Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-13

has for any other reason, become on tha
- day entitled to register, he shallbe allowe,
to register and vote.
II. On the day of election any electo
! may, and it shall be the duty of the Judge
e of election 10 challenge the vote of anv per
= son, who may be known or suspected no
4 to be duly qualified voter.
16. The polls shall be opened on the da,
of election from seven O'Clock in the NOR
, ming until sunset of the same dav; an,
each voter whose name may appear register
ed, and who shall Eot be challenged anf
rejected, shall hand in his ballots 10 th.
judges who shall carefully deposit the bal
lots in the ballot boxes.
; II. Immediately after any election The
Judges of election shall deposit the regis
tration books for their respective precincts
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 on one ballot. The county officers for
| the respective counties, viz: tire Asurer, 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, aud
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
Ilra cfapih in f1,n i-,
which to deposit the ballots for such Off
GERS respectively. Each of said boxes shall
| have an opening through the lid of sufti-
clent size to admit a 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 right to vote for, Or
shall have a device upon iI, 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.
u. Returns from ali 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 mum Der of votes |
returned, and so 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 numbr 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,
p. NJ, on that day, then and in that case
the commissioners shall adjourn without
comparing the polls, to meet again on the
Tuesday at twelve O'Clock NJ,
+" hen the polls of the various precincts of
the county shall be compared, and i'm 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
commissioners have thus completed the |
comparison of the polls they shall proclaim
Ihe result at the courthouse door, of the
voting in their county for all the persons |
voted 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 in case there be
no sheriff, with the coroner, a certified
: of nf hn lad |
counties of Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall /
be allowed until Tuesday after the election |
10 make their returns. The commissioners | .
shall also file with the register Of deeds the
returns made by the judges of the election I
IF each precinct.
2S. The registrar shall receive one cent !
for each name copied from the original
registration book, and three cents for each |
new name registered.
g. %. Any registrar or judge or judges of
election appointed under the provisions of
this chapter, or any county commissioners, |
register Of deeds, Or sheriff failing or neg
Letting to make the returns and perform
The duties required of him by this chapter, | :
for the non-perfOrmance of which no pen | 5
atty has been hereinbefore imposed, shall |
be fined not less than five hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars, or i'm
DrisOned not more than six nor less than
|
30. 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 so, shall |
De guilty of a misde1neanor, and on con ,
fiction shall be imprisoned not less than |
,iN nor more than twelve months, or fined |
lot 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 |
Entry or copy with intent to commit a fraud
hall be liable to the same penalty.
81. Any person who shall falsely ard
:orruptly take the oath prescribed for vot-
rs in section twelve or fifteen Of his 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 penitentia not
ess than two nor more than five years.
32. The Secretary of State shall Oh OF re
ore the first Monday in October. 1876 r.
iish the County Commissioners of .ch
county with sufficient number Of copies ,
If this chapter to supply each county COM
missioner, register Of deeds, sheriff, regis
rar of voters and judges cf election with
one copy thereof.
ACT OF 1S73-74.
II. That all elections herein ordered
shall be conducted Iii all particulars in {
such manner and form, and under such | {
.ules and regulations, as are prescribed in !
.hapter one hundred and eishty-five, acts
IF one tlous and eight hundred and seventy
one and one thousand eight Hundred and :
seven; y-twO, and one hundred and twenty
our, &C of one thousand eight hundred
and se1enty-swo, both of which, SO far as
hey are not inconsistent with the provis- 3
ons of this act, are hereby re-eHacted:
PrOri!ed. that any elector shall be elgi-
de as registrar for tlieir several townships
n all such elections, and any provisions If
chapter one hundred and eighty-fve, Laws a
IF one thousand eight hundred and seventy :
me and one thousand eight hundred and :
inconsistent with this proviSO c
!. lnd Inafx ,-l,f.