The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-11
General Orders }
No. 10. {

No. 10.
I. The Mississippi Constitutional Con-
vention, convened at Jackson, Mississippi, in
compliance with General Orders No. 81 ,
series of 1867, from these Headquarters.
having framed constitution and civil gov
ernment in conformity with the laws of the
United States, known as the 'Reconstruc-
tion Acts and having provided for the sub
mlttlng of said constitution to the registered
voters for 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 an election to be conducted by and
under the orders of the Commanding Gener-
al of the District, said election is by author
itv 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-
tion," and also upon the same ballots for the
officers herein referred to.
IL. Commencing fourteen days before the
Election, the B ards of X gistratOn will meet
at the county seat or such other place in their
respective counties will be the most acces-
sible to the people, after reasonable publls he'd
tice of the time and place thereof has been
"lVen by the retained registrar, by means of
ing of the printed notices furnished nom
these Headquarters for that purpose, and re-
wise for a period of five days the registration
list, and, being satisfied that any person not
entitled thereto has been registered will strike
the name of such person fIom the list and
such person shall not be allowed to vote.
The Boards will also during the same period,
ado to the registry the names of persons who
at the time posses the qualifications required
by law, and who have not already registered.
All changes made in the 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 persons added or erased the pre-
cinct and The number of the certificate of regis
tratOn. In cases Oferasure the reason will he
given. Ifno changes made the fact must
be reported.
Ill. In order to secure as nearly 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 follows: 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.
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
baIlot-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 viii 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 ssVoted /"
with date, thus cancelliDg 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
8o'cloek, A. NJ, at each precinct, and will be
kept continuously open until 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