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Texas Almanac Tor 1860,
ELECTION Osdes.
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General 0rirs, No, i7i.
In compliance with the following proc,
iamatiOa Of the President Of the Ch''sd
States, yift
A PROCLAMATION.
In pursuance Of the provisions o. the
Act Of Congress, approved April 10, 1868,
hereby de.lshAts fue.dsy, the Soth day 0i
November, 1863, a. the time for submitting
the Constitution adopted by the Cohren'
tiou which met At Austin, Texas, ON the
18th day Of June, 1868, 10 the voters Of
said State, registered a. the date OF such
submission. .H..
1 direct tho vote TO be taken upon the
said Constitution In The following manner,
vii:
Each voter fsyoring the ratification Of
the Constitution rs adopted by the Convsn'
ton Of the 10Th Of June, 1905, shall eI'
press his judgment by voting "f9r the
Constitution. %.
Each voter favoring the rejection Of the
Constitution shall express his jndgmen, by
voting "a gainst the Constitution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunio
est my hand, and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington, this
- fifteenth day Of July, in the year
(sEAL OF our Lord one thousand eight
Wv hun ired and sixty-nine, aud OF
the Independence Of the United States OF
By the President: o.. s. GRANT.
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
and the reconstruction laws Of Congress,
IL is ordered:
LIST. That an election bo held at the
county seat Of each organized county in
the State Of Texas, commencing on Tues
day, the 30lh day Of November, 1863. and
to continue during the first, second and
third days of December, 1869; ut which
election all registered voters may vote by
ballot "For the Constitution" or Against
the Constitution"
An election will DO held st the same time
and place, for
Four members Of Hou5e Of Representa-
tives OF United s'stos Congrsss;
Also, for the following "elective officers,
provided for by the said Constitution viz:
Governor, Lieutepsnt Governor, Comp
trolisr Of Public Accounts, Treasurer Of
tho State, Commissioner of the General
Land Office, Thirty Senator'S, Ninety Rep.
resentatives, nnd, for each county, one
Clerk of the District CbHrt, one Sheriff,
and fve Justices Of tho Peace.
Each registered voter, besides his vote
On the Constitution, nay vote for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Treas
urer, Lard Office Commissioner, one mem
ber of the United States Congress, one
State Senator and the humber of Repre-
sentativcs appointed to the District in
which he resides, one Clerk of the District
Court and one Sheriff for his county, and
one Justice Of the Peace for the precinct N
which he resides. tE
Where the Police Court Of any county
has not already divided tho county into
Justices precincts, In accordance with
General Orders No. 81, from this Head
quarters, 1t will be dom Immediately. The
Clerk Of each County Court will furnish
to the Board of Registrars, on or before the
day of election, the boundaries Of the JUS
ticcs precincts for the county.
There can be no election Of District At
torneys until the Legislature shall have
districted the State in compliance with the
Residents of unorganized counties may
register and vote in the counties by whose
Boards they were registered In 1867.
End. Commsncing fourteen days before
the day of election, viz, on Tuesday, the
18th day of November, the Board of Regis
trars will, for o period of ton days, not in
cluding Sunday, revise, at the county seat
Of each county, the registration list of the
county, being governed by the reconstruc-
tion laws Of Congress, as published in
General Orders No. 92, current series, from
this Headquarters re'l #y
3rd. 1t shall be the duty Of the Board
during the revision of registration, upon
The application Of any duly registered
voter who has removed, or is about to re-
move, from the county in which he was
originally registered, TO furnish him with
a certificate that ho was SO registered, and
to note the fact and erase the applicants
name from the original list, forwarding q
duplicate Of the certificate to the Board
for the county in which the applicant win
vote; and upon the presentation of said
certificate at the place of registration Of
the county in which his new residence is
situated, the Board Of Registration for that
cohhty will enter his name upon theirroll.,
endorsing the fact upon the certificate Of
the applicant.
4th. All Registrars, before entering upon
the duties Of their Office, if they have not
slready done SO, win take and subscribe
the oath Of office of duly 2, 1862; and no
payments will be made for services rtt,-
dered until this oath is fled in the office Of
the Secretary for Civil Affairs for this
Military District. ~2H
9th. To prevent the registration Of any
person not entitled to vote under the re-
construction laws, the Boards may select
two white and two colored persons 10 chal-
lsnse the right Of any person 10 be regis
tered ut the revision, who, In the opinion
Of the persons challenging, is disqualified
as voter by reason Of any Of the causes
set forth in said Acts of Congress, and the
Board shall essmine and determine upon
the right Of sheh challenged persOns 10
register -
6Gh. An stpIieant for Jrssisrstion sbs
10 rejected BY the Board, may appeal 10 the
District Commander. The Boards will not
enter the nane Of such applicant, but q
list Of the names Of those Who appeal will
be made out, with the reasons fer rejection
stated in fall, ard Willie forpsrded BY
mail, or in the most sxpediiious manner
practicable, 70 District Headquarters. A
duplicate CT this fist viii be retained with
the registration records, 70 be disposed Of
as directed in prrssrsBh sixteen sf dis
order. ~
7th. Besrds Of feyhfr.tiou srs invested,
While in psrformssce Of The duties q their
ofbcs, with tks power 70 summer witnesses
and 10 compel their atfeudsnes % give eri-
depcs in cases q challenge, and 20 SEP
Prsss disorder and prsstrts the psses.
They are sntborired 70 call upon he civil
o. niiitsry suthorities fOr sneh aid ss NAY
bs Necessary. -z.5.-
sih- Tie Rsgist-.rr for ss<h csurty shall
ht Nankgsrs of Elsstisu for fbsir r.spec-
tive eodntiess snd shah rFpointt 10 sssiEt
them IN belfing he riectisr 80 clsrks
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