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in tile penitentiary are imposed on those interfering with voters in any
way,
„r oiUin,~in illegal voting, or ta.mperin~; .with returns, or in any manner
I„.,.,-,•ntili~ the election beinn a, fair expression of the popular vote.
I n c onnection with the election of 18:19, an interesting the place, but Governor Hicks refused to
administer
Iota the oath of office.-- 'The affairs continued for a year without
o.lranne. On
flay 8, 181, the ComLxti;oller, who had been Jarrett's opponent and who had
;tlreacl held the offrce.fcir a. term before the election of 1859, resigned
and tire
(:m-ernor appointed a. successor. On June 25, 1891, the Legislature
authorized
;mv jttd<_e of the Court of Appeals to administer Jarrett the oath and
approve
his lomd. This was done on July 9, 1861, and Jarrett it once drew a warrant
crtt the State Treasurer. - -The latter refused to pay it and the case urns
came
une held,
to protect
t ltt• Union voters and to see that no (list nionists are allwved to
intimidate
t Itt•ttt. ()I' to interfere with their ri:;hts." He should order the
arrest of all
tli.mti,nlia. returned from Virginia and should suspend the ba7ie(I.c
corlrtc.s
:mt. _\t the polls a proclamation of General Dix was read, isking all to
point
mil cli.nninnists for arrest and especially those who, on the nineteenth <>f
Alrril, and in the days following, took hart in opposing the march of United
States troops or transmission of supplies. '
In ISO.' there was |
