Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-18

inenorasts numDly conceive that such an act would
be in the highest degree oppressive. From the pee-
pie of these United States, who perhaps of ali men
under heaven, are the most religious and fee IL cum
not be expected Your memoriais,s, the refore, can
not anhcipate such result You represent a virtu-
Gus, intelligent and christian nation. To YOU tboy
willing submit their cause for a righteous decison
Cherokee Nation, Dec 1890.
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CONVENTION.
AN Act to amend an Act, entitled, AN Act TO orrn
nize a Convention
Passed February IL. 1870.
w hereas IN pursuance the Act OF Assembly on.
utleu, AN Act To organize a Convention, passed on
the tenth day OF February, III the year eighteen hum
drod and twenty nine," the members of Convention
elected under 1t convened at the Capitol in the CITY
OF Richmond, on the 5th day of October in the same
year,to deliberate on TIC subject coDdcd to them by
the people under the said Act; And whereas the
Convention, on the fourteenth day of January in tho
year eighteen hundred and thirty, passed an Amend
cd Constitution, or Form Of Government, for VIRGINIA
ana moreover by an Ordinance appended thereto re-
Guestcd the present General Assembly TO make any
additional provisions which may be necessary and
proper for SUBMITTING the TO the vnters there
by qualified to Vote for members OF the General As
senloy ut the next April elections, and for oruanizlnp
the Government under the Amended CONSTITUTION
IN case 1t shall he approved and ratified by such w
ters And whereas doubts have arisen as 10 tho pro
per construction of the seventeenth and nineteenth
sections of the above recited Act Of Assembly ms 10
the power OF sheritS and other officers CONDUCTING
elections to receive the votes of persons qualified IN
vote Tor rahiying or rejecting the amended Cons,iu
ton, before the same shall have been published for
three months: in order to remove such donbts and
To declare the meaning of the above reciie sections
OF the said Act, 10 enlarge the time for tainr tho
votes OF the persons qualified vote for the ratifica
ton or rejection of the amended Constitution 10 pre-
scribe The oaths to be taken by the Sherfs or other
officers, who shall conduct any poll for the ratifcn
ton or rejection ofthe amended Constitution TO
scribe The oath to be taken by the person orintr In
vote wncn 1t shall be necessary for him 10 take an
oath, and TO provide for the election OF members OF
the General Assembly under the amended Consiitu-
tIon in case IL shall be approved and ratified bv tho
qualified voters:
Sect. i. BE It enacted by the General Assembly.
nat II shall be the duty of the Sherifs and other
officers, conducting elections of members to the Cen
eral Assembly, in the several Counties cities and bo
roughs OF this Commonwealth at the next april cleo
lions, to submit the amended Constitution to the vo
tiers qualified thereby TO vote for members of the &c
neral Assembly, for their ratification or rejection in
the same manner in all respects, as if the same had
been published for three months before the commence
mcnt OF the elections. according TO the seventeenth
section OF the said Act of Assembly. And the poll of
the votes given for Tatying and rejecting the said
amended Constitution, shall be continued omen in the
month OF April next, for three successive DAYS: and
the poll kept at the courthouse OF each county CITY
and borough, but not any poll kept at any place Of
holding separate election, shall on the third dav n,
sunset be adjourned TO the first day Of the next form
OF the Court to he holden for each county city or bo
respectively, shall be continued open for tbrcc
successive days and at sunset Of the third day shall
be finally closed and when closed tho same Shall no
examined corrected, certified and disposed Of in The
manner herein after prescribed, and under the like ne
unity as IS prescribed by the twenty section Of
the same Act. When tho said polls shall all be re-
ccvcd they shall be acted upon by the Executivc in
the same in all respects as is prescribed b,
the twcnty-first section of the same Act: Provided
however, that much of said as prescrfbes that
II II snail appear that majority Of all the votes gil
ven for rdtying said amended Constituton il shall
further be the duty of said Executive forthwith tn
convene the General Assembly, be and the same Is
hereby repealed.
SECT .. BE it further enacted, that it shall be the
duty of every Sheriff other officer, before he enters
upon the duties prescribed by the nineteenth nd TWEEN
teeth sections OF the above reced act and this act to
take and subscribe the following oath or alllrmation
~ y do soemny swear, Tor afrm) that | will, 20
the best of my skill and Judgment admit all persons
vote for the ratification or rejection Of the amended
Constitution entitled to do So reject oil not entitled
and viii make just, true and fair return of all votes
given for rstlfying and rejecting the amended Con-
stltutlon, within my county, city, boroupb or clcc
ton district:I So help God" Which affidavit
the Magistrate administering the oath or affirmation
shall return attestcd TO the Clerk of the County or
Corporation Cont to be by him filed and carefully
preserved And IL shall be the dnty of tho Sber y
or other officer conducting any poll for the rstic =,
ton or rejection OF the amended Constitution, not Ia
enter upon the said poll the vote of anv person who
may offer to vote, unless he knows such person to he
qualified 10 vote, unless such person shall bovc
Il.
n b. do swear, Tor solcmnly affirm that do in nv
conscience believe mysefto be duly qualified 10 vote
Tor member Tor members) to serve in the General
Assembly, Tor the county, city, borough, counties
OF under the amended Constitution:
So help me God" OF which oath or affirmation,
note shall DO made in the poll-book opposite and 70
crrlng to the name Of the person swearing or affirm
ing. The making Of such an oath or affirmation
falsely, shall be perjury.
Sect 8. Be further enacted, That it shall be the
duty OF the Executive, as soon may be after the
passage of this Act, to appoint three Commissioner
IN each county and corporation Of this Commonwealth
to aid in the examination Of the polls in the manner
hereinafter directed and that within ten DAYS sGtor
the polls in the respective counties and corporations
OF this Commonwealth, shall be closed, it shall be the
duty the said Commissioners. Ofthe sherig or other
officer conducting the polls, and Of tho clerk or deputy
clerk, and of the commissioner commissioners Of
the revenue, Of there be than one ofthe seye-
raj cohntios or corporations entitled TO olcct dele
gales TO assemble at tho clerks Offices of their res
peGiyo counties or corporations on so1no day to bo
appointed and made known TO them by the sheriff or