The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

to be elected a member of the General
Assembly, or to any Office under the
laws of this State, shall forfeit and
paw four hundred dollars to any per-
SON who shall sue for the same, and
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and
any person who shall receive or agree
to receive any such bride shall also be
guilty of q m-isdemeanor.
SIC. 2717. Any person who shall bet
or wager any money or other thing OF
value upon any election held In this
State shall be guilty of a mlsdemeanor.
27I8. For Senators and their mode
of election, see act of Congress of the
twenty fifth of July, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six, fourteenth
Statutes at Large, chapter two hundred
and forty five, page two hundred and
forty three.)
SEC 2719. For the purpose of select.
ing Repre- entatives In the Congress or
the United States, the State of North
Carolina shall be divided into nine dis,
tricts, as follows:
First District-Beaufort, Camden,
Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare,
Gates, Hartford, Hyde, Martin, Pam
leo, Pasquotank, Perquimans. Pitt,
Tyrrell and Washington.
Second District-Bertie, E~dgecombe,
Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton,
Warren, Wilson and Wayne.
Third District-Bladen, Cumberland,
Duplin, Craven, Harnett, Jones, Moore,
Onslow and Sampson.
Fourth Decentralization Frank
lin, Johnston, Nash, Randolph, Wake
and Vance.
Fifth Observation-Disclosures, Caswell,
Granville, Guilford, Person, Rocking
ham, Stokes. Durham and Orange.
Sixth District-Anson, Brunswick,
Columbus, Mecklenburg, New Han
over, Fender, Richmond, Robson and
Seventh Observation-Disclosures, David
son, D4vie, Iredell, Montgomery,
Rowan, Stanly, Yadkin, Lincoln and
Eighth District-Alleghany, Ashe,
Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland,
CASTOR, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes,
Forsyth and Surry.
Ninth District-Buncombe, Chero-
kee, Clay. Graham, Haywood, Hen
derson, jackson, Mcdowell, Macon,
Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Swain,
Pennsylvania and Yancey.
SEC 1920 Whenever, by a ne " ap-
pointment of Representatives among
the several States, the number of Rep
resentatives in the Congress of the
United States from North Carolina
shall be either increased or decreased,
and neither the Congress nor the Gen
eral Assembly shall provide for the
election of the same, then if the said
Representatives shall be increased, the
increased number shall be elected by
the qualified voters of the whole State,
and shall be voted for on one ballot;
and the Representatives from the sew
eral Congressional districts shall be
elected by the voters of said district re-
spectively and shall be each voted for
on another ballot. But if the number
of said Representatives shall be de-
creased as aforesaid, In that event all
the Representatives in Congress shall
be elected by the qualified voters of
the whole State, and shall be voted for
on one ballot
SEC. 1921. The election for members
of Congress shall be held at the same
time and places as prescribed for hold
ing elections for members of the Gen
eral Assembly, on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in November, in
the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four, and on
said day every two years thereafter,
or on such days as Congress shall have
prescribed, and shall be conducted by
the sheriffs, or by other persons ap-
pointed therefor, in like manner as
elections for members of the General
Assembly.
Sec 2722. If at any time after the
expiration of any Congress, and before
another election, or if at any time after
an election, there shall be a vacancy
in the representation in Congress, the
Governor shall issue a writ of election,
and by proclamation shall require the
voters to meet in the different town
ships in their respective counties at
such time as may be appointed therein,
and at the places established by law,
then and there to vote for a Represen-
tative in Congress TO fill the vacancy;
and the election shall be conducted in
like manne as regular elections.
SEC. 1928. Every person duly elected
a Representative to Congress, upon OBJ
taininga certifcateo of his election from
the Secretary of State shall procure
from the Governor q commission, Ger
tifying his appointment as a Represen-
tative of the State, which the Governor
shall issue on such certificate being
produced.
SEC. 2724, The registrar shall receive
n cent for each name copied from the
original registration book, and three
cents for each new name registered
Every sheriff or other returning officer
shall be allowed two dollars and fifty
cents per day for the time actually en-
ployed, and ten cents per mile for dis
lance travelled, for making the returns
for Senators, and sixty cents for each
notice served upon the county officers
elect, and sixty cents for giving certii
Gates to Representatives to the General
Assembly and to the Senators whose
district is asingle county, all to be paid
by the county treasurer, upon the aft