Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-20
Secretary OF Convention
ENfTI.E

1t sha!!l! be the duty OF the officers condcct-
ing the election directed by law to be held ell
the fourth Thursday in May next, at the place.;
appointed for holding the same, to open L poll
to take the sense Of the qualified voters ct ms
Commonwealth upon the ratification Or rejec-
ton Of "An ordinance 10 repeal tie rat:hc&;!@:
of the Constitution cf the United States oi
America, b. the State of Virginia, and 10 re-
sumo all the rights aud powers granted Under
saiL Constitution" adopted in Convention Il
the city OF Richmond, on the seventeenth day
of April, one thousand eight hundred and fiH-
ty-one.
3. TIE poll book shall be headed THE Or
dinance of Secession" and shall contain two
columns, one headed "For Ratification" AID
the other, FOR R.jection;" and the nau:e; of
those who vote for the ratification OF the sud
ordinance shall he written under inc lorCier
heading, and the names Of those who vote fw
its reie cticn, shall be written under the latter
heading.
8. The said officers shall make return of tie
number Of persons voting for each propoSlti"a,
ct the time and in the manr2r provided b iSw
in tue case Of other elections, and snail forth
with deliver the returns, together with the ppil
books, to the clerks Of their respective coc'i-
tics and corporations, and it shall be the dnt!y
Of such clerks respectively to transmit liau!c.
dialely to the Governor Of the Commonwealth,
copies OF the said returns so delivered TO th";:!.
(. TT: governor shall, without delay, ntthc
proclamation Of the result, stating therein The
aggregate vote for and against the ratification;
TO be published in such newspapers n the State
us may DO deemed requisite for general ;f:ic:-
nation; anil # a majority Of said votes be cast
for the raIif :a;iv.. Of the said ordinance, lie
shall annex t. his proclamation a copy ~taercoI,
together with this schedule.
8. The Secretary CT the Commonwealth at&.i
cause to be sch: 10 the clerks Q: each county
and corporation, as many copies OF this sciGa-
uie and ordinance aforesaid Us there :.c p.ac-s
u voting therein, and three copies 10 cac!. oi
the military commanders hcreinaitc. referred
tn, usiLg special messengers for that purpose,
when necessary. And it shall be The DUTY o:
the said clerks 10 deliver the same to the s.:"r-
IFS for distribution, whose duty it shall be
forthwith to post the said copies at some pub
lie place in each election district.
4. The expenses incurred in providing poll
books and iii procuring writer's to enter the
names Of the voters therein, shall be betrayed
az in the case Of the election VI meMoers 10
the &c, cr-l Assembly.
T. The qualified voters Of the commc!-
wealth who may he absent from the counties
or corporations uf their residence on the day
Of election, in t:c military service OF The STATE,
may vote fDi the ratification or rejection Of
the said ordnance at suciI place Or places
with their ~encanpiuent, or as the commaEder
ct such encanpuielt shall designate, whether
the said en~canpncnt shall be within the lini-
it's Of this Stale UT not. For each place 81
voting he shall appoint a superintendent, three
commissioners, and as I2any clerks as Shall be
necessary, VIII, after having been frs! duly
sworn by him, shall perform the duties lc.
quircI Of, and be- liable TO tho penalties i'm
posed upon such officers Jude. the election
Laws Of this State.
s. The olicers conducting the sa;d election
shall on tho day after the election, or as &oor
thereafter as may be, deliver the poll book %
their said commander, who shall :oItasith
forward the saIne to the Governor Of this Com
monwealth, who shall count the said votes in
ascortainins the resell Of the SAID election in
the State.
g. That the election for members Of Con-
gross iur this State to the House Of ReprcSen-
tati"cs III the Congress Of the United states,
re9uitr! by law to &c held on tho fourth Jhurs-
d.y ~ Nay next, is hereby suspended ard
prohibit: Il until otherwise ordained by this
C~onvcanu3.
Done IN ConTention in the city Of Richmond,
on M ,~enty.fourth day of April, eighteen
hunLl d and sixty-onc, and in the eighty
fifth year of the Commonwealth Of Virginia.
4 true copy.
join l.. EUBANK,
Sec'y of Coma.