Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-04-24
AN ACT

TO provide for voting by persons in the military
service, and persons absent from their respective
counties and corporations, on account of the
presence of the public enemy, in election for men
bers of Congress-, and for Governor, Lieuten ant
Governor and Attorney General, and for mem
bers of the General Assembly, and to amend and
re-enact the third section, Of chapter eight Of the
Code OF Virginia edition Of 1860.
Passed March 26, 1865.
!. Belt enacted by the General Assembly, tha
during the present war the qualified voters of tbi
Commonwealth, who may be in the military service
OF the State or OF the Confederate States, on tie
day ofahy general Or special election for members
ct the Hodse of Representatives of the Confederate
St$seS, or or any election for Governor. Lieutenan
Governor and Attorney Genera, Of TITS State, may
vote in such election, at such place Or places with
in their regiment as the commandant of s,ich repi
ment shall designate, whether such regiment b.
within the limits Of this State or not
g. For each place of voting TIE; ccmnsandant q
the regiment shall detail superintendent. three
commissioners and as many clerks as shall be nee
essarY, who, AFTER hrst 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 voters
IL any company 5r battalion unattached Or on
detached service, may vote in like manner, the of
ficer IN command detailing similar officers to per
form similar duties, who shall be liable to like pen
altes. The said commits ioners shall open polls or
the day of any such election for members of Con
gres for each district entitled to representation in
said Congress, for which there shall Ee. Voters in
said regiment, battalli,sn company desrinp tf
vote; and On the day Of any elcc ton for Governor
Lieu ohant 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 fYrm which III
comes; and Ills rame shall be recorded on the pol
book opensfor that district, and also sOn the pol
book Tor Governor, lieutenant Governor and At
torney General, when an election for such last nam
ed officers shall be held, and when the polls taken
as aforesaid shall be closed, the commissioners ho
ding the sand election shall make and certify 3
statement of the said polls the senior Officer com
manding the troops at the point where such regi-
ment may be, il shere be any such officer, and il
not, then to the co,umandant of the regiment, ur-
attached or detached battalion or company, Vic
shall appoint some person whose duty it shall be t6
take all the polls and statements which smav haze
been so taken and certified to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, within fifteen days after the com
mencement Of such election.
y. The qua, flied voters of any county or corpor-
aton absent tkerefrom because Of the presence Of
the public enemy, On the day appointed for any
such election as is mentioned in the first section
may, during he nsisting war, vote in any such cleo
ton In which they would be entitled to vote fin
the county or corporation Of this dcmicl, at the
court house or any county or corporation in the
state where they may happen to be on the day of
~ oeAo4.. II any oIHCi cicSeioh 10 HeIu dC the
same time, the officers holding said election shall
open the poll and receive the votes herein author
lzed to be polled, prescribed by law in of
other elections; but if not other election be 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 cEurt. Any
such person desiring to vote in such election,
makeoath 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 or corpora
ton OF his domicil and thereupon bis vote shall be
recorded on the prope. poll. When sucs polls shall
be closed, the officer conducting the election shall
certify the result and the correctness of the polls at
the foot thereof and shall transmit such poll book
so certified by mail, preparing the postage there
on, to the Secretary of this Commonwealth, within
fifteen days after the commencement OF the elsc-
tiOn.
T. BE- it further enacted, that the third section Of
chapter eight of the Code of Virginia edition OF
eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended and reen-
acted SO as to read as folloss:
"Sec. 3. In cases of elections for election dis
trcts. or senatorial or congressional districts, the
the commissioners super intending the elect on at
the Court House of the several counties or corpor-
Stions forming such districts, SHALL within three
days after such election is concluded, deliver GER
titled statement ct the result OF the election in said
county to be ascertained by comparing the polls o
the different voting places in said county and stri-
King therefrom such voters as are required by law
to be stricken herefrom, to the officer conducting
the election at the Conrt House of said county,
to such other officers as may legally act for Elm;
which said statement shall be written in words and
not in figures, and shall conform as near as may be
TO the form Of the return rsquireq to b. made in