The seventh order, requiring, "That upon the first Monday
next ensuing the last of January, the deputies of every parish
annually assemble in arms at the rendezvous of the hundred, and
there elect out of their number one justice of the peace, one
juryman, one captain, one ensign of their troop or century, each
of these out of the horse; and one juryman, one coroner, one high
constable, out of the foot. The election to be made by the ballot
in this manner. The jurymen for the time being are to be
overseers of the ballot (instead of these, the surveyors are to
officiate at the first assembly), and to look to the performance
of the same according to what was directed in the ballot of the
parishes, saving that the high constable setting forth the urn
shall have five several suits of gold balls, and one dozen of
every suit; whereof the first shall be marked with the letter A,
the second with the letter B, the third with C, the fourth with
D, and the fifth with E: and of each of these suits he shall cast
one ball into his hat, or into a little urn, and shaking the
balls together, present them to the first overseer, who shall
draw one, and the suit which is so drawn by the overseer shall be
of use for that day, and no other; for example, if the overseer
drew an A, the high constable shall put seven gold balls marked
with the letter A into the urn, with so many silver ones as shall
bring them even with the number of the deputies, who being sworn,
as before, at the ballot of the parish to make a fair election,
shall be called to the urn; and every man coming in manner as was
there shown, shall draw one ball, which, if it be silver, he
shall cast it into a bowl standing at the foot of the urn, and
return to his place: but the first that draws a gold ball
(showing it to the overseers, who if it has not the letter of the