Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-03-02


act shall become effective. Said
election shall be conducted and
held under the same rules and
regulations and in the same man
ner as elections for State officers;
and unless otherwise provided in
this act, the general laws regulat-
ing elections as set forth in chap
ter ninety of the Revisal of 1905
of North Carolina and the amend
ments thereto, shall be applicable
to said election. AT said election
every person qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly
shall have the right to vote. At
each election precinct, there shall
be a ballot box provided for the
purpose of said election, which
shall be labelled in plain Roman
letters, For o: Against the Man.
ufacture and Sale of Intoxicating
LIQUORS." In all other respects
said ballot box shall he in con-
formity with the general laws
regulating elections, as set forth
III chapter ninety of the Revisal
of 1905 of North Carolina and the
amendments thereto. At said
election every qualified voter shall
have the right to vote a written or
printed ballot, or a ballot partly
written and partly printed. bear
ing the words "For or Against the
Manufacture and Sale If Iutoxi-
eating Liquors." or a written or
printed ballot, or u ballot partly
written and partly printed, bear
ing the words "Against the MAN.
ufacture and Sale of Intoxicating
Liquors." The ballot shall be of
white paper and shall be without
device. The votescast at said cleo
ton shall he counted, compared,
returned, canvassed, certified and
reported under the same rules and
regulations aud in the same man
neras the vote for State officers, g
provided in the general laws of
the State above referred to, except
that the Board of State Canvass
ers shall, INN diately after it has
completed its canvass of the re-
turns of the said election from,
the abstracts transmitted to the
Secretary of State, certify to the
Governor a statement of the re-
suit of such canvass, and the Gov
ernor shall forthwith issue his
proclamation announcing and de-
! claring the result, and such pro.
clamation by the Governor shall
have the effect to determine the
result of said election. The State
Board of Elections and the several
county boards of elections are
hereby authorized, empowered
and directed to take all such &C.
tions as may be necessary to fully
provide for the election to be held
in accordance with this act. The
f several county boards of elections
shall meet in their respective
counties not later than the second
day of April in the year of ou1
Lord one thousand nine hundred
, and eight, and arrange for the
holding of said election by select.
ing and appointing a registrar and
tvs judges OF election for each
election precinct in their respec.
tive counties, the duties and pow.
ers of whom shall be in all respects
as provided in the general cleo.
ton laws the State as above re.
ferred to. In making the appoint
ments of judges of election the
county boards of elections shall,
if possible, each appoint for each
election precinct one competent
person generally known to be il
favor of the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors in the
State of North Carolina, aud one
competent person generally known
to be opposed to the manufacture
AMI sale of intoxicating liquors in
tina State of North Carolina. The
several comfy boards of election
shall make publication of the
names of the registrars and judges
of election and serve notice upon
them as required by the general
election laws of the State. The
compensation of all officers ell
gagged in the said election shall be
the same as is provided by law for
sim lar service in case of general
Stat elections. In order to fully
effectuate the purposes Of this act