Section 28

Section 28. The qualified voters residing within the limits of the proposed new county of Fulton, shall meet at their usual place of holding elections in the several districts of said county, on the second Tuesday of June, 1850, and vote for or against the erection of said county as follows: Those who are in favor of the erection of said county shall deposit written or printed tickets labelled "New County," and containing on the inside thereof the words "For Fulton County," and those who are opposed to the erection of said county shall deposit tickets labelled as aforesaid, and containing on the inside thereof the words "Against Fulton County:" The said election shall be held by the judges and inspectors in the several districts of said county, who were elected on the third Friday of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and who are appointed by this act, who shall be severally sworn to perform their duties with fidelity. Notice of said election shall be given by the constables of the several election districts in said county, by at least six written or printed handbills, to be put in the most conspicuous places in each of the said election districts, at least twenty days before the said second Tuesday of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. The judges of the several election districts shall meet in the town of McConnellsburg, in said county, on the Friday after said election, and shall carefully add up the returns and make out a copy thereof to be forwarded to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The officers holding said elections shall receive the usual fees for holding elections, to be paid out of the treasury of Fulton county, if erected, and if not erected then out of the treasury of Bedford county. In case of a majority of the votes polled at said election shall be in favor of the county of Fulton, then this act shall be and remain in full force and virtue, otherwise to be null and void.