Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-15
AN ACT.
By ;hn GIVE. TOR:
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AN ACT.
To provide for 7otirg by psrsons in The mill
tsry service. AID persons absont from their
respective counties and corporatlons, on
account cfths presence Of ihepublic enemy,
ia eleci;ni for msmbers Of Congress-, and
fnr Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
7 iftso.n2y General, ani for members of the
Gonrial Assembly, and to amend and re-
enact tie thi:d section of chapter olght Of
the Code OF Virginia, edition of 1860.
Passed March &c, 1863.
b. it enacted by the General Assembly,
that during the present war the qualified vo
ters of this Common wealth, who may BIZ in
The military service of tho State or Of the
Confederate Ststos, on the day Of any general
or specinl eiec .i0n for members Of the House
of Representatives of tho Confederate States,
or of any election for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Attorney General for this State,
may vote in such election, at such place or
places within their regiment as the cOmman-
dant of such regiment shall designate, wheth-
er such reg 'msDt be within the limits of this
State or noe.
2. For each place Of voting the t0mmhn.
dsnt Of the regiment shall detail a superin-
tenicrt, threu commissioners, and as many
clerks as shall hs necessary, who, after being
first duly sworn by him, shall peform the du-
ties required Of and be Liable to the penal
tics imposed upon SUCH officers by the oloc-
ton laws Of the State. The qualified voters
in any company or battalion unattached, or
Gil detached sc:yics, may vote i'll like man
her, the officer il command detailing similar
officers 10 psi form similar duties, who shall
be liable TO like peDaitIss. The Gaid coIumis-
slGDurs shal efon polls ei The day Of any
such occlion 70, mumhsr5 Of Congress-, for
oarh disl1ic: cntitled to representation in
SAL Congress-, for which there shall hove
tcrs in said regiment, battalion or company
dsslTins to vote snd on tho day ofany cleo
.iou for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
A ttot nsy General, they shall also open polls
FIR such last naInej officers. The qualified
voters woo prcgcnt ihtElsalYea to vote, shall
TO asked by eaid commissioners from Tha
district they come, and each VotoI shall vot
foi person TO rspre2ent the district from
which he comos; add his name shall be 70
corded On Tho poll book opened for that dis
trict. and ao0 on the poll book for Cover
nvr, Lienten# Mt Governor and Attorney Cen
crsi, v hen al election for such last named
oifics,s shall be held: and when the polls
taken is AFORESAID shall be closed, the COM
miesionGrs holding the said election shall
max. and ooitify statement OF The SAID
polls 10 tho Genior officer commanding tho
troops at tie point " horo such reg iment may
DC, il there t6 any Eulh officer, and If not,
then 10 tia conmsAd snt Of tho reg iment, ur-
attached or detached battalion or company,
WHO shall appoint some person whose duty
il shall be tu take all the polls and statements
which may Navo been 81 taken ard certified
t., the Secretary ofthe Uonmonwealth, with
in Alee:n days after the commencement CT
SUCH election.
5. Tho qualified voiefs OF any county or
corporation. sbCcnt the;eIrom because Of the
presence of the public enemy, on the day
appointed for aDy such election AZ IL men
toned in thu first EectioI, may, during the
existing var, vots in any such election in
" hch thoy would be entitled to vote # in
tho county or corporation of their domiciI,
Mt the court house of any county or cor
poretian in tho State where tbey fnky
happen to be on tho day of said cleo
ton. II any other election il held ut
It the same time, the officers holding said
election shall open the poll and receive the
votes herein authorized to be p"llcd, as pro-
scribod by law in cases of othor elections
but if no other election be then held than |
Bnch at which the persons mentioned in this
section are authorized to vote, then poi shall
bs opened by the clerk of tho county Court |
Any sucn person desiring to vote in such /
election. shall make oath before tho clerk, or |
other officer conducting the election, that he |
nc would DO entitled to vote therein |
If in the county or corporation of bis domi- |
Gil :; aat ,hereupon his vote shall DO recorded |
on tho proper poll When such polls shall /
be closed, tho off :er conducting the election
hall certify tho result and the CORE ctness of
tie polls at tho foot thereof, and shall trans-
nit suah p;n book, 60 certified, by mail, PFC
paying the postage thereon, to tie Secretary
Of this Common wealth, within hlLseI days
after the commencement Of the election.
T. b. it further enacted, thst tho third
section Of charte: eight Of the Code of Vir-
sinis, edition of eighteen hundred and sixty,
20 amended and re enacted so as to read as
follows:
"Scc 3. In cases Of elections for election
districts. or senatorial or congressional dis
tricts, tho commissioners experimenting the
slsction st the Court Houses of the several
counties or corporations forming such dis
:lic!s, shall, within three days after such
election is concluded, deliver certified State
nsnt of the result Of the election in said |
,cnnty, to be ascertained by comparing the
polls Of tho different voting places in said
bounty, and striking thssefram such votes