Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
GENERAL ORDER
CONCERNING
REGISTRATIONS & ELECTIONS.
HEADQ'Rs. FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT,
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
DrorY,roNr ". Mov O1 1910

| hlCHMOND, A., udy Il, ioo9'
| General Orders No. 81.
The President of the United States havin
designated Tuesday the sixth day of July, 1863
framed by the convention which met in Rich
mond, Virginia, on Tuesday the third day Q
December, one thousand eight hundred AM
sixty-seven, to the voters of said State regis
tered at the date of said submission for ratif
cation or rejection, and having directed tha
the following provisions of the said constltu
tion-to wit
Clause iv., section l., article ILL.,,
which is in the following words:
Every person who has been Senator O
Representative In Congress- or Elector OF Pres
ident or Vice-President, or who held any Office
civil or military, under the United States o
an oath as a member of Congress- or as an of
fcer of the United States, or as member 0
any State Legislature, Or as an executive or Ju
dical officer Of any State, shall have engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against the same, O
| given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof
| This clause shall include the following officers
| Governor, Lieutenant-G Governor, Secretary O
State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secont
Auditor, Register of the Land Office, Stats
Treasurer, Attorney-G General, Sherifs, Ser
geant of a City or Town, Commissioner of tht
Revenue, County Surveyors, Constables, Over
seers of the Poor, Commissioner of the BoarC
Of Public Works, Judges Of the Supreme
Court, Judges of the Circuit Courts, Judge O
the Court Of Hastings, Justices of the Count,
Courts Mayor, Recorder, Alderman, Council
men, of city or town; Coroners, Escheators
Inspectors Of Tobacco, Flour, &C.; Clerks O
the Supreme, District, Circuit, and County
Courts, and of the Court of Hastings, and At
torneys for the Commonwealth: Provided
That the Legislature may, by vote OF three
fifths of both Houses, remove the disabilitle!
incurred By this clause from any person lnclu
ded therein, by separate vote in each case. -
And section vii, article ill.,,
which is in the following words:
Section 7. In addition to the foregoing OATH
of office the Governor, Lieutenant-G
members of the General Assembly, Secretary
of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State
Treasurer, Attorney-General, and all persons
elected to any convention to frame constltu
ton for this State, or to amend or revise this
constitution in any manner, and Mayor anC
Council of any city or town, shall, before they
enter on the duties of their respective Offices
take and subscribe the following oath or afir-
nation: Rrovided, The disabilities therein con
tained may be individually removed by three
ffths vote Of the General Assembly:
I do solemnly swear Tor afirm) that | have
never voluntarily borne arms against the Uni
ted States since [ have been citizen thereof
that have voluntarily given no aid, counte
nance counsel, or encouragement, to persons
engaged in armed hostility thereto that have
never sought nor accepted, nor attempted tG
exercise the functions of any Office whatever
under any authority or pretended authority in
hostility to the United States; that have moi
yielded a voluntary support to any pretended
government, authority, power, or constitution
within the United States hostile or inimica
thereto. And [ do further swear Tor affirm
that to the best of my knowledge and ability
will support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign anC
domestic; that [ will bear true faith and allie
glance to the same that take this obligation
freely, without any mental reservation or pur-
pose of evasion, and chat will we'll and faith
fully discharge the duties Of the Office on which
[ am about to enter So help me God
''The above oath shall also be taken by al
city and county officers before entering upor
their duties, and by all other State officers not
included in the above provision, shall at the
same time be submitted to a separate vote by
the registered voters of said State upon the
question of ratifying or rejecting said anC
above-cited PROVISIONS Now. therefore, under
the authority Of proclamation from the Pres
ident of the United States issued at Washing
ton on the fourteenth day of May, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty mine, and in pur
suance of the law of the United States o.
March 2, 1867, ito provide for the more eff
cient government of the rebel States, and the
laws supplementary thereto and amendatory
thereof;
1t is hereby ordered:
Fnst-That an election be held in the State
of Virginia on Tuesday the sixth day Of July
1869, at which election all registered voters O
said State may vote For Constitution" o.
Against Constitution" (the provisions sub
mitted to a separate vote being excepted,) ane
members of the General Assembly Of sale
State, and all the officers of said State proyi
ded for by the said constitution, and member
of Congress" as apportioned by the ordinance
adopted by the constitutional convention, an(
as hereinafter specified.
At the same election the registered voters O
the State may vote on separate ballots 'Fo
Clause w., Section l. Article Ill, of the Con
stitution," or Against Clause ~, Section l
Article I'LL, of the Constitution and "Fo
Section VII, Article Ill, Of the Constitu
tion,' or Against Section VII, Article ILL.,
of the Constitution.
Second-In pursuance of the provisions o
the second section of the act of Congress ap
proved April IL, 1869, Public No. XIII,
that 'the commanding General Of the Distric
of Virginia shall cause the lists of registered
| voters of said State to be revised, enlarged
and corrected" it shall be the duty Of the
| Boards of Registration, commencing on Mon
dav the 14th day of June, and giving reason
able public notice of the time and place there
| of, to revise, for period Of ten days, (excu
| sive of Sunday the registration lists; and up
on being satisfied that any person not entitled
thereto has been registered, to strike the name
of such person from the lists, and such persor
shall not be entitled to vote. The Boards O
Registration shall also, during the same period
add to such lists the names of all persons wht
at that time possess the qualifications required
| by said acts who have not already been regis
tered. In deciding who are to be stricken from
or added to the registration lists, the Board
will be guided by the law of March 2, 1867
and the laws supplementary thereto, and the
attention is specially directed to the supple
mentary act of July 10, 1867. At the close O
this session list of the names that have beer
added during the revision will be posted in a
least three public places in the registration pre-
cincts, and five days thereafter second session
two days, for the purpose Of reviewing the evi
dence and deciding upon questions Of challeng
and other doubtful cases, and preparing cople
of the lists for the commissioners of election
but no new names will be added at this session
unless it be shown to the satisfaction of th
Board that, by reason Of sickness or other un
avoidable cause, the applicant was prevented
from attending at the proper time
/ Third-It shall be the duty of the registrar
during the revision of registration, upon th
application of any duly registered voter VIII
has removed, or is about to remove, perma
nently from the precinct in which he was origi
nally registered to furnish him with a certif
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