Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-16
CONTENTION.
LIN .4et to amend an .4et, entitled an .fct TO o,
gdnize COapeRtiOn."1

| Whereas, in pursuance of the Act OF Assembly,
utied " An Act to organize Convention, passed on
the tenth day OF February, in the year eighteen hun
dred and twenty-nine," the members OF Convention,
elected under convened at the Capitol in the City of
Richmond the fifth day of October in the year.
to deliberate the subject conded TO them by the peo
pie under the said Act And whereas the Convention
the fourteenth day of January, the eighteen hum
dred and thirty, passed an Amended Constitution or
Form OF Government for Virginia, and moreover, by
Ordinance appended thereto requested the present Ge
neral Assembly make any additional provisions which
may be necessary and proper, for submitting the same
to the voters thereby qualified TO vote for members of
the General Assembly at the next April elections, aud
Tor organizing the Government under the amended Con-
suthton, In case II shall be approved and ratified by
such voers And whereas doubts have arisen as to tho
proper construction OF the seventeenth s. nineteenth
tons OF the above recitcd Act of Assembly, the
power OF Sher and other officers conducting elections
TO receive the votes OF persons qualified TO vote for ray
ing rejecting the amended Constitution before the
shall have been published for three montks in order
remove such doubts, and to declare the meaning of the
above recited sections of the said Act, enlarge the
time Tor taking the votes OF the persons qualified
for the ratification or rejection OF the amended Cons,u-
ton, 10 prescribe the oaths TO be taken by the Shers
other officers who shall couduc any poll for the ra,
cation aud rejection OF the amended Constitution to
prescribe the oath 10 be taken by the person Of
ieung VOTE when shall be necessary for him take
OATH and to provide for the election of members of
the General Assembly under the amended Constitution
in case it shall be approved and ratified by the qualified
voters:
sect. !. Be it enacted 6y the General assen.5lv
hat it shall be the duty of the SherlIs and other oil
hcers, conducting elections of members 10 the General
Assembly in the several counties, cities and boroughs
oil this Commonwealth, at the next April elections, TO
submit the amended Constitution 10 the voters qualih
ell thereby 10 vote for members of the General Assem-
bly,, for their ratification rejection, in the
in all respects, il the had been published
for three months before the commencement OF the said
elections according the seventceIh section Of the said
Act of Assembly. And the poll of the votes given for
raying and rejecting the said amended Constitution,
he in Tho af Anril
three successive days; and the poll kept courthouse
OF each county, city and borough but any poll kept
at place OF holding separate election SHALL the
third day at sunset be adjourned TO the first day OF the
of the Court be holden for each county,
y borough respectively and shall be continued open
Tor three successive days. and at sunset of the third day.
shall be finally cosed and when closed the same shall
be examined, corrected certified and disposed of in the
manner hereinafter prescribed and under the like penal
ty is prescribed by the twenty section of the
same Act. When the said rolls shall all be received,
they shall be acted upon by the Executive, in tie same
lTnaner in all respects is prescribed by the twenty
first section of the Act Provided hoiceuer That
so much of said Act prescribes that if it shall APP
pear that majority OF all the votes given for rafy-
ing said amended CONSTITUTIONS it shall further be the
duty of said Executive forthwith to the General
Assembly, be and the same is hereby repealed
SECT. =. Be IL further enacted That il shall be the
duty of every Sheriff other officer, before he enters
upon the duties prescribed by the nineteenth and TWEEN
tieh sections of the above reced Act and this Act,
take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation
the best of my skill and judgment, admit all persons
vote for the ratification rejection of the amended Con-
81 tuition entitled to do so, and reject all not enttel
and Will make just, true and fair return OF all votes
given for ratfyng rejecting the amended Constitutions
within my county, Getty, borough, election ds;ric)
SO help God" Which affidavit the Magistrate adj
mniserng the oath affirmation, shall atested
the Clerk of the County Corporation Court be by
him filed and carefully preserved. And il shall be the
duty of the Sheriff other officer conducting any poll
for the ratification rejection of the amended Const-
f.gt in has lnpil Nnfa
son who may Offer to VOTE unless he knows such per.
son 20 be qualified 10 vote, unless such person shall
have made oath solemn affirmation in this form:
I"I, "A. Il do answer, (or soemny aiIrm) that do in
my conscience believe myself to be duly qu, LID ed o
vote for member Ter members) TO ia the Gene
raj Assembly, Tor the county, city, borough, coun.
ties Of under the snded Constu-
lion: So help me God" or which oath or aii,n,ai.n.
note shall be made in the poll book opposite and re
ierrlng TO the name OF the per'on swearing affirm
ing. The making such oath affirmation falsely, sha
SECT 3. Bt IL further enacted That il sh,ll be the
duty OF tile Executive, as soon may he after the pas
cage of this Act, TO appoint three Commissioners il
each county and corporation OF this Commonw eallh TO
aid in the examination OF the polls III lie manner here
matter directed; and that within days after the poll.
in the respective counties and corporations OF this Com
ealth, shall be closed, shall be the duty of the
said Commissioners, OF The shes other officer
Quoting the polls, and Of the Clerk or Deputy Clerk
and OF the Commissioner Commissioners oil the Re.
venue, O there be more than one) OF thu several
bic at The Clerks Offices OF their respective counties
or pOrdons, day to be appointed and made
known to them by the Sheriff other officer auihu-
ried by law TO conduct the poll therein, Tor ratying
and Tcje citing the amended COnsi uOn. And if any oil
them shall refuse fail to attend, shall be the duty
of Tie Sheriff other officer, give notice thereof Il
the Attorney prosecuting for The Common ah in such
county corporations and those who do attend, shall
proceed TO examine said polls, and having stricken
therein the OF all such PERSONS the opn
ion OF majority Of them, not emitted to for
members OF the General Assembly under the amended
Constitution, to two fair copies Of such corrected
poll be made aud verified follows: Each sheet
LOT such poll shall be subscribed with the name of the
Commissioners, and OF the Sheriff or other officer OF
the Clerk Deputy Clerk, and OF the Commissioner
Comm s.lODers OF the Revenue, or such of them az
may attend at The scrutiny of the polls az above requr
ed aud shall attach 10 the said corrected poll lst Of
the several stricken ON The original polls, aud
the al corrections alterations made therein aid
the reasons Tor the same and at the lot Of the rol
each Of them attending aforesaid, shall make an
ali lav bsore Justice Of the Peace, to the follow
ing effect, viL:" County Corporation,
To toit: This Day Of the above-named
A.. Is. and &. ID. &c. whose names subscribed to
the above POLL made oath (or aiirmation) before me
Justice the Peace for county corpora ion a.
aud that they have stricken herslrom person. who
III the judgment OF majority OF them, had a legal
right to vote, and that the name OF remains
thereon, who majority OF them concur in believing is
not legally entitled 10 vote. And the aforesaid A.
and G.. ID. Che Sheriff. other officers conducting the
poils) also made odh (or alrmaiOD) that they con-
Quoted the poll Aforesaid, aud verify believe it repre-.
sents fairly, he votes given by the persons whose
names appear thereon, according TO the best Of them
knowledge and belief. Given under my hand, this
day of ." One copy OF the
poll so made out shall be retained by the Clerk Of the
a