Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-06-17

er election district unless delivered at the clerks
office by one of the judges of the election held in
SucT township, or election district.
Sec %. That on the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober, eighteen hundred and ffty-two, and at ev-
erp period of two years thereafter the electors of
each congressional district that now is or which
shall hereafter be laid of and established shall
vote for suitable person or persons to represent
this StVte in the congress of the United States,
for the term Of two years, to commence on the
fourth day Of March next thereafter.
SEC. %. That the clerk of the court of COM
mon pleas in each county to whose Office return
Of votes shall be made under fhe provisions of this
act shall, in addition to the copy required to be
forwarded to the Secretary of State, by the twen-
tyfrSt section of this act, make out, from the re-
turns in his Office, separate abstract of votes for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor OF State, Treasurer of State Attor-
ney General, Members of the Board of Public
Works, Judges Of the Supreme Court, and Repre-
sentatives 10 Congress, (which he shall seal and
direct 10 the Secretary of State, and endorse on
the outside or cover thereof, the following Words
"Abstract of votes for the officers in this section
named, naming such,) returned to the clerks
office Of, (nserting the name of the county;(' and
the clerk shall sign his name thereto; and it shall
be the duty of the clerk to forward such abstract
to the Secretary of State, within twenty days after
such election.
SEC "a. That within ten days after the first day
of December, next after such election, the Cover
nor and Secretary of State, in the office of the Sec
Tetary Of State in the presence Of the Auditor OF
State and Attorney General shall open the returns
made to the Secretary of State for members of the
Board of Public Works, Judges of the supreme
court, and Representatives to Congress; and if it
shall appear that returns have been received from
all the counties, agreeable to the provisions OF
this act, the Governor and Secretary ofSate shall
forthwith proceed to ascertain the number Of votes
given To the different persons for the office OF
Board ofPublic Works, for the Office of Judge ol
the supreme court, and for Representatives to
Congress in each congressional district.
SEC. 25. That if such return shall not have
been received from all the counties as aforesaid,
and abstracts shall have been received by the
Secretary of State, from such delinquent counties,
ngreeaby to the provisions of the twenty first
section Of this act, the Governor and Secretary
of State shall be governed, far as ii relates to
such delinquent counties, by the last mentioned
abstracts and the persons having the highest
number Of votes for the respective Offices named
in the twenty-fourth section Of this act, shall be
considered duly elected.
SEC. 26. That iii shall appear, from the re-
turns and abstracts aforesaid, that any two more
persons, in any Of the congressional districts,
have the highest and an equal number Of votes
for Representative to Congress, the Governor and
Secretary Of State shall decide by lot which OF
said persons shall be duly elected; and the Cover
nor shall give TO each peISon SO duly elected
Representative to Congress, certificate of his
election; which certificate shall be signed by the
Governor, and sealed with the Great Seal of the
Slate, and counterSigned by the Secretary Of
State. at
SEC. 2I. That il the General Assembly shall
ecutve officers of this State, the Governor and
Secretary OF State, within Ave days thereafter, in
the Office Of the Secretary Of State, in the presence
Of at least two Of the Judges Of the supreme