The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26
Notice Of Change of Voting Precincts in Wax
County by the Board of Elections.

| The County Board of Elections met in
the office Of Watson & Calling at u
O'Clock m, on Tuesday, May 22nd, 1900.
There were present w. l.. Watson, chair
man; A. B.. Hunter, secretary, and B. X.
| Partin.
The following order was adopted in ref
erence to the division of the county into
election precincts and change of poll
| ing places. That the present division of
the county into election precincts as
prescribed by d. II. Young, the then clerk
of the Superior court of said county, Tor
the election of 1896, be adopted with
the exception of the townships of Bar
tons Creek, Cedar Fork, New Light,
Wake Forest and Raleigh, which are divi-
ded respectively as follows:
I Barton's Creek Township.
The two election precincts of Hutchin-
sons Store and Rogers Store are con-
solidated into one election precinct for
said township, to be known as Barton's
Creek Precinct of Barton's Creek Town
ship, and the polling place in said precinct
shall be at Brassfield's Store.
Cedar Fork Township.
The election precinct Of Pollard in Ce-
dar Fork Township is abolished, and
two election precincts are created; one to
be known as Morrisyille Precinct and the
other as Pollard's Precinct, with boun-
daries as follows: beginning on Crab
tree Creek at the mouth of Brian Creek,
thence up Briar to Stirrup Iron Creek,
| thence up Stirrup Iron Creek to the cOun-
ty line. All that part of the township
lying on the west side of said Brian
Creek and Stirrup Iron Greek shall be
known as Morrisville Precinct, and the
l pol1ipp p1aaa nf this nrpriprt shall he NJ
Norrisviile. All that part of said town
ship lying east of said Briar Creek and
Stirrup Iron Creek shall be known as
Pollard'S Precinct, and the polling place
Of this precinct shall be at j. @. Adams's
IstOre.
New Light Township.
The election precinct of New Light il
New Light Township is abolished, and
two election precincts are created; one
to be known as RobertsOn's Precinct and
the other to be known as Stony Hill Pre-
cinct, with boundaries as follows: Be
ginning at Parker's Bridge over Neuse
River, on the oxford Road, runs north
along the centre of said Oxford ROAD
to l.. Woodlief'S store, thence with the
centre of said oxford Road to the Gran
Vile county line. All that part OF said
township lying west of said Oxford Road
shall be known as Robertson's Precinct,
and the polling place Of this precinct
shall be at Robertson's Store. All that
part of the township lying east of said
oxford Road shall be known as Stony
Hill Precinct, and the polling place OF
this precinct shall be at Stony Hill.
Wake Forest Township.
The election precincts Of FOrestville
and Rollesville in Wake Forest Town
ship shall remain as they now are. The
polling place of Forestville precinct is
moved from the town Of Forestville to
the town of Wake Forest. The polling
place of Rolesville precinct shall remain
at Rolcsville.
Raleigh Township.
/ 1. The election precincts within the
limits of the city of Raleigh shall be as
prescribed in the Charter of said city.
2. The South division of Outside West
election precinct shall remain the same
as prescribed for the election held in
November, 1896.
8. The North division of Outside West
election precinct shall be changed as
follows: Beginning at the intersection
Of the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad and
the city limits, runs along the center OF
said railroad to the county road, known
as the Louisburg road, thence along the
center of said road to the Township lne.
All that portion of the territory lying
north Of the Hillsboro Road, west OF the
, city limits and Of the Raleigh and Gas
ton Railroad, and west OF said Louispurg
road, shall be known as the North dlVl-
sion Of Outside West election precinct.
4. Outside East election precinct IS
changed as follows: Beginning at the
intersection of Newbern Avenue and the
city limits, runs along the center OF New
bern Avenue extension to the county
road, known as the New Road, thence
along the center of said road to the Town
ship line. All that portion OF territory
lying Northeast of the city limits EaSl
!. of the Raleigh end CASTOR Railroad ano
the Louisburg Road, and North OF SAL
Newbern Avenue extension and SAID Ne"
Road, to the Township line, shalt oe
, known as the North Division OF OUTSIDE
East election precinct. All that port on
of territory lying South of said NeWDer!
Avenue extension and of said New itoac
to the Township line, and Southeast o.
: the City limits and East of the Fayctte-
Vile Road, shall be known as the Soutf
o Division of Outside East election pre-
d : cinct. 49,