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

case the election of Governor. The officers conduc-
ting the election at the Court House of the several
countless 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, Ger tain day af-
! ter that appoin ted bv law for the commencement
of such election; which certain day. in the case Of
an election from a district OF delegate, shall be
the eighth of SENATOR shall be the twelfth ard of
Representative in Congress- shall be the fifteenth
I after such commencement. They shall compare
the returns from their respective counties and shall
declare elec!cd the person having the greatest num-
her Of votes ia the whole district IF the greatest
number of votes be equal for two or more persons
the officers attending shall decide to which Of them
they will give the certificate of election and if the
votes of SAID oicersbe eqaal ALSO they shall decide
forthwith by lot to whit III such certificate shall be
| given A notice of said election shall forthwith be
given at the door Of the Court House where the
meeting is held. In of special elections to sup
ply vacancies, the time for the meeting of the re-
turning officers shall be earlier if required in the
writ OF election; provided that during the existing
war on all elections for members of the House OF
sepf esentatiyeS of the Confederate States, the Off
Ger conducting the election at the court Eouse of
the several counties shall transmit the certified
statement of the result of the election in this coun
/ ty herein above required by mail, preparing the
o~tage thereon, to the cretary OF the common
wealth. within twenty days after the commence
| nlent of such election
s. It shall be the duty Of the Secretsrg Of The
Commonwealth, within thirty days from t he 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 proclamation of the result and in case
two more candidates have an equal number of
| votes for the Office, the Governor shall de-
eide ~ lot to whom the return shall be given, and
declare the result acsardngly.,
6. Be it further enacted, that upon the receipt
Of polls under the provisions of the ordinance
(No. 99.) passed December the 9Th, 1861, the
If fba Vail
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 fer which the election held ana, all
other proceedings shall be the same as in such
cases.
I. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the du-
ty of the Governor OF the Commonwealth to ISIS
his proclamation, giving notice to the qualified
voters OF the State in the military service OF the
State or of the Confederate States, or who may
be absent from the county or corporation Of their
residence, because of the presence of the public
enemy, Of their right to vote for members of the
General Assembly, by virtue of the provisions of
the first. second and fourth sections of the ordi-
nance passed by the Convention of Virginia (No.
So the 9th day of December, 1861, and also to
all whom it may concern, CT the passage Of this
act, and Of the rights and duties set forth in its
provisions; and it shall urther be his duty to re-
quest the President of the Confederate States &C.
issue order to all commandants of camps, posts
and detachments in command Of Virginia troops
requiring them to give their aid in the due cxecu-
ton Of the ordnance aforesaid and Of this act.
S. 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
practicable, directed to the Secretary Of the Com
monweath, when required to be returned to said
Secretary and directed to the clerk Of the county
city town, when required to be returned to the
county, city or town. The officer conducting such
elections shall forward the result and preserve
duplicate IF the result 50 to be forwarded verified
by certificates of the c.r, and by not less than
two other di sinterested persons.
8. This act shall be iii force from its passage.
A copy from the polls-teste,
WM. +. GoRDoN, Jr.,
&, II. D. q X OF 4. Va