The Arkansas advocate., 1836-12-23

IUHgB5 elections for civil officers and the returns thereof shall be made to the colonel of the regiment or lieutenant colonel of the seperae battalion, the case nay bes within ten days thereafter; and Il shall be the duty of the eoones Of regiments and lieutenant colonels of seperae baalions, preserve and keep said election returns, and within five days thereafter make out abstract of such electon returns, under bis hand and seal, and transmit the same by mail, to the governors whose duty shall be to commission all persons elec- ted as aforesaid.
 SEC. G. find be Il further rnacted, That there shall be election held the Conrt-house in each and cry county in this State, the first Saturday in April next for the election of brgader general for each brigade; at which time and place all the field officers and commissioned company officers of the regiment or separate battalion in each county shall attend and the two officers of each regiment separate battalion then present and highest in command shall be judges of such election shall appoint two cefks and each clerk, der the direction and superintendence of the judges shall keep separate pollbook, in which the and grade of each person voting shall be entered, and the name of each person voted for shall be distinctly shown 80 that it shall plainly appear for whom each person voted. The voles shall be counted by the clerks, in the presence of the judges; and the number given to each person shall be distinctly stated at the bottom in writing at length, and subscribed by the judges, and countersgned by the clerks one of which said pol-books shall be delivered to and kept by the colonel of the regiment lieutenant colonel of the pafate battalion, and the other shal immediately after the election, be transmitted, by the judges, or one of hem by mail, to the governor and it shall be the duty of the governor, n the presence of the secretary of state to open the returns of said election and count the votes; and II two or more persons shall have equal number of votes, the governor shall give the casting vote, and commission the person elected III each br- gade; and If he shall not have received full returns from each brigade within ten days after the time in which the returns should have been made he shall pro- eeed to act in like upon such returns as shall De received and commission such persons in each br gade from which full returns shall not have been re- ceived' as shall appear 10 have been elected from the returns received.
 FoRM OF THE OATH.
 SEC. B. fad De II further eaacted That each and every officer elected and commissioned, as aforesaid shall, previous to entering the execution the duties oi hs office, take the following oath: "I -- do solemnly swear that will support the constitution ot the United States and of this State and that will faithfully and justly the duties of the office of - Tn the ---- (eompany battalion, regiment, brigade, or division, the may be of the militia of this State according to the best of my skill power and judgment, so help me God:' copy of which shall be endorsed on the back of the commission, shall be signed by the person taking the sae and attested by the officer who administers the oath.