The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-06-07
The CAPITAL Election.

We call the attention of our read
ers to the following sections of chap
ter IS and II of the Acts of the Leg
islature of 1877 in regard to the elect
ion to be held on the locatin of the
Capital and the election of school Of.
ficers:
Chapter IS, Sec. /. # s. at shall be
the duty of the County Court or 9th
other tribunal, whose duty it is by
law to appoint commissioners to su.
perintend the election of State and
other officers, to appoint three com
missioners to superintend the first
election required by this act, at the
Court House andat every other place
of voting in their county. The com
missioners conducting the election
shall receive no compensation for
their services. And the said election,
as well as the second election, herein
after provided for, shall be superin-
tended, conducted and returned, and
the result thereof asccrtained and
certified in all respects, as is provid.
ed by law in relation to the election
to the State officers, unless otherwise
herein provided. And all the pro-
visions of the laws of this State in re-
lation to general elections, as far as
applicable, shall apply to any elect
ion held under the provisions of this
act. If the second election herein
provided for, be held, it shall be su-
perintended, conducted and returned,
and the result thereof ascertained
and certified by the commissioners
experimenting the election of men,
bers of the Legislature"
Chapter II, Sec. 2. + *"The voting
at said election shall be by ballot,
and the same shall be held in each
district of the county at the sew
eral places Of voting therein for State
officers and members of the legisla-
ture, and it shall be the duty of the
board of education of each district to
give at least three weeks notice of
such election by posting the same at
each place of voting, and at such 9th
err places as they may deem necessa.
ry. Poll books for said election shall
be prepared by the board of educa.
ton of each district for the several
places of voting therein, and deliver
ed to the commissioners or some of
them appointed to superintend the
election at each place of voting, be-
fore seven o'clock a, NJ. of the day on
which the election is held. The
Court of each county and proper
Court or other tribunal of each city,
shall before every election to be held
under the provisions of this act, APP
point three commissioners at the
Court House, and the like number for
each place of voting in the county or
corporation at which n poll is to be
taken under the provisions of this
act, IT, superintend the said election,
and tho ST. ID election shall be super.
intended, conducted and returned,
and the result thereof ascertained, in
all respects as is provided for by law
in regard to the election OF county
and district officers; and all the PRO-
visions of tho law in regard to goncr.
al elections shall, as far as applicable,
govern and apply to elections held
under the provisions of this act;
Proralod, That il in the year 1877,
any other election be held on the
same day Of the elections herein pro-
vidcd for, the commissioners appoint
cd to svperintond such other election
shall snperintond, conduct, certify
and return the result of the election
at each poll where vote is taken un.
der the provisions of this act. The
Tho commissioners appointed under
this act shall receive no compensa-
ton for their services"
By thisact the election is TO be held
at tho places for holding general
elections and not in tho school house
Of each district, and the commissions
PRS are TO be appointed by the Coun.
v Court Of each County.