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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  John 
  Hall, 
  registrar 
  for 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  said 
  Oak 
  Grove 
  towii- 
  

   shi[) 
  embraced 
  in 
  said 
  coiiaty 
  of 
  Darhi'Ji, 
  and 
  the 
  registra- 
  

   tion 
  book 
  f 
  >r 
  that 
  township 
  shall 
  be 
  so 
  ijept 
  open 
  at 
  F. 
  M. 
  

   Barbee's 
  store; 
  S. 
  G. 
  Scruggs, 
  registrar 
  for 
  said 
  township 
  of 
  

   M;uignn:i 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  and 
  the 
  registration 
  

   [book] 
  f.)r 
  that 
  township 
  shall 
  be 
  so 
  kept 
  open 
  at 
  Mangum's 
  

   store; 
  J. 
  G. 
  Latta, 
  registrar 
  for 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  L-^banon 
  town- 
  

   ship 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  and 
  the 
  registration 
  book 
  

   for 
  that 
  township 
  shall 
  be 
  so 
  kept 
  open 
  at 
  J. 
  G. 
  Latta's 
  resi- 
  

   dence. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  17. 
  Each 
  of 
  said 
  registrars 
  shall 
  be 
  as 
  herein 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  judges 
  or 
  inspectors 
  of 
  election 
  in 
  the 
  town- 
  

   ship 
  or 
  precinct 
  for 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  such 
  registrar; 
  he 
  shall 
  have 
  

   the 
  regintration 
  hook 
  containing 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  electors 
  

   so 
  registered 
  by 
  him 
  at 
  .the 
  proper 
  voting 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  said 
  

   day 
  of 
  election 
  as 
  now 
  required 
  by 
  law; 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  pre- 
  

   serve 
  such 
  registration 
  book 
  and 
  deposit 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  

   office 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  commissioners 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Dur- 
  

   ham, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  shall 
  be 
  organized. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  is. 
  That, 
  the 
  said 
  judges 
  or 
  inspectors, 
  so 
  appointed 
  

   to 
  hold 
  and 
  superintend 
  such 
  election, 
  shall 
  each 
  be 
  sworn 
  

   by 
  an 
  acting 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  to 
  well, 
  truly 
  and 
  fairly 
  

   hold 
  such 
  election, 
  and 
  certify 
  the 
  result 
  thereof, 
  as 
  in 
  this 
  

   act 
  provided 
  ; 
  no 
  elector 
  after 
  registration 
  shall 
  be 
  chal- 
  

   lenged, 
  except 
  when 
  he 
  offers 
  to 
  vote, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  any 
  

   person 
  offering 
  to 
  vote 
  shall 
  be 
  challenged, 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   said 
  judges 
  or 
  inspectors 
  at 
  the 
  voting 
  place 
  where 
  such 
  

   person 
  so 
  offers 
  to 
  vote, 
  may 
  administer 
  an 
  oath 
  to 
  such 
  

   person 
  and 
  examine 
  him 
  touching 
  his 
  right 
  to 
  vote, 
  and 
  the 
  

   said 
  judges 
  or 
  inspectors 
  holding 
  said 
  election 
  at 
  such 
  last 
  

   named 
  voting 
  place 
  shall 
  determine 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  such 
  

   ])erson 
  has 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  vote, 
  and 
  to 
  allow 
  or 
  disallow 
  his 
  

   vote 
  according 
  to 
  law, 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  judges 
  or 
  inspectors 
  so 
  

   holding 
  said 
  election 
  shall 
  respectively 
  keep 
  a 
  written 
  list 
  

   of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  electors 
  voting, 
  and 
  return 
  the 
  same 
  

   with 
  their 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  election 
  so 
  held 
  by 
  

   them, 
  and 
  said 
  judges 
  or 
  inspectors 
  of 
  election 
  designated 
  

   and 
  charged 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  said 
  election 
  at 
  each 
  voting 
  place 
  

   shall 
  repectively, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  election 
  shall 
  

   be 
  so 
  ascertained, 
  designate 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  number 
  to 
  convey 
  

   the 
  certificate 
  of 
  tlie 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  election 
  so 
  held 
  by 
  them 
  

   to 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Durham 
  by 
  twelve 
  o'clock 
  meridian 
  of 
  Fri- 
  

   day 
  next 
  after 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  said 
  election 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  judges 
  or 
  

  

  