Wilmington journal., 1876-08-25

| provided III the Constitution, the ragistT
shall erase his name from the books.
II. The County Commissioners, on or b
fore the first Monday OF October, 1876, sh;
appoint four judges or inspectors of ele
, tiOn, two Of whom shall be of differe
:, political party, where possible, from Il
registrar, at each place of holding electi,
in their respective counties. The sa
judges of election shall attend.at the plac
for which they are severally appointed, c
the day of election, and they together wit
the registrar for such precinct or TOWNSHIP
who shall attend with his registration book
after being sworn by some justice of I'll
peace or other person authorized to az
minister Oaths, to conduct the election fai
ly and impartially according to the Cor
stitution and-laws of the State, shall Ope
the polls and slperintend the same mt
the close of the election. They shall kee
poll books in which shall be entered til
name of every person who shall vote; an
| at the close Of the election the judges @
election shall certify the same over thei
proper signatures, and deposit them witt
| the register of deeds for safe keeping
And said poll books shall in any trial 70
Illegal or fraudulent voting he received a
| evidence. The County Commissioner
shall Immediately after the appointment o
I
| furnish list of the names of such Judge:
| to the sheriff of their county, who shal
| within ten days serve notice of such ap
pointment upon the said judges; and if
| for any cause, any person appointed judge
OF election shall fail to attend, the regis
| trar of such township shall appoint some
discreet person to act as such, who shall be
by him sworn before acting, anu shall be
of the same political party as the absent
Judge or judges.
PrOUided, That any person who is a
candidate for office shall not act as judge or
inspector of election.
II. Every male person born in the Uni
ted States, and any male person who has
been naturaliZed, twenty.O one years old or
upwards, who shall have resided in the
State twelve months next preceding the
election and thirty days in the county in
which he offers to vote, shall he deemed
an electOr in the township in which he re-
sides, and shall be entitled to registration
upon application, upon taking the follow
ing oath {" -, do solemnly swear Tor
affirm) that l will support the Constitution
and laws of the United States, and the
Constitution and laws of North Carolina
not incOnsstant Herewith; that L have
been a resident in the State of North Caro-
lima for twelve months, and in the county
of -- for thirty days, and that l have
not registered for this election in any other
precinct, and that | am an actual and bona
file resident of -- township. SO help
me God.''
IS. No registration shall be allowed on
the day Of election, but if any person shall
give satisfactory evidence to the judges of
the election that he has come of the age of
twenty-one years on the day of election, or
has for any other reason, become on that
day entitled to register, he shall be allowed
to register and vote.
II. On the day of election any electOr
may, and it shall be the duty Of the judges
of election TO challenge the vote of any per-
son, who may be known or suspected not
to be a duly qualified voter.
16. The polls shall be opened on the day
of election from seven O'Clock in the NOR
ming until sunset of the same day; aud
each voter whose name may appear register
ed, and who shall OF he challenged and
shall hand in his ballots to the
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
he respective counties, viz: ire iSurer, reg
ster of deeds, surveyor, five commissioners,
coroner and sheriff, shall be voted for on |
)ne ballot. The ballots shall be on white |
paper, aud may be printed on written, or |
partly written and partly printed, and |
without device.
10. The County Commissioners, or upon |
heir failure, the inspectors of election, shall |
provide for each election precinct in their |
respective counties four ballot-boyes, one |
or each class of officers to he voted for as
prescribed in the preceding section, in
which to deposit the ballots for such Off |
GERS respectively. Each Of said boxes shall |
la9e an opening through the lid of suffi-
lent size to a,lmit single folded ballot |
md no more. The said ballot-hOXes shall |
De kept by the judges of election for the |
lse of their several election precincts res
)ectively. And said judges of election, |
before the voting begins, shall carefully eX
.mne the ballot boxes and see that there
s nothing in them.
20. When the election shall be finished
he registrar and judges of election, in |
presence of such OF the electors as may |
hnOse to attend, shall open the boxes and
'ount the ballots, reading aloud the names
If the persons who shall appear on each
icket; and if there shall be two or more |
ickets rolled up together or any ticket
hall contain the names of more persons
han such electOr has a right to vote for, Or
hall have a device upon iC, in either of
hese cases such ticket or tickets shall not
,e numbered in taking the ballots, but
hall be void, and the said counting of
'otes shall be continued without adjourn
nent until completed and the result threOf
declared.
81. Returns from ali the precincts shall |
~ made by the judges of election by noon
N Saturday ensuing the day of election to
he County Commissioners, who shall, in
he presence of such persons as choose to
.ttend, proceed to add the numberOf votes
eturned, and so far as county officers,
members Of the House of Representatives
nd senators, where the senatorial district
onsists Of but one county, are concerned,
he person having the greatest number of
otes shall be deemed duly elected (shOuld |
NV two persons have All equal number of
otes for the same office, the commission
rs shall decide which of the two shall he
lected.) And if for any cause the return
f any precinct be not in by three o'clock,
,. NJ, on that day, then and i'll that case
he commissioners shall adjourn without
lmparing the polls, to meet again on the
Glowing Tuesday at twelve o'clock NJ,
hen the polls of the various precincts of
he county shall be compared, and in the
aeantime they shall direct the sheriff or
ne Of his deputies to compel the attend
nee ot the delinquent returning officers
With the vote of his precinct. When the
commissioners have thus completed the
of the polls they shall proclaim
he result at the courthouse door. of the
citing in their county for all the persons
oted for and the number of voies east for
ach, and shall Immediately thereafter file
With the register of deeds and with the
heriff of their county, or in case there be
10 sheriff, with the coroner, certified