Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-05-01

on to the Secretary OF TINS COmmonWeaItn, Wieiiin
fifteen DAYS after the. commencement OF the cleo
ton. ..@ :
A. cit further enacted, that the third section ol
chapter eight of the Code Of Virginia, edition OF
eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended ana reen-
acted SO as to read as follows ~ i. ...aA ).
.sSec. 8. In cases of elections for election dis
trcts, or senatorial or congressional dlssricts inc
the commissioners experimenting the clect On AZ
the Court Hbuse Of the several counties or corpor-
ations forming such districts, shall within three
DAYS after such election is concluded deliver Ger,
titled statement Ct the result OF the saa
county to be ascertaned by comparing the pqlis o.
the different voting places in said county. ana str-
king therefrom such voters as are required py .am
to be stricken therefrom, to the officer conducting
the election at the COnrt House OF said county, or
to such other officers may legally act Tor him;
which said statement shalt be written in words and
not in figures, and shall conform as near as may De
to the form of the return rsquired to be made in
case of tho election of Governor. The officers conanc
ting the election at the Court House OF the several
counties shall meet at the Court House OF the cOun-
ty or corporation first named in the law describing
such districts which may not be in the possession
or power of the public enemy, on Ger tain day al
ter that appointed by law for the commencement
of such election; which certain day, in the of
an election from district of delegate, shall be
the eighth, of senator, shall be the twelfth ard of
representative in Congress, shall be the fifteenth
after such commencement. They shall compare
the returns from their respective countless and shall
declare eeced the person having the greatest num-
number Of votes be equal for two or more persons,
the officers attending shall decide to which of them
thew will give the certificate of election and if the
votes Of said ocersIbe eqaa also, they shall decide
forthwith by lot to whrm such certificate shall be
given 4 notice of said election shall forthwith be
given at tie door of the Court House where the
meeting is held In case of special elections to sup
ply vacancies, the time for the meeting of the re-
turning officers shall &c eAriier, if required in the
writ 81 elections provided. that during the existing
war on all elections for Henderson, the House OF
Representatives of the Confederate States, the Off
Der conducting the election at the court Eouse Of
the several counties shall transmit the certified
statenent OF the result of the election in this coY
ty, herein above required by;;ihail prepayinq tie
no tage thereon, to the Secretary of The common
wealth. within twenty days after the commence
ment of such election. H..
s. It shall be the duty If the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, within thirty days from t tls
mencement of any such election as is mentioned in
the preceding sections, to examine the polls re-
turned to him as aforesaid, and certify the state
of the same to the Governor, who SHALL declare
and make proclamation of the result ). and in case
two or more candidates have an equal number o.
votes for the same Office, the Governor shall de-
eide by lot to whom the shall be given, and
declare the result accordingly.
6. Be it further enacted, that upon the receipt
of anv polls under the provisions of the ordinance
(No. 95.) passed December the 9th, 1861, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall perform the
duties required by law to be performed by the
commissioners ana OlHcefS TO cOnducG Tic eIectOnS
at the court house, or by either of them, in the
same manner he is required by law in case such
polls had been received by him from the county or
district for which the election was held anu all
other proceedings shall be the same Us in such
cases.
T. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the du-
ty of the Governor of the Commonwealth to ise ne
his proclamation, giving notice to the qualified
voters of the State in the military service of the
State or OF the Confederate States, who may
be absent from the County CT corporation of their
residence, because. Of PIE presence Of the public
enemy Of their rights to- vote FOR members of the
General Assembly, By virtue of the provisions of
the first, second and fourth sections of the ordi-
nance passed by the Convention of Virginia No.
99) ON the 9th day of December, lS6lt and also tn
all whom it may concern, of the passage of this
! act, and of the rights and duties set forth in its
rovsions and it shall nrssseEs be his duty to re,
quest the President Of tlfo Confederate Sites co.
issue an order to all commandants of camps, posts
requiring them to give their aid in the due execu-
ton of the ordnance aforesaid and of this set.
/ s. The result OF the votes in camps and the &c.
suit of the votes OF persons absent from the:l
counties, cities towns, by reason of the presenc
oftte enemy, shall be forwarded by mail when
practicable, directed to the Secretary OF the )m
monw ealth when required to beTeturred tl4said
Secretary and directed to the clerk Of the county
city or town, when required to be returned to the
county, city or town. The officer conducting such
elections shall forward the result and preserve
Duplicate of the result so to be forwarded yerif
BY certificates of the oic n, and BY not less than
two other dsinterested persons. .ss;.T
/ 8. This act shall be IN force from its passage.
copy from the nQlls-teste,
WIN. f. GoRpoN, Jr.,
G. Il. D.. l. X. OF r. Va.