The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-26

E'a'Y ANuccErYY.!MSheriff, " E Percy; coroner,
Eplraim Honeycntt treasurer 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 Ell Ray, J G Kilpat-
rick, II N. Atkins, Jr! 1855 '"''
r. YApK1N Sheriff. George Nicks; coroner,
| w Ii Branon; treasurer, njamin Mackie !;
county clerk of superior court James A
Martin; register of deeds S I4Tulbert; sur
veyor, IssHc n Vcstal commissioners, Z
Felts, Aquilla Speer, John Algood, w w
Patterson, 4 S Jones. So
iSeoenth, That the following named persons
| have received majority OF the votes cast
by the qualified electors Of their respective
Congressional Districts, as established by an
ordinance of the Convention adoptedon the
Sth day Of March, ! &c. and are entitled to
certificates of election as members of the
House of Representatives of the Congress
| of the United States for the said Districts,
rs herein specified:
| First Congressional District.-John II
French. '"--.--a-.+. I'd"
Second Congressional District.--David
| Heaton. .t.- .... .. ..... ... .t......
Dockery.
Fourth Congressional District.-John T
| Dewecse ~ ..... .-
! Fifth Congressional District.-Israel G
Lash. ...-...
Sixth Congressional Observation-Disclosures
Bovden.
Seventh Congressional District-Alexan-
der Ii Jones. ..
The certificates of election will be sent direct
to the State executive and judicial officers, and
to the members elect of the House of Representa-
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
of Posts for the counties within their jurisdiction,
for delivery or tansmHtal 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 (thc Constitutou) by the Con
gress of the United States, if it fall not Sun
day; but if it should so fall, then on the next
day thcrcalter.n (Articlc II, Section 29.)
The officers of the Executive Department of
the State, first elected, shall assume their
duties ten days after the approval of this Con
stituton by the Congress OF the United States"
(Articie III, Section l. .
The term of office of all officers of the Judi
cial Department 9 shall hegin upon the approval
Of this Constitution by the Congress of the Uni
ted States" article ~, Section y.
The county officers provided for and elected
shall enter upon their duties ten days after the
approval of this Constitution by the Congress of
the United.States." (Articlc VII, Section 10)
But in order that there may be no confusion
delay, or failure II the administration of Justice
fol and
the safety of public property. the Solicitor of
Judicial Circuits, clerks Of courts, sbcriffs, cOro
ners and other executive officers charged with
active ADMINISTRATION duties, or with the care of
public records, or the custody of public moneys
public property, will not be relieved from
spOnsibility for the due discourage of the duties
OF their offices until their successors are duly
qualified.
II is made the duty of Commanders of Posts
within tile limits Of their respective jurisdictions
to that the officers elect who are able to
qualify under the Constitution and laws of the
United States and the Constitution and laws of
the State, and have so qualified, duly install
cd in the offices to which they have been elected
and rs above prescribed.
Under the requirements of the ninth Section
of the law OF july %, 1867, amendatory OF the
law OF March ,, 1861, " to provide for the more
efficient government of the rebel States,' the Of
tccrs 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
flee, and for other purposes" This oath will be
taken in dupcate TO be filed in the office
oi 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 arc disqualified by the third
Section of the proposed amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, known Article
XIV, are unable to take the oath prescribed by
the law OF July ,, 1862, they will not be allowed TO
discharge any official functions until the disabi!-
iy has been removed by the Congress of the
United States, unless the oath OF Office
quired by the ninth Section OF the abovecitcd
law shall have previously been dispensed with by
law, unless the said ninth Section sh Ill have
become imperative by the fact that the people
of the State have been declared by law to bc en-
titled to representation in the Congress of the
United States.
By Command of
Brt. Maj. Gen. ED. R. S. CANDY,
LOUIS V. CAZIARC,
Hide de Camp,
.a. . 4ctg. asst. 4djt. GemL.