The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-02
ELECTION ORDER.
H'DQUARTERS 4rH MILRY D'TRTCT !
NMlSSSSTIPPI AND ARKANSAS)
, NIcksburg, Miss. May 10, 1868. \
General Orders }
No. 10. {

| NMlSSSSIIPPI AND ARKANSAS
O., Vlcksburg, Miss, May 10, 1868
General Orders
No. 49,
L, The Mississippi Constitutional Con
ventiOn, convened at Jackson. Mississinni in
compliance with General Orders No. 81.
series of 1867, from these Headauarters
having framed constitution and civil gov
| ernment IN conformity with the laws of the
! Unlted States, known as the "Reconstruc-
ton Acts, and having provided for the sub
| mlttlng OF said constitution to the registered
! voters Tor ratification or rejection, and hav-
| ing provided for an election of State officers.
including senators and representatives in the
State Legislature, and members of the House
OF Representatives of the United States Con
gress, at all election to be conducted by and
under the orders of the Commanding Gener-
al of the District SAID election is bv author
ltY of the above cited laws and in accordance
with an ordinance OF said convention hereby
ordered to be held in Mississippi, beginning
the 22d day of June, 1868, and continuing
until completed as herein prescribed, at
which election the qualified electors may
vote for constitution" or against cOnstitu-
| ton" and also upon the same ballots for the
officers herein referred to-
IL. Commencing fourteen days before the
Election. the b ards of X gietraIiun will meet
at the county seat or such other pla'e in their
respective counties as will be he most acces-
slble to tn" people, alter reasonable publls he'd
tIce Of the time and place thereof has been
iven by the retained egi> >trar. by means of a
general and thorough distribution and post
ing of the printed notices 1urni he'd fl ON
these Headquarters for that purpose, and re-
wise for period of 1--WE days the registration
list, and, beirg satisfied that any person not
entitled thereto has been registered will strike
the name OF such person flOm the list, and
such person shall not be allowed to vote
The Boards wi a so during the same period
ado to the registry the names of persons who
at The time posses the qualifications required
by law, md who have not alreauy rPgist ed
All changes made in thn registration list will
be Immediately, upon the termination Of the
period mentioned, reported by letter to these
Headquarters. These reports must show the
names of the D rsuns added or erased. the pre-
cinct and lhe number of the certificate of regis
tratiOn. In casts Oferasure the rea >or will he
given. limo changes are made, the fact must
be reported.
Ill In order to secure as nearl Y as possi-
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 law-under the super
vision of the County Boards of Registration.
The method of conducting the election in
each county will be as follors: At the
meeting provided for in the foregoing para
graph each Board of Registrars will divide
the whole numLer of election precincts OF
their respective counties into three portions
as nearly equal in number as possible, and
assign one of the shares TINS made to each
registrar, who will be responsible for the
proper conduct of the election therein -
Therenpon 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 registrar will provide himself with
baIlot-bOx, with lock and key, and of suf-
ficient size to contain the ballots of all the
Oh ~,
county. Each registrar will give full and
timely notice throughout his district, of the
day of election in each pre- Ccinct, 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 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"
aud 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 vote has been cast
upon that certificate at this election; 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
8 o'clock, A M, at each precinct, and will be
kept continuously open until Z P. NJ, 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
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, aud 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
| open one poll and hold the election one day
| for that precinct, at which POLL however,
any 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 tue hands OF
registrar to be hereafter designated. who
| will at once bring them TO these Headquar-
tiers. Before the opening of the ballot-box es
| the registrars will invite at least one sulta-
/ ble person of each political party TO be IN
| attendance during the counting OF the bal
lots and the making up of the return. Sueh
persons will be afforded a fair opportunity
of seeing that no frauds are committed, but
! in no instance and under no pretence VIII
any return be made by the Commissioners
of Election except in the manner above pre-
! scribed.
| ". Judges and clerks of election VIII be
selected by registrars. preferably from among g
the residents OF their respective districts
but If they cannot be obtained therein'