The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-28

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YANcEY.-SheriE.- W E Percy coroner
Ephraim Honeycutt; treasurer, j G Hyatt
county clerk of superior court, A Roberts
register of deeds David McCanless; survey
or, j. R Neill; commissioners, Wade Hamp
ton. Leander Ray, John Ii Ray ] 9 Kilpat
rick, r N Atkins, Jr. <-''''.4 -'"5"
NOTWITHSTANDING. George Nicks; coroner
w Ii Branon; treasurer, Benjamin Mackie
county clerk of superior court, james A
Martin; register of deeds. S l. Tulbert; sur
veyor, Issac N Vestal; commissioners, III
Felts. Aquilla Speer, John Algood, W W
Patterson, A S Jones.
Serenth That the following named persons
have received a majority ct the votes cast
by the qualified electors of their respective
Congressional Districts, as established by an
ordinance of the Convention adopted on the
Sth day of March, ] SO, and are entitled to
certificates of election members OF the
House of Representatives of the Congress
of the United States for the said Districts,
as herein specified
First Congressional District.-John r
French. ...4
Second Congressional District.--David
Third Congressional District. Oliver II
Dockery.
Fourth Congressional District.-John T
Dcwecse
Fifth Congressional District-Israel G.
Lash.
Sixth Congressional District Nathaniel
Boyden
Seventh Congressional District.-Alexan-
| der FL Jones. ....
The certificates of election will be sent direct
to the State executive and judicial officers, and
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| tives of the Congress of the United States; but
| for convenience and safety of transmission, the
certificates for the members elect of the General
Assembly will be sent to the Commanding Officer
Post of Raleigh, for delivery upon application by
the persons who are entitled to receive them.
For like reasons, the certificates for the county
offices will be sent to the Commanding Officers
ofPosts for the counties within their jurisdiction
for delivery tiansmittal to the persons who
are entitled to receive them.
| A certified abstract of the returns made by the
election officers, will be prepared and deposited
in the office of the Secretary of State for the State
| of North Carolina.
Under the provisions of the Constitution, the
General Assembly of the State elected there
under shall meet on the fifteenth day after the
approval thereof the Constitution) by the Con
gress of the United States, if it fall not on Sun
day. but if ii should so fall, then on the next
day thereafter" (Article II, Section 29)
| The officers of the Executive Department of
the State, "iirst elected, shall assume their
! duties ten days after the approval of this Con
stitution by the Congress o; the United States"
! (Articie III, Section IL
The term of office of all officers of the Judi
cial Department " shall begin upon the approval
OF this Constitution by the Congress of the Uni
| ted States' (Artice ", Section 81
| The county officers provided for and elected
"slal enter upon their duties ten days after the
approval of this Constitution by the Congress of
the United States" (Article VII, Section 1O)
But in order that there may be confusion,
delay, or failure in the administration of justice
or other governmental functions, and to ensure
the safety of public property, the Solicitor, of
judicial Circuits, clerks of courts shertfs, coro
ners and otheI executive officers charged with
active ADMINISTRATION duties, or with the care of
public records, or the custody of public moneys
or public property, will not be relieved from
spOnsibilily for the due discharge of the duties
of their offices until their successors arc duly
qualified.
1t is made the duty of Commanders of Posts,
within the limits of their respective jurisdictions
to that the officers elect who able to
qualify under the Constitution and laws of the
United States and the Constitution and laws of
the State, and have so qualified, are duly install
ed in the offices to wvhhh.they have been elected
and as above prescribed. -
Under the requirements of the ninth Section
of the law OF July %, 1867, amendatory of the
law of March ., 1867, " to provide for the more
efficient government of the rebel States g" the Of
ficers elect both of the Legislative and executive
departments WILL before entering upon the dis
charge of the duties OF their offices, take and
subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the
law of July 2, 1852, Ito prescribe oath of Of
flee, and for other purposes" This oath will be
taken in duplicate; one to be filed in the office
of the Secretary OF State for the State OF North
Carolina, and the other to be forwarded to Dis
trict Headquarters.
If any of the State officers elected under the
new Constitution disqualified by the third
Section of the proposed amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, known Article
XIV, or arc unable to take the oath prescribed by
the law OF July2, 1862, they will not be allowed 10
discharge any official functions until the disabil-
ity has been removed by the Congress of the
United States, or unless the oath of office re-
quired by the ninth Section of the abovecited
law shall have previously been dispensed with by
law, unless the said ninth Section shtll have
become imperative by tile fact that the people
of the State have been declared by law to be en-
titled to representation in the Congress of the
United States
By Command of
Bvt. Maj. Cen Ed. r. 8. CANDY,
LOUIS V. CAZIARC,
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