﻿Establishment 
  of 
  Durham 
  County. 
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  inspectors 
  so 
  conveying 
  such 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  said 
  

   election 
  at 
  the 
  voting 
  places 
  represented 
  by 
  them 
  respec- 
  

   tively, 
  shall 
  compose 
  and 
  constitute 
  a 
  board 
  of 
  canvassers 
  

   to 
  compare 
  and 
  count 
  and 
  ascertain 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  vote 
  so 
  

   cast 
  and 
  certified 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  and 
  this 
  shall 
  

   be 
  done 
  on 
  the 
  said 
  last 
  mentioned 
  day 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  canvassers 
  

   so 
  comprising 
  said 
  board 
  shall 
  be 
  sworn 
  by 
  any 
  justice 
  of 
  

   the 
  peace 
  to 
  well 
  and 
  faiihfully 
  so 
  ascertain 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  

   said 
  vote 
  so 
  cast 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  ; 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  said 
  

   board 
  shall 
  so 
  ascertain 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  said 
  vote 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  

   of 
  Durham, 
  they 
  shall 
  certify 
  the 
  said 
  result 
  under 
  their 
  

   hands 
  to 
  the 
  Governor, 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  forthwith 
  make 
  known 
  

   such 
  result 
  by 
  proclamation, 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  shall 
  turn 
  out 
  that 
  a 
  

   majority 
  of 
  the 
  votes 
  so 
  cast 
  in 
  the 
  said 
  count}' 
  of 
  Durham 
  

   ,were 
  " 
  For 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Durham," 
  then 
  in 
  that 
  case 
  the 
  

   said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham 
  shall 
  thenceforth 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  

   such 
  county, 
  as 
  by 
  this 
  act 
  established 
  ; 
  but 
  if, 
  on 
  the 
  con- 
  

   trarj'-, 
  it 
  shall 
  turn 
  out 
  that 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  votes 
  so 
  cast 
  

   in 
  the 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham 
  were 
  " 
  Against 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  

   Durham," 
  then 
  in 
  that 
  case 
  the 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham 
  

   shall 
  cease 
  to 
  be 
  such 
  county, 
  and 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  inopersK 
  

   tive 
  and 
  of 
  no 
  further 
  effect, 
  and 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Orange 
  and, 
  

   Wake 
  shall 
  remain 
  respectively 
  as 
  they 
  now 
  are. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  19. 
  If 
  for 
  any 
  cause 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  judges 
  or 
  insi>ec- 
  

   tors,so 
  appointed 
  to 
  hold 
  said 
  election, 
  shall 
  fail 
  to 
  discharge 
  

   the 
  duty 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  by 
  this 
  act 
  char^ged, 
  then 
  the 
  

   acting 
  judges 
  or 
  inspectors 
  or 
  judge 
  or 
  inspector 
  may 
  ap- 
  

   point 
  a 
  judge 
  or 
  inspector 
  to 
  supply 
  his 
  place. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  20. 
  The 
  polls 
  at 
  the 
  said 
  voting 
  places 
  as 
  to 
  time, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  opened 
  and 
  closed 
  as 
  now 
  provided 
  by 
  law 
  for 
  the 
  

   election 
  of 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  21. 
  If 
  any 
  person 
  shall 
  disturb, 
  prevent 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  

   way 
  interfere 
  with 
  said 
  election, 
  any 
  person 
  so 
  offending 
  

   shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor, 
  and, 
  on 
  convic- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  the 
  superior 
  court, 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  and 
  imprisoned 
  in 
  

   the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  court. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  22. 
  If 
  any 
  person 
  shall 
  vote 
  at 
  such 
  election, 
  who 
  is 
  

   not 
  entitled 
  to 
  vote, 
  however 
  said 
  judges 
  or 
  inspectors 
  may 
  

   decide 
  every 
  person 
  so 
  voting, 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  

   misdemeanor, 
  and, 
  on 
  conviction 
  in 
  the 
  superior 
  court, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  fined 
  and 
  imprisoned 
  in 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  court. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  23. 
  Said 
  registrars 
  shall 
  be 
  sworn 
  to 
  faithfully 
  dis- 
  

   charge 
  their 
  duty 
  as 
  such 
  by 
  any 
  acting 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace, 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  