The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-12

equally competent testimony econtrsrv- to
or contravenlng the proof offered and taken
N behalf Of ssid applicant and the said
Commissioned shall be tho-isdge of the
weight OF the conflicting testimony SO far as
the same may Affect the Issuance Of certifil
SEC. 5zThat no person shall he sntitled 70
vote az any State, County Distriet, or Nu-
nlclpal election, or any other election held
under the laws Of this State. unless he shall
have been registered and shall havereeeiyed
certificate thereof as provided IN this act:
/ and any person swearing falsely to any Of
the facts required to be sworn to by the
i-provisions Of this act, shall be deemed eailtv
of perjury, and upon conviction thereofshall
suffer all the pains and psnaltiesspr
! by law fer such ofense, and this act and alI
the provisions thereof shall be strictly cons
strued to prevent evasion thereof; and the
+ Judges of all the Circuit and Criminal
| Courts Of khis, State shall give this act spe-
cially in charge, to the Grand Jury at eseh
term of such court.
SEC. 4 That the Secretary Of State shall
/ provide, at the expense Of the State, the nes
/ cessary books for the registration of voters,
and shah cause to be printed the necessary
blanks containing the necessary forms for
the oaths, afhdayits, and certificates, as pro-
vIded for IN this act, which books and blanks
shall be furnished to each Commissioner ap-
pointed and qualified under this act, and the
! expense. of supplyingsuc books and blanks
shall be audited by the Comptroller, and
PAID by the Treasurer out OF any money IN
the State Treasury not otherwise appropria-
ted
SEC z. That it shall be the daty of the
Governor, before any State or other general
or special election to issue WEits of election
1 to commanding officers of regiments batteS
Eies or detachments Of officers and soldiers,
| :. L IL Il Al
State, or of the United States army, lfheF
ever located, and it shall be the duty of the
officer to whom such wri5 Is directed, to
open and hold, or cause TO be opened and
held, the election required by said writ; and
make returns thereof to the Secretary of
State, and the votes Of such officers and sod
diers' shall be counted the same as if such
votes had been cast In the counties in which
/ said officers and soldiers may reside, an / tie
return shall designate the counties in which
said voters may reside Provided, That the
Governor shall not be required to issue such
writs of election for county, district, or cor
poration Offices.
SEC. 8. That all certificates heretofore is
/ sued under the provisions of the act to
which this Is amendatory, are hereby an
nulled. and shall not be used at any future
/ election in this State, from and after the pas
sage of this act except at the election for
county officers, to be held on the first Satur-
day in March, 1866.
SEC g. That all candidates for any official
/ position shall, before the day ofelection, be
| required, to take and subscribe the oath pre-
scribed IN the third section of this act, which,
IN case of a candidate for a county Office,
shall be fled in the Office of the County
| Court Clerk, and for all other offices, in the
Office Of the Secretary of State and that
the Judges cf Elections or other officers
| shall reject and make no return Of the votes
| cast for any person who has not so taken and
subscribed said oath and the same oath
| shall be taken and subscribed as an official
oath, by all Judges and Clerks Of all cleo
tions, and al deputies IN any Of the Offices
of the State or counties, Provided That can
didates who may have served in, and been
honorably discharged from, the army or ma
Wy of the United States since the first Of
January; 1862, or who may have been ap.
pointed and commissioned to any Office by
said Military or Civil Governor of Tennes-
see, shall be eligible to Office, except political
Offices, without taking said orth.
SEC. 10. That in case any County Court
shall fail or refuse to induct into Office any
of the officers elected under this act, it shall
be lawful for the Commissioner ef Regstra-
ton, upon orders from the Governor, 20 per
form that duty and to administer all neces-
saTy oaths, and to take and approve all ne
cessary official bonds, and the game shall be
good and valid in law.
SEC. IL. That no election shall take place
until the registration provided for IN this act
shall be completed In the county, circuit or
district in which said election shall be had,
and the report or reports of the Commission
ers made to the Governor, except the said
election for county officers in March, 1865
SEC II That 1t shall be the duty of each
Commissioner Of Registration to report to
the Governor when he shall have completed
the registration of his county; and when
said reports are all In from any county, dis
trict or circuit or from the entire State, it
shall be the duty of the Governor to issue
his proclamation and writs Of election an
nOuncing the completion of such registra-
ton, and ordering elections to I'll ali the
: vacant Offices Of the State, counties, circuits
, or districts.
] SEC. l3 That it shall be the duty Of the
/ Commissioner without delay to proceed with
q the performance of his duties and before
, completing the same IN his county, he shall
e give at least ten days public notice by ad
4 yertisement IN some newspaper, or at leas
, four public places IN his county, of his in
. tentiOn to complete, and for the time being
!, close his registration. But it shall be hi
q duty after making his report to the Goyerno
! to attend for one day at each quarterly ses
n sion Of the County Court for the purpose 0
issuing certificates Of registration to suci
\ persons as may be entitled TO them, unde
"a the provisions of this act, and for each da.
~ he may attend he shall receive the sum Q
IF three dollars, to be paid out Of the Count
4 Treasury.
II SEC a. That every wilful and intention
n al violation of this act by the COMMISSIONS
n of Registration is hereby declared to be
,a misdemeanor, and upon conviction he sha
+ pay fine of not less than fifty dollars to th
- use Of the State
IT SEC Is That every violation Of this "a
ri | is hereby declared to be a misdemeanoF, an
a. punishable upon preseptment or indietmen
iv and every person participating in such Vi
~ lation shall, upon conviction, be fined q
en- less than ten, or exceeding one hundred Dc
IN lars, and may be imprisoned ut the discretiC
,of Of the Court
hv SET Is That an Act entitled "An act
IA Limit the Elective Franchise" passed Jul
Ieo 5th, 1865, be, and the same Is hereby alter
are and amended as provided in the several e
tions of this act, and the provisions Of ii
60. this act shall be deemed and held In lieu
- - the said Act entitled " An Act to Limit {
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