Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-05-26
PROCL4MATIONS.
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BY THE GOV EkfsOR Or VIRGINIA.
4 PROCLAHA1ION.

BY the Ordinance OF the Convention and the laws
tine ealth, 1t pre- zcflDed that election
shali be held On the Fourth thursday OF My next
oelng the zoth day Of the month"; for the ing DIN
GERS, tU-wit
For the ele9 9tron OF Governor Lieutenant Governor
isep esehlalVes ot the Confederate States each
oongressiohai District IA this state In elec
tlons the qualhed voters all the counties
election DISTRICTS entitled to representatun in tne
commonwealth, may Vote at the several places OF vo
ing pesc bed ny Laws and also the qualified voters
who may be III tie military State u
Ghe Confederate states, may such place oI
iaces witaln thclr regiment as the comma andant VI
saen regiment s I'll designate, whether such regiment
De wIthlu the limits o tLs State not; quaiined
voters IN any company battalion u4a ttacheu or Ill
detached service may vote IN like manner and the
Yuallh d voters ot any county corporations aDseu
tneretIOm because oI The presence or enem
nay vote at the court house Of any county corpOr4
iion IN the State ynere rney MAY happen be the
day of said electlun sf
For the election OF iaber of the Board of Pubic
Works for the IAird District. this election The
qualified voters Vt The following sounues entitled
audra Fairfax, au4uier, Loudeun, jefferson Clarke
arren, Page, ohenandoah ttardy, frederick, t1amp
shire, berAeiey, Morgan, Pendeton, Randolph, Bar
bOur Upshur, iuoAef. Nane, Harrison, Preston
nongalla Marion, Taylor, Dr4xton, Aewls Doddrid.
| Tyler, Wetzel, Glsraha,i UhIo brooke, .iancock
| nltchie, Glimer, Mood, " RI, Mason, Jaekson ano
Peasants Also th~ ,aa 1eu voters OF any county
toration OF said astrla absent
presence ot &c. puDi enemy, may at tue
house OF unty rporaIIon in the
W here they may happen T. ne on the da1 OF said eeo
For the erection OF the nators in the State Senate
the second ciass oin, ne countess cities and eec
districts composing IN hrst third, fifth, seventh
ninth, eleventh, tnIrteHhth, fifteenth Seventeenth
nineteenth twenty nrst, wenJy third, twenty fifth
twenty seventh, twenty lntn thirty first, thirty
third thirty fttn thrtyseventh, thirty nnth forty
irst fort third ory httn forty seventh fortynintL
districts des1gniteu the fourth section OF tht
fourth rtic OF the Constitution OF the State Ant
the election OF memDers OF the nouse Of Delegates
all The countess cities and election districts tht
entitled TO representation. In these elections the
qualified voters who authorized In the
CIon OF Governor, as herelhbet0re designated are al
so entitled TO vote.
Therefore, L, JOHN LEICHER, Governor of tbs
| Commonwealth OF Virginia, by virtue authority
vested the Executive, by law, do hereby proclaim
ana make known that ali The elections hereinDeforS
LII oned Shall cake place on the day desgna. ed al
the places prescribed and IN the mode prescribed by
laa and in conformity TO request made by the Pres
OF the Cone. states, issued an order t.
all comm. .naants ot camps posts and detachments
command OF Virginia troops requiring them to give
aid the due execution vi the ordnance OF tne
Convention and OF this providing for these elec
tiOns.
BY Joint resoiu Jon OF the General Assembly pass
ed on the 30h Il arch last, is provided
such the counties OF the Commonwealth in
the occupation OF the public enemy that the sessions
ofthe county be held herin and commits
OF election cannot D appointed 1t shall be law
restored contr0l the ensuing elections,
and county court shall to act for any
justice Vt the peaee to appoint commissioners of eIec
LIONS ad elections 10 be held in pursuance
of the laws Ii
By act passed z4th of March last, 1t pro-
yided ''that wherever by OF the presence Or
power the pubic eneuiy election be held at
the court house OF any county, it shall be lawful for
the commissioners Or Tree nodes present and agreeing
act commissioners at any regular place OF voting
in said county, 10 appoint conductor at such place,
If none be present snail be vested with
powers and take tne same uaths, be subject to the
same penalties anu pertorm the same duties
pfuviaed by law,
Superb Of elections at military posts who
may appointed coudUcr any ssld elections by
making reqpisitions upon yn5iic printer stating
the mum who vail probaD9S be poled iii
election by them, viii be with
poll books properly headed and With extracts
laws necessary. ior tnelr direction and guidance.
The act oi Assembly Ito provide for voting by per
in lne military service, anu persons absent from
their respective COUNTIES, &C. passed March2oth, 1865,
and tie ordinance the Cow rete1red
act app this pr0clane ton Officers, civ.l
and military, viii De regulated by the requlr ements
therein prescribed.
49, GIyeA uader my hand a. aos er1or, and un-
der the the Com ealth OF Virginia,
wv lnis TN da, OF April, Ioo5 il tne eighty
enth year of the Commonwealth.
JOHN LETCHER.
By the Governor:
GEO. w. MUNFoRD,
Secretary OF the Commonwealth.