Wilmington journal., 1876-10-06


tventy-ons years ON Tire day of election, @
has for any other reason, become on ths
- day entitled to register, he shall be alIowe
to register and vote.
II. On the day Of election any electo
"a may, and it Rhall DO the duty of the judge
~ of election to challenge the vote Of any pei
VI son, who may be known or suspected nc
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 Dot be CHALLENGED An,
rejected, shall hand in bis ballots to tn,
judges who shall carefully deposit the bal
lots in the ballot boxes.
> IT. Immediately after any election tn,
judges Of election shall deposit the regis
tration books for their respective precinct.
: with the register Of deeds Of their respec
y tive counties.
. 1S. The State officers, viz: Governor
= Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State
Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Pub
: lie Instruction, and Attorney General shall
3 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 fol
/
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 omnH Al ~ ~ 80 Ao s.
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 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-
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 il 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.
21. Returns from al 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 bs fA1Fo Got II 6Sy' f6ree 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 ut twelve o'clock NJ,
when the polls Of the various precincts of
the county shall be compared, and in 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
the result ut 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, certified |
statement of the same: Provided, the |
counties of Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall
be allowed until Tuesday after the election
to make their returns. The commissioners
shall also file with tile register Of deeds the
returns made by the judges Of the election
of each precinct.
%. The registrar shall receive one cent
for each name copied from the original
registration 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 duties required of him by this chapter,
| for the nen-performarce 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 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, and 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
81 ar uyhn IN
| entry or copy with intent to commit fraud
| shall be liable to the same penalty.
81. Anv person who shall falsely and
corruptly take the oath prescribed for vot-
| ers i'm section twelve or fifteen of this chap
| ter. shall be deemed to be guilty of per-
| iury. and upon conviction thereof shall Je
! fined not less than five hundred nor more
| than one thousand dollars, and be impris-
| oned ut hard labor in the penitentiac y not
less than two nor more than five years.
| 80. The Secretary of State shall. on Or he
fore the first Monday in October, 1876, fur
nish 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 1874.
| IL. That all elections herein ordered
shall be conducted in all particulars in
such manner and form, and under such
rules and regulations, as are prescribed in
chapter one hundred and eighty-five, acts
of one thous and eight hundred and seventy
one and one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two, and one hundred and 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 !:
prorided that any elector shall be eligl-
| BILE as registrar for their several townships
in all such elections, and any provisions Oh
ofone thousand eight hundred and seventy
go nd one thonsand eight hundred and