The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10

members Of the said party
bper person OF persons to
on behalf Of that party TO
as members Of the board
finance and as to the
8 to be presented on be-
barty to the voters Of the
ection 10 be held in the
he laws of this state, for
aldermen in the several
city, the said committee
least twenty days notice
re newspapers published
bf the places where h
ing TO that party are re-
et their votes for the can
rein stated: and there
ne such place designated
Of the city.
shall also state the day
h primary election Is to
ess than ten days before
on-and the hours within
b be held and the names
tors appointed to hold
election and receive the
ay be cast thereat and
and return thereof, and
D such return and report
u ne COIfiIIlllNcG uiTCCA-
AIRY election to be held. >
pit no person ear vote
the proceedings ofZany
bn who is not by the laws
lawful electop at the
nary election rs held.
t the executive commit
h inspectors to hold
electiop<may declare the
nditions on which legal
pg Is vote at such cleo
regarded and taken as
ers of the party at whose
In whose interest such pri-
don has been called or NAV
Dand therefore entitled to vote
election as a member of that
~. Provided, any candidate for the
4rty nomination at such primary cleo
fion who may object to the ruling OF
the committee as to the conditions of
membership in the party emitting any
one to vote at such primary election,
may appeal to the chairman of the
state executive committee, who shall
forthwith summon two other members
Of the state committee, selected by
himself, and hear and decide the ques-
ton, and their ruling shall be final, but
the ruling of the city committee shall
stand unless and until reversed on such
appeal.
Sec. 14.-That any recognized member
of the party in whose interest such
election is held may challenger the
right of any person Offering to vote at
such election and the inspectors there
authorized to hold and holding such
election shall determine on the evidence
then furnished whether the person so
offering is entitled to vote at such cleo
ton, and shall receive or reject such
votes so offered as to them the evidence
for or against the right of the persons
so offering to vote shall reasonably
warrant.
Sec. 15.-That the polls shall be open
for such primary elections from Z a. m.
to z p. m., and all votes shall be by
ballot. The, report to the committee so
directing such primary elections by
the officers holding the same, shall be
in writing, with which the original bal
lots shall be returned and the poll list
of the voters made at the time of the
voting and the reasons On which any
challenged vote was received or reject
ed. Said committee shall carefully eX-
anime the returns and reports SO made
and thereupon decide who are the per-
sons that have been chosen by the plu-
rality vote cast in the primary election
as members of the board of audit and
finace, and as candidates Of the party
for the office of aldermen at the an
preaching election.
Sec. 16.-That except as herein pro
vided all elections at primary cleo
tions at primary elections under this
act shall be regulated by the election
law of the state ir force at the time
such primary election is held as near
ly as the same can be done.
Sec. 17.-That if any person who is
not entitled to vote under this act
vote at any primary election held here
under, or vote more than once, or per
senate another person, or in n name
other than his own legal name, or IN
any manner disturb the orderly pro-
ceedings of any such election, or intimi-
date, or in any manner attempt to in
timidate, or to deter from voting, OF
bride, or attempt to bride, any lawful
voter, or impose, or attempt to impose
on any lawful voter, a ticket or ballot
other than it appears on its face to be,
such person or persons shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall b. fined not less than Ten Dollars,
or be sentenced to hard labor upon
the streets of the city for not more
than three months, one or both at the
discretion Of the court trying the case.
Sec. 1S.-That the inspectors who may
hold such primary elections under this
act, and return the votes, proceedings
and action thereof, herein provided,
shall before assuming the duties make
oath before some officer authorized to
administer an oath, hal they will
honestly, faithfully, and to the best OF
their ability, do and perform all the
duties of their respective offices, and
any willful violation of said oath or of
any other oath taken under the provis-
sions of this act, shall be held to be
perjury, and shall be punished as pre-
vided by the laws of the state for the
crime of perjury.
The chief of police and the sheriff OF
New Hanover county are required to
see hat good order is preserved at
such election, and may arrest and pre-
sent for commitment to the nearest Of
ficer clothed with the power Of a JUS
tice of the peace, n and all persons
who may be guilty of n violation OF
the provisions Of this act.
Sec. 19.-That the inspectors holding
such primary election under the provis-
ions of his act may Of their own mo-
ton, or in any case of the challenge