Burke County, NC - Act to Relocate Elections, 1813

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An Act to remove the Elections from Morrison's old Meeting house,
in Burke county

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North 
Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That 
Major James Dysart, Mills Higgins and Benjamin Bracket, be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners for the purposes herein after
mentioned.

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said
commissioners, or a majority of them, on or before the first day of
June next, to fix upon some proper place for holding a separate
Election in said county of Burke, and after fixing upon the same,
shall certify their determination to the Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions of said county at July sessions, one thousand eight
hundred and fourteen; and at the place so fixed upon, a separate
election for the purpose of electing Members of the General Assembly,
Representatives in Congress, and Electors to vote for President and
Vice President of the United States, shall be held at the times fixed
by law and under the same rules and regulations as other separate
elections are held within the said county.

III. And be it further enacted, That the election heretofore held at
Morrison's old Meeting house in the county aforesaid, be hereafter
discontinued.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1813
Chapter LXXXV
Page 37

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