Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-05-12

tyf0Utdi23g J0f tAe x1tectt0ns ftttdtytcotto1ti
Po,pers, DWties, and Conpensation of Jus
does of tie PEACE, Clerks Of Cretat and
County Coa,rts, Attorneys for &c Common
apealth, iSheriGs, Comnlissio1isfs Of the Rsus,
nue., Surveyors, Constablss, and 0Vsyseers
ofhs Poor.
/. Be Il enacted By tie general assembly,
That on the fourth Thursday in May next
there shall bu elected by the voters IN
each county clerk Of the county COURT
surveyor, an attorney for the Common
wealth, a sheriff, and commissioner, or
so many commissioners of the revenue as
NAV be authorized by law and in each
| of The corporations Of Richmond, Nor.
folk, Fredericksburg, Lynchburg, Win
burg, by the voters thereof respectively,
a commissioner of the revenue in each
county for which circuit court is held,
. clerk for such court in the city OF
Richmond, sheriff in each city in which
a circuit court is held, an attorney for the
Commonwealth and clerk for such court;
and in any other corporation in which =
circuit court is held, an attorney for the
commonwealth for such corporation, and
clerk for each court in any county
and city for which together circuit court
is held, an attorney for the common
wealth and clerk for such court in
each district laid off by commissioners
under the act providing for districting
the counties, passed April Cd, 1852, four
justices of the peace in every such dis
trict, one constable, and in every such
district, by the voters without the lin
its of town that provides for its poor,
tonal number as ia the court o 81 sub s JRBaa
ty may direct; ana 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 oYerseers of the poor;
and on the same day in every second
year thereafter, for sheriffs, commission
ers of the revenue and constables Pro.
viled, That the constablcs elected under
this act shall have power to perform the
duties of their Office in districts other
than those in which they were elected /:
4And provided further, That the voters Of
the cities of Norfolk, Petersburg, and
Williamsburg, and of the towns of Fred
ericksburg, Lynchburg, Winchester and
Danyille, shall not be authorized to vote
for surveyor for the several counties
in which they are respectively located,
9. The number of commissioners Of the
revenue for each county shall be that
prescribed by law and there shall be
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 there
from shall vacate his office Proviiea
That the voters residing within any cor
poration who are hereby authorized to
elect u commissioner of the revenue for
such corporation shall not vote for the
commissioners Of the revenue for the
county within the limits of which such
corporation may lie.
3. On or before the first day of May
from the seat of government, the lieu
tenant governor, shall appoint three com
missioners in every such county, city and
corporation, who shall superintend the
elections authorized by this act at the
courthouses of their respective counties,
cities and corporations and said commits
sioners shall appoint for each separate
place of voting therein three commission
ers to superintend the election at such
place Of voting and shall also designate
the officers to conduct the elections at the
courthouscs and precincts but in the alb
sence of any such officer, the commits
sioners for any precinct shall appoint the
officer to conduct the election at such pre-
cinct. The onmissioners SO appointed
shall, until their successors are appointed,
superintend all elections to fill vacancies
happening in any of said officers The
said commissioners and officers shall re-
spectively take the oaths, perform the du-
ties, have the powers, be governed by the
regulations, and liable to the penalties pre-.
scribed by the Code of Virginia for COM
missloners experimenting and officers
conducting elections, except so far as the
same are inconsistent with the constitution
or this act. The said commissioners shall
employ writer's, and at such rate of COM
pensation as the court of each county or
corporation may Direct and they shall
respectively take an oath, to be admins
tered by said commissioners, to record
the votes faithfully and impartially.
a. The court of each county and of each
OF the corporations of Richmond, Lynch
burg Williamsburg and Norfolk, shall,
before any general election after the first
authorized by this act, appoint five COM
miSsioners to supsrintend and officers to
conduct such election at each place of vot-
ing in such county or corporation, to be
SUBJECT IN all respects to the provisions of
TINS act concerning the commissioners and
ohcers mentioned in the preceding sec
ton. Nothing in this act shall be held to
repeal the provisions of nm act passed
April goth, 1859, entitled "an act to elect
certain state municipal officers within the
city of Petersburg"