The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-26

Vehtlon, convened at Jackson Nj: Con
oonpilance with General Order Np Il. II
series OF 1867, from these Haa5o," w. 81
arn, ,ne framed constitution and civil COS
I1n;t"d I'm ~ conformity with the laws OH,
tion A. known as the "Reconstruc
mitt;no. e. d.u having provided for the sinh.
oolng vi SAID constitution to the rar;s+out =
voters Tor ratification or rejection aSd I' t
my provided for an election of State of; 10
| Uloiuuihg senators and Representative ~ ~
os@Ie legislature, and members of the Uo',ne
pieSentatlves of the United States Co.
sIess' at an election to be conducted hy, ~, !
81 'u Ie ~ Ine orders of the Commanding Genar
a. Vi tne Disfr1ct, SAID election is bV antbor
viii ~ .ne ABOVE cited laws and in accordance
ordered to be held in MississippI. beg;nni'
Ihe ga day OF June, 1868, and eonfinn;ns s,
untlI completed as herein prescribed %
Wnlcn election the qualified electors M ',
vote Tor constitution" or against const;t,;.
| tion' and also upon the same ballots for tbo
oincers herein referred to.
FL; commencing fourteen days before the
~ t tne ards of Registration will meet
ae tne county seat or such other place in their
| lGspecuVe counties as will be the most acces
siple 10 the people, after reasonable nuhlIs bod
oice OF tne time and place thereof has haon
eNen 0y tne retained registrar. by means of q
general and thorough distribution and Vi d
ing OF the printed notices furn;abed & ono
.iese headquarters for that purpose, and re-
wise Tor period of five days the reristration
,st ana, being satisfied that any person not
ehtitled thereto has been registered will str;Io
name OF such person from the list. and sncb
| person shall not be allowed to vote
The Boards will also during the Same ro,.;o =,
| ado to the registry the names, of persons WI
at the tlme pos sesS the qualifications required
Dy law, ana WLo have not already reoist red
All changes made in the registration list will
De immediately, upon the termination of the
period mentioned, reported by letter to these
Headquarters. These reports must show the
names oil the persons added or erased the nre
clnct and The number of the certificate of regis
tratlon. In cases of erasure the reason Wilt he
gwen. limo changes are made, the fact must
be reported.
III. In order to secure as nearly as possl
BILE full expression of the voice of the neo
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
Thereupon each registrar will appoint
judge and clerk of election, who, with him.
self, will constitute the commissioners of
election for all the precincts of his district.
Each registrar 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
with a view to the early completion of the
voting. The election will be by ballot, and
viii 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-
cinct 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 a vote has been cast
upon that certificate at this elections at the
same time the registrar will check off the
voters name on the precinct book, serving
as 'poll book" The polls will be opened at
o'clock, A. NJ, at each precinct, and will be
kept continuously open until Z. 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
balIot-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
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 Will 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
NOT previously voted may cast his ballot.
The voting at this poll will close the cleo
tion for the county. Within twenty-four
hours after the closing of the election IN
each county, the ballot-boxes will be opened,
the ballots counted, and return of the cleo
tion made upon the blank forms prescribed
and furnished, and delivered to the hands OF
a registrar to be hereafter designated, who
will at once bring them to these Headguar-
ters. Before the opening of the bailot-boxes
the registrars will invite at least one sulta-
HE person of each political party to be IN
attendance during the counting of the bal
lots and the making up of the return, Sucn
nersons will be afforded fair opportunity
of seeing that no frauds are committed put
in no instance and under no pretence VIII
anv return be made by the Commissioners
of Election except in the manner above pre-
scribed.
Nv. Judges and clerks of election will be
saieeted by registrars, preferably from among
the residents of their respective districts
hur If they cannot be obtained therein
comnetent and qualified under the law. then
from ,pI among the residents of the county;
md md If not obtainable in the county, tne1
from the State at large; they are reaul ens
70 take and subscribe to the oath OF once 3