Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-28
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iop'ofi@t inr 'rtlhS ny PERSONS III tpe Ulllt-
tary service snd persons absent from their
re.prctiss counties and corporations, Oil
account of tn, presence Of The public enemy.
il cleo icn' Tor ,nsnLers of Congress, and
fur Governor, Lieutenant Governor aud
Attorney tisncraI, snd for members of the
GourIa Assembly, aud to amend and r.-
enact tie thi'd section Of chapter eight OF
tia CJdo Of Virginia, edition Of 1860.
Passed March &c, 1863.
lbs It enacted BY tho Gsneral Assembly,
That during the present war the qualified vo-
tnrs If this Comnonwcnlth, who may BIO in
tte niiii.-y Esryios of tho State or % the
Confederate States, on tho dry Of any general
! o. sIecisl eIsc.ioa for nenbers of the u,use
Of Representatives. NJ tho Confederate States,
| or VI any election for Governor, Lieutenant
GoTrIror and Attorney Gouei al for this State,
may voie in such election, a. such pace or
places Within their regiment M the comman-
LGrt Of such rfgin' nt shalt designate, whnth
or such regiment lie within tbs limits Of this
State or not.
2. For each place Of voting tho commaa
iLnt II n, rSsiieut shall detail y euperin-
| .endsn5. tarso Comm s>ioners und ss many
cierka "a shall b, necessary. who sfterbeine
first duly sworn Is him, shall peform me du
ties required of sod bb liable to tile penal
| tic, iGpofed npCn soch nti,e,s by the cleo
ton ,ews Of tho State. Tho qualified voters
in any company CT battalion unattached, or
| IN dot. ched icr'ics. may vote il like mar
nrT; the office i'll command detsilng sInilsr
officers 10 p"'ip.m similar duties, who shall
| he i,spIe 70 like penalties. Tue Eall coin:nIs-
sipre.a :siall oren polls on the day of any
| such eecti0n for members Of Congress, for
| each disric; enttltd to representation in
| said Congress, for which there shall bevr-
| ters in said regiment, battalion or company
| desiring to vote; ord on tho day OF Any elst
| riou for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
Alta neg Ganersl, tbey shall also open polls
:, such last NAMED officers. The qualified
v0ts!a who present themselves to votv, shall
he asked by sa'd commissioners from what
| district they conc, and each voter Shall vote
| for person TO represent tho di'trict FROM
| which hs Genes; and his psmo shall &c re-
corded en- thu poll bock opened for that dis
lrict, aid also on the poll book for Cover
nor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney Gen.
sral, W hen al election for sucn last named
vtf1csrs shall be held: and when thu polls
taken IS aforesaid shall be closed, the con-
miliian,rs holting tho said election ehsll
max. and rettify statement Of the said
polls to the se1or officer commanding the
LEoops vt lie point " here such regiment may
| be, II there be- aly such officer, and il not,
| Il On to The commsI daDt of the Tegimspt, un-
attached or detached battalion OF. company,
VINO shall appoint scmn person whose duty
il snail DE to take oil tie polls and statements
| Ghieh my hsTs been SO taken and certified
| to tho Secretary of tie Commonwealth, with
| in fifteasn t,aYs sficr the commencement CT
such election.
2. Tho qualified Vores Of my county or
coTpor alton, stsen. therelfom because of the
p esencs of the public enswy, on the day
appointed for airy such elscrJn AZ 10 men
tionui in tho frat section, u ", during the
existing WET, vote in any srch elecAon In
which they would TO en.Il.:i to vote # in
the county or cor ratiuu Of their domcil,
at ire ,iir. house CT anr county or cor
porstivn ia The Sta1e where they may
happen to BIZ on tho day Of said cleo
ton If any o.her election is held at
at lie game liAe, ths OFF ers holding said
election shall open tho p,i. I'D receive the
votes heron authorized 10 ne polled, o. Pc
scrited by law ia cases Of other elections !;
bnt if no otaef election BIZ then held than
such st which the parsons mentioned In this
section ere authorized to vote, then poll shall
bs opened Dy tho clerk Of the county court.
ANY sucn person desiring to vote in such
election, shall mako oath before the clerk, or
othc- officer conducting the election, that be
believes he would be entitled 10 vote therein
if in the county or corporation of his domi-
ell q; and thereupon his vots shall be- recoi oed
on The proper poll. When such polls shall
be closed, the off 9 conducting tho election
ahall certify the &c and the corr ctness of
tnn polls at g.. !.ye thereof. and shall trans-
NIT zach + uock, 60 certified, by mail, pre-
paying llc lostsge thereon, to the Secretary
of this Commonwealth within fifteen days
after the commencement Of the election.
4. BE it further enacted, that tho third
eect.ou Of chapte- sight OF the Cods Of Viz
ginis, edition Of eighteen hundred and sixty,
be amended and re enacted 90 IS to read As
follows:
sSec. 8. In cases Of elections for election
districts. or a.nstoriAl or ngressi0nal dis
tricss, tho commissioners experimenting the
election st tie Court Houses of the several
counties or corporations forming such dis
tricts, shall, within thrss days ss.sr such
election is concluded, deliver . certified state
msnt Of the result Of the election in said
ecnpty, to he ascsrtained by comparing the
polls of Inc different voting places in ssid
county. and striking therefrom such votes