The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
THE ET-GENBRAL'S Views
G,rks n County and Hastings Court to he-
=, ,i,o Names of Candidates.

u,,,uo the Walton election law as
raeeed by the Legislature during us i a.
seesion makes ample provision az ~ w
d,,tles If persons who desire 10 peOo'I'N
1idotos for national, state, city anu
oacos and while it also pic-
~. bo,v the Secretary OF tle I'm
..,l,,.oaIth shall In national ana "a "a,
a1ortjons certify the names " i
4.tee tn the respective elec'oIdi ~
Totbing whatever IS SAID as -
a,,tios Of clerks of county anu -.
ccnrts I'm regard to county ~ am ar,less
,.torg Hon. Joseph II Ld"le9''
eIec'ioi,a Of the Commonwealth, has re
81 500 80 so,nraI communications from
Sl,i-s on this very subject ana III u
AZ 10 settle the question delnitelS,
49,, e,buitted the matter 10 the ANU
nev-General for his opinion .t,, cocra-
Nh latter i'm reply, sent 10 the seer
- - -ha commonwealth the Iollo"-
,Te, renlv. under January H. lSo:
~ T. Iawless, Secretary OF CoiAliio"
wealth, city: -. 1oto
"Dear Sir.-Your letter OF the l-ti
inst enclosing Mr.. Naneey 10 YOU u
the 9TH inst, in which he ASKS YOU IN -,
etruction of the Walton ballot law III
relation TO duty Of clerks, when nouilea
80 mo purpose cf the citiz ehs 10 De
eome candidates for county offices 20 be
0llod AT the approaching spring election
section 4. Acts 1894, chapter
7.c mage SOP Is obscure upon
mis- noint: It provides for no.
tire TO the Secretary OF the com
monvealth and from him to the elec-
toral boards of names OF persons VINO
are candidates for any Once STATE OF
national to be elected by the electors
a "A congress
sional district etc. etc. ana
,hat ANY person who intends TO be a
candidate for any Office not embraced IN
a. foreeoing at any election, snail give
similar notice at least twenty days
before such election 10 the clerk OF
otarl,e of the County or Hastings courts
Of the various county or counties or the
CITY or cities. whose electors vote TOT
80 candidate for such office. No person
not announcing his candidacy as pre-
Scr,hed for above shall have his name
,rinted on the ballots provided for sucn
election but silent as to what clerks
shall do. o,.,,
~ think clerks. as to county and CITY
elections. must do for the candidates lot
co,,rtv and city Offices just what you do
in state and national electlohs-report
IN the proper electoral board the names
o
thus notified. the electoral board VIII
have the ticket printed and distributed
as the law requires. The notification
from the clerks will be authority 10
electoral boards TO prepare the tickets
for the election.
VERY respectfully yours,
"R. TAYLOR SCOTT,
Attorney General, &c.
in addition the Attorney-General gave
the following opinion on the subject IN
a letter TO the Secretary of the Com
monwealth. dated March 20. 1895:
Candidates for city and county Of
fees must notify the clerks OF their pur-
pose 10 be candidates. as required by
Section A. Acts 1884. page $50; but
the clerks are not directed in terms 70
report the names TO the proper electoral
boards; therefore these boards must oo-
tain them from the several clerks tha'
they may have prepared the ballots TOT
the election.
1T would, think, be both proper and
the vey spirit OF the law for CLERKS
to do as you are reQuired-report 10 the
electoral boards the names OF the can
J didates for county and city Offices"