The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-16

ton 10.
ION Saturday, June 80, Saturday, July
Z, Saturday, July H. and Saturday, July ~
the registrar is required to attend at
the polling place in his precinct, with
his books for the registration of voters.
/ See Section 10.
! "The Registrar is required to attend at
the polling place in his precinct Saturday
| July %, 1900, for the purpose of allowing
| an inspection of his books and entering
any challenge that may be made. See
Section It,
"But CHALLENGES may be made on the
day of election. See Section Il.
.No registration can be allowed after
| July q, 1900, unless the person Offering
| 10 register has become qualified since
! that date. and in that event he may reg
! lister on election day. See Section 20.
SECTIONS Is, 16, 20 and 21 are the same
| in the law as amended, as they were in
| the election law heretofore printed ana
sent cut.
| Il enclose you copy of Section ii OF
| the election law as it now stands, as
amended by the Legislature at It's ad-
| journed session
| The eleventh section of the new act Is
| a substitute for the eleventh section Oh
the act passed by the Legislature of 1879
and contains about all the material
changes made by the adjourned session
with reference to registration. we pup
! lish this section below:
Section II. That before the next
general election on the first THURSDAY
| in August, in the year of our LORD
! 1900 provided for in this act, there
! shall be an entirely new registration OF
] Av,ff Cd n
| lister, in every voting precinct in the
! State. and only such persons as are reg
istered shall be entitled to vote in any
election held under this act. That IN all
cases the applicant for registration
shall be sworn by the registrar, before be-
ing registered, and shall state and answer
! his name. age, place of birth: place of
residence; stating ward, if he resides
| in an incorporated town or city; number
| of his house if numbered and If not
numbered, then designation of its To-
| cality by streets; and if not the owner
/ or renter. If not a resident of an in
| corporated town or city, he shall then
| state his place of residence in the cleo
| tion precinct; and if he is not the owner
| of the house in which he lives, then he
shall state the name of the person who
! does own the same: or upon whose lana
he lives; the time of his residence IN
said county. ward or election precinct;
and if not known to the registrar to be
qualified to register his avocation, place
| Of business where and by whom en-
ployed, if employed; if new conner, from
whence he comes, and his postoffce adj
| dress before removal; whether he has
been disqualified as a voter by Judgment
| or decree of any court; if so, by what
court reinstated; and any other ques-
| tions which may be material upon the
question of the identity and qualifca-
ton of the said applicant to be admitted
| to registration The registrar. if in
doubt as to the right of the applicant to-
| register, may require other evidence
satisfactory to him as to the qualifications
of the applicant And thereupon If the
applicant shall be found to be duly quail
fed and entitled to be registered as an
clector, the registrar shall register the
applicant, giving his race opposite his
name, and shall record his name, age,
| residence place of birth, and the town
| ship. county or State from whence he has
| removed; in the event of q removal, in
the appropriate column of the registra-
| ton books, and the registration books
containing the said record shall be evil
dence against the applicant in any court
of law in a proceeding for false or fraud
ulent registration: Provided, that moth
| ing therein contained shall prevent any
clector or Judge of election, on the day
of election and when the elector presents
himself to vote, from challenging the right
| of the elector to vote. If an electOr has
| previously been admitted to registration
in any ward, township or precinct in the
county in which he resides, he shall not
| be entitled to register again in another
ward, precinct or township in the same
county, until he produces certificate OF
| the registrar in the former township.
ward or precinct that his name has been
erased from the registration books OF the
| ward, precinct or township from which
he has removed, and the identity OF any
person claiming the right to be regis
| tered in any precinct of the same county
by virtue of said certificate, with the
person named therein, shall be proved TO
the registrar, if not known to him.
Every person qualified as an elector shall
take the following oath.
Here follows the usual oath]
Mrl w. 3. Council, member OF the House
from Watauga county, was yesterday
asked:
rs there any foundation for the rep6ft
that negro named Dering was appoint
ed a delegate from Watauga county to
the Democratic State convention?
None whatever" he replied "Dering
is q white man. he married white wo-
man, his children attend the white pub
lie schools, and never heard OF any
enc charging him as being negro, until
the recent report circulated by the Ike
publcans for campaign purposes.
From a private letter written by
Democratic leader in Mecklenburg we
make this extract:
81 heard Mr.. Lacy at Huntcrsvlle, this
county, last night. and the mill people
i and mechanics were delighted with him.
We would like to get him among our mills
and shops for week. lie is worth
dozen other speakers among that class OF
people. He reaches them better than any
speaker we have ever sent among them.
and they believe him."