The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-25

HEADoRs4TH MILITARY D1sTRfrsr
MIS- lssippi and Arkansas
'tckSoarg, Hiss, May 10th, I76s.
ieneral Orders ae

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on'pllanee with General Orders NJ o.
series OF 1867, from these Headonar+ora'
having framed constitution and civil go,-'
eminent IN conformity with the laws Of tbo
United States, known as the aRecons+r NJ
Ilon Acts, and having provided for the snb-
nietlng Oh SAID constitution to the registered
~ ioi Iatcncatlon or rejection, and hay
ing provided Tor an election of State officers
including senator's and representatives. ~ ~.
ocaee legislature, and members of the, Hons
Vi representatives of the United States Gov
Sless, at an election to be conducted nv and
| uhder The orders of the Commanding Genar-
al Vi the District, said election is bv author-
10y oI the above cited laws and in accordance
Win an ordinance of said convention berehv
ordered to be held in Mississippl. beg;nn;ng
Ghe ga day OF June, 1868, and continuin9
untll completed as herein prescribed at
whlch election the qualified electors NAV
vote Tor constitution" or against copstitn-
tlon, and also upon the same ballots for the
ofhcers herein referred to- 5000,
II. commencing fourteen days before tho
Election, the Boards of r REGISTRATION will ,,at
at the county seat or such other place in their
respective counties as will be the most acces
siDle TO the people, after reasonable DubIIs nod
oice vi the tlme and place thereof has been
plVen by the retained registrar. by means of y
general and thorough distribution and most
ing OF The printed notices furnished r ON
t!ese headquarters for that purpose and re-
use LOT period OF five days the registration
list, ana, being satisfied that any person NOT
entltied thereto has been registered will strike
name OF such person from the list and sncb
person shall not be allowed to vote
The Boards VIII also during the same Deriod
ado to the registry the names of persons who
at the Time pos sesS the qualifications required
| by law, and WI o have not already registered.
All changes maze in the registration5list will
| be lmDIediateiy, upon the termination Of the
| period mentioned, reported by letter TO these
HeadOIarfaFS
| names OF the persons added or erased the pre
clnct and The number of the certificate of regis
| tration. In cases of erasure the reason will be
| given. limo changes are made, the fact must
| be reported.
| III. In order to secure as nearly as posi-
BILE full expression of the voice of the peo-
| pie, the election will be held at each precinct
of every county of the State of Mississippi,
| and-as required by LAVENDER the super
vision OF the County Boards of Registration.
| The method of conducting the election in
| each county will be as follows: At the
meeting provided for in the foregoing para
graph each Board of Registrars will divide
the whole number of election precincts of
| their respective counties into three portions
as nearly equal in number 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
| IhereupOn each registrar will appoint a
judge and clerk of election, who, with him
self, will constitute the commissioners of
election" for all the precincts of his district.
Each egistrar will provide himself with a
ballot-box, with lock and key, and of suf-
| ficient size to contain the ballots. of all the
registered voters in his entire share of the
county. Each registrar will give full and
| timely notice throughout his district, of the
day of election III each precinct, by means of
| handbills furnished for that purpose, so that
| he, with his judge and clerk, can proceed
| from precinct to precinct of his district, and
hold election on consecutive days-when the
distance between precincts will permit
1 with view to the early completion of the
voting. The election will be by ballot, and
will be conducted in all details not herein
prescribed, according to the custom hereto
fore in use in the State. Each ballot will
have written or printed upon it: "FOr
Constitution" or against Constitution, ("
and the names of the officers voted for. The
| Commissioners of election will at any pre-
| einct In their share of the county, receive the
votes of persons registered in that share
Each voter, in offering his ballot, must eX-
| hibit his certificate of registry, across the
face of which the clerk of election will write
his name in red ink, and the word Voted"
with date, thus cancelling the certificate,
| and indicating that vote has been cast
upon that certificate at this election; at the
same time the registrar viii check off the
| voters name on the precinct book, serving
! as poll book" The polls will be opened at
| 8 o'clock, A NJ, at each precinct, and will be
kept continuously open until ?. M, at
| which time the polls will be closed. Before
opening the polls the ballot-boxes will be
| opened, inspected by the Commissioners of
Election, to ascertain that they then contain
no ballots, and in this condition will be ex-
| posed to the view of the persons who may
be in attendance. Then in public they will
| be closed, locked and the locks sealed. The
ballot-boxes will not be unlocked or opened
/ until the election in the entire county is
| ended Each day at the close of the election
The opening in the boxes through which the
ballots are deposited, will be closed by a
| covering of thick paper, securely sealed
with wax. This covering will be preserved
until voting is resumed. The sealing and
/ opening of the boxes, in the manner directed
will be done in public.
The registrars viii begin the election at
/ the most remote precincts, and proceed by
| the most practicable route, from precinct to
the county seat or other place where the re-
| vision of the registration may have been
| held. and upon the arrival thereat of all the
Commissioners of election they will at once
| omen one poll and hold the election one day
for that precinct, at which poll, however,
anv registered voter of the county who has
1 not previously voted may cast his ballot.
| The voting at this poll will close the cleo
! ton for the county. Within twenty-tour
hours after the closing of the election IN
each county, the ballot-boxes will be opened
the ballots counted and return of the cleo,
ton made upon the blank forms prescribed
and furnished, and delivered to the hands OF
a registrar to be hereafter designated, who
4 will at once bring them to these Headquar-
i tiers. Before the opening of the ballot-boxes
4 the registrars win invite at least one sulta
BILE person of each political party to be IN
| attendance during the counting of the bal
lots and the making up of the return. Such
nersons will be afforded fair opportunity
of seeing that no frauds are committed, DuI
in no instance and under no pretence Will
/ any return be made by the Commissioners
of Election except in the manner above pre-
| scribed.
i ". Judges and clerks of election VIII DC
selected by registrars, preferably from among
/ the residents of their respective dlstricts
bnt if they cannot be obtained therein
Competent and qualified under the law. then
from among the residents of the county
and if not obtainable in the county, theI
4 from the State at large; they are required
to take and subscribe to the oath OF once
n NJ by the act of Congress OF July
Is67 which oath may be administered ..
Tho REGISTRAR. The oaths, properly sup
g. cd immediately 10