Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-30
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III this section, on demand OF the prop
er officer, shall show a written author
ity, signed by the quarter-master gen.
eral, or commandants ofdivisions, brig
AIDES, regiments, squadrons or battalions,
AAJoRs GENERALS ELECTION.
Sec. AZ. Whenever the Office of Ma
jor General becomes vacant in any or
all of the division of the volunteer mill
tia of this State for any cause whatev-
er, the Governor, through the Adjutant
General, shall Immediately give at least
thirty days notice in one or more news
papers published within the bounds of
each brigade, and if there is no newspa-
pers published in each or all said brig
AIDES, then he shall cause public notice
to be stuck up in at least five public
places within the bounds of each brig
ade, or during the electors to meet at a
certain time and place as follows; All
the commissioned and staff officers and
all legal electors within the bounds of
each brigade shall meet at the head quar-
tiers of the commandant of brigade, or
county seat of such brigade, and when
met,the highest officer in command who
is not a candidate shall preside, and shall
take two other electors present, who
are not candidates, as judges of said
election: and also one other ~elector, as
clerk of the election; and the judges
shall, between the hours of ten O'Clock,
A. NJ, and three O'Clock, p. NJ, of said
day, receive the ballots of the legal
electors, who reside within the bounds
of said brigade and the clerk shall enter
the name Of such electors in a book to
be proved for that purpose; and at the
close of the election the judges and clerk
same with the poll books, and shall
forthwith decide the state of the poll
to the electors present, and shall forth
with make out a true copy of the same
attested and signed by said judges and
clerk which copy shall remain in the
hands of the clerk, for the inspection Of
any legal voter wishing to examine the
same and until said Major General is
known to- have been. duly elected and
commissioned; but the original poll book
shall be forthwith sealed up and for
warded by mail to the Adjutant Gener-
al, who shall retain said poll book in his
hands for the space of fifteen days from
the date of said election, and if no no
tice is given by some one or more legal
electors of said division, that he intends
to contest said election, hen the Adju-
tant General shall forthwith cause a com
mission signed by the Governor to be
forwarded to said Major General elect.
And when there is no commissioned
and staff officers in any brigade, the le-
gal electors who are liable to do military
duty in the time of peace may meet at
the county seat of any county in which
they reside, and when met may choose
any four of the electors present who are
not candidates three of whom shall serve
as judges, and the fourth as clerk ofsaid
election, when said election shall in all
respects, be conducted as herein provi-
ded.
SEC. 49. Whenever there isany vol
unteer uniformed company situated so
that it is not convenient for the MEM
bers thereof to meet and hold their
elections at the head quarters Of the
c~ommandant of brigade or county seat
of the county in which they reside, then
such company may hold their election
at the most convenient place where they
usually parade, muster or drill, and
when met shall conduct their election as
near as may be, in the manner herein
before provided: Provided, that any le-
gal elector under the provisions of this
act, may vote at such time and place,
and with the members of any volunteer
or independent company for any Off
Ger above the rank of captain if it shall
appear to said legal voters to be the most
convenient place.
ELECTION FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL.
Sec. 40. Whenever the Office of
Brigadier General becomes vacant it shall
be the duty of the Major General of the
division to which such brigade belongs,
to order an election Immediately, by
giving twenty days notice in one or
more newspapers published within the
bounds of the brigade, but if there be
no newspaper published within the
bounds of such brigade, then by clus-
ing notice to be posted up in five public
places within the bounds of such brig
ade, ordering the legal electors to meet
al a certain time, and at the usual places
of holding elections, as h~ereinbefore pro-
uided for, and when met said election
shall be governed in all respects as here
inbefore provided, excepting that the
poll book shall be forwarded to the Ma
jor General or commandant or COM
mandant of division who ordered the
election instead of the Adjutant Gene
raj, and said Major General shall retain
said poll book, and if he is not notified
by any one or more legal voters of said
brigade within ten days from the date
of said election, that he or they intend
contcsting the said election, he shall GER
tify the same to the Adjutant General,
who shall Immediately cause a commits
sion to be forwarded to said General
elect.
ELECTION FOR FIELD y COMPANY OF
FICERS.
Sec SO. Whenever the Office ofCol-
oneI, Lieutenant Colonel, Majors, Cap
tains, or Lieutenants, become vacant, Or
a new company, squadron. battalion or
regiment created or set of, it shall be
made the duty of the Brigadier General
Of said brigade Immediately to give at
least ten days notice, within the bounds
of such company, squadron, battalion or
regiment, or brigade, by advertising in
two newspapers, or causing notice TO be
set up in FIVE public places, notifying