Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-22
Secretary Of Convention
SCHEDULE.

1t shall tt the duty Of the officers conduct.
ing the election directed by law to be held on
The fourth Thursday in May next, at the places
appointed for holding the same, 10 OPEN a poll
to take the sense o. the qualified voters Of this
Commonwealth upon tho ratification or rcjec-
lion Of IAN ordinance to repeal the ratification
Of the Constitution Of the United States al
America, by the State Of Virginia, and to re-
sumo all the rights and powers granted under
said Constitution" adopted in Convention at
the city Of Richmord, OIL the seventeenth day
Of April, one thousand eight hundred and six.
ty-0nc.
.. The poll book shall be headed THE Or
dinance 81 Secession" and shall contain two
columns, ono headed "For Ratification" and
the other, For Rejcction;" and the names OF
those who vote for the ratification Of the said
ordinance shall be written under the former
heading, and the names Of those who vote for
its rejection, shall he written under the latter
heading.
3. 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
in the case of other elections, and shall forth
with deliver the returns, together with the poll
books, to the clerks Of their respective c0un-
ties and corporations, ind it shall be the duty
of such clerks respectively TO transmit imme-
iiatcly TO the Governor Of Inc Commonwealth,
copies Of the said returns 50 delivered to them.
+. The governor shall, without deny, make
proclamation Of The result, stating therein the
aggregate vote for ana against the ratification;
10 be published in such newspapers in the State
rs may be deemed requisite for general inlcr-
nation; and if majority Of said votes be cast
for the ratif :ation of the said ordinance, he
shall annex t. his proclamation q copy thereof,
together with this schedule.
8. The Secretary Of the Commonwealth shall
cause 10 be sent 10 the clerks Of each county
and corporation, as many copies Of this schcd-
ule and ordinance aforesaid as there are places
uf voting therein, and three copies to each Of
The military commanders hereinafter referred
to, using special messengers for that purpose.
when necessary. And it shall be the duty OF
the said clerks to deliver the same TO the sher-
ills for distribution, whose duty it shall be
forthwith to post the said copies at some pub.
lie place in each election district.
6. The expenses incurred in providing poll
looks and in procuring writers 10 enter the
names Of the voters therein, shall be betrayed
as in the case Of the election Of members 10
the General Assembly.
:. The qualified voters Of the olnmon-
wealth who may he absent from the counties
or corporations OF their residence on the day
OF election, in tho military service Of the State,
may vote for The ratif cation or rejection o!
the said ordinance at such place Or places
with their c%ncampment, or us the commander
Ut such cncarnpnlent shall designate, whether
the said encampmcnt shall he within the lin.
its Of this State or not. For each place Of
voting he shall appoint 1 superintendent, three
commissioners and ms many clerks as shall be
necessary, who, after having been first duly
sworn by him, shall perform the duties re-
1uired OF, and be liable TO the penalties iii.
posed upon such officers under the election
laws of this State.
5. The officers conducting the said election
shall ON the day after the election, or as soon
thereafter Is may be, deliver The poll books to
their said commander, who shall forthwith
forward the same To the Governor Of this Com
monweallh, who shall count The said votes in
ascertaining the result Of I'll" aid election in
the State.
.. That the election for 'ur'nbers OF Cor-
greSs for this State to the H",.~e Of RepreScn-
t~atives of the Congress Of TIC United States,
required by law TO be held on lie fourth Thurs
day in May next, is her"ny suspended and
prohibited until otherwise ucdaiIIrd nv this
Convention.
| Done in Convention in the city o. Richmond,
on the twenty.fonrth day Of April. eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, aud in the eighty
filth yeur Of the Commons ealth O.! Virginia.
\ true copy.
JOHN L. EUBANK.
Scc'y Ct: Comm.