Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-20
NO. 42

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has for any other reason, become on tha
, day entitled to register, he shall be allowed
to register and vote.
IA. On the day of election any electo
may, and it shall be the duty of the Judge
,, of election to challenge the vote of any per
son, who may be known or suspected no
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; ana
each voter whose name may appear register
ed, and who shall not be challenged anC
rejected, shall hand in his ballots to tht
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.
1S. 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 ono ballot. The county officers for
the respective counties, viz: tre 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, 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 Of said boxes shall
have An opening through the lid of suffi-
cient size to admit 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
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
shall be void, and the said counting of
votes shall be continued without adjourn
ment until completed and the result threof
declared.
81. 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
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 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, |
P. NJ, on that day, then and In that case |
the commissioners shall adjourn without |
comparing the polls, to meet again on the |
following Tuesday at twelve O'Clock M,
when the polls Of the various precincts of |
the county shall be compared, and in the
mea utime 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
of the polls they shall proclaim
the 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
statement of the same: Provided, the
of Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall
be allowed until Tuesday after the election
to make their returns. The commissioners
shall also file with the register of deeds the
returns made by the judges Of the election
Of each precinct.
2S. The registrar shall receive one cent
for each name copied from the original
book, and three cents for each
new name registered.
20. 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
lecting to make the returns and perform
the dutie. required of him by this chapter,
for the non-perform ance 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
prlsoned not more than six nor less than
two months, at the discretion of the court.
80. Any person who shall with intent to
commit a fraud, register or vote at more
than one box or more than one time, or
who shall induce another to do so, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, aud on con-
viction shall be imprisoned not less than
six nor more than twelve months, or fined
not less than one hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars, at the discretion of
the court; and any registrar of voters, or
any clerk or copyist who shall make any
entry or copy with intent to commit fraud |
shall be liable to the same penalty.
81. Any person who shall falsely and
corruptly take the oath prescribed for vot-
ers in section twelve or fifteen of This chap
Ter, shall be deemed to be guilty of. I er-
jury, and upon conviction thereof shall be |
fined not less than ive hundred nor more |
than one thousand dollars, and be impris-
oned at hard labor in the penitentiary not
less than two nor more than five years.
80. The Secretary Of State shall. on OF be-
fore the first Monday in October. 1876, fur
ni.h the County Commissioners of each |
county with sufficient number of copies |
of this chapter to supply each county COM
missioner, register of deeds, sheriff, regis |
trar of voters and judges of election with
one copy thereof.
ACT OF 1S73-74.
II. That all election. herein ordered |
shall be conducted in all particulars in
such manner and form, aud under such |
rules and regulations, as are prescribed in |
chapter one hundred and eighty-f acts
of one thousand eight hundred and seventy |
one and one Thousand eight Hundred and |
seven y-two, and one hundred aud twenty |
four, &C of one thousand eight hundred |
and seventy-swo, both of which, so far as |
they are not inconsistent with the provis- |
ions of this act, are hereby re-enacted i: |
Prorided, that any electer shall be eligi- |
BILE as registrar for their sever1l townships |
in all such elections, and any prov sioDs of |
chapter one hundred and eigbty-fve, laws |
of one thousand eight hundred and seventy |
one and one thousand eight hundred and |
seventy two. Inconsistent with this nrovisn |