Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-05-26


To provide foa voting by persons in ,he military
vice, and persons absent from heir respective coun
ties and corporat0ns accouiil of the presence OF
the public ensmy, III ELECTIONS tor members OF Con-
gress, and tor Governor, Lieutenant doyeruor and
Attorney General, ana tor members OF the Gelle al
Assembly and u amend aud enact the third sc
ton Oh chapter eight the Code of Virginia, edition
| of 1850. ts at
5sol Passed March 26, 1868.
l. Be 1t enacted py General Assembly, that dur
Ing the present wr the qualified voters OF the Com
nunWeauh who may be the military service o. tie
State OF the Con ederate States the day OF any
general epe al erection tor members OF the House
ot Representatives the Confederate ,ates OF Any
election for Governor, Leutenant Gevernor and At
orney General OF this State, may vote N sucn elec
on, at such place or places within their reg lent as
the comman Of such regiment shall designate,
whether such regiment be Within the limits OF this
State or not
2. For each place OF voting the commandant of the
regiment shall detail perintenden three comus-
stone and many clerks shall be necessary, who,
after being first duly by him. shall perform the
dut required OF and be liable to the penalties I'M
posed upo o.hcers by the election laws of the
State. The qualified voters any company bat
taliiOn unattached detached service, may vote
In like manner, the officer command detailing SIM
liar oIlcers perform similar duties who shall be Ina
Bile to like penalties The said commissioners shall
open polls the day of any such election for
bers Congress- foa each district entitled to represen
taon said Congress- for hich there shall be
III sad eglment battalion Or company desiring to
vote: and on day of any election tor Governor,
GoVernor and Attorney General they shall
also open polls such last named ocerS The quail
ed voters who present themselves to vote, shall be
asked by said commissioners from what district they
come and each voter shall tor person to repre-
sent the district from which comes and his Name
shall be recorded the poll book opened for thai dis
rict, and also the poll took for Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor and Attorney General, when eiec
1on sucn last named oilIcers shall be hold and
when the polls taken aforesaid shall be closed the
commissioners holding the said election shall make
and certify statement OF the said polls to the senior
officer commencing the troops at point here such
regiment may be, 1t there be any such officer, and if
not, then to the commandment OF the reiment; unat-
tached or detached battalion company, who shall
appoint some person whose duty It shall be take all
the polls and statements which may have been so ia
ken and certified TO the Secretary of the Common
wealth. within fifteen days after en of
such election.
s. The qualified voters of any county or corporation
absent therefrom because of the presence of the public
enemy, on the cay appointed for any such election as
is mentioned in the hrst section, may during the ex-
sting war vote in any such election in WIN ch they
would be entitled to vote IT IN the county corpora
ton of their domIci at the courthouse of any county
or corporation the State where they may happen to
be on the day of said election Ii any other election
neld the time, the officers ldihg said elec-
ton shall O. en- the poll and receive the votes hefein
aatho lied to be poled as by law In
of other elections but if other election then held
than such which the persons mentioned in this sec-
ion authorized to vote then poll shall DO opened
by the clerk Of the county court ANY such de-
The CLERK or conducting the election, that
he believes he would entitled to therein if in
the county corporation of ms domlcl and tbs reup
on his vote shall be orded ON tn proper POLL When
such polls sua be closed the officer conducting the
election sh II certify the result and the of
the polls the foot thereof and shall transmit such
poll book, so certified by mail prepayng the stage
thereon to the Secretary the Commonwealth, with
in fifteen DAYS after the OF the election
Be 1t further acted that the third section chap
nf- nj lyH hrn
d. ed and sixty be amended and re-enacted SO to
read as follows: H
"ssC g. In cases of elections for election districts
or Senatorial or DISTRICTS the commits
soners experimenting the election at the Court ou-
ses of the several counties corporations forming
such distr;cts s.ll within three days after see-
is coneluded deliver tihed statement Of the
result OF the election SAID county, to be ascertalued
by comparing the polls OF the different voting places
SAID county and striking the efrom such votes as
are REQUIRED by law be stricken hereiron, to the
officer conducting the election he Court-House Of
said county, OF 70 such other officers may legally
act forbim which said sateme shall be Written a
words anu not in figures and si-l conform hear as
may be the fora OF the return required be made