districts in the same session in which
this act shall be confirmed, if the same
shall be confirmed as hereinafter men-
tioned, and on some day to be fixed by
concurrence of the two branches, the
Speaker of the House of Delegates, shall
present to the President of the Senate,
in the Senate Chamber, a box contain-
ing three ballots of similar size and
appearance, and on which shall severally
be written, Eastern District, Southern
District, Northwestern District, and the
President of the Senate shall thereupon
draw from said box the said several
ballots in succession; and the district,
the name of which shall be written on
the ballot first drawn, shall thenceforth
be distinguished as the first guberna-
torial District, and the person to be
chosen Governor at the election first to
be held under the provisions of this
Section, and the person to be chosen at
every succeeding third election for Gov-
ernor forever thereafter, shall be taken
from the said first district; and the dis-
trict, the name of which shall be written
on the ballot secondly drawn, shall
thenceforth be distinguished as the sec-
ond gubernatorial district, and the per-
son to be chosen governor at the second
election, to be held under the provisions
of this section, and the person to be
chosen at every succeeding third election
for Governor forever thereafter, shall be
taken from the said second district, and
the district, the name of which shall be
written on the ballot thirdly drawn, shall
thenceforth be distinguished as the third
Gubernatorial district and the person to
be chosen Governor at the third Elec-
tion to be held under the provisions of
this section, and the person to be chosen
at every succeeding third Election for-
ever thereafter, shall be taken from the
said third district; and the result of such
drawing shall be entered on the Journal
of the Senate, and be reported by the
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Speaker of the House of Delegates, on
his return to that body, and be entered
on the Journal thereof, and shall be cer-
tified by a joint letter, to be signed by
the President of the Senate and the
speaker of the House of Delegates, and
be addressed and transmitted to the
Secretary of State, if appointed, and if
not, as soon as he shall be appointed, to
be by him preserved in his office.
Sec. 21. The General Assembly shall
have power to regulate by law, all mat-
ters which relate to the Judges, time,
place and manner of holding elections
for Governor and of making returns
thereof not affecting the tenure and
term of office thereby, and that, until
otherwise directed, the returns shall be
made in like manner as in elections for
electors of President and Vice President,
save that the form of the certificates
shall be varied to suit the case, and save
also, that the returns, instead of being
made to the Governor and Council, shall
be made to the Senate, and be addressed
to the President of the Senate, and be
inclosed under cover to the Secretary of
State by whom they shall be delivered
to the President of the Senate, at the
commencement of the Session next en-
suing such election.
Sec. 22. Of the persons voted for as
Governor at any such election, the per-
son having, in the judgment of the Sen-
ate, the highest number of legal votes,
and possessing the legal qualifications,
and resident as aforesaid, in the district
from which the Governor at such elec-
tion is to be taken, shall be Governor,
and shall qualify in the manner pre-
scribed by the constitution and laws, on
the first Monday of January next en-
suing his election, or as soon thereafter
as may be: and all questions in relation
to the number of legality of the votes
given for each and any person voted for,
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