Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-03-28
Electoral Boards.

The act ''to provide for the manner Of
choosing registrars and judges and clerks
of election for the several counties and
cities of the Commonwealth, and to repeal
sections and "a of chapters and sections
| and of CHAPTER of the Code of 1878, in
force February "a, 1884," says:
THAT the offices of all the registrars
and judges. Gle ks and commissioners of
election in each county and city OF this
| Common wealth shall become and be
| vacant as soon as their successors in office,
as hereinafter provided for. have been ap-
pointed and qualified, and that the Gen
eral Assembly shall during the session of
| the Legislature of 1888 and every four
years thereafter, proceed to elect three
gu lifted voters, wh' shall be freeholders
and residents of each county and city for
which they are appointed ic this common
| wealth, to be known as the County or City
Electoral Board. as the case may be, who
shall 90 into office on the Ist day of
March succeeding their election or as soon
| thereafter as ossible, having first taken
and subscribed the usual oath of office
prescribed for city and county officers.
and whose term of office shall continue
for four years, or until their successors
are duly elected and qualified.
20 The said Board shall elect one of
their number chairman and another sec
rotary. ANY two shall constitute quo
rum for the transaction of business. and
any vacancy occurring in any of said
Electoral Boards during the recess of the
Legislature shall be filled by the rem lin.
Ing mem btrs or member of the Board, and
the person so chosen shall remain in office
until the end of the term of the person in
whose stead he was chosen.
SO The General Assembly may elect
said Electoral Boards for each and all the
counties and cities by one or more joint
resolutions, as the General Assembly may
see fit.
~. The said Electoral Boards for each
city and county shall have the power, ana
it shall be their duty to proceed to fill the
offices of registrars, judges, and clerks OF
election, in the manner provided for IN
this act.
'.5. 1t shall be the duty of the Electoral
Board of each city and county at some
time prior to the 1st day of April in each
year to select and appoint three cOmpe
tent male citizens, who shall be qualified
voters. for each voting place in their re-
spective counties and cities, who, so seiec-
ted and appointed, shall, constitute the
judges of election for all elections to be
held in their respective districts, pre-
cincts. or wards for the term Of one year,
dating from their appointment, and who
shall have power to appoint two clerks
for eac1 place of voting at such election,
to whom shall be administered by the
judges, or either of them, the same oath
as that taken by the said judges. 1t shall
be the duty of each of said Electoral
Boards, biennially at the same time. to
appoint registrar for each votlng-place
of their respective counties and cities,
who shall be discreet citizen, and resi-
dent of the magisterial district or ward
to which he is appointed, aud who snail
hold office for the term of two years from
the LIST day of April following their ap-
pointment, and until their successors are
duly appointed and qualify. &C.. &C., &c. u
The remainder of the act relates to the
duties of the officers mentioned.
The Electoral Boards should be quail
fed before their county or city or circuit
judge.