State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-10-16


turning the scraps Of Panerwith the talIies
lof the clerks Of the various precincts. This
system should be disconiiDsedsr The votes
Of each precinct must be summed up, and a
return made Of the vote given fcr each person,
and the Office he was voted to ell
] call your particular attention othe "act
regulating elections in this State" or See
laws of Mississippi, page Ala. In that law
| it is provided, in the 10th section, that IN the
election for District officers a return shalt be
made 30 the Sheriff Of the county first named
in the law laying of the Districts. This law
does not relieve the Sheriffs from the duty
Imposed upon them by the Constitution of
making the returns Of the election Of District
officers to the Secretary Of State also.
The returns of the general election are re-
Iquired to be made to the Secretary within
fifteen days after the election. The law is
silent as TO the manner in which the returns
are to be forwarded. The usual practice has
been to send them through the Post Office.
The law is imperative 10 requiring the returns
to be made TO the Secretary Of State Uithin
fifteen days; and the returning officer is liable
to heavy penalty if they are not deposited
with the Secretary in that time. II is not
complying with the law to make out the re.
turns and deposit them in the Post Office
Within fifteen days. suggest to you the
propriety, when the county is remote from
triweekly mail route TO the seat Of Govern
ment, of making out duplicate returns and
depositing zone in the Post Office in your
county, and sending the other by private con-
veyance TO some Post Office on a mail route
where the mail passes three times week 10
this place.
The stability Of our free Government main
ly depends upon the strict enforcement of the
law governing elections. II is of the utmost
importance that the returns of the next cleo
ton should reach here wttkin fifteen days at.
ter the election; if they fail to arrive, the
members elected to Congress cannot reach
Washington City in time 10 vote for Speaker
of the House, and the voice of the State can
not be heard on that important question. II
is, therefore, necessary that the return Of the
election in your county should be made up
and forwarded Immediately after the election
is over
Direct your returns 10 "Thomas B. Wood
ward, Esq, Secretary of State, Jackson, Mis-.
sissipp."
The Auditor, Secretary of State, State
Treasurer, Judges of Probate, Members of
the Board of Police, Clerks of the Circuit,
Probate and other inferior courts, Sheriffs,
Coroners, County Treasurer, Rangers and
Surveyors, and Justices of the Peace by the
provisions Of the Constitution, hold their Of.
fees for two years. The terms of all those
officers expire next November, and it is your
duty to give notice Of the election, and open
poll therefor at the next November election.
Many Justices Of the p, ace have been
elected during the last two years to ill va.
cancies; their terms of office also expire next
November. The whole number of Justices
Of the Peace, to which your county is emit
tied, must be elected at the next general
election. If the Board of Police have not
laid off the Districts according to law, YOU
are requested TO call their immediate atteu.
ton to the subject.
Sheriffs "hOld their Offices for two years."
Those Sheriffs elected at the last general
election can therefore continue TO perform
the duties Of the office for two years from the
day they gave bond and took the oath of
Office.
Many bonds given BY Sheriffs heretofore,
are imperfect and Insufficient. | have sent
a correct form drawn up by the Attorney
General, 10 the Clerk Of the Probate Court
of your county. The Judge of Probate is
to approve Of the bonds and sure.
ties of Sheriffs, and they are required 10 be
recorded, fled and preserved in the office of
the CLERK of the Probate Court.
Should you be candidate for reelection,
you will hand this letter to the officer you
have appointed to hold the election.
! am, sir, yours, respectfully.
A. G. McNUTT.
To the Sheriff Of county.
October 12-1S-1w.
The Natchez Free Trader; Piney Woods
Planter; Eastern Clarion; Columbus Demo
crat; Marshall County Republican; South.
ern Reporter and Democratic Union, will
give the above circular one insertion.
Valuable Property Fer Sale
IN YAZOO CITY.
VKTILL be sold to the highest bidder on the Pub
w lie Square, in the town of Benton on Monday,