Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-04-28

in case ofthe election of Governor. The officers con
duclng the election at the Court Houses OF the seVera
counties shall meet at the Court House OF the COUNTY
or corporation first named in the law describing sucl
districts, which may not be in the possession or pow
er of the public enemy, on certain day after tina
appointed by law for the of such elec
ton which certain day, in the case of an electloI
from district of delegate, shall be the eighth, OF
SENATOR shall be the twelfth, and of representative
in Congress shall be the fifteenth after such com
lmencement. They shall compare the returns from
their respective countless and shall declare elected the
person having the greatest number of votes in the
whole district. If the greatest number of votes be
equal for two persons, the officers attending
shall decide to which of them they will give the cer-
tcate of election and if the votes of said officers be
equal aso they shall decide forthwith by lot to whom
such certificate shall be given notice Of said cleo
shall forthwith be given at the door of the Court
mouse where the meeting is held. In of special
elections supply vacancies the time for the meet
ing of the returning officers shall be earlier if requ
red In the writ of election provided that during the
existing war, In all elections for members of the
House of Representatives of the Confederate States
the officer conducting the election of the Court hou
of the several counties shall transmit the certified
temen of the result of the election in his county
herein above required by mail prepaying the postage
thereon to the Secretary of the Commonwealth with
in twenty days after the commencement OF such elec
ton.
s. 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary Of the Com
monwealth, within thirty days from the commence
ment of any such election is mentioned in the pre-
ceding sections to examine the polls returned to him
aforesaid, and certfy the state of the to the
Governor, who shall declare and make proclamation
of the result and in two candidates have
an equal number of votes for the Office the Gov
srnor shall decide by lot to whom the return shall be
given, and declare the result accordingly.
6. Be 1t further enacted that upon the receipt OF
any polls under the provisions of the ordinance (No
99) passed December the 9Th. 1861, the Secretary OF
the shall perform the duties required
by law to be performed by the commissioners and
officers to conduct the elections at the Courthouse or
by either of them, in the manner he is required
hV 10 in ASuch nO1tl lad hQnn hV
from the county district for which the election was
had and all other proceedings shall be the same as
in such cases.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the Governor of the Commonwealth to issue his |
proclamation giving notice to the qualified voters OF
the State in the military service Of the State of the
Confederate States, or who may be absent from the
county corporation OF their residence, because OF
the presence of the public enemy, of their right to
for members OF the General Assembly, by virtue
of the provisions of the first second and fourth Sec
tons of the ordinance passed by the Convention of
Virginia (No. 9s) the 9th day of December, 1861
and also to all to whom 1t may concern, of the pas
sage of this and of the rights and duties forth
in its provIs!ons and it shall further be his duty to
request the President of the Confederate States to is
order to all commandants of camps, posts, and
detachments in command of Virginia troops, requi-
ring them give their aid in the due execution OF
the ordinance aforesaid and of this act.
s. The result of the votes in camps and the result
of the votes of persons absent from their countless
cIes or towns. by reason of the presence of the enc
my, shall be forwarded by MAIL when practicable, d.
rected to the Secretary of the Commonwealth when
required to be returned to said Secretary and directed
to the clerk of the county, city, town, when requ
red to be returned to the county, city town. The
officer conducting such elections shall forward the
suit and preserve duplicate of the result so to be
verified by certificates of the officer and
not less than two other disinterested persons.
8. This act shall be in force from its passage.
copy from the rolls-teste
VIM. F. GORDON, Jr.,
c. H. D. Il K. of r. of Va.