Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-28

tee resides near tue place, theh 10 souIe ifte-
holder who shall perform all the duties Of
ballast master, and he is entitled to the same
.compen sation.
1917 An act concerning general elections
in this Commonwealth; provides, that the e
Ieetlons Tor the present year shall be held sn
the respective court days in August, and for
all future years, in the month OF April The
meeting OF the returning differs holdlnS cleo
tons for Senators, to be wiihlh hlieeh days
after the day on which the last election 10 the
district shall have commenced at the court
house Of the county first named 10 the Con
st!tutisn 10 each district; except Tor chester
field, Caroliue, Elizabeth City, Goochland,
Greensville, Henry, Madison, MlddleseS,
Msnroe, Morgan, Nelson, New Kent, Nor
folk, Preston, Prince Edward, DINO, Scott,
Sussex, Westmoreland and Wythe; and the
meeting for these counties to he at their res
pechve court h9uscsg rrescribes the qnaiIlr-
cations aud explains tie right OF suffrage, as
ordained ia the Constitution, aud prohibits
all others from exercising IT; prevents persons
voting twice in different places on the same
property; the Legislature to meet on the lfst
Monday in December hereafter, prohibits
persons voting. who have paid part OF the
revenue falsely assessed; cXenpts every cleo
tor from arrest in going 20, abiding at, and
of siIisers conducting elections, and their du-
ties: the elections 10 be conducted opsnly;
requires the clerk of the county and commls
.i,nnr Of tha revenue to attend the scrutiny
of the polls: the county courts to appoint, at
their February, March, April, or May terms
annually. their commissioners TO AID IN The
said scrutiny. ard these officers all 10 meet,
on he eighth day after the election comtnsn-
eed. at the clerks slfce for that purpose,
empowets them to strike from the poll the
ra,nes oC nersonS not entitled 10 vote, this
examination TO be dispensed with, If the can
didates or their agents declare At dnnecessa
nv In case Of several counties Composing e.
lection districts for delegate, the officers to
meet at the first named county 90 tue twelfth
dav alter the last election shall have conmen
ced; provides, on the death oil any oihcer,the
person to conduct the electonj prescF1bes
the mode for contestng an election; the com
nlaiot be lodged within ten days after the
meeting of the Legislature, where The cleo
ton was at the stated period, or wItan thtr
ty days, il it shall have been upon writ Of 9
lection: prcscfbes the forms of returns OF Ger
tifeates of election The Governor TO issue
wrts to supply vacancies in the recess OF the
Legislature, the Speakers, upon the order Si
the House when l. session; probtbits bribery
on the part oil the candidates; impress penal
ties on all the officers for neglect OF any duty
required of them. Members. and their ser
wants and estates exempt from arrests, at
tachments, execution or ether process; ex
cept for treason, felony, or breach OF peace,
during their attendance on the Legislature,
and in going 10 and from the same, and in
flicts imprisoament and fine upon any PER
son airestng or prosecuting mcmecr Tar
words spoken, or written proposition maze
III,
or proceedings had, III General Assembly;
prescribes the time within which notice OF III
tention 10 contest an election, shall be gwen,
the nerson contesting specifying the obJcc-
tons to the voters, or the legality 81 the cleo
ton. in the notice. the manner for taking and
the time within which depcslons are to be
taken In all counties wherein separate polls
are held. thecourts atthe,r February March,
April or May terms, TO appoint hvs freehold
ers, to superntcnd the taking the same: au-
tborises the holding polls for electors OF Pre-
sident and Vice President, in colntcs where
separate polls are, or may be held; AMI the
election to be held on the first Monday IN no
vemher in every fourth year; the commission
srs to conduct the same, to be appointed by
the Governor The elections for members
Of Congress TO be likewise in August of the
present year, and in April 10 every second
year thereafter, TO be conducted according TO
the principles prescribed by the laws now IN
force in relation thereto, except The persons
entitled to vote for delegates shall be allow
ed to vote for members oil Congress.
1913 An act TO incorporate the Lynchburg
and New River Rail Road Company; with
capital of SIX hundred thousand dollars, 70 be
raised by subscription, te construct Rail
road from Lynchburg to New rTor
100 An act Incorporating the ioGdoun
Rail Road Company; with capital o! four
hundred thousand dollars, to make rail road
from some convenient point on the Potomac
river, ator near the mouth ofKetocton creek,
ia the county of Loudoun passing west OF the
Ketocten mountain, to the waters OF Goose
creek, so as TO interse1t the Ashby' Gap turn
pike road.
200 An act to amend the act, entitled, an
act reducing into one act the several acts con
Corning the court Of appeals and special court
ofappeals; prcscribes thatthe court OF appeals,
after the present session eft the Legislature,
shall consist OF 4 President and four Judges,
and the office of President te be so far distinct
as to be flied by particular election & com
mission; any three eli the Judges toconsutute
a court, and in the absence OF the President,
the eldest Judge preside. The court to hsid
2 session of ninety days at Lewisburs' IN
Greenbricr, to commence on the inst Monday
in july, and Of one hundred and sixty days at
Richmond, to be held on the tenth day after
the termination Of the present session OF the
Legislature The court at Lewisbur8 TO be
for the hearing aud determining Of all causfs
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