Lanterna Rally

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Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781331968450

Excerpt from Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia: Passed at the Extra Session, Commenced December 4, 1862, in the 87th Year of the Commonwealth An Act for the relief of John Slack, Jr., Sheriff elect of Kanawha County. Passed December 13, 1862 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That John Slack, jr., Sheriff elect of Kanawha county, be allowed until the twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, to give bond and qualify as Sheriff of said county. 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. An Act to amend the 5th section of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Wheeling, in Ohio County. Passed December 19, 1862. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That section 5th an Act entitled "an Act to incorporate the city of Wheeling, in Ohio county, passed March 11th, 1836," be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows, viz: At all elections which shall be held by voters of the said city, for the corporate authorities thereof, the following persons shall be entitled to vote, viz: First, every white male citizen of the State of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, who for at least one year preceding the election, shall have been a house-keeper or the head of a family in said city; second, every person qualified to vote for members of the general assembly of the state, who shall have been a resident of said city for at least one year preceding the election; and third, every white male citizen of the state of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, who at the time of the election shall be the bona fide owner of any freehold estate within said city of the value of five hundred dollars: provided always, that no person although in other respects qualified, shall be entitled to vote at any such election, if he shall fail to pay the capitation tax, lawfully assessed or levied upon him for the benefit of said city during the year preceding the election. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.