Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1916-05-11

20 make q recount and declare the
results, which shall be done under
such rules as the state board Of cleo
ions shall establish to protect the in
tegr1ty Of the election and the rights
Of the voters.
Secs. %, 20, 80, 81 and 80 hahve
reference to the preparation and dis,
%tr1bution Of ballots for the general
election.
Sec. 80. Vacancies in candidates.
t be filed by the executive commit
tees.
Sec. "a. This act shall not apply to
nominations for county officers and
members OF the house Of represents
uves, in the following counties pro
v1d1ng for a primary with respect to
said county officers and members OF
the house OF representatives in the
following counties, to-wit: Mecklen'
burg, Ashe, Allegheny, Beaufort, Dav'
idson, Catawba, Watauga, Sampson,
Montgomery, New Hanover, Stanly.
Wilkes, Yadkin, Dav1e, Cabarrus,
CASTOR, Craven, Halifax, Hyde. Ora.
ham, Jones, Hoke, Pennsylvania, Du'
pl1n. Brunswick, Alexander, Harnett,
Martin, Northampton, Cherokee, Clay,
Macon, Surry, Swain, Stokes, Tyrre1l,
Madison, Pamlico, A1amance, Gates,
Dare, Currituck, Lee, Yancey, Union,
Caldwell, Mitchell, and E~dgecombe:
Provided, that in any county whose
county offices are hereby exempted,
II voters in numbers as great as. one
fifth of the total vote cast for gov.
ernor in such county at the preceding
g~ubernatorial election shall petition
the board Of county commissioners
OF such county for an election there.
on, it shall be the duty of said board
to order an election at the next sue.
ceeding general election upon the
method Of nominating officers and
member or members Of the house OF
representatives. At such election
those favoring the nomination OF
county and legislative officers by pri.
mary shall cast ballots on which is
written or printed For County Pri.
mary; those opposed shall cast bal.
lots on which is written or printed
Against County Primary" If a ma
Jor1ty of the votes cast in such cleo.
ton shall be For County Primary
then the provisions of this act shall
thereafter apply to such county, and
1t shall be no longer exempted. Other.
wise, such exception shall remain in
force. :
Sec. 24h. All laws and clauses OF
laws relating to primary elections in
Wake County, In conflict with this
act, be and the same is hereby re.
pealed. All local laws regulating
primaries as to county or legislative
officers in those counties not except
ed from the provisions in section
th1rty-four Of this act are hereby re.
pealed.
CORRUPT PRACTICE ACT.
The attention Of candidates and
election officers is directed to chap.
ter 164 of the Public Laws of 1913.
and especially to the following sec.
ton:
Section l.. "a It shall be, unlawful
for any person who is a can.
dfdate for any political office before
a primary to expend or knowingly as.
sent to or permit the expenditure OF
more than fifty per cent of what the
annual salary Of such person will be
1t elected to the office for which he
Is a candidate, except that a candi-
date for governor and a candidate for
the United States senate may spend
or allow others to spend a total
amount which shall not be greater
than the annual salary would be If
the candidate were elected to such
office, and such candidate may law
fully pay in addition his transporta.
ton expenses and board and Looking
bills while campaigning for such Of
fee.
CRIMES.
(Revisal Of 1905, Chapter 81
1884. Betting on. If any person
shall bet or wager any money or 9th.
or thing Of value upon any election
held In this state, he shall be guilty
Of . misdemeanor.
1885. Breaking up; disturbing OIL.
eres. II any person by force and vio-
lence shall break up Or stay any cleo
ton, BY assaulting tho officers there
OF, or depriving them Of the ballot
boxes, or by any other means, he and
his aiders and abettors shall be guilty
OF . misdemeanor and Imprisonment
not more than three months. and
shall pay such Ane % the court shall
adjudge, not exceeding one hundred
dollars. II any person shall inter
rnpt or disturb the registrar while
actually engaged IN the registration
Of voters, or the registrar OF judges
OF election while engaged In holding
the election, o. In counting and add
ing up the result thereof; or the board
Of county c~anvassers,- or tho state
board OF c%anvassers, while engaged
In the discharge Of their official du-
ties. or behave in q d~isorderly or
boistrous manner in the presence OF
said officers while so engaged in the
discharge Of their official duties, or
obstruct such officers in the legal dis
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