The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-20
scw York Soldier.

III DepeT, mas published pamphlet
giving instructions relative to the course
Of procedure to vote legally. The laa
he says provides that the soldier intend
ing to vote at any general or special
election, to be held in New York, must
fill out and execute a power Of attor
ney, swear to it before any field officer
captain, adjut&nt or commandsnt Of
any company or detachment on de
tsched service Of the United States
and commissioned as officers IN the
volunteer force Of the State Of New
York, or the captain or cOmmandanl
Of any vessel in the naval service Of the
United States also, having witness to
sign his name thereto, and authorizing
some person ,Oho Is legal roter, at his
1.-THE soldiers > home or place ofresidence
in the State, residing in the same town
or city where such soldier resides, to
cast for him his vote or ballot BE
must also fill out the following afiida
Wit, sign it, and swear TO it, before one
Of the officers above named.
u, A. B, do soiemnly swear (or az
firm) that have been a citizen Of the
United states for ten days, am now Of
the age Of tWenty-one years, that have
been or shall have been an inhabitant
of the State Of New York for one year
next preceding the election to be held
on the-dsy of-l8G-, for the last four
months q resident OF the county Of,
for thirty days next preceding said cleo
ton q resident of the town (or city)
Of, and that / am now, and until said
election, intend to be resident there
Of; that / have not made any bet or
wager, and am not directly or indirect.
ly interested in any bet or wager de
pending upon the result Of said elec.
ton, and do further swear, that am
in the actual military Tor naval service
Of the UnfEed States, that / am now g
member Of company - Of the - regl-
ment describing the organization to
which he belongs, now at or near -,
in the state Tor territory of - (or al
tached to the United States vessel ).
Sworn to and subscribed this - day
Of 1856, befJre me,
Having executed the power Of At
torney and sworn to the affidavit, he
must fold aud enclose the vote or ballot
he desires to be cast, together with the
power Of Attorney, and place them
together inside the envelope which has
the printed or written affidavit there
on, seal them up carefully, then place
this envelope, 80 sealed, inside another
envelope, TO be marked on the outside,
" Soldiers Vote, and direct it to the
person TO whom authority IS given By
said power Of attorney, 70 cast for him
his vote or ballot, and transmit the SEINE
70 the person TO whom it is directed by
mail or otherwise. The officers before
whom the sffidayits are taken, must at
tach TO their signatures their official
designations.
II should be borne in mind, that the
person who is to receive the soldiers
vote or ballot, and cast the same for
him, must Be legal sofeT on the day Of
election; and soldiers should be eau
tiOus to send their votes or ballots IA
none Others. Great care also should be
taken in directing these letters, to write,
in legible hand, the name, to,en and
county, in order TO prevent their miscar-
rage
The following is the form of the pow.
er Of Attorney referred TO above.
], - member of Company - OF
the - Regiment, , now at or near
-, in the State of - Cor Territory
Of -- (or attached 10 the United States
vessel - and being resident of the
town of - (or of the city of ~ in
the county of --, do hereby authorize
and empower -- Of the town of --
Tor of the city of - in the county of
- to cast for me and in my name
and stead, in pursuance Of Section >, of
said Act, my vote or ballot, the same As
if was personally present st the -
election 10 be held on the - day OF
- 1856.
WiincSS,
On this - day OF - lSG-, be-
fore me personally came - to ME
known 10 be the same person described
in the foregoing instrument, who being
by me duly sworn deposes and Gays,
that he executed the foregoing iustru-
ment for the use and purposes therein
mentioned. And at the same time ap-
peared before me --, who being BY
me duly sworn depOses and says that
he saw the said - sign and execute
said instrument in his presence, where
upon the said - became the sub
scribing witness thereto
BY following the above instructions
every soldier of the Empire State may
add the weight of his vote in deter
mining the election al President in
November next State Agents viii
furnish the proper blanks and enyel-
Opea