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COUNTY ORGANIZATION.
az ACT

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o1ssland 9ssrseers7ef me Poor. s'1'
!, BE Rssolned By The Genera, ASSEMBLE
. nae on me 'oarth Thursday in May next. there
clerk OF The !coani3 co6r,, surveyor an s,,n. :
hey ior The Commonwealth, a sheriff. and a corn.
mlssioner,oF so many Commissioners Of lhe -.
venue as may be authorized BY law and in q -
Of The corporations of Richmond, Norfolk FreJa.
Iicksourg. Lyneheurg, Winchester. Danyille
Staunton aud Williamsburg, BY the voters there
Of respectively, commissioner OF The revenue !.
IN each County iot which circuit court is held
clerk for such court; 10 the civ Of Richmond
sheriff, in each city in which acircuj, con-, i
held, an attorney for the Commonw eal,h and
GJes kJI oE sgeh sonr1 and in any other corpora
clerk for each court; in any county and city
Tor which together circuit court is held, an at.
torRey for the Commonwealth and a clerk for
such court; in each district aidoff by commits.
s;oners underline act providing for disiricting The
counties, passed April I'd, 1852, four justices of
the peace; inieyery such district, one constable,
and in every such district, by the voters without
the limits Of q town that provides Tor its poor,
one overseer Of the poor or such additional mum.
an election shall be held in like manner on the
same day in every sixth year thereafter for such
clerks and surveyors and ON the same day in
every fourth year thereafter for justices Of The
peace, attorneys for the Commonwealth and
oVerseers OF the poor and on the same day in
every second year thereafter, for sheriFs, com
mssioners OF the revenue and consiables Pro.
rided, That the constabes elected under this act
shall have power to perfol m the duties Of their
Office in districts other than those in which they
were elected And Prorided further, That the
voters of the cities Of Norfolk, Petersburg and
Williamsburg, and of the towns OF Fredericks.
burg, Lyuchburg Winchester, and Danyille,
shall not be authorized TO vote fora surveyor for
the several counties in WHICH they are respec.
lively lcca ed.
9 Tie number of commissioners of the reve-
nue. for each county shall be that prescribed by
law and there shalb elected, as aforesaid, for
each revenue district laid off as prescribed BY
law, one commissioner, who SHALL during his
term of Office, reside in the district for which he
was elected, and his removal therefrom shall va.
cate his office Prorided, That the voters resid.
, ing within any corporation, who are hereby au-
thorized 10 elect commissioner OF the revenue
for such corporaIicn, shall not vote for the COM
missloners Of the revenue for the county within
the limits OF which such corporation NAV lie
g. Olror before the first day of May next, the
Governor or, il he be absent from the seat OF go
vernment, the Lieutenant Governor, shall ap-
point three commissioners in every such county,
city and corporation, who shall snperintend the
elections Authorized by this act a. the court
houses of their respective countless cities and
corporations and said commissioners shall APP
point, for each separate place Of voting therein,
lnree commissioners, to supernlend The election
at such place OF voting; and shall also designate
the officers TO conduct the elections at the court
h h6s p anf Pes s S gu e IN
at such precinct. The commissioners appoint
ed shall, until their successors are appointed,
super$nend all elections 10 fill vacancies happen
ing in any of said Offices. The said commission
ers and officers shall respectively takethe oaths,
perform the duties, have the powers, be govern \
ed by the regulations, and liable to the penalties
prescribed by the Code OF Virginia for commits.
sioners experimenting and officers conducting
elections, except so tar as the same are incon-
sistent with the constitution or this act. The
said commissioners shall employ writers, and at
such rale OF compensation as the court OF each
county Or corporation may direct; and they shall
respectively take an oath, 10 be administered by
said commissioners 10 record the votes faithfully
and impartiahy.
4. The court of each county and Of each of
the corporations of Richmond, Lynchburg, Will
lamsburg and Norfolk, shall, before any general
election After the first authorized by this act, ap
point five commissioners 10 superintend and OH
GERS 10 conduct such election at each place OF
Voting in such county or corporation, TO be sub
iect in all respects TO the provisions OF this act
concerning the commissioners and officers mem
toned in the preceding SECTION. Nothing in this
| act shall be held to repeal the provision OF an
act passed April Goth, 1852, entitled an act 10
elect certain State and municipal officers within
/ the city of Petersburg
5. III only one Of the commissioners appointed
10 superintend any of the said elections attends,
| he may associate with himself any freebooter OF
the district who may be present; i none 81 the
commissioners attend, or if none should have
been appointed, then any three freehoders in the
\ district where the election is held, being present
and sureeing to act, shall be commissioners
Any such commissioner or commissioners APP
pointed or agreeing 10 act in the manner pre-
scribed by this section, shall take the same oaths
perform the same duties, have the same powers,
and be subject to the same penalties as II he Oh
they had been originally appointed.
6. The same provisions which govern the
opening and closing the polls in other genera
elections in this Commonwealth, shall regulate
the elections provided for in this act.
7. In the case Of an election OF an officer by tht
voters Of a corporation. The officers conducting
the same 10 the respective wards, or by the 70
lers OF The whole county, the officer conducting
the same al the courthouse, and in the case Q
an,electop in district, the officer or officers con
Quoting the same, shall, within five days from th
commencement Of the election, examine the poll
ascertain the result, and declare the person o
nersons for whom the greatest number 81 vote
was given to be elected; or if the greatest mum
her Of votes be equal for two or more persons, th
officer or officers conductingth the election IN eac
ward county or district, shall decide forthwith b
lot to whom the certificate shall be given an
be or they shall forthwith set up-at the Front doc
, Of the courthouse notice fthe said election.
8. The officers and other persons holding an
conducting such elections shall make tfne dupl
cate retulns of the elections Of justices OF IN
neaee. one Of which returns shall be Immediate
f transmitted BY mail, BY the officer conducsin
.a;d election, To the Governor, and the other II
5 nrn shall be handed by such officer to the cler
- he county court, TO be filed in his Office; an
he said clerk shall forthwith send certified cop
r. snrh return 10 the Secretary Of the Common
..,a.I,h The said officers and other person
i shslI make true returns of the other officers cleo
Q "a nnder this act, which shall be handed 70 q
Z cIerk Of the county or corporation court, %
q fled in his Office
THE returns OF the elections at Justices
2 - ,aaca. Of clerks Of the county and circu
.an,ts az attorneys for the Commonwealths 90
y .s.ora sharlfs, commissioners OF the reFenu
10 s.ssables and overseers Of the poor under %
8 =, shalI be subject to the enquiry, dsteFmin
4 49, .nd Judgment Of the respective county Al
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