Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-09-22
The Law Regarding the Duties OfU. &.
Supervisors Of Registration and
Election

Supervisors Of Registration an
!, Election.
b For the information Of our readers al
of the public generally as we'll as rhe S.
u pervisors of Registration and Election,
" be appointed at the Special Term of IL
o u. S. Circuit Court, to be held in Ralein
e on the goth inst, we publish the followin
i sections of the Revised Statutes of IL
United States relating to their powers an
duties, &C.:
SEC. 2011. Whenever in any city or tow
= having upwards of 10000 inhabitant:
there are two citizens thereof, OF wheneye
5 IN any county or parish, in any congres
sional district, there are ten citizens there
of, of good standing, who, prior to any reg
isti alton of voters for any election for Rer
resentatives or Delegates in the Congress
OF the United States, or prior to any eleC
ton at which a Representative or Dele
gate in Congress is to be voted for, ma,
make known, in writing. to the judge O
the circuit court of the United Sites fo
the circuit wherein such city or town
county or parish is situated, their desire tt
have such registration, or such election, o.
both, guarded and scrutinized, the judge
within not less than ten days prior to the
registration, if one there be, or, if no regis
tration be required, within not less than
ten days prior to the election, sh II oper
the circuit court at the most convenient
point iii the district.
SEC. 2O12. The court, when so opened
by the judge, shall proceed to appoint and
commission, from day to day and from
time to time, and under the hand of the
! judge, and under the seal of the court, for
each election district or vo ing precinct in
the congressional district, as may have
| applied in the manner hereinbefore pre-
| scribed, and to revoke, change, or renew
such appointment from time to time, TWO
citizens, residents of the city or town, or
election district or voting precinct in the
county or parish, who shall be of different
political parties and able to read and write
the English language, and who shall be
known and designated as supervisors of
election.
SEC. 2O16. The supervisors of election, so
appointed, are authorized and required to
attend at all times and places fixed for the
registration of voters, who, being register
ed would be entitled to vote for a Repre-
sentative or Delegate in Congress, and to
challenge any person Offering to register;
to attend at all times and places when the
names of registered voters may be marked
for challenge, and TO cause such names
registered as they may deem proper to be
so marked; to make, when required, the
lists, or either of them, provided for in
section two thousand and twenty-six, and
verify the same and upon any occasion,
and at any time when in attendance upon
the duty herein prescribed, to personally
inspect and scrutiniZe such registry, and
for purposes of Identification to affix their
signature to each page Of the original list,
and of each copy of any such list of regis
tered voters, at such times, upon each day
when any name may be received, entered
or registered, and in such manner as will, |
in their Judgment, detect and expose the |
improper or wrongful removal therefrom, |
or addition thereto of any name.
SEC. 2O17. The supervisors of election are |
authorized and required 10 attend at all |
times and places for holding elections of |
Representatives or Delegates in Congress,
and for counting the votes cast at such |
elections; to challenge any vote offered by |
any person whose legal qualifications the |
supervisors, or either of them, NAV doubt |
to be and remain where the ballot-boxes
are kept at all times after the polls are open |
until every vote cast ut such time and place
has been counted, the canvass of all votes
polIed wholly completed, and the proper
and requisite certificates or returns made,
whether the certificates or returns be re-
quired under any law of the United States,
or any State, territorial, Or municipal law,
and to personally inspect and scrutiniZe, |
from time to time, and at all times on the
day of election, the manner in which the |
voting is done, and the way and method
in which the poll-books, registry-lsts, and
tallies or check-boOks, whether the same
are required by any law of the United
States, or any State, territorial OF muLi-
clpal law, are kept.
IT, |
date for the office of Representative or
Delegate in Congress may obtain the bene-
tit OF every vote for him cast, the supervi-
sOrs of election are, and each of them is
required to personally scrutiniZe, count,
and canvass each ballot in their election
district or voting precinct cast, whatever
may be the endorsement OH the ballot, or
in whatever box it may have been placed
or be found; to make and forward to the
officer who, in accordance with the pro-
visions of section two thousand and twen-
ty-five, has beer designated as the chief
of the judicial district in which
the city or town wherein they may serve,
ac;s. such certificates and returns Of all
such ballots as such officer may direct and
require, and to attach to the registry-lst,
and any all copies thereof and to any GER
tificate, statement, or return, whether the
same, or any part or portion thereof, be re-
quired by any law of the United States, or
of any State, territorial or municipal law,
any statement touching the truth or accu-
racy of the registry, or the truth or fair !
ness Of the election and Canvass, VIII ch the
supervisors of the election, Or either of |
them, may desire to make or attach, or
which should properly and honestly be |
made and attached, in order that the facts |
may become known.
SEC. 20l9. The letter to enable the su- |
pervisors of election to discharge their du- |
ties, they are authorized and directed in |
their respective election districts or voting |
precincts, on the day CT registration, on |
the day when registered voters may be |
marked to be challenged, and on the day |
of election, to take, occupy, and remain in |
such position, from time to time, whether |
before or behind the ballot boxes, as will, |
in their judgment, best enable them to see |
each person offering himself for registr alton |
or Offering to vote, and as will best cOnduce |
to their scrutlniZlng the manner in which |
the registration or voting is being condEc-
ted; and at the closing of polls for the r.
ceptiOn of votes, they are required to place |
themselves in such position, in relation to
the ballot-boxes, for the purpose Of engag-
ing in the work of canvAssing the ballots,
as will ENABLE them to fully perform the
duties in respect to such canvass provided
nereln, ana SnaH tneIe remain until every
duty in respect to such canvass, certifi-
Gates, returns and statements has been
wholly completed.
Sec. 2020. When in any election district
or voting precinct in any city or town, for
which there have been appointed supervi-
sors of election FOR any election at which a
Representative or Delegate in Congress is
voted for, the supervisors of election are
not allowed to exercise and DISCHARGE
fully and freely, and without bribery, So
licitation, interference, hinderance, moles-
tation, violence. or threats thereof, on the