Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-19
AN ACT.


10 provide for voting by psrscas in tue mill.
tsry service, and Persons sbsent from thslr
respective counties md corporations, On
account ofthe presence Of the public enemy.
in elections for members of Congress, and
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor ard
Attorney General, aud for monitors Of the
General Assembly, snd to amend and re-
enact tie third section Of chapter eight OF
the Code Of Virgins, edition of 1860.
Passed March &c, 1863.
/. Be- it enacted by. tho General Assembly,
that during the present war the qualified vo-
ters Of this Commonwealth, who may be in
the military service of the State or OF tho
Confederate States, on The day of any general
or special election for members Of tae House
Of Representatives Of tho Confederate Stntea,
or OF any election for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Attorney General for this State,
may vote in ouch election, o. ouch place or
places within their regiment So tho cUmm.n-
dsnt of such regiment Shall designate, whaih.
or such regiment be within the limits Of this
State or EUr.
.. For each place Of voting the commar.
don't Of tbs regiment shall detail supe-in-
tendsnt three commissioners, and ss many
CLERKS az Snail bo necessary, who, ate, being
first duly sworn by him, shall peform the du-
ties required Of ard be liable 10 the pena!-
ties imposed upon such officers by tho elec-
ton laws OF the State. The qualified voters
In any company or battalion unattached, or
on detached service, may vote in like man-
ner, the officer in command detailing similar
officers to perform similar duties, who shall
be liable to like penalties. The said commits
sioners shall open polls on the day of an.
such election for members of Congress, for
each district entitled to representation in
said Congress, for which there shsll be vc-
| ters in said regiment, battalion or company
desiring to vote; and on the day OF any cleo
tioa for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
Attoi ney General, they shall also open polls
FIR such last named officers. The qualified
voters who present themselves to vote, shall
be asked by eaid commissioners from wha
district they come, and each vote. shall vet
for person to represent the district from
which he comes; and his name shall be re-
corded on the poll book opened for that dis
trict, snd also on the poll book for Cover
nor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney Con-
eral, when an election for such last named
officers shall be held: and when the polls
taken IS aforesaid shall be closed, the COM
misscnsrs holding the said election shall
make and certify statement Of the said
polls to the senior officer commanding tue
troops at the point whore such regimen: may
be, if there be any such officer, and If not,
then to the conmAnd.nt Of the regiment, ur-
attached or detached battalion or company,
who shall appoint some person whose duty
it shall be to take all the polls and statements
which may have been 80 taken and certified
to the Secretary ofthe Commonwealth, with
in fifteen days after the commencement Of
such election.
8. Tho qualified voters of any county or
corporation, absent therefroIn because of the
presence of the public enemy, on the day
appointed for any such election az is men
toned in the first section, msy, during the
existing war, vote in any such election in
which they would DO entitled to veto # in
the county or corporation of thoir domici.
ut the court house Of any county or cor
poration 10 the State where they may
happen to be on the day Of said cleo
ton. If any other election Is hold at
ut the Same time, the Officers holding said
election shall open the poll aud receive the
votes herein authorized to be pollsd, ss pre-
scribod by law in casss Of other elections
but if no other election be then hold than
such at which tho persons mentioned in this
section are authorized to vote, then poll shall
be OPENED by the clerk of tho county court.
Any such person desiring to vote in such
election, shall make oath before the clerk, or
other officer conducting the election, that he
believes be would be oGtitled to vote ths!ein
if in the county or corporation Of his domi-
Gil !; and thereupon his vote shall be recorded
on the proper poll. When such polls shall
BIO closed, the officer conducting tho election
shall certify the result and the corr ctEess Of
the polls ut tho foot thereof, and shall trans
NIT such poll book, 80 certified, By mail, pre-
paying the postage thereon, to the Secretary
Of this Commonwealth, within fifteen dsya
after the commencement of the election.
4. Be it further enacted, that tho third
section Of chapter eight of the Code of Vir-
ginis, edition of eighteen hundred and sixty,
be amended and re ensctsd so rs to read as
follows:
"Sec. 3. In cages Of elections for election
districts, or senatorial or congressional dis
tricta, the commissioners experimenting the
election at the. court Houses Of the several
counties or corporations forming such dis
tricte, shall, within three days after such
election is concluded, deliver certified state
ment of the result of the election in said
comfy, to DO ascertsined by comparing the