Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-27
The Law Regarding the Duties Of U. s.
Supervisors OF Registration and
EIacffOn

of the public generally well as rhe SUI
pervisors of Registration and Election, to
be appointed at the Special Term OF the
U. S. Circuit Co4rt, to be held i'll Raleigh
on the goth inst, we publish the following
sections Of the REVISE Statutes Of the
United States relating to their powers and
duties, &C.:
SEC. Poll. Whenever in any city or town
having upwards of 10000 inhabitants,
there are two citizens thereof, CT whenever
in any county or parish, IN any congress
sional district, there are ten citizens there
of, of good standing, who, prior to any reg
istl alton of voters for any election for Rep
resentatives or Delegates in the Congress
Of the United States, or prior to any cleo
ton at which Representative or Dele
gate in Congress is to be voted for, may
make known, in writing, to the judge of
the circuit court of the = nited St-tes for
the circuit wherein such city or town,
county Or parish is situated, their desire To
have such reg istration, OF suc;i election, or
both, guarded and scrutinZed, 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 IL open
the circuit court at the most convenient
point in 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 70 ing precinct i'll
the congressional district, as may have
applied in the manner hereinhefore pre-
scribed, and TO revoke, change, or renew
such appointment from time to time, two
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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 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, OF either of them, provided fer 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 af1iX 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 regis cred, 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. 2017. The supervisors ofelection 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, may doubt );
| to be and remain where the ballOt-bOxeS
are kept at all times after the polls are open
until every vote cast at such time and place
| has been counted, the canvass OF all votes
polled 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 OF the
| day of election, the manner in which the
| voting is done, and the way and method
! in which the pOll-books, registry-listS, and
| tallies or check books, whether the same
are required by any law of the United
States, or any State, territorial, or muEi-
| cipal law, are kept.
SEC. 201S. TO the end that each candi-
date for the office of Represent ative or
Delegate i'll Congress may obtain the bene-
fit 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 on 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 TWEEN
ty-five, has been designated as the chief
supervisor of the judicial district in which
the city or town wherein they may ser e,
acts, such certificates and returns of all
such ballots as such officer may direct nd
require, and to attach to the registry-Iist
and any all copies thereof and to any GER
titicate, statement, or return, whether the
| same, or any part or portion thereof, be re-
quired by any law Of the United STAGES, 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 oh 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 2O19 The better to enable the ST.
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, whethe.
before or behind the ballot-bOXes, as will,
in their Judgment best enable them to see
each person offering himself for registration
or Offering to vote, and as will best conduce
to their scrutinZing the manner in which
the registration or voting is being conduc-
ted; and at the closing of polls for the re-
ception of votes, they are required TO place
themselves i'll such position, in relation to
the ballot-bCXes, for the purpose Ct elieay-
ing in the work Of canvasSing the ballots
as will enacle them to fully perfor :. tie
duties in respect to such canvass provided
herein, and shall there remain until every
duty in respect to such canvass, certifi-
Gates, returns and statements has been
wholly completed.
SEC. 2O20. 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
ted for, the supervisors of election are
not allowed to exercise and discharge,
fully and freely, and without bribery. So
licitation, interference, intolerance, moles-
tation, violence, or threats thereof, on the
part of any pers II, all the duties, obliga-
ions. and powers conferred upon them by
law, TIE supervisors of election shall make |
prompt report, under oath, within ten DAYS
after the day of election to the officer who, |
i'll accordance with the provisions of section |
two thousand twenty-five, has been desig-
mated as the chief supervisor of the judicial |
district in which the city or town herein |