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

To provide for voting BY persons in the military
service, and persons absent from their respective
counties ana corporations, on account of the
presence Of the public enemy, in election for mem
bcrs of Congress, and for Governor, Licutenant
Governor and Attorney General, and for mem
rc-enact the third section of chapter eight q the
Code of Virginia edition of 1850.
Pissed March &C. 1868. r..
/. Be it enacted by the General sscmbly, that
during TIE present the qualified voters of this
Commonwealth, who may be in the military service
of tn. State or Of the Confederate States, on the
day of any general or special election for members
of the House of Representatives of the Confederate
States of any election for Governor, Lieutenant
vote in such election, at;sich place places With
IN their regiment as the commandant OF such regi
ment shall designate, whether such regimenS Re
within the l'ttits OF this State or hot. -
2. For each place of voting the commandant Of
the regiment shall detail a superintendent, three
commissioners, and as many clerks as shall be nee
essary, who, after first being duly sworn by him,
shall perform the duties required of and be liable
to the penalties imposed upon such officers by the
election laws OF the State. The qualified YDters
r any company or battalion unattac hed, or on
detached service, may vote in Ike manner, the Of
ficer in command detailing similar officers to per-
form similar duties who shall be liable to like PEN
aties. The said commssi toners shall OpGr polls on
the day of any such election for me,nhe of Con-
gress for each district entitled to representation in
said Congress, for which there shall be voters in
said regiment, battalion or company desiring to
vote; and on the day of any election for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, they
shall also open polls for such last named officers.
The qualified voters who present themselves to vote
shall be asked by said commissioners. from what
district they come and each voter shall vote for a
person to represent the district from which he
comes; and this name shall be recorded the poll
book open for thst district, and also on the poll
book for Governor, Lieutcnant Goye:por ard At
torney General, when an electionIor such last nam
ed officers shall be held, and when the polls taken
as aforesaid shall be closed the commissioners ho
ding the SAID election shall make and certify a
statement of the said polls to the senior officer COM
handing the troops at the point where such regl-
ment may be, if there be any such officer, and II
not then to the co.mmandant of the regiment, un-
attached. or detached battalion or company, who
shall appoint person whose duty 1t shall be to
take all the polls and statements which may have
been so taken and certified to the Secretary OF the
Commonwealth, within fifteen days after Tie COM
mencement of such election.
3..Thc qua flied voters of any county or corpor-
alter absent therefrom because OF the presence OF
the public enemy, on the day appointed TOR any
such election as Is mentioned in the first section,
may, during the existing war, vote IN any such eec-
ton in which theywould be entitled to vote I'm
the county corporation OF this dom1cl at the
court house or any county or corporation IN sthe
State where they may happen to be on the oay OF
said election. If any other election is held at the
same time, the 6jficers holding said election shall
open the poll and receive the votes herein author,
lied to be polled, as prescribed by law in cases Of
other elections; but if not other election pc then
held than such at which the persons mentioned in
this section are authorized to vote, then poll shall
be opened by the clerk of the county court Any
such person desiring to vote in such election, shall
makerath before the clerk or other officer conduc-
ting the election that he believed he would be en-
titled to vote therein if in the county corpora
ton of his domicil and thereupon bis vote shall be
recorded on. the propel poll. When such polls shall
be closed the officer conduc ing the election shall
certify the result and the correctness OF the polls at
the foot thereof and shall transmit such poll book
so cert fed, by mall preparing the postage there