The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-06-29

sec. ). be u fuTt1er enacted, That u II shall be
declared by SAID Proclamation, that the SAID major
ity of fifteen hundred votes appeared by the said
returns 10 be IN favor of the separation of the said
District as Aforesaid the inhabitants Of the severa
towns and districts, entitled to send one 81
more Representatives 10 the General Court, anC
all other Incorporated towns, shall, on the thrc
Monday of SeptemheY hext, assemble in town meet
ing to be notified by Harrant ofthe Selectnen, and
shall elect one or more Delegates mot exceeding
the number of Representatives (Which such town i,
now entitled 10, each town however to be at lber.
| ty to elect at least one, to meet Delegates from
ether towns within the said District IN Convention
| FOR the purpose Of fofnHng Constitution or Frame
of Government for the said District And al such
meeting OF The said inhabitants, every person quail
fed 10 vote for Senator'S shall have right TO vote
in the CHOICE of Delegates. Aud the Selectmeu
| shall preside at such meeting, and shall IN open
meeting receive, sort, count and declare the votes,
and the Clerk shall make record thereof ia pres
ence OF the Selectmen, and IN open meeting. And
far copies OF the said record shall be atested by the
Selectmen and Town Clerk, and such copy
shall be delivered by the SelectuIen TO each Of the
persons duly elected Delegate.
Sec. 4. BE az further enacted, That the persons
SO elected Delegates, shall meet III convention al
the Court-H House i'll Portland, in the County OF
Cumberland, on the second Monday OF October
next, and they shall be the Judges of the returns:
adjourn from time to time, and sixty OF the per-
elected shall constitute quorum for the trans
action of business, and the Delegates shall as soon
may be, proceed TO organize themselves IN con-
vention by choosing President and such other OH
GERS they may Judge expedIeht, and establishing
proper rules OF proceedings; and IT shall be the du-
ty Of the said convention, TO apply to the Congress
of the United States, for its assent TO be given be-
fore the last day Of January next, that the said dis
trICt, should be admitted into the Union, as sep
arate and independent State And II shall also be
the duty of the said convention, TO form Constr
luton, or frame OF government, for said new State,
and TO determine style and title Of the same ;
| and such Constitution, when adopted, and ratified
by the people Of said District in the manner herein
after mentioned, shall, from and after the fifteenth
day Of March, 1920, (the consent Of the Congress
OF the United States, then beng first bad as aioTe-
sald,) be the Constitution OF said new State. And
the said convention, shall, as soon may be, after
having formed such Constitution, frame Of gov
eminent, for such State, cause the same TO be
published, and sent TO the several towns, districts,
and plantations, within the said District OF Maine
and there shall be meeting OF the INHABITANTS IN
each OF said towns, districts, and plantations, TO be
called and warned by the selectmen, aud assessors
respectively, in due course of law, and on the day
named by said convention, at which meeting, eve
ny male Inhabitant having the personal quallfca-
tons, herein declared requisite in the election Of
Delegates TO said convention, shall have RIG ht to
vote and the people assembled, shall give III
then votes IN writing, expressing their appreciation,
or disapprobation of the Constitution prepared,
and Proposed by said Convention. And the select
men of the several towns, anu the OF the
several districts and plantations respectively, shall
preside at such meetings, and shall receive the
votes Of all the inhabitants duly qualified afore
said, and shall sort and count them III the open
meeting of the town, district, or plantation, and
the same, shall be then and there recorded i'll the
books ofthe town, district, plantation, and fair
copy of such record, shall be attested by the
lectmen or assessors, and the clerk OF the town,
district, or plantation, respectively, and shall be,
by the SAID seleCtmen, assessors, transmitted aud
delivered 10 the SAID Convention, or 10 the PresI-
dent thereof, for the time being, or to any Com
mttee appointed TO receive the same, or before
the first day of January next on which day, or
within ten days thereafter, the said Convention
shall be IN session, and shall receive aud count all
the votes returned, and declare and publish the
suit; and if majority OF the votes returned,
shall be III favor of the Constitution proposed, as
aforesaid, the said Constitution shall go into opera
ton according TO It's own provisions; otherwise the
Constitution OF Massachusetts, with the addition OF
the terms and conditions herein provided shall be,
and be considered as the Constitution Of the SAID
proposed State, in manner as hereafter provided.
Andto the end, that no period of anarchy may hap
pen TO the people of SAID proposed State, III case
new Constitution shall not be adopted and rati-
fed by the people of said District Of Maine, the
present Constitution OF the Commonwealth OF Mas
sachusetts, shall, with the terms and conditions,
aforesaid, and with the exception hereinafter made,
be Professionally, the Constitution, or frame OF gov
eminent for sand District except only such parts OF
said Constitution of Massachusetts, relate TO the
style title of said state, or may be otherwise IN
consistent with, or repugnant 10 the situation and
condition OF said new State and except, that the
people Of said District shall choose III their Senate
rial Districts, as now established, three Tunes the
humber of Senators now allowed them, and that
the Legislature shall choose such number oil Coun
sellors, not exceeding nine, they shall determine
10 be proper And the said convention snail desig-
nate the place tor the first meeting OF the Leglsia
ture of said new state, and Tor the organization Of
lis government aud shall appoint Secretary, pro
feBDOre, for said new State, and the said tUnven-
ton shall regulate the pay Of IFS menbers, and the
person, authorized BY SAM Convention, may draw
upon the Treasury OF the Commonwealth for the
amount of the pay roll, not, however, 70 exceed
the amount of the money paid into the Treasury,
by the several banks within said District, tor tie
tax upon the same, due and payable on the first
Monday OF October next, and the sum or so
drawn Tor and paid out OF the Treasury, shall be
charge upon the new State IN the DIVISION OF the
PROPERTY provided for ~ the foo "a Section Of the
terms and conditions stated III the first section Of
this act.
Sec. 5. Be AZ further enacted, That until Gov
ernor OF the proposed State, shall be chosen and
qualified according 10 the Constitution which MAJ
be in operation IA said State, the person last cbo-
,an President OF the SAID Contention, shall from,
nd after the fifteenth tlak nj Mich nnvt ~