Chap. 396.—An ACT to Anthorize the Qualified Voters of the County of
Prince Edward to Vote on the Question of Removing the County Court.
house to the Town of Farmville.

Approvrd November 2, 1870.

Whereas, numerous and influential citizens of Prince Ed-
ward county have, by petition, memorialized the general as-
sembly that the sense of the people otf the said county should
be taken upon the change of the location of the courthouse of
said county: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be the duty of the several officers conducting elections
in the county of Prince Edward, at the times and places for
holding the general election, on the first Tuesday after the
fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and seventy one,
or at such other preceding day as the board of supervisors of
the said county may designate, provided that public notice of
such special election be given in the manner prescribed by
law, not less than thirty days previous to such election, to pre-
pare a separate ballot-box for each voting precinct, in which
shall be deposited the ballots of the then qualified voters who
shall desire to vote upon the question of said removal. The
said ballots shall be respectively as follows:

For the present location, or

For the town of Farmville.
Each ballot so cast which shall have writtea or printed there-
on, “ For the present location,” shall be taken and counted as
a vote against the removal of said courthouse; and each bal-
lot so cast which shall have written or printed thereon, “ For
the town ot Farmville,” shall be taken and counted as a vote
for the removal of said courthouse of the county of Prince
Edward from its present location to the town of Farmville, in
said county. —

2. The manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots cast
at such election on the question of the removal of said court-
house, and making returns and abstracts of the results thereof,
shall conform in all respects to the regulations prescribed by
the general election law of this state, except that the certifi-
cate of the judges of election shall be as follows:

We hereby certify that at the election held , votes
were cast “For present location,” and votes were cast
“For the town of Farmville.”:

* be 4 Clerks.

J. 1K.,
A. B,,
C. D., > Judges.
E. F.,

And provided further, that the commissioners of election shall
make, on a separate sheet, an abstract of said votes against
and for removal of said courthouse of Prince Edward county,
which abstract shall be duly signed by said commissioners, and
deposited in the office of the clerk of the county court of said
county.

3. If, from such returns and abstracts of votes so cast upon
the question of the removal of the courthouse of Prince Rd.
ward county, it shall appear that a majority of the votes were
“For the town of Farmville,” the said town of Farmville shal!
be, to all intents and purposes, the place of holding court in
the said county of Prince Edward, and for conducting the
business incident thereto, from and after January first, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-two: provided, the trustees of said
town, or their successors in office, shall have set apart or caused
to be erected a courthouse and other necessary public build-
ings and fixtures for the said county of Prince Edward, to be
set apart or erected at such place in said town of Farmville as
the board of supervisors of said county may approve, when
designated to them by said trustees.

4, The expenses of conducting a special election under this
act, shall be paid by the town of Farmville.

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