The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-06

BOARD OF REaIsIRAT1oN.-The Board
OF Registration for this county, recently
appointed by Governor Stevenson, met in
the Grand Jury room at the Court House,
yesterday morning, to organize present
Messrs. .Clohan, LAunder and Maxwell,
The Board was called to order by J. H.
Tappan, Esq, the former clerk, who stated
the object Of the meeting" 'a'Ei ''7f" (
The commissions of .Messrs Clohan,
Launder and Maxwell having been re-
ceived, the oath was administered by A.
N. Johnston, Esq, to Mr.. Clohan, who in
turn administered It to Messrs, Lsunder
and Maxwell.
~. On motion William Clohan, Esq, was
unanimously chosen President, and J. H.
Tappan, Esq, Clerk. .,l,.c f..7s a..
The following gentlemen were up
pointed Registrars in the several town.
ships, Washington, --T-== So. Madison,
J. H. Tappan; Clay, W. P. McKelycy;
Union, James Launder; Center, N. Hub.
bard; Webster, William olohan; Richie,
J, W. Schultz; Richland, Dr. John Eng;
lish; Liberty, James Slater; Triadelphia,
Frank MuldOon.
Messrs. Tappan, McKelvey, Launder,
Hubbard, Clohan and Schultz, being pres
ent, took the prescribed oath.
paIn accordance with instructions receiv-
ed from the Governor, the, Board adopted
the following resolution: ResO!ced, That
in the fegistffaI alton oF coloted voters, the
same oath and proof Of loyalty will be re-
quired as in the registration Of white
voters. ''0' ''''''
Books for their townships were given to
the registrap who were present a.,
After the transaction Of some unimpor-
tant business tie Board adjourned to
meet at 10 o'clock, Monday, the 18th inst
As matter Of, interest," we append the
instructions of Goyr. Stevenson to the
Registrars, '' ''
"a ~JiDl STATE or WEST VIRGINIA, J
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
sntdsa eP,ir' ChaflestoH, June 10, 1870. J
ToIs, Co.atv BoordS Of RtglitratIoA and Town
alp RSgtstrGTs:
r Accompanying this communication will
be found a printed copy Of so much Of
Chapter III Of the Code OF West Virgt.
mia as relates 20 your respective Offices
The law In relation TO the registration Of
voters Is very plain; aud II H. b carefully
examined by the members Of the County
Boards and The Township Registrars, they
can hardly fail to understand itoa' 1i,"l
It becomes my duty to inform you that
the Xviii Amend meHt.t0 the Constitution
Of the United States has been ratified by
the requisite number Of States, and the
official announcement Of that fact hos
been rmade by the United States authori.
tics, and appropriate legislation by Con-
GresS has been adopted to enforce It:
Hence, IT, b. now clearly the law Of. the
land, and must be Obeyed as such. Any.
thing ih the Constitution Of our State re-
pugnant to the, XVIII Amendment Is null
and void. This Is manifest from Section
9 Of Article VI Of the Constitution Of the
United States, which declares ]. that the
said Constitution and the laws made in
pursuance thereof shall be the supreme
law Of the land, : I anything in
the Constitution or laws Of any State TO
the contrary Notwithstanding Besides
this, the Constitution OF West Virginia
provides In Section Of Article that
The Constitution Of The United States,
and the laws and treaties made in,puFsu-
anCe thereof shall be the supreme law Of
the lani"i ~ aHf 's"ii ~ ," r"1rf'i"l
Tho lit sectiOn Of he XVII Amend.
ment Aforesaid, declares that (" The right
OF citizens Of the United States 10 vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the
Unitods States, or any Suite, on account, OF
race, color 6rpFeviouS condition Of Sefvi;
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