Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25
AN ACT
To take the sense Of the People Upon the Cal o.
q Convention, and providing for Organ
ising tile same.


Whereas,it is represented to the general assem-
bly, that portion Of the good people of this com
monwealth are DESTROYS of amending the consti-
tuition of the State
L. Bet therefore enacted That it shall be the
duty Of the officers authorized TO conduct elections
within this commonwealth, at the time and places
of holding their respective elections for delegates
to the general assembly in the month of April
next, to open separate polls for the purpose of TAX
ing the sense of the people upon The question,
Whether they desire convention or not The
polls to be opened shall contain two columns, and
shall be headed on the one side of the poll book
thus: "Shal there be convention 10 amend
the constitution Of this commonwealth 2"
CONVENTION. No CosvGErios
The officers conducting the elections shall take
the vote the question aforesaid of every person
qualified according TO the existing laws Of this
commonwealth to vote for delegates to the gen
eral assembly, who shall come forward during
such election to give his vote, and shall cause the
names of those who vote for a convention to be
written in the first column under the word Coon
vention - the names of those who vote against
convention to be written in the second column
under the words No Convention; )" and no person
shall be permitted to vote on said question more
than once, either in the county or in differ
eat counties.
g 1t shall be the duty Of the officers, before
they commence tdGti9 lhe Poll PROVIDED l0r III
this act to take and subscribe, hefure some jnsco
Of the peace for their county city, the following
oath or affirmation : Eve, Il, b. &c, do sol
cmniy s,ccar Cor afiifm) that III conducting the
DoiL concerning q contention, 1ce eciW to the b"st
of our skill and judgment, admit all persons to
aote entitled to do So and reject all not so entitled
and that as far as depends on us, are ,eW make Il
Just, true and fair return Of the results according
TO lg,o. Sohep us God" And the justice shall
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scribed. to the clerk 10 whom polls for delegates
to the general assembly made returnable by
law.
8 Tie officers conducting the elections shall
appoint writers who shall make oath OF affirmation
before some justice of the peace, that they will
take The polls faithfully and impartially and they
shall deliver to them poll books, prepared in the
manner prescribed by this act and after the names
Of all the electors who have voted shall have been
entered, they shall conclude the polls; whereupon
the officers conducting said elections shall certify
at the foot thereof the correctness Of said polls.
and forthwith deliver the same to the clerks to
whom the polls for delegates to the general as
semby are returnabe by law, to be by them
safely kept and preserved in their respective
offices,
H. 1t shall be the duty of the clerks aforesaid,
and of the officers who may have conducted the
said elections at the court house of any county or
Quoted the said election in any city, town or bo-
rough, within ten days after the reception by said
clerks respectively OF said polls, to examine said
poll books. and TO strike therefrom the names of
such persons as shall have voted more than once;
and said clerks and conducting officers shall add
Up said polls, and shall transmit BY mail to the
executive OF this commonwealth true statement
Of the result Of the same, verified by oath or af-
irnation before sosae justice of the peace in form
He a n cir ,of
,and G, d, sslo conducted the elections
on The day Of .april 1885, at court
house. Cor in the city, town, or borough Of
} do solemnly s,uear Cor affirm that tee hare
carefully eranined, corrected and Summed up The
polls taken for said county, Cor city, town or b.
rough Of and that
potes acre poNed for convcntion
eoies against contention.
a, B, Clcrks, Sc.
G, G. Conducting officers
Subscribed and slsorn before me d justice of
The peace. j. r."
s. 1t shall be the duty ofthe said executive to
ascertain the results, as exhibited by said state
inent of the polls, on or before the day of
next, and within five days thereafter to
declare the same by proclamation to be published
iii such newspapers as in the opinion of the exec
utive will be best calculated to d(use general in
formation thereof, and at least once week until
it be ascertaned that majority Of the votes cast
in favor Of a convention, he shall at the same
time and in like manner make proclamation for
holding general election Of delegates to said CON
vention, according to the appointment and districts
prescribed in the sixth section Of this act. The
election of delegates to said convention shall be
held On The fourth Thursday Of August next.
Here Gllows the classification Of the districts,
but having published this classification a few
weeks since, lis republication is Unnecessary
Our district is composed Of the counties of Au-
gusta, Rockbridge and Highland, and is entitled
TO Ave delegates
I. Be It further enacted. That the persons quail
flied according to law to vote for members Of the
house of delegates, in each county, city, town
and borough in this commonwealth, shall assem-
BILE at their respective court houses other places
appointed by law for holding elections of members
of tho general assembly. OR the fourth Thursday
in August next, and then and there vote for as
many discreet and proper persons rs members Of
the said convention az are designated in the sixth
section of this act for their respective Districts
No person shall be permitted TO vote more than
once, either in the same county in d(fsren
counties and any person who shall violate this
provision, or that contained in the last clause of
the first section of this act, shall forfeit and pay
to the commonwealth, for the use of the Literary
fund, the sum of one hundred dollars, to be re-
covered as other penalties and fnrteitures.
s. The persons appointed and authorized by
law to superintend and hold elections in the month
Of April next for members of the general assembly
in the several counties, cities, towns and buroughs
shall conduct said elections for delegates to the
said convention; and the same shall be held in
like manner, and each eleclor shall be entitled to
the like privileges from arrest, and the persons
holding the said election, and the writers appoint
ed to Keep the polls, shall take and subscribe the
like oath of affirmation, and the justices before
whom the same may be made shall make the
lille return of the certificates thereof, and tho
officers conducting the elections in counties, cities,
towns and boroughs composing d district, shall
proceed 10 ascertain and declare who are elected