Chapter 325.
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CHAP. 325.— An act amending the laws with reference to elections in certain States June 19, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That on the second Tuesday ofCongressional elections.In West Virginia. October, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, there shall be elected in each Congressional district in the State of West Virginia, one representative to represent said State of West Virginia in the Forty-sixth Congress.
Sec. 2. Said election shall be conducted according to the laws now in force, except so far as the same relate to and fix the time of such election Sec. 3. That an election held on the Tuesday next after the first MondayIn North Carolina. in November, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for Representatives to the Forty-sixth Congress from the State of North Carolina, conducted by the sheriffs, or by Other persons duly appointed therefor, in like manner as elections for members of the general assembly of said State, and according to the provisions of an act of the general assembly of said State entitled “An act to regulate elections”, ratified the twelfth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and also of an act of the general assembly of said State entitled “An act to regulate the manner of making election-returns”, ratified the sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, shall be deemed lawful and valid; and all acts of Congress and parts of acts applicable to the manner of holding such elections shall continue in force, anything in the laws of said State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, June 19, 1878.