The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-15
STATE CONSERVATIVE COMMITTEE
RICHMOND, June u, 1861. J

At meeting of the State Conservative
Committee held on the 29th May it was
"ResoEred. That the Conservative voters
of the State be earnestly requested TO place
in nomination for the Senate and House OF
Delegates only such persons as are not OBJ
ton of the fourteenth article OF the consul
tuition of the United States
The third section is as follows:
"No person shall be Il senator or repre-
sentative in Congress, or clcctor OF prrSl-
dent or vice-prcsidcnt, or hold any office.
civil or military. who. having previously
taken an oath as Il member of Congress, or
aS an officer of the United States, or aS a
member of any State Legislature. or rs a:l
executive or judicial officer Of the State, to
support the Constitution Of the United
States. shall have engaged in instruction
or rebellion against the same, or given aid
and comfort to the enemies thereof
|. To diSqualiy Il person under this
amendment he must have taken the oath to
support the Constitution officially a> one OF
the officers enumerated before the war, and
afterwards engaged in the war, or given aid
and comfort to the Confederate arms. Both
of these things must concentrating the
oath before the war, and GttcrUdr.iS ell
gaging, &c.
III. Having held IN office in the State mi
litia is not enumerated anon" the offices the
holding of which before the war. and after
wards engaging, &C., will diSquality. No
one, therefore, is disqualified by reason OF
having been militia officer.
III. Where questions arise whether nomi-
nccS for the Legislature are disqualified or
not. il would be 80 difficult for the State
Committee to understand the facts ncccS-
sarv to lie known for Il proper decision that
the committee have determined TO remit
such questions for decision. in ease Of numi-
necS for the House Of Delegates. TO the
Superintendent and assistant >upcrlntend-
ents of the counties or election districts ;
and in Casc of nominees for the Senate. to
the superintendent Of the counties and dis
trictS composing the senatorial districts,
whose decisions in the premises will be
regarded rs authoritative by this committee.
". There will he Il revision Of the former
registration lists, commencing on the llth
instant and endin" on the evening of the
oath instant. Persons who have registered
need not necessarily register again; but il
will he best for every such person 10 attend
the registration and offer TO register. and
thus see rhcthe1' his name Is on the Isl.
Five DAYS after the revision is ended the
Board will sit two days for the purpose Of
rcvicwin" the evidence and deciding upon
questions of challenge and other doubtful
cases. But no new names Will he added 10
the registration lists ut this session. except
where il is made TO appear that by sickness
or other unavoidable caIl>c the applicant
was prevented from attending 1T the proper
time.
Y. Places Of registration and voting The
state i divided into >iNty-siX divisions. or
districts. each containing certain number
Of counties. The counties are divided into
precincts, which are The same with what are
known rs magi>tcrial districts. The pre-
cinctS in the cities are the wards. For each
precinct there is Il place to rcgi>tcrand vote.
\ voter registers and votes in his precinct.
Any voter already registered who has re-
moved, or intends to remove, permanently
from his precinct 10 another precinct III the
same county or city. may obtain personally,
on by agent. from the registration board OF
the precinct where he originally registered.
while they are engaged Ill revising re-
gistratiOn, il certificate Of his original
registration. present it to the regis
tration board of the precinct to which
he has removed while they are engaged in
registration. and have his name entered on
the registration lists of such precinct. Any
voter already registered who has removed
or intends to remove permanently from the
county orcity in which he cgiStcrcd, may Oh
tain in person or by agent from the rcgiSlr;-
ton board for the precinct in which he ORR
ginally registered, while they are engaged
in revising registration, Il certificate of his
original registration, present it To the regis
iration board for the precinct to which he
has removed while engaged in revising regi>-
tration, and have his name entered on the re-
%iStration lists for such precinct. When APP
plication is made byagcnt he should be fur
niShod with Il letter to the board from the
applicant signed by him, asking for the GER
tticate, and stating in what new precinct he
intends TO register. \ voter duly regis
tered may vote in Il district different from
tht in which he registered when he
has resided ten days next before the cleo
ton i'll the election district where he offers
to vote, upon presentation of his certificate
Of registration. accompanied with his atll-
davit that he has resided in said district at
least len days preceding the day of election,
and that he has not already voted 1T this
election. In default Of the certificate OF re-
"i>tration the affidavit Of 4 person so offer
ing to vote must set forth the i;lct that he
WAS duly registered. and the namc OF the
county and precinct in which he registered,
and in doubtful cases the commissioners OF
elections may require additional evidence OF
his right to vote.
Il. 7. DANIEL, Chairman.