Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-06
The Revised Election Law

March.
ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS
WHEN ELECTIONS To TAKE PLACE. ,yn -.
OF OFFICE There shall he elected h..
voters In each county clerk Of the 60.
! courth, q surveyor, an attorney for the co..
monwealth, sheriff and commissiooo-
many commissioners Of the revenue a.
be authorized by law: and in each Of tbs
pOrations OF Richmond, DinyIlle, Siam
and Williamsburg, by the voters tbs,s,S
respectively, comml,siOnOoi the reya,r,
or so many commissioners as nav no ,r,L--1
lied by law; in each county for which =.
cult court is held, clerk Tor such CONF:
the city Of Richmond sheriff; 10 each 80.
! in which circuit court Is he d. an arr6-,s,
! for the commonwealth and n clerk f., -
court, in each district laid of by comuj..',
ers under the act providing Tor district,
the counties, passed April ,, 1852 four IN.
tees of the peace 10 every such distr,c, -.
constable, and in every such district bv d,
voters without the limits of @ town that >.
vides for It's poor, one oyerseer of the n,,.
or such additional number as the cour, -,
county may direct. Said election shall !.
held for such clerks and surveyors on the ~
/ Thursday in May in every sixth YEA; !.
/ said justices Of the peace, attorneys n- H.,
I commonwealth ami oYerseers Of the moor ~,
/ the same day in every fourth ye.r and -
sheriff, commissioners of the reyenu, a.
constable-on the same day in every se,,ri
year; counting in each case frOm the fau,,b
Thursday 10 May, 1852: provided that Tho
constables elected under this act shall has,
power to perform the duties Of their ,tT,a +,
districts other than those in which they ge,s
elected; and provided further that the voter.
of the cities of Norfolk, PETERSBURG and Mi
liamsburg. and of the towns of Frederick.
burg, Lynchburg, Winchester and DauvIlle
! shall Dot he authorized to vote tor suryey.-
| for the several counties in which thew ara
respectively lpcated.
63. COMMISSIONERS or TIE REVENUE: HOW
ELEcTED.--Tne number of commissioners d;
the revenue Tor each county or corporsa.r
shall be that prescribed by law and ther.
shall be elected as aforesaid. for each reye
nue. district laid otf as prescribed by law. one
commissioner, who shall, during bis term Ci
Office, reside in the district Tor which be VA.
elected, and bis removal thereir0m .ha.. "a.
cate bis office; provided, that the voters re.It
! ing within any corporation who are hereby
authorized to elect q commissioner Of the res.
enue for such rpOratlon, shall not vote e.
! the commissioners OF the revenue Tor the c5ur.
ty within the limits 10 which sucn cOrpJra,iy1
may lie.
Ga. COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICER, T. Cos.
DUCT ELECTIONS L ectiJns iJr county If.
cers shall 10 all respects conform u tie mat.
ner prescribed for general elections; aui CON.
mssioners to superlntend the same ST de
court house and at each several place Of ele
ton, officers to conduct the same, writer. 81
regular elections, or at elections 10 gu vscsn
cies, shall be appointed in the manner, 5t,t
eG with the powers, subject to the same 10.
ties, and liable to the same penalties a. 81
prescribed in this act for experimenting So.
conducting general elections, except 70 tara
the same may be modified by the subSs3lI'
sections of this act; provided, that nothing,
this act shall be construed a. regeIIlDg .5a
provisions of the act passed April - ~,
entitled an act TO elect certain State AMI NJ.
nicipal officers within the city %! Petersburg
IS. OFFICERS TO EXAMINE POLLS AND DE-
eide ELECTIONS AND WITHIN WHAT TIyE-la
cases Of an election OF an officer Of a cOrpOrs
ton, the commissioners experimenting TIE
same in the respective wards, or by voters o.
the whole county, the commissioners conduct
ing the same at the court house. and 10 tie
case of an election 10 district, the c0mmI..
sioners experimenting the same shalI, viii
in six days from the commencement Of The
election, examine the polls, ascertain the -
suit, aud declare the per.on or persons Ii
whom the greatest numberot y0tesw glTe',
to be elected; or if the greatest number %
votes be equal for two or more persons, The
com missioners experimenting the eiccu)nA
each ward, county or district, shall iorih"'1
decide by lot to whom the certificate shall 10
given, and shall set up at the front door oitl.
courthouse notice thereof.
&C. RETURNS OF ELECTIONS OF JCsuCES --
The commissioners experimenting such eIec
tons shall, within ten days after commence
ment OF an election, make true duplicate 's
turns Of the elections Of Justices OF the peace.
one of which returns they shall ior;bV''6
transmit by mail to the governor TO be pre-
served in his Office, and the other rc!g'a'
shall be handed to the clerk Of the county
court, 20 be filed 10 his Office and the -a-
clerk shall Immediately send . certified cory
of such return to the secretary OF the en-.
monwealtb, who shall preserve the same %
bis office. The said commissioner sha
make true returns of the other officers eiee'e.
under the sxty-iourth section of this act &
the clerk of the county or corporation c5ufi
to be filed in bis office.
g.. CONTESTED ELECTIONS; now PROCEED
ED IS.-Tbe returns OF the elections OF J1'i.
ces Vt the peace, Of clerks of the county 80!
circuit courts, of attorneys for the commit.
wealth, surveyors, sherf-, Commissioner %
the revenue, constables, and Overse,rs OF '1'
poor. under this act, shall be subject b ~.
enquiry, determination and Judgment Of "'
respective county and cOrpUr4,IOn courts,
of the county court in case the election va
for county and city, upon compliant o, s
teen or more OF the qualified voters o' .D'
county or corporation, or OF the proper Dr.
trict, of an undue election or false return, ",
Of whom shall take and subscribe al oat' .
affirmation that the facts set forth 10 'H.'
are true, 70 the best OF Their sh,'
ledge and belief. And the said court 'ua'
in Judging Of said elections, proceed open 70.
merits, thereof, and shall determine h1'9
concerning the same, according to the c .a
and laws Of this commen"ea'-
and such complaint shall not be valid OF :,
garded by the court, unless the same 20"
have been filed, within ten day after the s.[
ton, 10 the clerks office Of the proper .O'-
and when the complaint il Of undue e'e''.,
or false return of q justice Of the peace y.
clerk OF the said court shall immediate! :e'
tify to the governor the decree Of sa!i el..,
when made, and in whose favor 5Gca c9'E
ted alectinn shall hala Terminated: 81. y.