Excerpts from the General Assembly of Alabama Session of 1875-6

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,sale, iu all things, at the cost of said tax assessor or the
;purchaser at said sale; and in thai eyeDt, the purehaser.
-at said sale sball be entitled to have the amount of money
.refuuded to him bv the State and countv in the eract.refuuded to him by the State and couuty in the eract

. lpro-portion in rrhieh the same was paid over to the State
iand countv
ft Stc. 2." Be it.furllter eaqfitod, Thai the provisious of c,rnerruction

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''}tiris act sirail not be held and consirued. to appiv to anv o( Precoding

iother case than that iu which the lauds of 'oi,e" persoi, *"t'oo'

frot bei:rg at the time liable to the payment oi taxes,
rihall be irroneously or wrongfully sofd, as aforesaid, as .''.,
ithe lands of a pers5n other ttan iUu rigltt.t owner.
x Snc. 3. Be it.further enontd,, That ali laws aud parts
fof -laws in confiict rrith the prorisions of-this act, be
isud the s&me are herebyrepei,ledl. .l'..

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AN ACT [s. n.286.

pi U and 88 of an act to iegulate eiections in the Siate
. H'of Alabama, approvetl. 3d-March, 18?5.

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If Sucrrox 1. Be it awctd. by tl" Gawrol Aasembtg of
.'Alalnma, That sections one, two, three, four, five, sirr6""rionrecited
.ibven, eight, nineteen, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-four,. . Igrby-one, forfiz-four ancl eight-v-eight of an act eatitled
,tA:r act to regulate elections in tbe Stato of AJabaua,"

:- : {pproved Maieh Bd, 1875, be aud the same are hereby
frolnded so as to read as'follows:
Esnczrox 1. Be it enactd, fu the Genrat.Asaatbty of' ' -Elafuma, Ihat every male citizen of the United States, Amoadoent ro" 'dfrd everv Eal€ person of foreign birth who has beensectioaono.

': ',iEturali.dLd or wLo rney have le"sallv declared his inten- '.
'- 66il to become a citize'n of the U"itea Shtes before he

:'t: iotrer8 to vote. who is twentvrcne vears old or uDwardg.,
wEo shall have residecl in"this Stat",ooe-v"ai. tlreellr
4j,$r r !h" corurv. and thirrv da's igp4@11"J skr*\nr[v

,. -.- *iio aert i-me<iiaiify prec?dilfi-iffiiecnon ,rE whrclr,..
":'-he-bffers to vote, is,'inlees witb'in the disabilities im-.' ' -

poeed by the provisions of this ant, a qualified elector,
iuil mgi vote'in the precinct or ward. oi his actual resi-
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n"3nl;''2" Be it furthr awded''That no^person shall :

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f'. slrall be elected on the firsf Monday in August,1877,
', who shall holcl tbeir offices until th-e first lloudav in

couuty coumissiouels, coroDer', and. couuty treasurers -i :i{"
in the counties where suclr offices exist, shall be elected 

-in each county; justices of the peace and. constables

_. Src. 5. Be it furtlrct''enacled., Thai a geneial election Arneoclmenr ro - 
f i'.' ,'. , ': for _Governor, Secretary of Sbate, State Treasurer, State;e;li;;;;;: . ,' :': i . ,' Iol' (joYernor, Eiecretary of UUat€, Utat€ 'l'reasul'er, Utate EectioE Eve. . ,' : .i . .,

.' Auditor, Attorney-Geueral, Superintendent of Educa- |
tiou,SeuatorsaddReprese.ntafives-iltheGeneralAs-

;. sgqrbly, shall be held on tJre first I\fonday in August,
S. 1S76, aud everr secoud vear thereafter. At the election ,

L provided for ili tiris seclion tJ.ie senators irom the even ., t' -'r numbered districts shall be elected to serve for two t''' l( Fi y"r,is, ,"a io Ur" odd uumbered ,fistricts to serve for "- '; : .'l1i;l f;I iour Iears, so tat thereafter one-haif of the senators ,',:.: l'::tl 'ffi
:" ma.y be chosen bienuially. \ : , I gfi

,,; coroner, four couiity-commissioners of roeds and reve-eecliooair. .: . .-I #j
nue, one tax assessor, one tax collector, aud one county . ; -fE

treasurer shall be elected in each counfir, two justices of - : '. :::i

.tlrepeaceaucloneconstableforeacheIectionpreciDct, , . '*

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!r= llreiirespective offices' uatil after_ the"te-rms.of office of ,'j -; ,'.{Fi' :fili lll€lr respe0f,lYe OIIICeS llD[lt &IEer [Ue Uerms OI OInCe OI . -''.:. -. -r.i:{i'' ,f'J:

fr the.presdnt. i.cumbents :hall elpir.e uuder the law now :t' ;.;l''; .,.i+i io f6""". ena o" i[e fitni6rd"y io Aogust, 1880, t t -, ,u

'., there shall be au electiou held to fill the oifices meo-
i: tionecl iu this section, and. every four years thereafter. .i':''1. ,,,,-',d

i Erg".t, 1g80,-a"d ""til their successors ;; ;4";m;;a ' :'l r"1'lj 
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,. qorltiOud. _!il" om""rs elected on the fi-rst 1\Ionclay i-n ,.,:, .,,-.,.1,i;li August, 1877, under the provisions of this- sectiou,.sha4 " :. t \ r+;i; ;iti; Iot.go hh 9I enter upon the iisehslge of the.duties of - : .:';::] r.<:j.1;i',:i

g, n"t as to countlr commissioners dnd treisurers, this see- ' ,'.; :l: - ':.;-i'-;.1,i
!r tion shall not apply to counties rrhere special Iaws as to - i v : 'i.{' " :
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' r-.,-.,i--::i -'i;=:: '',r,''iitlrese offices r"dio"for"". .'l;'.'i:lilt ',it'.'::n'

'in Src. 7. Be it furthq enacted,, That electors for Presi- Ameodmentto - t'.'.1 . 1', ;1 
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i. deut and Yice-President of the Unit'ed SLateS shall bercctioageseu. - .:- .r :;ti..:l::
.I;elected on the first Tuesdayafter the firstMondayin ".;::-;i , *'i';;l-"1!.I;elected o" ttl-n*f C"".arrrtt"rlnu Orsi lto"ary i" ".,::-:i , *'3i;:,;i
F.rNovember,18?6, and every four years therea{ter. trI_eq; ... , .. lt".,r;.:.9 :iti&;J
-tcbers of Conqress from each connressional district shall .; -i .. -.;.".':;i::'i-jj!::.'-?ii,]r'ilf;

fue elected oi the first Tuesclay #ter the first Monday iu ' '.'. 'i 
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iip"t" coSrtsr aud. joclges of-city aud other i:rferior courts, - . ;,ii:;i:;I ,.:i1i,Jifi

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;i tL; circuii ancl citv couits, shall be elected oo the first
' . , r . Ilonclav iu Aueust, f880, and eYerYsis years 1he-reafter;-

:..1 . Frouictbrl, lroruirn, That' such oticers, io elected on th*

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of tfie dutied of iheir iespecbive-offices-]ntil after'

the first Tuesday after the 6rsl }londay ia '\ovember'.;.: ,1880.
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-=Sec 19. Beitfurther flgcted" Thai th-enrqbate judge'
s€c. lineteBn. sherifl and clerk of the circuit court oI each county r-n

' this State. shall provicle one ballot box, ancl where-it is'
cl,eemecl ,"".."ory shali provide Pore. than one, ancl nob

,-;': ;,;:fiilili;e;;t'Pt'"e oi veliug'
. -: . Amendmeu;to Sec. 30. Be it further ancrcted,.That th.e ballot musb
i.-+.. i"tt"il"fiiliilbe a plain piece of'paper, on-which musb be written, or

.ii"' p+.tid, or parily wiitien and P**ly,!l'_1ed, the u&mes

"i i[;p";6ns f6r w!-orn-1[6 sllctoi iirtenils to vote.' a1$
;.,;;ai.ii;;ti ih" onE." for which ea-ch. pe5s93 so namxl
is intenclei bv him to be chosen, and thb ballot must be
atpositetl in'a box, to be proviclecl as ballot bo:es are
no\v requrred by iaw to be providecl'

Amen6mentro 
-S"i. bi. Bi it r'ut'ther aiacted, That when any elector

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votes, one of the inspectors must receivo his ballot ancl

call his name auclibiy 
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distiactl.v, ancl- the naue oi
each elector whose b,illot has been r.eceired must be irn-

' ;"di;tely taken clown by each -clerli on separate,lists,
rvhich s(ail be heaclecl ,i*es of voters, ancl calletl poll
lifi and the number of the orrler in which such elector
votes must at the saure time be enterecl by etrch clerk'' aqaiost ni"-"u^"ltU" nr.t 

"tu"tor 
voting beiig nuqrbered

oie, the seconcl'numberecl trvo, aud so on to the lasb

elector voting.

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f"toruluch person shall bJ nlorred tb v-ote he shall take
ood sob.".i6e an oath, which orre of the iaspectors of
sucheleciionshalitencleranclaclministertohim,antl
which shall be in the follorving tbrm:

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,* I .iolo crualifreil elector uniler the Constitution aucl

Lrr" oi tLe'Uuited States, anrl the Constitution autl
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the State of Alabaua one year uest preced.iug this elec-
tiou, three mouths in tliis -couuty, 

an-cl have a-ctually re-
sided thirty da.vs iu this plecinct, or n'arcl, (as the case
may be,) next prececling thisdav, and tl;r,ab f.am twenty: . , ,'.:::: ,i:r

, ou" 5'"r'rs of uie,or upivards, ao.l tlrat I have not vot6d "- ,: ::'! 
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'- befoleouthisrlay atanygeneral olspecialelection at ,,j'i1.'i- t ,,i
, all place of rotiug,- aud ti:at I L.a.i.o lotteeu convicted. [- .. ' j, Iof treason, eurbez2lemeut ,,f public funds, malfeasance
;. in ofrce, or of any criure punisirable by law with implis- ,ti. onDrent iu the peiriteutiair, larceny or bribery, so help ,..:':ji; me God." And, ip addition to said oatir, if tire person ...-.,.;:
ri- so challenged is not personnllv k:rown to oue of the iu- '.' . .
+ spectors li lrrr" the'qualificaiion required in this aci, - :- lro then one of tbem shall require such- person befole he ' , i ''
i shall be allon'ed to vote, to prove his identity and resi-:- dence in theState, 

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an'cl precinctor waid in which :

: he offers to vote, by the oath of sorne elector personally : ..

--: known to some on6 of said inspectors to be i qualifieil

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ilo soleurnly swear (or afirm) as the
F cassruay be, that I have knowu (here insert the name ' , ''i '
I' of the od*oo offerino to vote.) for tfe last twelve mouths :- '.'-i1' of tJre pe-rson offering to vote,) for the Iast twelve mouths -: 'i I
[: precediug this election, and that lre has been a resic]ent t ' i tli.l l;;l* F

ii Si"trrii*s?#';;;;id-ti'cirri* *o"tu"io trri. "ooo-ty; , ' . i '1' 1'',.;i;'"- and. that he has actually resided in this precinct (or '"i.:i
' ,' rard) for the last thirby dLys. Aud I belier"e that hd is ' ,' ...; t
+ twenty-one yearsof age, oi'upwards, and that he has ':,, - ,1._!:;j
--=. notr6ted b6fo.e on tliisday at any general or special .'.' ..:', '-':7;1,
{* election, so held ue God." 

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$ tluly takeu and subscribed, the ballot-oatlr; p;;ilpfl ,,- 'i 'jri+=31i.duIytakcD'&nd8ubscrrbect,thebalIotolt[ep€rsoDoI.
.f' te;Ls to vote must be receised aud depositeil as other - ' :

.;. balldts of qualiEed electors. And it sf,a]l be tbe duty : .-, -

.prof the inspictors to flle all the oaths so taken and sub- . .:.i::::, 'i,

$ryri}e.d,and,.wlrentheelectionisclosed,saidinspectors>
Bshall forward them ia a sealed package to the jifue of I,' lliii.aiE '.:i.;;-is
{iprobate, who shall lay tlrem belore tlie nert grand jury' ",:r1;1};;! ii;:i#
Esitting for said coulty. .. . j - - , r 1f,'.li -'.i r.-+3,9
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;-H Sr". -41.' Be it furthq enorld.,That the inspectorsl.**"rrirffitffi
ftmust countthe ballots deposited in the bos; as_ soonas.octiou fortv- =i;;;t;:ii ;.-li.,H
Eirtt tle ballots contained iL the bor aro counted out the oo"' ''.?,'r ": [ "i'i]i)i

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,".: - '' inspectors sh&U s-eal up ths ballots so counted ancl label

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io':":}r*t .,fiicer or oticersthe'; - #1ri:;"t"ri#tfn"t";" *utu receiver'l' and" wh'en-ss'

rolierl o, u"tiiil"i.i- llru bo securely sealecl i .t\e .r+'.:' ilffi[,;Ct'fi;;,'";;-u;k' t; rordd up aud labeled,'

''.: '-..';I,,ffi"d";;h"6IJsealed' up as the oiher parcets; '

and all of J"'ia pti"ftages so p9o1ea up ancl iabeletL to-
sethe, o'itu"'ji"";[ iL1' -*hicn snrill also be securely

$;t".i #,:dll u5ilt""La {'- l'o securelv fasbeneclup

in the bos #;''di;[;ch ballots were takeo and cotrnb-

' €d, ,oa *uilil til"i;l* b" sealecl aucl labelecl so as to

show tue 'uiliJoi-itt "oot""ts' 
ancl shall be kepb by one

of ihe l""p""fi="i"t1itiv t1.l'"' *t* thgn i!-e'l1ckages

;h;[ beii'i"o oot of saici-brix' without opeurnq or un-

sealiug th" #ilil ffia"1,t1"ecI' noless witliin thab

hme the inspector hartng -tu"'i' io custody is noii{ecl

;h-r; ih" al"ii"" "t iou'e"ofrcer for whicb- the elec;ron

. was helcl ;;ii';; "u"1u"t"tl' 
in rvhich caso he must pre-

, testant ,ro[ii stt"h conteib is fiuallr determined' or until

such bor is clemaucled b-Y some otLer legaily consiitutecl

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cluring such contest' -

Anencrment to Scc. ++' 
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^*Ti,"jJi"'.t# rrti"trrTlr"i'ti"'1 Ett the hour of 12' mericlian' the re-
tour'. turning "#;I;;iil;;;'t .i' pe'sou or bv cleptrtv' ancl

;h;p;b,;;"i";;;"f izut^.ilH:.:X'J*'-1ilf ilt6'3..asseilble tt the court-ho-use' o-r

or clerk, ,l'i ir'"iiu"i "i:iu""ii"it 
io attend'' or if either

ofthembeinteresteclbyreasonofhavingbeenacan&i-. dete ut ,rlri"i"""ti;;; hi".flu." r:rust be-suppliecl by a

. respectabl'e'fie"i"ialt "t 
t''useholcler of thetbuntT' lrnd

if uu 
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srrure political pt:l{' .Lh""

saial retuJnfi offit"t of the countv must summoD tbree

reputable T;[J;;;;tia"ot ho"""Lolders or i'eeholders

of tt'" "'"Xivlil*[ "1''c,l 
the o p posiie ?'l i bi:-.]^ Pitqv'

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a'"T"li "t ti *"''"'r n l-: ?;iJ*nl ""LT m;ii' o:t

;uch other Persou tr's choose to

the rtuty lf 1Ii""["..,,-t1- of toputtisors so coustitnbecl' to

make a t;;;;;ht;-"ti rt'-- the rett*-ns oI the votes

from the several precincts ot the countv of the whole

number of votes giveu thelern ior eacii ofiice' aucl the

pelson t;*h;; Euch- soies riere siveu' eucl after sueh

statemeni i"'*itf"' t'icl Loarcl shLiii rnake certific:rtes on

blanks fu;uitil'l;y til".S"q*1nrv of Sttrte of tbe exact

number of votes casb in therr cotrnty for enclr pe-r-son'

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'. ' Goveruor, Secretary of State, Audibor, Treasurer aud
- Attoruev-General. tb tire nresiding officer of the Senate,

at leastieu davs before the time fiied for thenestmeet-
' iog of the Geieral Assembly. The probate judge, after

ihe votes'have been counted aud tbe statement macie as
providecl for in this section, sball file such poll list, cer-
hfcaies and registration in his office, 1l-rich shall be

.:. subiect to ilsr:edtion by anY elector of said county.
: SLc. 83. ile it furtier eitacted,, That each elector for Amendment to ;

:i President and Yicb-President shali receive eight dollar5 eeciiou eightv'

for each day he necessarily aitencls at. the seat,of fov- "u''"'

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stati:lg the ofrce such person is voted.for, deliver -the
.u*" io tlie judge of piobate of the c6uuiy, nho shall
forrsard theui im"medidtely thereafte.- and 6n the same
day, exceptiug for Govern6r, Secretary of State, Auditor,

. Triasurei anrlAitorney-General, to the Secretary of State,
which shail, after sucli returns shail have bee'l e:amined

To amend eection twenty-three of an act to -rJgul&F-- electioos in tbe State.oi A-labama, approved March S,-
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a- by ti:e Secletary of Sfate, be filed as othe_r pollig pa,pe-rsi- by the SecletarTot Siate, be hled as otDer puDuc pa,pers \
i are requiretl to-be kept iu his of,ice, -and .sh3l1 be sub-

ject to'tire iuspection of any elector in-thjs Staie.; th3y' Iect to tlre luspectron ot anY elec[or lD Enrs DLaLe; Lut J:. ihal also forwlrd a certifieh return of t]re election for

"rnm"ot, 
aid twenty cents-ior every mile traveled to anilerDmeut, aDd twentY cents lor eYery Iuue Lri,YetELr ru auu

from tbe same, to be estimated ii the sale-nlaDner &s.i: ffOm f,Ue SziIuE, L{

.i,. nrorided bv law in relation to members of the General
E: issemblv, t"o be paid. on the oath of such elector by war-* Lssembly, tlo be paid. on the
? rant ou the State Treasurer.

by war-

.:1. Src. 2. Be it /urther eno,cted, That sections. one,, two, 4:q:llins
* . three,.four, five, iix, seteu, eight,.ninetee3, lt jff l !!jtt{; "t""'u'it: oue. iUirtv-io"i. foitr-one,foitv-four and' eighty-eight of
i,: . "- o^r o,ititlo.l'o. oit fn reor:in-te elections in the State
* oue, thirt5r-four, forf;i-one, forty-ibur aDd' ergrtJi-er
i;t- an act eutitled an act to regulate electrons rn the
i*, of Alabama, approved llarc-b 3, 18?5, as they sto<F. ;f AIqL;*r, ,ppr.r"a ,tr{o 3, 18?5, as they tb,:l1,":
i.t- iot" tn; F*"g; of this act, be and the same are hereby

repealed.
' Approvecl March 6, 1876.

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