The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-05

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from among the residents of the county;
and if not obtainahle in the county, then
from the State at large; they are required
to take and subscribe to the oath of office
prescribed by the act of Congress of July ?,
1867, which oath may be administered by
the registrar The Oaths. properly SUBJ
scribed. will be forwarded Immediately for
file in the office of the Acting Assistant Ad-
iutant General at these Headquarters
The paw of these officers will be six (6)
dollars per dietn, for each day they are ac-
tually employed on their legitimate duties,
aud their actual expenses of transportation
| within the county.
| v In accordance with the acts of Con-
gress which became a law March IL, 1868,
any person duly registered in the State of
| Mississippi, will be permitted to vote in the
| election precinct where he offers to vote,
when he has resided therein ten days next
preceding the election, upon presentation OF
! his certificate of registration, showing that
| he had not voted at this election, and upon
making oath before the Commissioners that
| he had resided in said precinct for the time
specified. All ballots received under the
| provisions of this paragraph will be firmly
appended to the oath, and in this manner
| joined, transmitted with the returns and
| other ballots to these Headquarters. Blank
! Oaths, for the use of voters under the provis-
| ions hereof will be furnished to the Commits
| sioEer of election from these Headquarters.
VI The Commissioners of electlon will
| prepare aud forward withthe election return
| list of the registered electors in each pre-
| cinct who have not voted at this election,
and list of all voters under the provisions
of the foregoing paragraph, who have voted
! at the election. Such lists will show the
name of each person, whether white or col
ored, the number of his certificate of regis
tration and the precinct in which he is regis
tered.
VII. None but registered voters will be
permitted TO challenge the right of others to
vote, ami no challenge except as to residence
and identity Will beentertained. While 1t Is
the imperative duty of the Commissioners to
do their utmost to ensure the purity OF the
election, care must be taken to prevent the
abuse of tho right to challenge by evil disposed
persons, who may desire to impede the cleo
uOn.
VIII. The Sheriff of each county is made
res pOnsible tor the preservation of good order,
and the perfect freedom of the ballot at the va
riOus electiOn precincts i'll the county. To
this end he will appoint deputy-who shall
be duly qualified under the laws OF the State
for each precinct in the county, who viii be
required to be present at the place of voting
during the whole time the election Is being
hed. I he said deputies will promptly and
fully obey every demand made upon their Otfi-
cial services in preserving the peace and good
order by the Commissioners of election. Sher-
ifs, in making their appointments, will eXer-
else great care to select mn whom they know
to be in every way able to serve. Deputies APP
pointed in accordance with the foregoing, will
be paid five dollars for the days service on ac-
counts approved by the Registrar, out of the
reconstruction fund.
TX AS an additional measure for secur-
ing the purity of the election, each registrar,
judge and clerk, is hereby clothed with all
the functions of deputy sheriff or cOnsta-
BILE, and is empowered to make arrests, and
authorized to perform all duties appertain- |
ing to such officers under the laws of the |
State, during the days of election.
y. AT every precinct on the days of elec-
tiOn, ali public bar-roomS, saloons, or other |
places at which Intoxicating or malt liquor |
is sold at retail, will be closed. Should any
infraction i'll this respect come to the |
knowledge of the T. JmmissiOners of election |
or the deputy sheriff in attendance, they |
will Immediately cause the arrest of the /
offending party, parties, and tho closing |
OF his, or their, place of business. All parties
so arrested will be placed under bonds, of
not less than one hundred dollars ($l00 ito |
appear for trial when required by proper
authority, or in case of failure to give the |
required bond, will be hell in arrest to
await the action of the General COmmnGing
XI. The carrying of fire arms or other
deadly weapons at or in the vicinity of the
polls is positively prohibited under penalty
of forfeiture of the weapons, and OF being
punished as prescribed by the Statutes OF the
State forbidding the exhibition of deadly
weapons in q threatening manner. All arms
seized under this order will be turned i'll to
the nearest post commander, for shipment
to the Chief Ordinance officer of the Dis
tTict.
XII Should violence or fraud be perpe-
trated at the election in any precinct, the
General Commanding will exercise to the
fullest extent the powers vested in him for
the purpose of allowing to all registered |
electors opportunity to vote freely and
fearlessly, and any provision in any contract
tending to abridge the right to vote is here |
by declared utterly null and void.
XIII. No registrar, judge or clerk will be |
permitted to become Il candidate for any |
office n this State at this election, nor will |
they be permitted to exercise the functions |
of any office or authority connected with the |
election, other than that received from these |
Headquarters.
XIV. The evident intention of the law |
under which this election is held being to |
obtain an expression of the will of the quail |
fed electors, it is ordered that all officers |
of the army and agents of the Bureau of
Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, |
shall entirely abstain from public speaking |
electlOneering or endeavOTing to influence |
voters but this order is not intended to |
restrict either class of the above named |
officials their duty of instructing Freedmen |
as to their rights as electors.
By command of Brevet Major General /
ALVAN T.. GILLEM:
JOHN TYLER,
First Lieutenant 43d Infantry,
Brevet Major U. S Army,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
Official: VIM ATWOOD,