
md any of said electors shall be allowed to |
bject to the name of any person appear
ng on said books. In case of any such Oh |
ection the registrar shall enter upon his
looks, opposite to the name of the person |
0 objected to, the word g challe nged," and |
hall appoint a time and place on or before |
he election day, whelI he, together with |
aid Judges of election, shall hear and de-
ide said objection, giving due notice to |
he voter so objected to: PrOUided. that
lOthinG in this section contained shall be
construed to prohibit the right Of any cleo
or to challenge or object to the name of
my person registered, or offering to regis
er, at any time other than that above |
pecifed. If any person CHALLENGED or
biected to shall be found not duly quail !
ed, as provided iii this chapter, or as
provided in the Constitution. the registrar |
hall erase his name from the books.
II. The County Commissioners, on or be-
ore LIlo VI OCGODCI, ICIO, SIidH |
ppoint four judges or inspectors of cleo t
ion, two Of whom shall be of different |
olitical party, where possible, from the {
egjstrar, at each place of holding election ! t
"A their respective counties. The said |
Judges of election shall attend at the places |
Or which they are severally appointed, on |
he day of election, and they together with ;
he registrar for such precinct or township.
7hO shall attend with his registration books, f
fter being sworn by some justice OF the t
eace or other person authorized to ad- q
minister oaths, to conduct the election fair e
' and impartially according to the Con- S
titution and laws of the State, shall open
he polls and superintend the same until
he close of the election. They shall keep .
oil books i'm which shall be entered the :
anne of every person who shall vote; and :
: the close Of the election the judges of Z
lection shall certify the same over their :
roper signatures, and deposit them with :
he register of deeds for safe keeping !:
md said poll books shall in any trial for
legal or fraudulent voting he received as 6
The County Commissioners d.
hall Immediately after the appointment of :
he judges of election, as herein provided, :
lrnisb list of the names of such Judges
, the sheriff of their county, who shall /.
yithin ten days serve notice of such ap-
ointment upon the said judges; and if
Dr any cause, any person appointed judge
f election shall fail to attend, the regis
rar of such township shall appoint some $
iscreet person to act as such who shall be !
y him sworn before acting, and shall be ,
the same p ,litical party as the absent {
Idge or judges. {
PrOrided, That any person who is a
aDdidate for office shall not act as Judge or
ispectOr of election.
II. Every male person born in the Uni
ed States, and any male person who has !
cen naturalized, twenty .one years old or
pwards, who shall have resided in the
tate twelve months next preceding the
lection and thirty days in the county in
Ihich he offers to vote, shall be deemed {
n elector in the township IN which he re- {
des, and shall be entitled TO registration {
pom application, upon taking the follow