Chap. 235.—An ACT to amend an act to amend the Charter of the City
_ of Alexandria, passed January 25th, 1866.

Passed February 23, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the second
section of an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the
city of Alexandria, passed January the twenty-fifth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, be so amended as to read as follows:

Ҥ2. Every white male citizen who has resided in the
state two years, and has resided in the said city one year,
and in the ward in which he offers to vote one month next
preceding the election, and none others, shall be qualified to
vote, for membess to serve in the city council of the said
city, and all officers of the corporation elective by the people;
and in all elections the votes shall be given viva voce, and
not by ballot. But dumb persons entitled to suffrage may
vote by ballot; and every person qualified as aforesaid shall
vote in the ward of which he is resident, and not.elsewhere.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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