The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-29

=. The Mississippi Constitutional o.
onoiUn' convened at Jackson, Mississn,; :,
SoI;'piiance With General Orders M ~
bayino 70 a9os' from these Headquarters
having framed Constitution and n u;r a 0ols
eminent in conformity with the sn goV-
United states, known as the "Reconot - .ne
Ulon AcCs, ana having provided for tho s,,t,
niOOing oI SAID constitution to the raaist 80 :,
soCeIS LOT Ratification or rejection. and 49,.
| ;;nS ploNlued 1or an election of State ofaoars
neuciuuihg senators and Representative YES in - !
| 70 80 legislature, and members of the Home
-. representatives of the United States Cor.
s3nde. az a. an erection to be conducted by and
u,iueI the orders of the Commanding Ganar
az VI Ine District, said election is bV anthor
| IOs vi the above cited laws and in accordance
WIN an ordnance of said convention berab,,
u VI 10 De held In Mississippi beDinning
Ine ga day OF June, 1868, and confinn;nS
untlI completed as herein prescribed at
mnlcn election the qualified electors NAV
100 ior constitution" or against constitn-
Clon, and also upon the same ballots for tba
/ officers herein referred to. V Dio
NJ. commencing fourteen DAYS before the
Eiecllon the b ards of X gistration will maet
at the county seat or such other place in their
~ IfSpecllNe eountics as will be he most acces
siple 70 tne people, after reasonable publIs nod
Itce OF the time and place thereof has bao
wen ny the retained registrar. by means of n
general and thorough distribution and no.
my OF the printed notices furnished nom
Inese headquarters for that purpose and r.
wise for period of five DAYS the reoistratio.
nst, ana, being satisfied that any nerson not
ehtilled thereto has been registered will strike
name OF such person from the list, and such
person shalf NOT be allowed to vote.
The Boards VIII also during the same ner;od
ado to the registry the names of persons who
at the time pc sess the qualifications required
ny law, ana Wi have not already regist ed
All changes maze in the registration list viii
De impledlateiy, upon the termination of the
period mentioned, report ed by letter to these
Headquarters. These reports must show the
names oil the persons added or erased. the pre-
clnct and the number of the certificate of regis
tratlon. In cases of erasure the reason will he
given III no changes are made, the fact mus
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 law-under 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 numter 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
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 in 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 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-
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 eancelling the certificate.
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
o'clock, A NJ, at each precinct, and will be
kept continuously open until 7. 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
covering of thick paper, securely sealed
with wax. This covering will be preserved
until voting is resumed. The sealing and
opening of the boxes III 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,
not previously voted may cast his ballot.
The voting at this poll will close the elee
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
| ton 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 Headquar-
| ters. Before the opening of the ballot-boxes
the registrars will invite at least one sulta-
hIe person of each political party to be IN
attendance during the counting OF the bal
lots aud the making mp of the return. SUCH
nersons will be affords 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.
". Judges and clerks of election VIII WILDE De
selected by registrars. preferably from among
| ,ha residents of their respective dlstrlcts :
hu, if thew cannot be obtained tneTelh'
comnetent and qualified under the law. tnen
from among the residents OF the County,
nd ;fnot obtainable in the county, tne1
from the State at large; they are requtsRe aa
totake and subscribe to the oatn OF oLne .
n W by the act of Congress .. July ~ Z,
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