Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-05-29
on to the Secretary Of ths Commonwealth, within
fifteen days after the commencement of the elecs


1. Be II further enacted that the third section If
hapter eight Of the Code Of Virginia, edition of
eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended and reen-
acted so as to read as follows;
.sSec s. In cases of elections tor election dis
tricts or senatorial congressional dlstrlcts the
the commissioners experimenting the electi on at
the Court House of the several counties or c"rpor
DAYS after such election is concluded deliver GER
tilted abatement cf the result of the election 10 sald
county to be ascertained bv comparing the pohs
the different voting places in said county ana stl
king therefrom such voters as are required py Jaw
to be stricken ,herefrom to the officer conducting
the election at the Conrt House OF said county or
to such other officers may legally act tor hlm;
which said statement shalt be written IN WORDS ana
not in figures. and shall conform as near as may oe
to the form of the return required to be made IN
case of the election of Governor The officers conduc
ting the election at the Court House OF the several
counties shall meet at the Court House OF the coun-
ty or corporation first named in the law describing
such districts which may not be in the possession
or power of the public enemy, ON Ger tain day az
ter that appointed by law for the commencement
Of such election; which certain day. in the case OF
an election from district OF delegate, shall be
the eighth, of senator shall be the twelfth. ard OF
representative in Congress, ehall be the fifteenth
after such commencement. They shall compare
the returns from their respective counties, and shall
declare eec!ed the person having the greatest num-
her of votes in the whole district If the greatest
number of votes be equal for two more persons,
the officers attending shall decide to which OF them
thew will give the certificate OF election, and II the
votes of said ocersbe nal also, they shall decide
forthwith by lot to VIII. such certificate shall be
p;yen. notice of said election shall forthwith be
given at the door of the Court House where the
meeting is held In OF special electons 70 sup
ply vacancies, the time for the meeting OF the re-
turning officers shall be earlier, i required IN the
writ Of elections provided, that during the existing
war. on all elections for members OF the House OF
Representatives Of the Confederate States the ofi
Ger conducting the election at the court Eouse OF
the several counties shall transmit the certined
statement OF the result of the election in this coun-
ty, herein above required, by mail, prepaying the
20 tage thereon, to the Secretary OF the common
wealth. within twenty days after the commence
ment of such election.
Commonwealth within thirty days from the com
mencement of any such election as is mentioned IN
the preceding sections, to examine the polls re-
turned to him aforesaid, and certify the state
of the same to the Governor, who shall declare
and make proclaim ton Of the result and in case
two or more candidates have an equal number OF
votes for the same Office, the Governor shall de-
eide by lot to whom the return shall be glVen ana
declare the result accordingly.
6. Be it further enacted, that upon the receipt
Of anv polls under the provisions OF the ordinance
(No. 99.) passed December the 9th, 1861, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall perform the
duties required by law to be performed by the
commissioners and officers to conduct the elections
at the court house, or by either OF them, in the
same manner he is required by law in case such
polls had been received BY him from the county or
district for Winch the election was held; anu all
other proceedings shall be the same as in such
cases.
I. Be 1t further enacted, That it shall be the du-
ty of the Governor of the Commonwealth to ISIS ue
his proclamation, giving notice to the: quained
voters of the State in the military service OF the
State or OF the Confederate States, or who may
be absent from the county corporation OF their
residence, because of the presence Of the public
General Assembly, by virtue Of the provisions of
the first, second aud fourth sections Of che ordi-
nance passed by the Convention Of Virginia lNo.
99) on the 9Th day uf December, 1881, and also TO
all whom it may concern, of the passage of this
act and of the rights and duties set forth in its
provisions; and it shall Surther be his duty to
quest the President of the Confederate States CO.
issue an order to all commandments of camps, posts
and detachments in command of Virginia troops
requiring them to give their aid in the due ezecu-
t0n of the ordnance aforesaid and of this act.
8. The result OF the votes in camps and the re-
suit of the votes of persons absent from their
counties, cities towns, by of the presence
Of the enemy, shall be forwarded by mail, when
monweath, when required to be returned to said
secretary and directed to the clerk of the county
city or town, when required to be returned to the
county, city or town. The officer conducting such
elections shall forward the result, and preserve a
duplicate of the result ST. to be forwarded, verified
by certificates of the officer, and by not less til
two other disintercsted persons.
g. This act shall be IN force from it's passage.
copy from the polls-teste,
VIM. +. GORDON, Jr..
e. II. d. K. OF il. Va