The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-15
HOW VOTERS ARE GIVEN
RIGHT TO EXPRESS WILL

and said canvassers shall file their said
certificates In the office Of the clerk
of the circuit court OF the county, in
the case OF a county or town. and I'm
the ofiice of the clerk OF the corpora
ton court In the case OF a city, as the
case may be. and shall forward at
once, by registered mall, to the sec
rotary of the Commonwealth, a du-
plicate copy of their said certificates.
and the secretary OF the Common
wealth shall, within fifteen days from
the date of the said election, make and
certify to the governor a statement
showing the total number of votes
cast for and against Statewide pro-
hihition. respectively, and upon re-
ceipt of this statement the governor
shall forthwith Issue a proclamation
declaring the result of the election.
and calling attention to it's effect under
this act,
4. The qualifications of voters at
any election held under this act shall
he such as are prescribed for voters
by the general law.
g. Petitions for the calling of an
election under this act shall be sub
stantially In the following form:
To his excellency, the governor of
virginia
The undersigned petitioners. each
Of whom hereby declares that he Is a
registered voter OF the State OF Viz
g'na. and that he has not. within the
I past ninety days signed any other
similar petition hereby petition your
excellency to call State election upon
| the question of Statewide prohibition
| in Virginia. as provided for by the act
OF the general assembly OF Virginia.
passed at Its regular session In the year
nineteen hundred and fourteen.
! To each such petition shall be af-
/ fixed a signed certificate and affi-
! davit made by the person circulating
the same. before some officer quail
acknowledgements. which certificate
and affidavit shall be substantially
in the following form:
State of Virginia -. of. ....
4 I............ hereby certify, under
| oath, that / circulated the foregoing
petition and that I personally saw
each of the subscribers thereto per-
| sonally sign his name thereon as II
appears above. and that each OF the
said petitioners was legally qualified
to sign the same. to the best of my
knowledge and belief. and that the
name of the same person does not
dPptdI lIeioH lttoIS liihi pHEt.
(Signed) ............,...
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this. day OF ...........
nineteen hundred and ...........
tSigned) ...............
/ II any person shall knowingly and
wilfully sign such a petition withoui
being legally qualified to do 50, or II
any person circulating such a petition
shall knowingly and wilfnlly make a
false certificate and affidavit to the
same. he shall be guilty OF mis-
Viemeanor, and upon conviction shall
be fined not less than five nor mors
than fifty dollars.
6. The said certificate certified un.
der oath aforesaid. shall be filed II
office OF the clerk OF the circui'
court OF the county. or OF the corpo.
ration court Of the city. AZ the case
may be, In which the voters signing
the same reside, respectively, and the
said clerk shall Immediately, upon the
receipt of the same, endorse Thereon
the date Of the filing Of the same. and
forthwith shall certify to the secre.
tary Of the Commonwealth the number
of qualified petitioners as hereinafter
provided