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- Official Organ of the United States, Offic. la th "Staad&rd" baildUc. Ea PsjcttCTlIl Street THUBSDAY, MAY 2nd, 1872. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For Governor: TOD R. CALDWELL, Of Burke. For Lieutenant Governor: CURTIS H.BROGDEN, Of Wayne. For Treasurer: -DAYID A. JENKINS, J Of Gaston. J 9 For Attorney General: TAZEWELL L HARGROVE, j Of Granville. For Secretary of State : WILLIAM H. HOWERTON, Of Rowan. . For Auditor: JOHN REILLY, Of Cumberland. For Superintendent of Pub. Instruction, JAMES REID, Of Franklin. For Superintendent of Public Works : SILAS BURNS, Of Chatham. The Era, until further notice, will be under ray control. J. C. Logan HabrlM Got. Caldwell Public Speaking. Gov. Caldwell. Col. T. L. Hargrove and Judge Settle will address the peo ple at the following times and places, to-wit: Flttsboro, Chatham Co., Tuesday, the 14th of May. Carthage, Moore Co., Thursday, the 16th of May. Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., Satur day, the 18th or May. Notices of other appointments "will be given in due time. We republish and will keep standing the platform, plan of organization, and the State Committee of the Republican party. Republican ? Conventions will serve the interests of the party by re organizing at once according to the new plan of organization. There Is In New York ft Connecticut man who acknowledges that he mad his first money by manufacturing "gen uine relics from the Holy Land." Some of the wooden frauds, much prized by the simple persons who bought them, were grown within a half a mile of their own homes. He has been engaged to stump this State for the Democracy during the present campaign. President Grant has consented to co operate with the British government in suppressing the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. The first United States man-of-war which visits Muscat will notify the Imaum of the termination of the commercial. treaty under the provisions of which the transportation of slaves from Zanzibar to Muscat was permitted.' . , . In the Penitentiary. Sheriff J. J. Hasty, of Union county, brought to the Penitentiary on Tuesday last , a white man Gideon A. Green con victed of Horse stealing and sentenced to undergo five years imprisonment. It is said that Green has had temporary fits of insanity. Would it not be well enough for the Penitentiary Physician to examine the prisoner. If insane he should be released. If sane, he should serve out his term. Ku Klux, Democrats, and Conserva tives axe very much mortified because j the Republican State Convention .did not nominate a colored man for a State office. The Klans will assemble at Greensboro' on the first day of May. Will that Convention nominate a col ored man for a State office? Mr. Albert Williams, colored,, of this city, is a Democrat, and Is as honest as any leader of his party. What Is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If it is right and "proper that the Republi cans should nominate a colored man for a State oflce, it is equally right and proper that the Ku Klux Democracy, who now pretend to be the best friends of the colored man, should nominate Mr. Albert Williams or some other col ored man for a State office also. Will they do It T- ' We are informed that a Democrat, having In his employment several col ored voters, refused to allow them to take time to register, on the 25th Inst., the last day of Registration, upon pain of losing their situation. This Demo crat so told these colored voters, and the result was, these colored men did not register. This can be fully established, and will be, when the U. S. Court meets in this city. This intimidation, however, will not defeat Mr. Whitaker for Mayor. He Is too well known in this city as a Just ; and fearless Magistrate, a man of un impeachable moral character, to be In jured by any such unlawful, disgrace ; fol means. His personal friends among the Democratic party will sustain him, and his political friends (and they era i brace the entire Republican party,) ! will rally around him on the day of election, and place him in the office of Mayor, which position he will fill with "honor to himself and satisfaction to the whole people. RegistrationElection. Elsewhere will be found an Act con cerning registration and election In the year 1872. This paper should be filed away, as It maybe needed between now and the November election. It will be seen that a new registration is not required. The old books are td be transcribed, and all who have not registered heretofore, or who have changed their residence, are .required to register. It would be well enough for psiv h and everv voter to ascertain that his name is on the bookpriorj to the election. We call attention to the following section : Sec 16. The State Officers, vi: Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, Superintendent of Public Works and Attorney General, 6hall be voted for on one ballot. The members of Congress for their respective districts, shall be voted for on one ballot. The members of the General Assembly for their respect ive counties and districts shall be voted for on one ballot. The county officers forjthe respective counties, viz : Treasurer, Regis ter of Deed, Surveyor, five Commission era. Coroner and Sheriff afcall be voted for on one ballot. The ballots shall be, on white paper and may be printed or written, or partly written and partly printed, and without device. I The following section is a palpable violation of the State Constitution, which we have heretofore denounced in the strongest terms; and as yetjwe have seen no defense of this section from any Democratic paper: Sec. 7. No elector shall bo entitled to reg- laar nr vnto in anvnthflr TirfifMIlCt Of tOWn- I V V vr, . . ur I a Kin than rvna in whlnh hff is in actual and bona fide resident on the day of election nnrl no pprtificates of . recristration shall be i given. L The late Legislature passed a proposing certain amendments to State Constitution; all of which submitted as a whole in one bell. u ill our are An effort was made" to have each amend ment submitted separately; but the TVim(vrnt!r nnrfv thought to force a false issue upon the people and place the Republican party in tne attitude oi opposing any and all amendment to the Constitution; and for this reason the Legislature refused to submit jthc amendments as separate propositions. This action on the part of the Legisla ture must convince the people thatjthe boasted object of the Democratic party was not to amend the Constitution, jbut 'to secure party advantage, else each amendment would have been" left to stand or fall upon its own merits. Such, however, was not the action of the Legislature. Amendments which the people approve, and others which they do not approve, are all bound to gether in one bill ; and the people are told by the Legislature that they must swallow the bad to secure the good. In other words, the sovereign people . . a m a are to be driven by tne leaders Democratic party, into doing of the that which they believe is wrong and will resultin injury to the State, that hey may amend the Constitution in cer particulars. The position of the Republican party as laid down by the State Convention i3 this : That the Democratic majority of thq last Legislature, by consolidating into one act it numerous nropositions to amend the State Constitution, endeavored trt force up on the people a lalse issue, ana to coerce them into the adoption of obnoxious, amend ments, and insomuch as all these proposi tinnsi Tnnst ha submitted to the next Legis lature for ratification, before the same can be referred to the people, therefore, j,f i That thfi amendments! pro posed as a whole do not meet the approval rHATinortv rwancA thpir nr!nrv-. tion would subvert essential principles of the existing constitution. o That. "RnnhUcans can endorse a Dor- tion of said amendments and the next; Uen- . a A 1 . 1 1 era! Assemmy may nuopt bucu ui iuem a shall seem best for the general welfares The issue is now made up. The Democratic party Is committed to each and every amendment as proposed; and the candidates of that party must h marie to endorse them as a -whole. The adoption of every one of the pro posed amendments, wTould result in the re-organization of the Supreme Court; the Homestead decision would be over ruled, and the People of the State would be sold out of Houso and Home, ilore anon. First Gnn. Gov. Caldwell opened the campaign at Oxford on the 23d inst. His speech was a masterly vindication of th Re- puuiiuui purijr , nuu ma uuuiuuicuii A TV - if L . .n n . - . OI uiw x-remucraiii; Piwiy , wtu uiiituaw tri able terribly severe. Gen. Cox, who is but an ordinary speaker, was allowed to reply. The unmerciful lashing which he received from Gov. Caldwell will prove a sufficient dose for him during the present campaign. The 3en eral will take care not to encounte: the Governor again. Col. I. J. Young and Gen. Ty. D. Jones also addressed the large crowd. Their speeches are said to have been equarto any effort of their lives. The fires of Republicanism are burning brightly in Granville. We confidently expect owe thousand majority from that county. ! I After 4hjO large' crtwd had dispersed to their homes,' about fifty remaining, Josiah Turner, Jr., was called out and addressed the fifty who had remained. Mr. Turner told his hearers thai the Republicans stole vast quantities of bonds. About this time 'Squire Dick Jones, of Oak Hill, hollowed out to Joe: "Tell us how much you stole." All over the crowd you could hear "What about the letter "m f" , Other voices said "Oh, bush ; Turner only took $3,300." Turner said the State still owed him on a settlement, j But the crowd insisted that it was not true, and that even a Democratic committee had said that he fraudulently jook money from the State under the cover of the letter "m." , ; Read the account of the meeting in another column. Col j Walter Clark. Under this head The Daily News of a late date says : s TTio ' fJnlrtahftrrt" "Srejutmnerr. TtnitlAhom' Advance, Wilmington Star. Jtoanohe News,. Louisburg Courier and Tarboro' Southerner mention tne name or uol waiter uiarK,.oi Halifax, favorably in their editorial , col umns, in connection with the nomination of Attorney-General. This game upon the part of theKu Klux organs, representing as they do, the old fogy Democracy, is too appa rent to deceive. The same Bourbon influence which has heretofore con trolled the Democratic party, will not fail of Its mark at Greensboro'. This pretended movement In the interest of young element or our btaie, is simpiy a tub thrown to the whale. When the Greensboro' Convention shall have concluded its labors, it will be found that the young men of our State who are honest and have ability, have been thrust aside for men who represent the opinions of the defunct slave-ocracy of this and other Southern States. We are convinced that there are ten thousand young men now in the ranks of the Democratic party w ho are really Republicans who endorse the princl pies of the Republican party. This ele ment of the young men of our state, have been deterred from exercising their" rights as freemen, by social ostra cism and the radical proscription of the Democratic party. These weapons are no longer, feared consequently, men are exhibiting their manhood, and, as a matter or course, the ranks of the Democratic party are becoming thinner. Therefore, we say to the young men of our State who en dorse Republican principles, if you de sire promotion, the Republican party is the place for you. That party alone promotes and honors young men of ability. , If young men desire to take part in the affairs of the State and JNa tion, they must, of. necessity, join the only live party in the country that one which recognizes honesty, compe tency, and rewards according to merit Mark the prediction: Col. Clark and no other young man will be nominated at Greensboro'. Mr. White Line Gra ham and that ilk of old worn out poli ticians will have things just as they choose. Democratic Policy. . The policy of the Democratic party has always been "to rule or ruin." No Old Line Whig has doubted this fact, for the last half a century. Their unbridled lust for place and power, seems to be a second nart of their na ture; while their patriotism," If any they have, is only skin deep. Thus, in 16C0, when Abraham Lin coin was elected President of the United States, and they saw they were com pelled to relinquish their hold upon the public teat, they made his election a pretext to break up the Union, and establish a separate government, based dn human slavery, where they could gratify their insatiable thirst for office. Thus, true to their old party instinct, when they saw they could no longer ' rule," they were determined to "ruin." They, therefore, held Con ventions, passed ordinances ofsecession, raised armies and waged a four year's War against the life of the Nation, and the hundreds of thousands of widows and orphans and maimed soldiers all over the land ; a national debt of hundreds of millions of dollars ; and a desolated South, are some of the living witnesses of Democratic "rule or ruin!" How can any old Union Democrat or an old Union Whig act with this party any longer? ! Nominate Early Select the Strongest Men. The Republicans r throughout the different counties should make all their nominations by the last day of May. There is a great deal of work that must be done. It cannot be done unless the Republican candidates are early in the field. Nominate early, and select the strongest and best men. Success is certain unless, bad, worth less nominations are made. The im portance of nominating men of integ rity and character cannot be overesti mated, With good nominations we march to certain victory. The nomin ation of bad men who seek their own personal ends without regard to the interest of the party, will ensure defeat. We most earnestly direct attention to this matter, "V e have a strong, honest, competent, State Ticket one that will Win If good sense governs other nom inations yet to be made "A word to the wise." : In another column will be found a communication from Capt. John C. Gorman, which explains itself. We made no charge against Messrs'. Harrison and Backalan. We called attention tor the matter of street hands and the expense attached thereto, as reported to us by responsible men. We are gratified to know that Mr. Backa lan has contented himself by perform ing his-duty as Street Commissioner to. the satisfaction of the public, without regard to candidates for office. ' Personal Abuse. It isperhaps consoling to the Editors of The JVews and Sentinel at Raleigh, to read now their last issues preceeding the meeting of the State Convention on the 17th. -They were filled 'with abuse of Gov. UaidWeil, wnoiiy uuuiucu lur.auu uuii demanded by the occasion. Their in uendoes and flings have served no purpose except to invite the contempt whirh thev so mnch deserve. ' If thev thought that anything said. by them would influence a single Republican's trnfA or hn hliftvpd bv a sin&rle dele- pate, thev were much mfstaken, as the sequel has shown. . Gov. Caldwell in spite of your snarls and insinuations has secured the unan- irYinna nomination of hisnaxtV for GOV- ernor, and in spite of them he will be elected. Asherille Pioneer. Election and Registration Act. An Act Concerning the Election and Registration in the year of our Mora One ' Thousand Fight Hundred and Seventy-two. - " -' - confirm 1 Tho General Assemhlv of North Carolina do enact, There shall be an election held for tne ronowmg om cers, on the first Thursday of August, in the year of bur Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two : , First, Governor; second, Lieutenant Governor ; third, Secretary of State ; fourth, Auditor; fifth, Treasurer; sixth, Superintendent of Public Instruction ; seventh, Superintendent of Public Works ; eighth, Attorney-General ; ninth, Members of Congress in the sev eral , Districts; tenth, Members of, the General Assembly, for their respective counties and districts, and eleventh, a County Treasurer ; twelfth, a Register of Deeds ; thirteenth, County Surveyor; fourteenth, Five 4Dounty Commission ers ; fifteenth, a Coroner ; sixteenth, a Sheriff, for their respective counties. Sec. 2. The i County Commissioners shall have power to establish, alter, discontinue or create such separate places of election in their respective counties as they may deem expedient, giving thirty days notice thereof bv advertisement in some public journal, if there be one published in the county, or in lieu thereof in three places in such county and at the Court -House thereof, but there shall be at least one polling place in every township, as nearly central as possible, and there shall be a polling place open in each ward of a city numbering over three thousand inhabitants. Sec. 3. The Secretary of State shall,, on or prior to the first Monday of June, year of our Lord one thousand eight hnndred and seventv-two. provide for and forward to the Commissioners of Counties, on their requisition, suitable registrauuu jduuk.s, wucu uwucu, jui each election precinct as established heretofore, and for any new precincts which may be established under this act. i Sec. 4. If the Commissioners of coun ties do not receive a sufficient number of registration books as provided in the last section, they are authorized and directed to provide the same for their respective counties at the expense of the State, j Sec. 5. The Commissioners of coun ties shall select, on or before the first Monday of July, year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy two, one Justice of the Peace for each election precinct, who shall act as reg istrar of voters for such precinct ; and when for any cause there are not enough Justices of the Peace to have one at each (precinct, the Commission ers shall appoint some discreet person to ant ns rptnstrar of voters. Said Com missioners shall make publication of . i a. a i. the names or tne persons so seieeieu, ui. thH Court House door immediately af ter such appointment, and shall cause a notice to pe served upon sucn pursuus by the sheriff. Spt Registrars shall be furnished with a registration book and it shall be tneir amy u revise me eAisuug xcgio tration books of their precinct or town ship in such manner that said books Rhnll show an accurate list of electors previously registered in such precinct x ii'! ajh ,:,i:,,r thfivQin Or fcOWIiSllip, UUU &lih xcsivuug without requiring such electors to be registered anew: and such registrars shall also between the hours of sunrise and sunset on each day (Sundays ex rented from the first Thursday in July, 1872, up to and including the day pre ceeding tne first 'inureaay in August, 1872, keep open said books for the reg istration of any electors residing in Kiirh nrecinct or township and entitled to registration, whose names have nev er before Been registered in sucn pre cinct or township, or do not appear in the revised list. Sec. 7. No elector shall be entitled to register or vote, in any other precinct or township than the one in which he is an actual and bona fide resident on the day of i election and no certificates of registration shall be given. Sec. 8. 14 shall be the duty of the registrar and judges oi election, to at tend at the polling place of their town shin or nreemct. with the registration books, on the Saturday preceding the election, from tne nour oi nine o ciock, A.M.. till the hour of five o'clock. P. M., when and where the said books shall be open to the inspection of the electors of the precinct or township, and any of said electors shall be allowed to object to the name of any person ap pearing on said books. In case of any such objection the registrar shall enter nnnn hist hnolrn nrmnsite to the name of the person so objected to, the word "cnanengea." ana snan appoint a nine and place-on or before the election day, when he together with said judges of election shall hear and decide said ob jection, giving nue notice to the vpter so objected to : Provided, That noth ing in this section contained shall be construed to prohibit the right of any elector to challenge or object to- the name of any persons registered, or of fering to register, at any time other than that above specified. If any per son challenged or objected to shall be found not duly qualified, as provided in this act, or as provided in the Con stitution,! the registrar shall erase his name from the books. Sec. 9.1 The County Commissioners on or before the first Monday of July next, shall appoint four judges or in spectors of election, two of whom shall be of a.different political party, where possible from the registrar, at each place of holding election in their re spective counties. The said judges of election shall attend at the places for which they are severally appointed, on the day of election, and they togeth er with the registrar for such precinct or township who shall attend with his registration books, .after being sworn by some Justice of the Peace, or other person authorized to administer oaths, to conduct the election fairly and im partially according to the Constitution And lnxva ot the State, shall open the polls and superintend the same until me ciose 1 01 me eieuuu". xiit-j wwu keep poll books in which shall . be en tered thA name of everv person who shall vote ; and at the close of the elec- a . 9 9 9 44 tion the judges or election snau cenuy the Rnmn over their proper signatures. and deposit them with the Register of Deeds for safe keeping. And said poll books shall in any trial for illegal or fraudulent voting be received as evl denrv The fJnuntv Commissioners shall immediately after the appointment of tne judges or election as nerem pro vided furnish n list of the names of such judges to the sheriffof their coun ty, who shall within ten days send no tiee of siio.h annointment UDOn the said judges ; and if, for any cause, any per son appoiuieu jugw ui eieuuuu buou fail to attend, the registrar of such .V . A. townsnip snail appoint some discreet person to act as such, who shall be by him sworn before acting and shall be of the same political party as the absent judge or judges. Seo in F.verv male person born in the United States, and any male per son who has Deen naturanzea twenty- one years old or upwards, who snau have resided in the State twelve months next preceding the election and thirty days in tno county in wmcn ne onera te vote, shall be deemed an elector in the township in which he resides, and shall be entitled to registration upon application, upon taking the following oath : "I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitu tion and laws of the United States, and the constitution and laws of North Carolina, not inconsistent therewith ; that I have been a resident in the State of North Carolina for twelve months, and in the county of for thirty days, and that I have not registered for this election in any other precinct, and that I am an actual and bona fide resi dent of township. So help me God." , Sec 11. No registration shall be al lowed on day of election, but if any person shall give satisfactory evidence to the judges of the election that he has come of the age of twenty one years on the day of the election, or has, for any other reason, become on that day enti tled to register, he shall be allowed to register and vote. Sec. 12. On the day of election any elector may and it shall be the duty of the judges of election, to challenge the vote of any person who may be known or suspected not to be a duly qualified voter. Sec! 13. When any person is so chal lenged, the judges shall explain to him the qualifications of an elector? and may examine him as to his qualifications, and if the person insists that he is qual ified, and the challenge is not with drawn, one of the judges shall tender to him the following oath : "You do sol emnly swear (or affirm) that you are a citizen of the United States, that you are twenty-one years old, and that you have resided in this State ? for twelve months, and in this county for thirty days next preceding this election, and that you are not disqualified from vot ing by the Constitution and laws of this State; that your name is (here insert the name given), and thatinsuch name you were duly registered as a voter of this township, and that you are now actual resident of the same, and that you are the identical person you rep resent yourself to be, and that you have not voted in this election, .at this or any polling place. So help you God." And if he refuses to take such oath, his vote shall be rejected; if, however, he does take the oath when tendered, his vote shall be received: Provided, That after such oath shall have been taken, the judges may, nevertheless, refuse to permit such person to vote, if they be satisfied, from record evidence, or their own knowledge, ot other legal testi mony adduced before them, that he is not a legal voter ; and they are hereby authorized to administer the necessary oaths or affirmations to all witnesses brought before them to testify to the qualifications of a person offering to vote. Whenever any person's vote shall be received, after having taken the oath prescribed in this section, it shall be the duty of the clerks of the election to write on the poll books, at the end of such person's name, the word "sworn." The same powers as to the administration of oaths and ex amination of witnesses, as in this sec tion granted to judges of election's, may be exercised by the registrars in all cases where the names of persons regis tered, or offering to register, are objected to. Sec. 14. That the polls shall be open ed on the day of election from seven o'clock in the morning until sunset of the same day ; and each voter whose name may appear registered, and who shall not be challenged and rejected, shall hand in his-ballots to the judges who shall carefully deposit the ballots in the ballot boxes. ! Sec. 15. Immediately after any elec tion the judges of election shall deposit the reo-istration hooks for their res pective precincts with the Register of Deeds of their respective counties. ! Sec 16. The State Officers, viz: Gov ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superin tendent of Public Instruction, Super intendent of Public Works and Attor ney General shall be voted for, on one ballot. The members of Congress for theirrespective districts, shall be voted for on one ballot. The members of the General Assembly for their respective counties and districts shall be voted for on one ballot. The County Officers for the respective counties, viz: Treasur er, Register of Deeds, Surveyor, five Commissioners, Coroner and Sheriff shall be voted for on one ballot. The ballots shall be on white paper and may be printed or written, or partly written and partly printed, and with out device. . I Sec. 17. The County Commissioners, or upon their failure the inspectors of election, shall provide for each election precinct in their respective counties four ballot boxes, one for each class of officers to be voted for as prescribed in the preceding section, in which to de posit the .ballots for such officers res pectively. Each of said boxes shall have an opening through the lid of sufficient size to admit a single folded ballot and no more. The said ballot boxes shall be kept by the judges of election for the use of their several election precincts respectively. And said judges of election before the voting begins shall carefully examine the bal lot boxes and see that there is nothing in them. Sec. 18. When the election shall be finished the registrar and judges of election, in presence of such of the elec tors as may choose to attend, shall open the boxes and count the ballots, read ing aloud the names of the persons who shall appear on each ticket; and -if Ahere shall be two or more tickets roll ed up together or any ticket shall con tain the names of more persons than such elector has a right to vote for or shall have a device upon it in either of these cases such ticket or tickets shall not be numbered in taking the ballots, but shall be void, and the said counting rtfvotea shall he norttinued without ad journment until completed and the re sult tnereoi aeciareu. - Sec. 19. Returns from all the precincts shall be made by the judges of election by noon on Saturday ensuing the day 6f election to the county;Commissioners, who shall, in the presence of such per sons as choose to attend,' proceed to add the number of votes returned, and so far as county offices, members of the House of Representatives and Senators, where the senatorial districts consists of but one county, are concerned, the person having the greatest number of votes shall be 1 deemed duly , elected, (should any two persons have an equal number of. votes for theame office, the commissioners' shall decide which f the two shall bd elected.) And if for any cause the return of any precinct be not. In hv three o'clock p. m. on that day, then and in that case the commls-J eioners snail adjourn witnout compar ing the polls to meet again on the fol lowing Tuesday at twelve o'clock m., when the polls of the various preuiucia of the county shall be oo'mpared, and fimQ thotr shall direct tne sheriff or one of his deputies, to compel tne attenaance 01 'Ubuu4ucu turning officer with the vote of his pre cinct. When the commissioners have thus completed the comparison of the polls they shall proclaim the result at the Court House door of the voting in their countyj for all the persons voted for and the number of votes cast for each, and shall immediately thereafter file with the Register of Deeds and with the Sheriff bf their county, or incase there be no Sheriff, with the Coroner, a certified statement of the same ; Pro vided,, The counties of Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall be allowed until Tues day after the election to make their re turns. The commissioners shall also file with the Register of Deeds the returns made by the judges of the elec tion of each precinct. Sec 20. The sheriff or other return ing officers in the various senatorial districts composed of more than one county, shall after receiving the returns as prescribed in the last section, meet on the second Thursday in August, one week after the election, at the follow ing places in their respective districts for the purpose of comparing the polls: In the first district, at Hertford, in the county of Perquimans. In the second district, at Plymouth, in the county of Washington. In the third district, at Roxabel, in the county of -Bertie. In the seventh, district, at Nashville, in the county of Nash. In the ninth dis trict, at Pollocksville, in the county of Jones. In the eleventh district, at Kinston, in the county of Lenoir. In the tenth district, at Mt. Olive, in the county of Wayne. In the thirteenth district, at Northwest, in the county of Brunswick. In the fifteenth district, at Leesville, in the county of Robeson. In the sixteenth, district, at Fayette ville, in the county of Cumberland. In the twentieth district, at Hillsboro', in the county of Orange. In the twenty fourth district, at Gibson ville, in the county of Guilford. In the twenty-fifth district, atBrOwer's Mill, in the county Randolph. In the twenty-sixth dis trict, at John Webb's, on the Plank Road, in the' county of Richmond. In the twenty-ninth district, at Lanes borough, in the county of Anson. In the twenty-eighth district, at Mount Pleasant, in the county of Cabarrus. In the thirtieth district, at Foard's Mill, in the county of Rowan. In the thirty second district at Germantown, in the county of Stokes. In the thirty-third district, at Rockford, in the county of O T V V.i.fTfrknrfh diet.rlet.. fit Taylorsville, in the county of Alexan - der: Tn the thirtv-fifth district, at Jel- ferson, in the county of Ashe. In the thirty-sixth district, at Marion, in the countv of McDowell. In the thirty seventh district, at Early Grove, in the county of Catawba. In the thirty-eighth district, at Cherry ville, in the county of Cleaveland. In the thirty-ninth dis trict, at Rutherfordton, in the county of Rutherford. In the fortieth district, at Asheville, in the county of Bun combe. In the forty-first district, at Brevard, in the county of Transylva nia. In the forty-second district, at Franklin, in the county of Macon. If for any cause, any of said sheriffs or re turning officers are prevented from meeting at said places, respectively, on the aforesaid second Thursday in Au gust, the returns of such officers shall be waited for and received if they ar rive on the following day, and the re turning officer failing to attend at the time and place required as aforesaid; shall forfeit and pay one thousand dol lars, to be recovered in the Superior Court of his county by any person who may sue for the same, ana moreover shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ; but if the returns of all the counties of the district be not in by Friday noon, then the returning officer shall adjourn from day to day until the returns from all counties be received, and in the mean time shall dispatch a competent person, under oath, to the county of the delin quent returning officer for a certified eonv of the vote of that countv. which shall be furnished by the Register of Deeds of said county, and wnen re ceived shall be counted ; and when the sheriffs snail oe convened as aioresaiu, the polls for the different counties shall by them, in the presence of one justice and five electors, to be summoned by the sheriff of the county where they shall meet, be examined and compared ; a certificate, underthe hands and seals of the returning sheriffs, shall be given to the candidate in each district for whom the greatest number of votes shall been given ; but if two or more candidates shall have an equal number of vptes, the said officers shall deter mine which shall be a Senator, and if no decision shall be made by them, they shall determine the same by lot. Sec. 21. The sheriff or other returning officers of the counties of each Congres sional district, shaJ.1 meet on the third Thursday of August, at the following places in the several districts for the purpose of comparing the polls for members of Congress, namely : In the first district at the Court House in the town of Plymouth, in the county of Washington. In the second district at the Court House in the town of Golds boro, in the county of Wayne. In the third district at the Court House, in the ity of Wilmington, in the county of New ianover. in tne iounn uistnci at the Court House in the city of Ral eigh, in the county of Wake. In the fiftth district at the Court House in the city of Greensboro, in the county of Guilford.- In the sixth district at the Court House in the town of Wades boro, in the county of Anson. n the seventh district at the Court House in the town of Wilkesboro, in the county of Wilkes. In the eighth district at the Court House in the ,town of Ashe ville. in the county of Buncombe. Provided always, That if any accident may prevent any returning omcer from meeting uu iue ua muicsaiu nio re turn shall be received on the day fol lowing: : and the returning officer fail ing to attend as required at the time and place above mentioned, shall for feit and pay one thousand dollars to be recovered for the u?e of the State, in any Superior Court of law, and shall be guilty 01 a misdemeanor ; dui 11 tne returns from all the counties ot the dis trict, he not in bv Fridav noon, then the returninar officers present shall adr journ from day to day till the returns from all the counties are received, ana in the meantime, shall4 dispatch a compe tent person, under oath, to the county of the delinquent returning officer for a certified copy of the vote of that coun ty, which shall be furnished by the Register , of Deeds of said county, and when received, snan oe counted, ana when the ret u miner officers shall be convened, the poll for the several coun- lies snail uc euuiiueu. - ouu tuuiuoreu by them in the presence of a Justice of the Peace and ten electors, to be sum moned by the returning officers of the county wnere they snail meet, ana a certificate under the hands of said re turning officers shall be given to the candidate for whom the greatest num ber of votes shall have been given in said district ; but If two or more candi dates shall have an equal number of votes, the returning officers shall de termine which of them shall be repre sentative, and if no decision is made by them, they shall determine it by lot. Sec 22. The sheriff of each county shall furnish, before the first Monday in September the member or members elected to the House of Representatives and to the Senate, where the district U not composed of more than one county, a certificate of election under his hand and seal ; he shall also, at least ten days before the first day of September, no tify all persons elected in the county to meet at the Court Houso on the finst Monday in September, to be qualified. The Commissioners elect shall be qual ified before the' clerk of the Superior Court by taking the several oaths of office, and shall thereupon organize by electing one of their number as. chair man, and proceed to qualify the other officers elected in the county, and take the several bonds as prescribed by law. Sec. 23. The sheriff or other return ing officer of every county shall, on br before the third! Monday in November, 1872, transmit by mail or otherwise to the Speaker of the House of Represen tatives a separate statement of the votes taken in his county for each of the State officers, tofwit : Governor, Lieu tenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Superintendent of Public Works, and Attorney General, which statement, in each case, shall bo in the following,! or some similar form, viz: j STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. j County,1 I, - , sheriff of county, do hereby certify that at the election held in said county to electa Governor (or other officers, as the case may be,) for four years, (from the first day Jof January next, at the places appointed by law for holding elections in said county on the -I day of August, A. D. 1872, votes were given for -p- , and - votes for . 1 I " Given under my hand this d-iy of- , 18. - i !' . , Sheriff, If said statements are transmitted ly mail they shall) be directed in sealed packets to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in care of the Secretary of State, and if by messenger, it shall be sent direct to the Speaker of the House of Representatives sealed as aforesaid: Provided, That no messen-e-er brincrinsr said statements shall re ceive compensation therefor. Any ieriff or other returning officer failing or nee-lectiner to perform the duties re quired in this section shall forfeit and pay two thousand dollars to be recov ered in the Superior Court of his coun ty, by any person who shall sue for the same, and, moreover, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, 'and upon, conviction thereof, shall be Imprisoned at hard labor in the State Prison for twelve months. I ! ; t Sec. 24. The Secretary of State shall cause proper forms of returns to be prepared- and printed, and send copies thereof, with plain directions as to the manner of endorsing, , directing and transmitting the same to the seat of government, toj all the returning offi cers in the State, at least thirty days before the time of holding said elec tion, j . . Sec 25. The $peaker of the House of Representatives in the presence of a majority of the members of both Houses of the General Assembly shall open and publish the returns for Governor, Lieu tenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Superintendent of Public Works, and Attorney General, at 12 m., on the first Tuesday after the organization of both houses ef the Gen eral Assembly-! And If for any cause there be no return from any county of . the State, or, if any return be defective, a proper return shall be had In such manner as the two houses in joint ses sion, may direct ; and in either case the publication of the result may be post poned to such time as the joint session, of the two Houses mav deem best. The J person having the highest 'number of votes ior eacn omce respeuuveiy ouun be declared duly elected thereto ; but if two or more be equal and the highest in votes for the same office, then'one of them shall be chosen by joint ballot of both Houses of the General Assembly. Contested elections shall be determined by a joint vote) of both Houses of; the . General Assembly in the same manner and under the Isame rules and regula tions as are prescribed in cases of con tested elections of members of the Gen eral Assembly v I I1 Sec. 26. Every person duly elected a Representative to Congress, upon job- i taining a certificate of his ! election as . aforesaid, shall nroeuro from the Gov ernor a commission; certifying his I ap- pointment as a representaiiveoi ine State, which the Governor shall issue, on such certificate being produced. Sec 27. Everv sheriff or Other return- incr officer shall oe allowed three dol lars per day for the time actually em ployed and ten cents per mile for dis tanee travelled for making the returns for Senators and members of Congress, and one dollar! for each notice served unon the countv officers elect, and lone dollar for giving certificates to repre sentatives to the ueneral i Assembly, and to the Senators whose dlstrictPIs a single county; all to be paid by ! the county Treasurer upon the affidavit of the returning officer. M l Sec 28. The! Registrar shall receive one cent for each name copied from the original registration book, and three cents for each new name registered. Sec 29. Any registrar, or judge or judges of election appointed under; the provisions of this act, or any county Commissioners, Register of Deeds, or sheriff falling pr neglecting to make the returns and perform the duties required of him by this act, for the non-performance of which no penalty has been hereinfore Imposed, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six nor less than two months, at the discretion of the CourtJ I Sec. 30. Any person who shall, 'with intent to commit a fraud, 1 register or vote at more than one box or more than one time, or who shall induce another to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemean or, and on conviction shall be impris oned not less than six nor more than twelve months, or fined not r less than one hundred nor more than 1 five I hun dred dollars,! at the discretion of the Court; and any registrar of voters, or any clerk or copyist1 who shall make any entry or copy with intent to com mit a fraud shall be liable to the same penalty. ' .. I j Sec. 81.- Any person who shall falsely and corruptly take the oath prescribed for voters in section ten or "thirteen tr ims act, snau be deemed to" be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be finedi not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned at hard labor In the