Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-10-19
Head Quarters 4th Military District.

(Aiississippi and Arkansas
 OFFICE OF CIVIL AFFAIRS.
 Vicksburg, Miss, Sept. 2G, lSCN General Orders No. 3l.]
 I. The registration of the legal voters in this Military District having been completed, in complaace with the pro- visions of the Act of Congress entitled An act to provide for the more effi- cient government of the rebel States" and the Acts supplementary thereto, an election is hereby ordered to be held in the States composing the same, commencing on the first Tuesday in November next, and continuing as hereinafter prescribed, until completed, to determine whether conventions shall be held, "for the purpose of estab- fishing constitutions and civil govern ments for the States loyal to the Union, v and, in case . majority of the votes cast are in favor thereof, for delegates thereto.
 II. In order to secure as nearly as possible an expression of the voice of the people, the election will be held at each precinct of every county of the States in the District and-as required by law-under the supervision of the County Boards of registration. The method of conducting the election in each county will be as follows: i'm mediately upon receipt of this order each Board of registrars will naeet--di- vide the whole number of election pre- cincts of their respective counties into three portions as nearly equal in mum Der as possible, and assign one of the shares thus made, to each registrar, who will be responsible for the proper conduct of the election therein. There upon each registrar will appoint a judge and clerk of election, who, with himself, will constitute the "Commis- sioners of election" for all the precincts of his district Each registrar wifrpro- vide himself with a bsllot-box. with Jock and key and of sufficient size to contain the votes of all.the registered voters in his largest precinct. Each registrar will give fall and timely no- tice throughout his district of the day of election in each precinct, so that he, with his judge and clerk. can proceed from precinct to precinct of his dis trict, and hold election on consecutive days-when the distance between pre- ciacts will permit-with view 10 tn" early completion of the voting. The election will be by ballot, and.will be conducted in ah detaiis, net herein prescribed, according to the customs hereto fore in use in respective States. Each ballot will have written or print ed upon it, For Convention or "Against Convention" and in addi- ton the correct name Cor namcs) O the delegates Cor dclegates> voted for, Each voter, in offering this ballot must exhibit his certificate of registry, across the face of which the clerk of election will write his nasne in red ink, to in- dicate that . vote has been cast upon that certifcate-at the same time the registrar will check of the voter's name on the precinct book. serving as the .poll book" The polls will be opened at 10 o'clock A. M., at each precinct, and will be kept continuously open unti sunset, at which time the polls will bt closed, the ballot-box opened, votes counted by the Commissioners and ! written return thereof, under oath Q the Commissioners, immediately mads to these Headquarters, in duplicate The ve4ss east vill then be securel,