Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-17

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General Schofsds Orders as to Registration.
HEADQRs FIRST MILITARY DIsTRIcr,
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
RICHMOND, Va, May l3, 1867.
General Order No. 29
The following regulations are prescribed Tor
the registration OF voters as required by the
at of Congress Of March 90, 1867:
|. Two or more registering officers will be
appointed for each county and city, according
to its size, and one Tor each magsterial district
or ward.
3. One principal Board OF Registration, and
as many assistant Boards as may be convenient,
each to consist of three officers, will be organ
lied in each county or city by the President OF
the Board, under instructions heretofore issued
from these headquarters.
3. The President of the Board for the county
Or city will apportion the districts or wards
among the principal and assistant Boards, de-
termine the order in which the several districts
or wards assigned to each Board shall be regis
tered, the time to be allotted to each, and will
instruct the registering officer of each district
or ward to publish accordingly the notices
hereinafter required, and to make the neces
il, his district or ward @
i. The President of the Board will also des--
ipnate the place of registration in each district
or ward, which will be selected with reference
to the general convenience OF voters.
s. There shall be one place of registration,
and only one, in each magsterlal district or
ward, where all the qualified voters residents
of the district or ward, shall be registered.
6. 1t shall be the duty of the registering
officer Of each district or ward to register the
voters of that district or ward, keep the rec
ords, prepare the required reports to the COM
,nandng general, and to do such other minis
terial duty as may be ordered by the Board or
by the President thereof But all questions or
the right of persons to be registered must be
decided by the full Board.
7. The Board OF Registration shall. in each
district or ward, in five Of the most public
places therein, cause written or printed notices
to be posted, which notices shall designate the.
time and place when and where the reg1stra q 3
ton will be held, the number of days the Board
will be in session for the purpose Of registra-
tion, and the length of time each day, and In
yiting all persons qualified to vote under the
provisions OF the act of Congress OF March 2,
1867, entitled san act to provide for the more
efficient government of the rebel States, and
the act supplementary thereto, passed March
%, 1867, to appear before the Board for Reg
istratlon.. 49,
g. These notices shall be posted at least ten
davs before the commencement OF the reglstra-
ton in the district or ward in which they are
posted. -.,.s, 80.
9. Persons shall vote only 10 the district or
ward where they are registered. f.1..9 ,5:.:.J
10. On, the day aud at The time named IN
the notices hereinbefore mentioned, the board
of Registration for the district or. ward shail
meet at the place designated In such notice,
and, having taken the prescribed oath, enter
upon their duties. =. 49,,
n. The room in which the registration ls to
be made shall be so arranged that the Board
ef Registration, and persons admitted as cnal-
engers and witnesses, shall be separated from
those to be egistered; no one being permitted
within ethe enclosure, id addition to those
nsmed exeept the person TO be registered or
examined for registration. The persons to be
reuistersd being admitted one by one, and Their
entr0 and eeress to be SO arranged as to avoid
confusion.
IL For the purpose'of securing just regis
tration. and to prevent the registration OF any
nerson not entitled to vote under the provisions
nf the said act Of Congress OF March 3D., 1861,
or the act supplementary thereto--three white
and three colored persons, voters OF the dis
1r;et m shall Be selected BY The Board, who shall
be allowed to remain with the Board, and who
shall have the privilege, and whose duty it
shall he, as we'll as that of each member OF the
Board. To- challenge the right OF any person to
be registered who, in the opinion OF the person
challenging, is disqualified as voter by reason
of any of the causes set forth in SAID acts ol
Congress. Upon such challenge being made,
the Board shall examine the person presenting
himself for registration in reference to each
cause of disqualification mentioned IN sald act
and the act supplementary thereto. Evidence
shall also be heard, it offered, to substantlate
the cause of challenge or to rebut that offered
in support Of it, !.
l3. In registering tue voters the names o. |,
the white and colored persons registered shall
he entered in separate columns Of the list kept
for that purpose, which lists, after the regis
tration shall have been completed, shall OF
alnhaheticaDy arranged-the names OF tht
white and colored voters still being kept II
separate columns. Three separate lists shall
be kent. The first shall contain the names
all voters who shall be registered Wlthou
challenge after taking the prescribed, oath Sc
forth in the 1st section of the supplement- Z
the aforesaid act. The second, those who may
be registered alter challenge made and tA'
third, those who may be rejected upot
challenge.
IA. Opposite the name of each person chal
leDged, whether registered as entitled to vote
or not, the cause of challenge will be clearl!
stated, and also the facts relating thereto a
developed by the examination of the Board.
IS. The Board shall sit, at the place .desig
mated in the notices hareinbefore mentioned
st least eight hours each day for not less thar
three consecutive days, (Sundays excepted
us set forth in said notice, to register tn
names of all persons in said dist district who ar
qualified to vote under the provisions 'rs' OF to
act, and of the act supplementary thereto
hereinbefore mentioned. It's Is expected II, tina
all persons entitled to be registered, and Wh
not are prevented by sickness or otner : unavoie
able cause, will present themselves a lot .regs
l6 Upon the completion of the registration
49, Eoara .ahall forward tn: the commandln