Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-22

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the dnty Of the Copmissioners icqpducti4g
the election ut the said. seYeral places of
voting at the same time, to cause polls TO
be eitaken for the election of Delegates to a
Convention TO form q Constitution for the.
government Of the proposed. State. 81 o.
Sgc. 3.sThe ConYention hereiubefore pro-
yiled for may, chang ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| bed in the first section of thisI,O Ordinances
| as tolinclude. within the proposed State
the counties OF Greepbrier and Rocahontas
or either of them, and also the counties OF
Hampshire, Hardys Morgan, aBerkeleyiaud
Jefferson, or! either of, them, and also such
other counties as liecontiguousto to 'theshtd
| Boundaries, or to the counties named In
this section; ifthe said counties to be ads
l,ded, or either of them 1y n majority. OF the
votes given, shall declare their wish to form
part of the proposed State. and shallelect
Delegates to the said ConVehtioni atelec-i
tions to he held at the time and inn the
manner herein provided foroani yisDoi1 5il
IS SIc.74., Poll Books shall ,beprepared' uns
der the direction ofthe Governor, for each
place of voting in the SEVERAL counties here
i,.haha-. rtinnesl with two senA rAt cnf;
umns, one rtofsbe' headed tiEori the New
State 1.-the other against the New State. y
And it sh,lllHb the 'dutynof the Gommis-!
sioners who superintended, nd!the officers
who conducted the election in May last, or
5sucE other persons as nthes Governor may
liappoint, to attend atltheir respective places
| of holding elections, land isuperintend and
conduct the election herein provided for
| And if the said Commissiohersan and Officers
I shallitail to attend at amy, suoh place of
I,holding elections, it sllallebe lawful forany
two freeholders present to act,6s1 COmthis-
sioners in experimenting said election; and
I to appoint officers TO conduct snid election!
| II shalt be the duty of such persons super
bintendiOg anhscOnduuting said election, to
employ clerks to ireCOrd the votes, and 10
endorse. on the respective poll books the
] expenses of the same.Haa so ts.1 lAl 2. E.
| gIfion the day herein provided for bold.
| ing such electionJ there shalla be in any of
the said counties, any military force, or
! any hostile nssemblHge of persons, SO as
to interfere with a full and free expression
\ of the will of the voters, they may assem.
hleiatnny other place within theiricounty,
and hold uu election MS herein provided
! fDr. ) 1t shall be theEdutya ofsuch Commits
sioners experimenting, and officers cea-
lddc;ing siIid election, aud the clerks en-
ployed to recOrd7the votes, each before en-
lteri0g upon the duties of his respective
/ office, to itRke, in Riditiou 10 the oath now
requircho by the general llelectionllnw,g tue
Iohlhiof Office prescribed by this ConSen-
tion.y q II shall be tie tlnty of the officers
Land commissioners aforesaid, as soon as
may he, aud not exceeding three days af-
ter said election to aggregate eachlof the
columns of said poll books. and ascertain
| the uumber of5votes rGcOrdedin eHchj and
Iunake Il return thereof TO the Secretary 2ot
/ the CommonWenlth,f in the City of Wheel
! ing; which return shall bein tho following
/ -, ell
h We; ---, Commissioners and -4----,
Iicouductipgy oliicer, do certify, that We
caused an election to be held at -.+=--- = in
the corf,t = i4f- semi. at which we psrusit-
ted all persons to, vote that were entitled
to do so under existing laws, aud that Of
fered to vote, and that we haze carefully
! ldded up each cnlumnsOf our poll books,
md ind the following result:4 For anew
State, - votes, Against o new Slate,
..---- votes; Given under our hands, this
- day - 1861.
n Under which certificate there shall be
added the following Nttidavit: g 7he hH.g
-lGonnty, to Wit;nHhLi 80 isi3ih
Dol, =- a Justice ofithe Peace, for any
officer rnowlanthorized bv law toyadminis-
ter oaths; in and for said county, do certi-
fy that the above onGmed commissioners
aud conducting ofIicerg severally made oath
before me that the certificate iby them
above signed, is strue: Given uhderamy
hand, this day of i,----.---- 1861. ,3si.i31
si7ggHi la 10 ..Hidi -.-----lJ.gP. 70
saThe origlnnIi poll books shall be care
fully kept by the conducting officers for
ninety days after the day Of the election,
aud upon the demHnd of Tie Executive
shall be delivered to such person as he may
authorize to demand aud receivG them.
SEC. o. The commissioners conducting