Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-08-11

|, for personal expenses. Their duty
is to finally canvass and tabulate the
votes for members of the House OF
Representatives.. They may use fol
this purpose the documents for,
warded by the supervisors to the Uni
!, | ted States courts and also those filed
with the chief supervisors, where
there j.. a discrepancy between the
|chief supervisors returns and the
statement and certificates received by
the clerks of the courts. They are
also empowered to summon and per-
lsonally examine the various supervi-
sors where their returns are i'm
perfect or inconsistent. Such sum-
mons are to be served by the United
States deputy marshals.
| Three sets of certificates of the
jresults aseertained by the board are
to be made. OF these one is to be
filed in the Office of the chief super
visor Of elections for the cengres-
sional distsict affected, together with
the papers and documents in the
case. Another is to be forwarded to
| the person declared to have been
elected, and the third is to be mailed
to the clerk Of the United States House
of Representative at Washington
In case no person is found to be
elected in a district, certificates Of
| the fact are to be transmitted to the
Governor Of the State, the clerk of
the Houseof Representatives and the
proper chief supervisor. Any per-
son who was q candidate for election
may contest the correctness Of the
canvassing. boards decision before
the United States court, which may
examine a.lythe evidence upon which
the oanvassing board acted, and
then determine and certify the per-
son shown to be entitled to the GER
tificatc. The certificate of the Uni
ted States canvassing board shall be
conclusive with the clerk Of the
House of Representatives in deter
mining who shall be placed upon the
roll as elected unless the question
has been decided by the circuit court,
in which event he shall place on the
roll as Representative elect the name
| of the person certified by the court.
The failure, neglect or refusal of the
clerk to observe this mandate is pun
ishable by "a fine Of from $1,000 to
| $4,000, or Imprisonment for not less
than one nor more than five years,
or both, and he shall 'be forever dis
qualified from holding thereafter any
office of trust or profit under the
government Of the United States"
The circuit court may also examine
into the correctness of the returns
made by any canvassing board, ma
tionsl, State, territorial. county or
local, and require said board to
amend them.
A MEANS OF PACKING JURIES.
i A later section 1881 provides for
the appointment by the Circuit
| Court of three persons for each judi
cial district as United States Juror
commissioners. who, from time to
time, are to make from the qualified
voters list of the persons who, un-
der the laws of the United States
and of the State in which they shall
act, shall be eligible for jury duty,
without respect to race or color,
"and hereafter all panels for jurors,
grand and petit, shall be drawn by
said board" in the presence Of g dis
trlct or circuit judge.
PAY OF POLITICAL WORKERS.
Liberal provision is made for the
, pay of supervisors and deputy mar
shals, the former receiving S. per
day, with $40 on election day IN cit
) les of 100000 inhabitants or up
wards, and the latter S. per day
) The cost for pay Of supervisors
, alone at each polling place would
be $15 per day for period ranging
from three to twelve days. The term
) of service of the deputy marshals is
limited to eight days.
FUNCTIONS OF DEPUTY MARsHALs.
Section 30 prescribes the duties Of
| the deputy marshals under the bill
Besides serving the summonses of the
cgnvassing boards, they are to assist
the supervisors in making the house
, canvass, and as many of them as the
l chief supervisor may decide to bt
necessary are to obserye the mannel
4 in which the election officers are
: dlscharging their duties, to enforce
l the. election laws of the United
States and to prevent frauds and ir
regu1arities in elections. IF directed
by the chief supervisor they mus
take charge Of such returns of tht
4 canvass of votes found in any bo1
which, under existing law, the chief
: supervisor may require to be mad
to him and deliver them into hi
: custody. One third Of the specia