1889 private laws – Ch.240 Sec.6
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CHAPTER 240 An act to amend the charter of the town of Wilkesboro. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
The registration books shall be closed five days before the day of election, and after the same are closed no person shall be allowed to register; but the registrar shall, on application, before said books are closed, register all persons not then qualified to vote in the town who will become so qualified on or before the day of election. Immediatly after said #NAME? are closed they shall be deposited in the office of the clerk and treasurer of the town, and citizens desiring so to do may inspect them. The town clerk and treasurer shall write in each of said registration books the exact time they were deposited with him, and the same shall not be taken from his office until the day of election, Any registrar failing to deposit his registration books with the town clerk at the time prescribed shall receive no compensation for making said registration.