The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19
CITY ELECTION.

DE II OIudluSu Dy tue BOdTu OF AAuSIubu
of the city of Raleigh:
Sec. /. That the election of municipal
officers OF the city of Raleigh. to-wit:
Mayor, City Clerk, City Tax Collector
and two Aldermen from each voting pre-
cinct is hereby called to he held on
| Tuesday, May 5th.
Sew 2. That the polling places for said
election shall be, respectively:
First Ward, First Division. Capital
Fire House.
First Ward. Second Division. Conns
old store.
Second Ward, First Division. Victor
Fire House.
Second Ward, Second Division, E. Hugh
Lees store.
Third Ward, First Division. Jones'
warehouse.
Third Ward, Second Division. Full
| cher's store
Fourth Ward, First Division. city lot.
Fourth Ward. Second Division, p. j.
Jeffrey's store
Sec. g. That there shall be a new
registration of all persons desiring to
vote in said election; and the following
registrars are elected for the respective
precincts:
First Ward, First Division, Richard
Koonce.
First Ward, SECOND Division. W. II.
Bragg
Second Ward, First Division, NJ r.
Haynes.
Second Ward, Second Division, w. N.
| II. Smith.
Third Ward, First Division, A. A.
Barham.
Third Ward. Second Division, A. Z.
! Olmstead
Fourth Ward, First Division. d. S.
Belts.
Fourth Ward, Second Division, w. n.
Warren.
And the registrars shall open the
registration books In their respective
precincts. for twenty days, beginning
April End, 1908, and closing said regis
tration books at sunset on April oath,
1903; that said registration books shall
be kept opened from o'clock a. m. until
sunset of each day. Sundays excepted,
and on Saturdays the books shall be
kept opened at the polling place in each
respective precinct
Sec. 4. That all electors qualified to
vote under the State election laws for
members Of the General Assembly and
State officers, shall be entitled to regis
ter and vote in this election; and the
provisions of said State election law
respecting the qualifications OF electors
for registration and voting and the
provisions of said law regulating the
conducting of said elections, shall govern
in this election.
Sec. s. The following pollholders are
hereby elected for their respective pre-
cincts to serve in this election:
First Ward, First Division, J. J. Lewis
and w. H. Rogers.
First Ward, Second Division, W. ].
Saunders and II. M. Farnsworth
Second Ward, First Division. c. w.
Beavers and X. w. Merritt
Second Ward, Second Division, A. Z.
Glenn and E. j. Best
Third Ward, First Division, L. A.
Emory and c. II. Beine.
Third Ward, Second Division, ]. NJ.
Bishop and Geo. F. Ball.
Fourth Ward First Division, W. II.
Strother and A. D. Huling.
Fourth Ward, Second Division, w. d.
Smith and J. r. O'Neal.
And the various registrars and judges
of election shall meet at their respective
precincts on May I'd, 1903, from o'clock
a. m. until 8 o'clock p. m. to hear and
determine all challenges of electors.
Sec g. There shall be four ballot
boxes at each election precinct, labelled
respectively as follows: For Mayor"
''For City Clerk" For City Tax Col
lector," and For Aldermen" in which
~ for oh,
didate shall be deposited The polls at
each precinct, on the day of election,
shall be opened at sunrise and closed at
sunset. At the close of said polls the
registrar and judges of election shall
count the ballots cast in said election
for the various candidates for office, and
shall record the vote received by each re-
spective candidate on blanks, and shall
sign same; they shall appoint one OF
their number to attend the meeting of
the board of canvasscrs and shall de-
liver to him the returns made out and
signed by them; the members so APP
1903, in the Mayors office, and shall
meet at IL o'clock M, on May 6th
1908, in the mayors office, ard shall
constitute the board of city canvassers,
they shall, after duly organizing accord
ing to law, open, canvass and judicially
determine the vote received by the yari-
Gus candidates for each respective office.
and shall declare the candidate elected
to said election to each municipal office;
they shall record the vote canvassed and
determined by them, on duplicate blanks,
one OF which they shall deliver to the
city clerk, and the other they shall cause
to be posted in front Of the city hall.