The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-29
OUR NEW rLECrIOH Law.

Sections /, 2 and 3 name hrst
Thursday in August, 1900, as time OF
holding elections for State officers
of members of General Assembly
and county officers for Clerk of Su-
perior Court, and for Constable and
justices of the peace.
STATE AND COUNTY BOARDS OF ELEc-
TIONs.
Sec. A. s'That there shall be a State
board of elections, consisting OF
seven discreet persons who shall be
electors, elected by the General As
sembly at it's present session and
whose term of office shall continue
until the next regular meeting of the
General Assembly, in the year one
thousand nine hundred and one and
until their successors are elected and
qualified
Sec. 5.uThat there shall be in every
county in the State a county board OF
elections, to consist of three discreet
erson who are electors in the
county in which they are to act, who
shall be appointed as hereinafter
provided by the State Board of Elec-
tions, at least three months before
the next general State election, and
biennialIy thereafter, and whose
term of Office shall continue for two
years from the time of their ap-
pointment and until their successors
are elected and qualified unless sooner
removed therefrom as hereinafter
provided"
Sec. 6 refers entirely to meetings
of State Board.
Sec. z. THAT it shall be the duty
of the county board of elections in
each county to appoint all registrars
and judges of election in their re-
spective counties"
Sec. 8. THAT the State Board of
Elections shall have power to remove
from any Office any member of the
County Board of Elections for in
competency, failure of duty for any
other satisfactory cause. When any
member of the County Board of Elec-
tions shall be removed by the State
Board of Elections, the vacancy thus
created shall be filed by the State
Board of Elections. Vacancies Oc-
curing in the County Board of Elec-
tions, for other causes than removal
by the State Board of Elections,
shall be filed by the remaining mem
bers thereof"
Sec. 9 provides that the County
Board of Elections shall have power
to remove any registrar or judge of
election, appointed by them, for in
competency, failure to qualify with
in the time prescribed by law, failure
to discharge the duties of Office after
qualifying, or for any other satisfac-
tory cause.
Sec. 10 provides for meeting of
county boards.
REGISTERING AND THE EXTRAORDINARY
POWERS OF III REGISTRAR.
Sec. II. ''That before the next gen
eral election on the first Thursday in
August, in the year of our Lord nine
teen hundred, provided for in this
act, there shall be an entirely new
registration of all persons who shall
be entitled to registerin every voting
precinct in the State, and only such
persons as are registered shall be en-
titled to vote in any election held
under this act. That in all cases the
applicant for registration shall be
sworn by the registrar before being
registered and shall state and an
swer his age, place of residence, stat
ing ward if he resides in an incOr-
porated town or city, number of his
house if numbered, and if not num-
bered then a designation of its local
ity by streets and if not the owner,
then the name of the owner or renter.
If not a resident of an incorporated
town or city he shall then state his
place of residence in the election pre-
cinct 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 land he lives the time of his
residence in said county, ward or
election precinct; his avocation,
place of business, where and by
whom employed; if a new conner
frem whence he comes, and his post
Office address before removal
whether he has been disqualified as
a voter by Judgment or decree of