The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-08
NO. 135.

with wax. This covering Will be preserved
until voting is resumed. The sealing aud
| opening of the boxes, in the manner directed
| will be done i'll 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
open one poll and hold the election one day
for tha. precinct, at which poll, however,
| any registered voter of the comfy who has
not previously voted may cast his ballot.
| The voting at this poll will close the cleo
| tion for the county. Within twenty-fou
| 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
"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 suita-
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
persons will be afforded fair opportunity
| of seeing that no frauds are eOmmtteds but
in no instance and under no pretence will
any return be made by the Commissioners
of Election except in the manner above pre-
| seribeJ.
! ". Judges and clerks of election will be
selected by registrars. preferably from among
| the residents of their respective districts;
but 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, then
from the State at large; they are required
to take and subscribe to the oath of office
prescribed by theact of Congress of July ,,
1867, which oath may be administered by
the registrar. The oaths, properly sub
scribed. will be forwarded Immediately for
file in the Office of the Acting Assistant Ad-
iutant General at these Headq quarters.
The pay of these officers will be six (6)
dollars per diem, for each day they are ac
tually employed on their legitimate duties,
aud their actual expenses of transportation
within the county.
V. In accordance with the acts of Con
gress which became law March IL, lS6c,
any person duly registered in the State of
Mississippi. will be permitted to vote in the
election precinct where he offers to vote,
| when he has resided therein ten days next
preceding the election, upon presentation OF
his certificate of registration, showing that
he had MT voted at this election, and upon
making oath before the Commissioners that
he had resided in said precinct for the time
specified. All ballots received under the
provisions of this paragraph will be firmly
appended to the oath, and in this manner
joined, transmitted with the returns and
other ballots to these Headquarters. Blank
oaths, for the use of voters under the provis-
ions hereof, will be furnished to the Commits
sioher of election from these Headquarters.
| VI. The Commissioners of election will
prepare and forward withthe election return
a list of the registered electors in each pre-
cinct who have not voted at this election,
and list of all voters under the provisions
of the foregoing paragraph, who have voted
at the election. Such lists will show the
name of each person, whether white or col
ored, the number of his certificate of regis
tration and the precinct in which he is regis
tered
permitted to challenge the right of others To
vote, ana no challenge except as to residence
and identity will beentertained. While it is
the imperative duty of the Commissioners to
do their utmost to ensure the purity of the
election, care must be taken to prevent the
abuse of tho right to challen"e by evil disposed
persons, who may desire to impede the elec
ton.
VIII. The Sheriff of each county is made
re- ponsible tor the preservation of good order,
and the perfect freedom of the ballot at the
rlous election precincts in the county. To
this end he Will appoint a deputy-who shall
be duly qualified under the laws OF the State
for each precinct in the county, who viii be
required to be present at the place of voting
during the whole time the election is being
held. The said deputies will promptly and
fully obey every demand made upon their Otli-
cial services in preserving the peace and good
order by the Commissioners of election. Sher-
IFS, in making their appointments, will eXer-
else great care to select m whom they know
IT, be in every way able to serve. Deputies 3p-
ponte in accord 'nce with The foregoing, will
be paid five dollars for the days service ON ac-
counts approved by he Registrar, out of the
reconstruction fund.
TX. AS an additional measure for secur-
ing the purity of the election, each registrar
judge and clerk, is hereby clothed with all
the functions of deputy sheriff or consta-
BILE, and is empowered to make arrests, and
authorized to perform all duties appertan-
ing to such officers under the laws of the
State, during the days of election.
X. AT every precinct on the days of cleo
ton, ali public bar-rooms, saloons, or other
places at which intoxicating or malt liquor
is sold at retail, will be closed. Should any
infractisn in this respect come to the
knowledge ofthe G mmissioners of election,
or the deputy sheriff in attendance, they
will Immediately cause the arrest of the
offending party, or parties, and the closing
of his, or their, place of business. All parties
so arrested will be placed under bonds, of
not less than one hundred dollars (Sl0O Ito
appear for Iial when required by proper
| authority, or in case of failure to give the
required bond will be hell in arrest to
await the action of the General CommnGing.
XL The carrying of fire arms or other
deadly weapons at or in the vicinity of the
| pollS 10 poSIGlNeIy pTOHlDlUeu unOer penalty
of forfeiture of the weapons and of being
punished as prescribed by the Statutes of the
State forbidding the exhibition of deadly
weapons in a threatening manner. All arms
seized under this order will be turned in to
| the nearest post commander, for shipment
to the Chief Ordinance officer of the Dis
| trict.
XII. Should violence or fraud be perpe-
trated at the election in any precinct. the
General Commanding will exercise TO the
| fullest extent the powers vested in him for
the purpose of allowing to all registered
electors an opportunity to vote freely and
fearlessly, and any provision in any contract
tending to abridge the right to vote is here
| by declared utterly null and void
Kill No registrar, judge or clerk will be
| permitted to become candidate for any
office n this State at this election, nor will
they be permitted to exercise the functions
of any office or authority connected with the
election, other than that received from these
| Headquarters.
XIV. The evident intention of the law
under which this election is held being To
obtain an expression of the will of the quail
iied electors, it is ordered that all officers