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

respectively, Snau % uu1Y OOOAoACN
elected thereto; but II two or more Dc
eqnal and highest In votes for the same
Office. then one of them shall be chosen
nv i0int ballot of both Houses of the
| General Assembly. Contested elections
shall be determined by q joint vote OF
both Houses of the General Assembly
in the same manner and under the
same rules and regulations as pre-
scribed in cases of contested elections
of members of the General Assembly.
SEC 27O6. An abstract of the returns
of votes for State officers shall be made
by the clerks of the two Houses OF the
General Assembly, showing then num-
Der of ballots cast for each candidate,
the names of all persons voted for, the
Offices for which they received such
votes, and the number of votes cast for
each persons, and the person ascer-
tanned by the canvass to be elected to
the several offices; and said abstract
shall be signed by the presiding officers
of the two Houses aud delivered to the
Secretary of State, who shall record 1t
in the election book kept in his office,
and then file it. Said abstract shall
also be printed in the journals of the
two Houses and in the legislative docu,
ments.
SEC. 2707. Any registrar or judge of
election, or any county canvasser or
commissioner, register of deeds, clerk
or sheriff, failing or neglecting to make
the returns and perform the duties re-
quired of him, shall be fined not less
than five hundred nor more than
thousand dollars, or imprisoned not
more than six % less than two
months, at the discretion of the court;
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offence shall forfeit and pay the sum
of five hundred dollars, to be recovered
in the name and to the use of the State,
on motion of the Attorner- General Ia
the Superior Court of Wake county,
ten DAYS previous notice in writing of
such intended motion having been
given to such officer by the Sc ;retary
of State. The proceedings thereon shall
be summary, and if any matter Of fact
shall be in issue, the same shall be tried
at the first term; and on such trial, or
for any other purpose in the@prosecu-
tion of such motion to Judgment, the
certificate of the Secretary of State, or
of the Governor, as the a may be,
| of the particular default on which the
motion is founded, shall be received as
competent primG fdcie evidence to
prove the same.
SEC 27O8 If any sheriff, or return
ing officer whatever, shall wilfully, or
of malice, neglect toperform any duty,
act, matter or thing, required or di-
rected, in the time, manner and form
in which such duty, act, matter or
thing is required to be performed in re
lation to the election and returns
thereof, of the Governor, of Represen-
tatives in Congress, of Justices of the
Superior Court, of Solicitors, or of the
Electors of President and Vice-Presi.
dent of the United States, the person
so offending shall be guilty of a felony,
and fined not less than u thousand
nor more than five thousand dollars,
and be imprisoned not less than one
nor more than three years; and shall
be disabled from holding any Office of
profit Or trust under the authority of
the State.
SIC 2709. Any person who shall,
with intent to commit a fraud, register
or vote at more than one box or more
than n time, or who shall induce an
other to do so, or any person who shall
illegally vote at any electian, shall be
guilty fan Infamous crime, imprisoned
not less than six nor more than twelve
months, or fined not less than one hun
dted nor more than five hundred dol
lars at the discretion of the court; and
any registrary Of voters, or any clerk
or copyist who shall make any entry
or copy with intent to commit a fraud,
shall be liable to the same penalty.
SEC 271O. Any person who shall cor
ruptly take the oath prescribed for
voters, shall be guilty of perjury, and
be fined not less than five hundred dol
lars, nor more than one thousand dol
lars, and be imprisoned at hard labor
in the penitentiary not less than two
nor more than five years.
Sec. 2711. The Secretary of State
shall, at least sixty days before each
election, furnish the board of county
commissioners of each county with a
sufficient number of copies of this chap
ter, as it will always read with the
latest amendments incorporated with
it, to supply each county canvasser,
commissioner, register of deeds, sher-
ifs, registrar of voters, and judge of
election with one copy thereof.
SEC. 2712. No regimental, battalion
or company muster shall be called or
directed on election day, nor shall
armed men assemble on the day of
election, at any place appointed by law
to hold elections for Electors of Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United
States, Governor, members of Congress
or members of the General Assembly,
under the penalty of one thousand dol
lars. to be recovered of any person who
shall call such muster, or assemble
such armed men, one half to go to the
use of the informer, and the other half
to the use of the State.
SEC 2713. Any person who, by force
and violence, shall break up or stay
any election, by assaulting the officers
thereof, or depriving them of the bal,
lot boxes, or by any other means, his
aiders and abettors, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor. and imprisoned three