The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
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son; in the twenty-seVenCn olsIFtcU::
at Harm Jny, in the county OF
Iredell; in the twenty-eighth dlstrlct,
at Pilot Mountain, In the county OF
Surry; in the twenty-ninth district az
Hickory, in the county OF CataWDa; IN
the thirtieth district, at Jefferson. In
the county of Ashe; in the thlrCy-nrsG
district, at Marion, in the county OF
Mcdowell in the thirty-second olstrlcG,
at Mooresboro, in the county OF CleVe
land; In the thirty-third district, at
Asheville. in the county OF BuncomOe
in the thirty fourth district, at Web
ster. in the county of Jackson; in the
thirtv-fifth district, at Murphy, In the
county of Cherokee. If for any cause
anv of said sheriffs or returning officers
are prevented from meeting at said
places. respectively, on the aforesaid
tenth day after the election, the re-
turns of such officers shall be waited
for and received if they arrive on the
following day and the returning officer
failing to attend at the time and place
required as aforesaid shall forfeit and
paw one thousand dollars, to- be re
covered in the Superior Court OF his
county by any person who may sue for
the same, and shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor; but if the returns of all b
counties in the district be not in by
noon of the day appointed, then the
returning officers shall adjourn from
day to day until the returns from all
the counties be received, and In the
meantime shall despatch a competent
person, under oath, to the county OF
the delinquent returning officer o a
certified COPY of the vote of that
county, which shall be furnished by
the register of deeds of said county.
and when received shall be counted;
and when the sherifs shall be convened
as aforesaid. the polls for the different
counties shall be examined in the pres
ence of one justice and five electors,
to be summoned by the sheriff Of the
county where they shall meet; and a
certificate, under the hands and seals
of the returning sheriff5, shall be given
to-the candidate in each district for
whom the greatest number of woes
shall have been given; but if two or
more candidates shall have an equal
number of votes, the said officers shall
determine which shall be a Senator,
and if no decision shall be made by
them, they shall determine the same
by lot.
SEC 27O2. The sheriff of each county
shall furnish, within ten days, the
member or members ele 3ted to the
House of Representatives and to the
Senate, where the district is not com
posed of more than one county, a Ger
ti6cate of election, under his hand and
seal; he shall also Immediately notify
all persons elected to the county offices
to meet at the courthouse on the first
Monday in the ensuing month, to- be
qualified.
SEC 27O3 The sheriff or other re
turning officer of each county shall,
on or before the third day after the
election, transmit by mail, in a regis
tered letter, or otherwise, to the
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, a separate statement of the votes
taken in his county for each of the State
officers, to wit, Governor, Lieutenar t.
Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer, Superintendent Of Public
and Attorney General,
which statement, in each case, shall be
in the following or some similar form,
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
........... County.
1, sheriff of ...........
county, do hereby certify that at the
election held in the said county to elect
Governor Tor other officers, as the
case may be), for four years, from the
first day OF ......... next, at the
places appointed by law for holding
elections for said county, on the -.
day of ............, A. D., n thou
sand eight hundred and. 49,. votes
were given for 800, and -. votes
were given for ....
Given under my hand this. day
of ......, 49,.
........... Sheriff.
If said statements are transmitted
by mail, they shall be directed in
sealed packets to the Speaker of the
of Represen .atives in care of the
Secretary of State, and if by messen-
ger, they shall be sent directly to the
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, sealed as aforesaid: Provided,
that nc messenger bringing said state
ments or any other abstracts or cleo.
ton returns shall receive compensa-
tien therefor. Any sheriff or other re-
turning officer failing or neglecting to
perform the duties required in this sec
tion shall forfeit and pay two thousand
dollars, to be recovered In the Superior
Court Of his county by any person who
shall u for the same, and shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and i'm
prisoned at hard labor in the peniten-
tiary for twelve months: Provided,
further, that the sheriffs of the coun
ties of Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall
have until the eleventh day after the
election to comply with this section.
SEC. 2704. The Secretary of State
shall cause proper forms of returns to
be prepared and printed, and send
copies thereof, with plain directions as
to the manner of indorsing, directing
and transmitting the same to the seat
of government, to all the returning
officers of the State, at least thirty
days before the time of holding any
election. He shall also furnish to the