Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-27
NO. 43

uiay, AHu II suaH Oc tu6 uuCy or the Judge
of election to challenge the vote of any per
son, who may be known or suspected no
to be a duly qualified voter.
10. The polls shall be opened Oh the da,
of election from seven O'Clock In the NOR
ming until sunset Of the same dav; ant
each voter whose name may appear register
ed, and who shall lot be challenged an,
rejected, shall hand In his ballots to tn,
judges who shall carefully deposit the bal
lots in the ballot boxes.
IT, immediately after any election tn,
judges of election shall deposit the regis
tration books for their respective precincts
with the register Of deeds Of their respec
| tive counties.
1S. The State officers, viz Governor
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State
| Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Pub
| lie Instruction, and Attorney General shal
be voted for on one ballot. The members q
| Congress for their respective districts shall
| be voted for on one ballot. The members
of the General Assembly for their respec-
| tive counties aud districts shall be voted
| for OH one ballot. The county officers fol
| the respective counties, viz: ire Asurer, reg
lister of deeds, surveyor, five commissioners
| coroner and sheriff, shall be voted for on
| one ballot. The ballots shalt be on white
paper, aud may be printed or written, OF
partly written and partly printed, and
without device.
10. 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 in the preceding section, in
which to deposit the ballots for such Off
GERS respectively. Each oT said boxes shall
have an opening through the lid Of suffi-
cient size to admit q 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 on 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 a right to vote for, or
shall have a device upon it, in either of
these cases such ticket or tickets shall not
be numbered in taking the ballots, but
cIi6hti DC foIO, anu IIlO cdiO VI
votes shall be continued without adjourn
ment until completed and the result threof
declared.
21. 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 80 far as county officers,
members 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 an equal number of |
votes for the same office, the commission |
ers shall decide which of the two shall be |
elected.) And if for any cause the return |
Of any precinct be not In by three o'clock, !
2. NJ, 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 M,
When the polls Of the various precincts of |
he county shall be compared, and in the
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 |
he result at the courthouse door, Of the |
7oting In their county for all the persons
7oted for and the number Of votes cast for
ZACH, and shall Immediately thereafter file |
With the register Of deeds and with the
sheriff of their county, or in case there be |
10 sheriff, with the coroner, a certified
statement of the same: Provided, the
counties of Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall
De allowed until Tuesday after the election
o make their returns. The commissioners
hall also file with the register Of deeds the
'eturns made by the judges of the election
IF each precinct.
%. The registrar shall receive one cent
or each name copied from the original
registration book, and three cents for each
new 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 falling or neg
Getting to make the returns and perform |
he duties required of him by this chapter,
or the non-performance Of which no pen
atty has been hereinbefore imposed, shall |
be fined not less than five hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars, or i'm
Drlsoned not more than six nor less than
,wo months, at the discretion of the court.
80. Any person who shall with intent to
commit fraud, register or vote at more
han one box or more than one time, or
who shall induce another to do 80, shall
De guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
Jiction shall be imprisoned not less than
ix nor more than twelve months, or fined
1ot less than one hundred nor more than
i've hundred dollars, at the discretion OF
he court; and any registrar Of voters, or
my clerk or copyist who shall make any
,ntry or copy with intent to commit fraud
hall be liable to the same penalty.
81. Any person who shall falsely and
take the oath prescribed for vot-
rs in section twelve or fifteen Of this chap
er, shall be deemed to be guilty of per
ury, and upon conviction thereof shall be |
ined not less than five hundred nor more
han one thousand dollars, and be impris-
,ned at hard labor in the penitentiary not |
ess than two nor more than five years.
80. The Secretary of State shall on or be
ore the first Monday in October, 1876, fur
iish the County Commissioners of each
county with a sufficient number Of copies
# this chapter to supply each county COM
missioner, register of deeds, sheriff, regis
rar of voters and judges ef election with
,ne copy thereof.
ACT OF 1S7S-7k
II. That all elections herein ordered
hall be conducted in all particulars in
such manner and form, and under such
'ules and reg ulatior S, as arc prescribed in
,hapter one hundred and eighty five, acts
If one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one and one thousand eight Hundred and
'evenl y-two, and one hundred and twenty
our, &C Of one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-swo, both of which, sO.far as
hey are not inconsise ent with the provis-
ons of this act, are hereby re-eIIacted
Pr0Uided, that any elector shall be eligi-
Die as registrar for their several townships
n all such elections, and any provisions of
chapter one hundred and eiehty-fve, laws
IF one thousand eight hundred and seventy
,ne and one thousand eight hundred and
inconsistent with this proviso
are hereby repealed. That when a voter is
challenged at the polh, upon demand of
any citizen of the State, it shall be the
1uty of the inspectors Of the election t.
.equire said voter, before beng allowed to