Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-05-08
ELECTION LAWS.
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AN ACT

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AN ACT
Proriaing for the Election, QaaFpca'
ton, Powcrs, Duties and Compe"'
sa'ioa Of Jx;ticcs Of the Peac', CLERKS
of Ctrcxit and Coss'y Courts, At
toacw for tie Commonwealth, sAer'
iAt, Commissioners of the Rcren1e'
Serreyors, Cyastables and Orcr'eer'
Of tie Poor.
/. Be II enacted by tie grnera1 as
scmbiy, That on tho fourth Thursday
in May next there shall he elected hy
the voters in each county clerk OF
the county court, q surveyor, al aitor.
ney for the commonwealth, sheriff,
and commissioner, or so many com
missioncrs of the revenue as may be
authorized by law; und in each of the
corporations of Richmond, Norfolk,
Fredericksburg, Lynchbnrg, VIM
chester. Danville, Staunton and vii.
liamsburg, by the voters thereof re.
spcctvely, a commissioner of the rev.
cnue; in each county for which q cir.
cult court is held, clerk for such
court; in the city Of Richmond, a
sheriff; in each city in which circuit
court is held. an attorney for the COM
monwealih and clerk for such court;
and in any other corporation in which
q circuit court is held, al attorney for
the commonwealth for such corpora
ton, and a clerk for each court; in
any county and city for which t"geth-
or a circuit COURTS held, an attorney
for the commonwealth and clerk for
such court; in each district laid off by
commissioners under the act provid.
ing for distric,ing the counties, passed
April Cd, 1852, four justices of the
peace; in every such district, one
constable, and in every such district,
by the voters without the limits of a
town that provides for its poor, one
overseer of the poor, or such adil-
tional number as the court of the
county may direct; and al election
shall be held in like manner on the
same day in every sixth year thcreat,
ter for such clerks and surveyors; aud
on the same day in every fourth year
thereafter, for justices of the peace,
attorneys for the commonwealth and
overscers of the poor, and on the same
.lay in every second year thereafter
for sheriffs, commissioners of the rev.
enue and constables: Pror'ded, That
the cons,ables elected under this act
shall have power to perform the duties
Of their Office in districts other than
those in which they were elected !:
And provided fwther, That tho voters
of the cities Of Norfolk, Petersburg
and Williamsburg, and of the towns t's.
of Fredericksburg, Lynchburg, Win.
chester and Danrille, shall not be au'
,bo,ized to vote fora surveyor for the
several counties in which they are re-
spcctively located
Q. Tho number Of commissioners :;
oe the revenue for each county shall
b. that prescribed by Law; and there
sbpll be elected as aforesaid for each
rovenue district laid off as prescribed e,
by law. one commissioner, who shall
during his term Of Office, reside in the
district for which he was elected and
h;s removal ,herefrom shall vacate his
office: Proriiacd, Tha, the voters re-
siding within any corporation who are
hereby authorized to elect commits
sinner of the revenue for such corp.o'
s ,'a,;nn shall no, vote for the commits
sinners sinner of the rcvcn,,c for tho county
w;tlin the limits Of which such cor
pora,ian may lic'
"a q On or before the first day Of May
next, the governor, or il he be absent ,.
s'"m ,s tho seat Of government the lieu
tenant governor s"u'' "Ff,
commissioners in every such county
civ aud corporation, who shall super
;n,snl int tho elections authorized by the
% "r, nj the courlh,nses oflheir rs:spec
rive w counties, cities aud corp"'a'lon.s
ond said commissioners shall oppn'"
FIR @ each separate place of roiIn:
,herein three commissioners I" super
;m,end the election d, such place i"
vn,inr; aud shall also desi s"a'e th'
na;reps 10 conduct The elections ut tI''
c"ur,l,ouees aud precincts 0g' IN 'I''
absence of any such officer' III" com
missioners for any precInet sHa'' up
n"i6, tho officers to conduct the sIec
,;on '' at such precinct. The con,n': m,
sionors sion 50 appointed SHALL unit! tnr' r,
s,rcsssors Success are appointed, supg'i"ten'
aII aIS elections to fiji vacancies J.! !hSppsn.
;nr M in any Of said offices Inc Ea''