Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-10-09

.5.-.. an. 10 b. 6I,d Jy such e,oteer ana 'n7
,-4r.H n he DAYS OF eec.on, shl. open ..1 20
d no s'r5ek I'd rte morH,ng, aHs continue '.c 80
..o anti. 4 u'c0cA n ile evening OBJ. eae" %! %"
Iu 1Hgsr. -.t.C -,st,-
.ufIDa Droyfies taat "Fe'urns nl a- tee-.9Is
-.,,r, .bs. be made 10 The Secretary oi ol-.y' 'N
...rF ..4srer as nav 0. prescribed By a". lH's
..,r-s ,b-lsatrs the aw requiring Ine returns %
-rt.,o. of District OHcers, Judges, D.s'rc' A.
..,ray. and senators to be made % The o"et.H ''
,ts r1,p,y first named IN The aw aslrg OH vac
Distract Election returns are often Hide l" U''
C.,s,n,r THIS practice must be dseouunued -
Y,,r tl,rplOre required, IN all cases, 10 make the
,s,,,rrs of electnn of Siare, Dsluct. and C""h'!
oticers "tolhe Secretary OF State, Jackson Nlis9''
sipp.' .,t. Cons,i.
l,,e sr,y,les ,hal ..lhr teturus OF every t-tcl""
II. C,,yrrg,r. shall be sealed up aud transmitted Ia
,tssr,luI Government, directed To- the Stcte'aiN
ID, St,ir. who shs, deliver them 10 lie Speaker Oh
the House 81 Representatives, at the next ehsun9
-....pn OF iht Legislature; DUNG HE mrs. NeeH u
,rb -r,. ION the said Speaker shall open and pub.
Hsa Them 10 lhr presence Of both Houses Oh 'N'
I,r,ftturc" THIS provision has mol been always
comprtd with heretofore.
Yonare therefore required % make out separate
refya Of the votes gwen for Governor; 10 seal utIh
an and pltk on The envelope Returns Of the eiec-
,an Tor Goyernur.-Couuiy. November lsii
Unless this endorsement Is made, The rclurnx may
be opt ned By mistake, and the vote Of HE county
Tor Governor lost.
In nj, general return II the result Of the next
November election, the Returning officers OF each OF
ibr several counties ia this STATE, are required also
ia .ta g the vote gwen tor Governor o, the State,
and all State Distuct aud county officers, al Thai
election Tins return should be made out IN a
pain aud ineligible manner Some SherllS are
m The habl Of returning the scraps OF paper, Win
HE TALES Of the Clerks OF the various prerlnclS,-
Tn, practice should BE- discontinued. The votes
Of each precinct must be summed up, and consult
date return made OF the vote of the whole county,
gwen lor each person, and Tie office he was voted
Ia fill. Figures must not be USED IN SauhI ne
number OF voles given for each candidate but Tie
mmucr Of votes gwen for each person must be
plainly wrllten out.
Particular care should be taken TO write out p'aln
", tue Cur,tan aud Suruames OF all persons voted
TO f any Office and the returns should show the
several persuuS duly elected To I'LL county Offices.
The particular attention OF all SherlhS, Return
ng officers Clerks aud Inspectors o election, Mem
hers ni the Boards ui Police, Judges and Clerk OF
| the Probate Courl IS called to Tie law regulating
| clvl elections, commencing at page So OF Howard
and lluchmsuns Digest OF the statute laws OF Mis-
>lssppi, Those officers will be guilty OF high mis-
demrauorS lithcy fail to discharge their respective
duties as the law preScrbes.
The returns Of the general election are lequired
to be made to the Secretary OF Stale, within iii
Teen deys after the election. The law sslIent as t,
! he manner IN which the returns are TO be forward
ed. The usual practice has been to send them
through the Post Office. The law is mpeta.
tive IN rtQurlag the returns to be made To the
Secretary Of Slate teithm fifteen days, and
| the Returning officer IS liable 10 hra'y penal
ty II they are not deposited with the Secretary
in that time. 1t is moi complying with the law It
make out the returns and dtposlle them IN the Pos
Ohcr 'cuhmf fifteen days.
/ The Returning officers Of the several precincts
should take their respective returns to the Sheriff
or Other Returning officer of the county, within
twenty four hours after the Polls close ltIhey al,
not received wthn HAT tine they should be sen
for by special messenger. The Returning office
of each county, is required to make out a cuusOll
dated return OF the whole vote cast in his county
and either to send the same by special messenge
to The Secretary of State, or to enclose the same il
package directed to HIM, lcnhn three days ate
he closing Of The Polls.
| Suggest 10 the Returning officers OF each count,
the proprlety, when the county Is remote from
tri-wteky mail rUut to the seat of Governments q
making out duplicate returns and depositing one il
the Post office N the county, and sending the orhe
by private conveyance to some Post Office on a ma,
rout where The mail passes three times week Il
Tins place.
The stability Of our free government mainly de
pends upon the strict enforcement 0l the law gov
crning elections. II is Of The utmost lmportanc
that the lelurnS of the next election, should reac
here fifteen days after the election; If they fail Il
arrvc,lhe members elected to Congress cannot reac
Washington Cry in due season.
Different opinions prevail as TO the exact perio
the terms Of officers elected at general hlenuia
election expire. Many supp se that they eXpir
when the Poll, rose on the second day OF the cleo
lion. Such construction would leave in Office a
that time on the Governor, Two Judges uithc Hlu
Court Of Errors and Appeals and tie Coroners u
the several counties. Ihcre wond be- % officer
10 make the returns, tu administer the 0aths Of Of
fee, to approve le bonds 81 the county otfcerS an
e. 10 Secretary Of State to counerSign the commits
slOns Of the various officers. 1t is not 10 he pre-
sumcd thai the famers OF the Constitution hav
30 discharged their duty that the Government wuul
be dSSuleed every wo years. Every Government
presuppu>es PEI peuy and any construction place
upon our fundamental law which would lead to
dissolution OF the Government nuts be rejected. an
therefore decidedly OF the opinion, tina officer
elected at general biennial elections continue i
office for the period prescribed by the Conslllutio
(or law as The case may bed counting from Tire da
they e>pectiteiy mke The oaths OF Office, and enter
ed upon the discharge OF their several duties. Per
SOFAS elected to fiji vacancies continue IN office un,
the terms oil Office OF their predecessors expire.
The Boards of Police of the several count eS ar
required 10 assemble on the second Monday IN DC
tober next, aud lhtn 10 appoint nSpec orS of Gle,
, ton (unleSS they may have previously discharge
thai duIy.) They will also lay of and publish til
boundaries OF the Police Districts, IN their respec
I'VE counties. In laying Oft those districts rlspeC
should be had To popuatlun not 10 territory.
The Boards OF Police elected next November
wal assemble GA the second Wednesday IA Novem
her mex and continue Ia session from day To da
uuI, lie 18Th day Of November, and wll then ordt
elections 10 I'll vacancies IN snaiI couuty tic
where the persons elected have alltd to execute an
tile their lonis duly conditioned and approved q
have laeJ 10 lake the oathS Ol office.
nAl Iuuuty Officers Wh0St, lutItS are cnu6pn