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

commissioners and officers shall re-
spectively take the oaths, perform the
duties, have the powers. be governed
BY the regulations, and liable to the
penalties prescribed hy the Code of
Virgimiu for commissioners superin-
tending and officers conducting elcc-
tions, 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
compensation as the court Of each
county or corporation may direct;
aud they shall respectively take an
oath, to be administered by said COM
missioners, to record the votes faith |
fully and impartially. !
4. The court of each county and OF
each Of the corporations Of Richmond,
Lynchburg, Williamsburg and N"r-
tnlk, shall, before any general election
after the first authorized by this act,
appoint FIVE commissioners TO supor.
intend and officers to coudnct such L.
lection at each place Of voting in such
cnunty or corporation, to be subject in
all respects to the provisions Of this
act concerning the commissioners aud
officers mentioned il, the preceding
section. Nothing in this act shall he
held to repeal tho provisions of an act
passed April goth. 1852, entitled "an
act to eject ccriain state and municipal
officers within the city of Petersburg"
5. If only one Of the commission.
ers appointed to superinrcnd any Of
said elections attends, he mHy associ-
ale with himself any freeholderoi the
district who may be present; If nome
oflhe commissioners attend, orif none
should have been appointed, then any
three frecholtlers in the district where
the election is held, heing present, aud
agreeing to act, shall he commission
ers. Any such commissioner or com
missioners appointed or agreeing to
act in the manner prescribed by this
section. shall take the same oath, per-
form the same duties, have the same
powers, and he suhjec, to the same
penalties as if he or they had been
originally appointed.
6. The same provisions which gov.
ern the opening and closing the polls
in other general elections in this com.
monwealth, shall regulate the elec-
tions provided for in This act.
7. In The case of an election of an
officer by the voters of a corporation,
the officers conducting the same in the
respective wards, or by the voters Of
the whole county, the officer conduct.
ing the same at the courthouse. aud in
the case of an election in district,
the officer or officers cond citing the
same, shall, within FIVE days from the
commencement uf the election, cx-
anime the poll, ascertain the result,
aud declare the person or pers' ms for
whom the greatest number OF votes
was given to he elected; or if the
greatest number of vo.es he equal for
two or more persons, the officer or of.
hcers conducting the election in each
ward, county or district shall decide
forthwith by lot to whomthe certificate
shall be- given; and he or they shall
forthwith set up at the front door of
the courthouse notice Of said cleo
! ton.
| S. The officers and other persons
holding aud conducting such elections
shall make true duplicate returns OF
the elections Of justices of the peace,
one of which returns shall be imme.
diately transmitted by mail. by the of.
fcer conducting said election, TO the
governor, and the other return shall
be handed by such officer to the clerk
Of the county court, to be filed in his
office; aud the said clerk shal! forth.
with send a certified copy of such re-
turn to the secretary Of the common.
wealth. The said officers and other
persons shall make true returns OF the
other officers elected under this act,
which shall be handed TO the clerk Of
the county or corporation court, to be
fled in his Office.
0. The returns Of the elections Of
Justices of the peace, of clerks ef'hc
county and circuit courts, Of attorneys
for the commonwealth, surveyors. shcr-
IFS, commissioners Of the revenue,
cous,ables and oversecrs of the poor
under this act, shall bo subject 10 Tho
cnquiey, determination and judgment
of the respective county and corpora !
ton courts, or Of the county c"url, in
case tue election was for "a county and
city, upon complaint of fifteen more
of the qualified voters of the county
or corporation. or Of the proper dis
trict, when the officer is elected by
district, Of all undue election or fulSe
return. two of whom shall take aud
subscribe an oath or affirmation that
the facts set forth in such complain,
are true, to tho best of their kn"wI-
c,l.r and belief; and tue said courts
.selI, in Judging Of said elections,
proc"ru /, ,nu ,;r merits thereof, and
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