. Voting in the field; a forgotten chapter of the civil war . , and the judges then were to appoint twopersons present to act as clerks of the election. Thejudges and clerks were to take and subscribe an oathfaithfully to execute the act. The further provisionswere for poll books, for manner of voting, canvassing,and returning and counting votes.^ At the October election, 1863, the validity of thisact was brought in question. There were two can-didates for the office of Probate Judge. The canvass-ing board included the votes cast by soldiers out ofthe State in its canvass, and declared the can
. Voting in the field; a forgotten chapter of the civil war . , and the judges then were to appoint twopersons present to act as clerks of the election. Thejudges and clerks were to take and subscribe an oathfaithfully to execute the act. The further provisionswere for poll books, for manner of voting, canvassing,and returning and counting votes.^ At the October election, 1863, the validity of thisact was brought in question. There were two can-didates for the office of Probate Judge. The canvass-ing board included the votes cast by soldiers out ofthe State in its canvass, and declared the candidatewho received the majority upon that canvass to beelected. The defeated candidate brought the casebefore the Court of Common Pleas, claiming thatvotes cast by soldiers out of the State could not becounted, and that therefore he was elected. ThatCourt held the act of 1863 unconstitutional, so far House Journal, 1863, pp. 80, 81, 207, 229, 526, 537, 538, 642, 552, 568, 561,584; Senate Journal, pp. 62, 74, 75, 171, General Laws, Vol. 60,1863, p. ^Jh^-L^-^,
Size: 1515px × 1650px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbentonjo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1915
