The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-02
SCHEDULED

SCHEDULED
II shall be the duty OF the officers conducting
the election directed by law /, be held on the
fourth Thursday in May next. at The places APP
pointed for holding the same. TO open poll to
COmmonv ealth upon the ratlhcati IN or rejection
of IAN ordinance TO amend the Constitution Of
and lad sections Of the 4th article OF the psesent
Constitution adopted in Convention at the city
one thousand sisht hundred aud sixty:.ne
q The poll book shall BIZ headed amend 10 ent
to the Constitution OF Virgins" and shall con
ment," and the other against the Amendment,
and the names of those who vote for the amend
nsnt shall be written under ths former heading,
and the name, OF those who vote against the
amendment shall be written under the latter
heading.
g. The said officers shall make return Of the
number Of persons voting for each proposition, at
the time and in the manner provided by law "a
the case Of other elections, aud shall f0rthw1! b
deliver the returns, together with the poll books,
the Clerks Of their respective counties nd cor
respectively to transmit Immediately to the Gov
erunr of the Common wealth, copies OF the said
returns 80 delivered to them.
The Governor shall, without DELAY, make
Proclamation of the result. stating therein the
aggregate vote for and against the ratification to
be published IN such newspapers In the State as
may be deemed req uisite for general information
aud majority OF said votes be cast for the rati
hcation of the said Ordinance, he shall annex to
his Proclamation copy thereof, together with
s. The Secretary of the Commonw ealth shall
cause 10 be sent TO the Clerks of each coanty and
corporation many copies OF this Schedule and
Ordinance aforesaid as there are places of voting
therein, and three copies to each OF the military
commanders hereinafter referred to- using special
messengers for that purpose when necessary; =
And il shall be the duty Of the said Clerks to de-
liver the same to the Sherifs for distribution,
whose duty ii shall be forthwith to post the said
copies at some public place in each election dis
trict.
8. The expenses incurred in providing poll
books, and IN procuring writers to enter the
names OF the voters therein, shall be betrayed as
in the of the election Of members to the Gen.
eral Assembly.
T. The qualified voters OF the Commonwe alth
who may be absent from the counties or corpora
lions of their residence the day of election in
ratification or rejection Of the said Ordinan at
such place or places within their encampment or
0s the commander at such encampmant shall de-
signxte, whsther the said encampment shall be
within the limits of this State or not. For each
place OF voting he shall appoint superintendent:
be necessary, who, after having been first duly
sworn BY him, shall perform the duties required
Of, and ba liable to the penalties imposed upon
such officers under the election laws OF this State.
the day after the election, as soon thereafter
rs may be, deliver the poll books to their said
commander, who shall forthwith forward the
same to the Governor Of this Commonw ealth, who
shall count the said votes In ascertainng the re-
suit Of the said election in the State.
Done in Convention, in the city Of Richmond,
on the twenty fourth day of April, eighteen hun :
dred and sixty one, and In the eighty fifth year
Of the Commonwealth of Virginia:
true copy. john L. EuBANK,
Secretary Of Convention.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,)
April ~. 1851
The following Ordinances Of The Convention OF