The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-06-11
SYNOPSIS OF GENERAL CANRY'S GEN.
erai Orders No. 81, concerning Reg tstratiOn
aid Elections.

@ oPeHep NJ suuflse anu close at sunset
: ana will be kept open during thest
hollrs without intermission or adjourn.
: ment: Provided, That if the commission
ers should consider it necessary, and i
D. the electors who appear cannot be poll.
v ed between sunrise and sunset, the
, polls may then be kept open till 10 Z,
! NJ.
No man who is a candidate can aet
! as member oil the board of registra-
ton.
PERSONS Who have heretofore regis
tered are not required to register. But
the board OF registration have powe. to
strlke from their lists those who have
heretofore improperly registered, upon
Delng satisfied that the person was not
entitled to register. [It would be well
for those who have heretofore register
ed TO be on the looliout to see that their
names are not Improperly stricken from
the registration lists
The board Of registration have power
to add to such lists the names OF per-
sons who, between the 14th and 24lh of
June, 1863, possess the qualifications re-
CURED by the act of Congress, and who
nave not already registered. At the
close or th3 registration list of the
names that have been added during the
revision, will be posted in at least three
pubic places in the registration pre-
cincts. ftce ddys thereafter second
session OF the board will be held and
continued for ttco daYs, for the purpose
OF reviewing the evidence and deciding
upon questions of challenge and other
doubtful cases, and preparing copies of
the lists for the commissioners of cleo
tion. No ntto MINES will be added at
tilis-session of the board of Registra-
tlon, unless it be shown to the sasiSfac-
tlon OF the board that by reason OF sick
hLss or other unavoidable cause, theap-
pilcant was prevented from attending
at Cne proper time. Any duly regis
| tered voter, who has removed or is a.
Dout 10 remove, permanently from the
precinct in which he was originally
registered, can, OH application, obtain
a certificate of the fact, and have his |
name erased from the original registra-
tion list, and on presenting the said |
certificate to the board of the precinct |
OF Ills new residence atany time within |
the period commencing the I4th day of |
June, and ending the oath June, 1863,
he will be entitled to have his name en-
tered III the list ofreglstered voters Tor
the said precinct
Whee The change Of residence is only from
one district to another Of the same county, =
In such cases during the revision of req
istrdtioa a certificate should he anniied
for to the board OF registration for tbe
district. If they shall find the appli-
cant was registered, they shall strike
his name from the list OF the precinct
for the district of his new residence
Where the change ofrc dence is from
one county or city to another countv
or city, she name and full descrintion
will be certified 70 by the hoard of reg-
istration for the district in which tha
person APPLYING for the change first ,eo-
istered, to the board of reoistTation fy,
the district TO which he has removed.
Such certificate shall be held ms sI,tIi
cient evidence when preseoted to tha
board of registration for the district to
which the person has removed. that he
is entitled to vote In thar district.
and If prevented during the revision of
registration, the name of such person
shall be added to the reoistrotinn l;ets
of the precinct of his new residence. '''
Any duly registered voter of the
State will be allowed to vote in anv dis
trict upon presentation ofbis certiticate
of registration, accomDanied bv his aHi-
davit thai he has resided in sand district
at least ten days preceding the dav of
election, and that he has noC ALREADY
voted at this election. In default of the
of registration, the affidavit
OF the voter must set forth the fact that
he was duly registered, and the name
of the county and precinct in which he {
was registered. In doubtful cases thn {
registrars or commissioners of electjnn
shall require such additional evidencr I
as NAV be necessary to satisfy them a
that the applicant is entitled 70 vote '
under the provisions of the first section Q
of the act of February, 1868, I
Except as above provided, all recis- 4
tered voters will vote at the Doliing
places that have been or NAV be estab.
ished within the pre..incts in which
they were registered. Il
A u persons entitled to register. and 8
who have not previously repistpred
must apply Tor registration between \
he 18th and oath day ofJune. 1869. TO !
he board of registration OF their dis :
,rict. '''' .
To prevent the registration of onv +
person not entitled 10 vote. b,o ,sbIo 5
md ttoo coLored persons. who mI,st he r,.o~ :
stored voters of the district. shall he
selected by the board of registrot,on to f
challenge the right of any Derson to he
registered who. In the oDInioo of the r
person challenging, is DISQUALIFIED 8
voter by reason OF any OF the causes set h
'orth in the reconstruction acts of Con- n
sress. Upon such challenge being
iade, the board of re egistration shall ext n
,mine the person presentins himselffo
with reference to each cause Y
If disqualification alleged, and evidence G,
hall be taken if offered, to sustain or d
lisprovc the challenge. Y
The vote will be taken by ballot. No
lames. numbers, or marks fby which
he vote may be disclosed)will be placed il
N the outside of any ballot; when the Fl
'oter offers to vote, he shall announce P
lis name, and if he is registered. one of