Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-06

NAV adjourn fiom day to day, and should il so
happen that delegates, or not sufficient num-
Der thereof to form quorum, should attend on
| the day hereby appointed. any subsequent
day. or if the members attending should iail to ad
iourn from day TO day, the Convention shall, ne
veribeess. stand adjourned from day to day, until
a quorum shall have assembled, and until the Con-
vention shall diouin sine die
| " w. No delegate so elected shall be entitled TO
his seat in the said Cow ention, unit he shall have
taken, before some member OF the Executive
Council, oath of Office in the following form,
10 wit" /, a. Il. DO so.einnly swear, that will
faithfully, and the best of my ability discharge
the duties OF my Office delegate to The Con-
vcn,ion elected by the people in pursuance to all
, act en,ited, " An act >" and that
| will faithfully exert my best Efforts, whilst
member OF this Convention, conjontiy with The
other members thereof, in framing such amend
men;s to the present constitution of the common
wealth as shall deem best calculated to promote
the general welfare OF the people Of this stale: SO
help me God"
| ~. quorum Of the delegates aforesaid, so
assembled and qualified, shall have power eject
! Q president of the Convention, clerk and other
such officers as they may deem necessary, in such
manner they shall appoint. They shall be
judges of the elections and Qualifications of their
own members, and may prescribe their
rules of proceeding provided hat all their act.
and deliberations shall be public; that they shall
keep regular Journal of all their pr edngs; and
that the ayes and noes, any question, shall be
recorded on the journal, If any member require it.
In all contested elections the rules of proceeding
sha!! be the same in contested elections for the
House oil delegates.
| "VI. The said invention, so organized, shall
have full power TO
WI. All amendments OF the constitution,
which shall be made by the Con, enton, in pursu-
ance OF the powers hereby granted; shall be duly
enrolled on parchment, and delivered to The Clerk
OF the House o. Delegates, 10 be by him preserv-
( ed among the rolls OF the General Assembly. A
copy ther eof shall be forthwith published by the
Executive, IN such OF The newspapers published
within this commonw ealtb, as shall. in their OPT
MON, be best calculated 10 give to all the people
thereof full information of said amendments
VII. II shall be the duty of the several She
riffs and other officers Authorised 10 conduct cleo
tons within this commonw eal,h, at their equity
! and corporation courts in the month of
In the year OF to Law the said prorossh
amendments beioTe,he Of their said coun-
ties and corporations, and take the question there.
on, whether they for or against the consii,u-
ltion as amended: And for that purpose, they
shall cause polls 10 be opened, witt, tw separate
| columns. the one, for the names of those who
vote in the affirmative, and the other for the names
OF those no vote in the negative, which columns
shall I've headed thus:
fo'th' CO"''itsto" as amended sais The 4,on
| The sheriigs, or other officers conductiog the
said elections, shall take the vute upon the afore-
sid question, of every person lawfully qualified 10
vote Tor Delegate TO The q. Assembly who shall
| c'me forward during that election TO give hi vote
Tor whose vote shall be certified 6 presented % such
sheriff. or other officer, confoImabIy with ,hr
| provisions OF the section Il the bereinbefo e
/ ree!ied act:)S and he. shall cause the names
| OF all those who vote in the affirmative 10 be-
I In Tho first a.. n
Tie Constitution, as anended,'' and the names Of
all those who vote in Tie negative, in the second
column, Under he words " \ gain-t the Con stir
toH. as amended" And II shall lie the duty of
Iie officers conducting such elections TO deliver 4
copy oil tie last mentioned poll to the clerk of ie
court, 10 be by him carefully ed and forth
! w!h TO transmit another copy thereof TO the Elk.
| ecuiiSe oil this Commonwealth, whose duty il
sia! be, as soon practicable, TO Ascertain from
the Ieuros afoIe-aid, whether a majority Of all the
lawful voters, who shall lave voted upon the
question, be fen against the constitution as
amended. and they shall publish their proclamation
declaring the fact.
''iH. No person hill be eligible as member of
! the said Convention, who shall not be al least
years of age, aud frreholder in his COUNTY
or corporation. and all persons SO qualified, shall
| be eligible thereto.
y. The presiden, ard members of the Con
ventlon shall he entitled 10 the same pay and al
lowance and To the same privilege as The speak
| er and members Cf the House OF Delegates are
acw entitled To; and The clerk, aud other officers
oil The Con vention shall receive such compenss-
ton for their services, sia be allowed ,bem BY
'he ConI enion, 20 certified by the President of
The Crnv ention, and paid cut Of the public Trea-
sury.''
The polls TO he taken, shall contain two
columns respectively, one in each poll, for the
names Of those who shall vote in the affirmative
and the other, in EACH for the names OF those .. no
shall vote in the negative. One of the ,aid polls
shall be headed thus
" Shall there be a Convention TO amend the
Constitution Of The Commonwealth! ?"
CONVENTION. NO CONVENTION
And the other OF the said polls shall be headed
thus
:" Shall the plan of calling and organising a
! Convention 10 amend the Constitution of ibis
| Commonwe alih, proposed in the first section of
an act eniitIed'' an act"----s be adopted
{" For tie dopton efMs PAN against The option erle
{" 1t shall be the duty Of the Executive for the
better information of the good people Of this Com
monw cath, forthwith, to cause TO be printed,
and transmitted TO each sheriff, clerk, and
within this Commonwealth copy Of the
aforesaid plan OF calling and organising a Con.
veniion, accompanied by the respective captions
OF the two several questions upon which the sense
OF the people of the State is directed TO be taken
as herein specified and provided"
-Nr. -ucHae, upon suggestion, subsequently
Withdrew lbs motion 10 strike out. Mr.. Upshnr's
amendments having been rejected, he then rose and
remarked, that although be had made an in tlied
pledge 70 move Iecomuhrnent OF the bill, with
view 10 the submission OF biz proposed amend
mtnt, yet upon conversation with several gentle
men Of his party, for whose opinions he felt r. ca,