The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-04

| ~sS<-f = l assemble Ut the several precincts or places
 oi holding elections, heretofore established
 by iaw, III each township in the several coun-
 ties, to elect and choose representatives to tefm Constitution in Convention, for tho hssaeie ei ssta errs.cs, tc their adintssl9n Into the Union us one ofthe United
 States Of America which representatives or delegates to said Convention shall be appor-
 among tic several counties s sott,v.: From the county of Pulaski, including the counties of White and Saline, three repre- sentatives; from the county of Hot Spring. one representative faem the county of lief terson, one representative from the county nj Clark. one representative from the eoufi- ty ofPlke, one representative; from the coun- ty of Hampstead, two representatives from the county of Lafayette, one representative from the county of Miller, one representative. from the county of Sever, one representa- tive from the counties of Miller and Sevier, one representative; from the county of Union, one representative from the county of Mis- slssIppl, one representative; from the county of Crittenden, two representatives,; from the county ei St. Francis, two representatives; rom the county of Phillips, two representa- tlyes from the county of Arkansas, one re- presentativc; and from the counties of .Iefs fefson and Arkansas, one representative from the county of Monroe, one representa- tive |; from the county of Chicot, two repre- sentatlves; from the eountes of Lawrence and Randolph, four representatives from the county of Green, one representative; from the county Of independence, two represeutu- tiyes; from the county of Jackson, one re- presentative from the county of Izard, one representative from the county of Carroll, one representative from the counties of rd md tween them from tho county of Washington, six representatives; from the county ofCraw- ford, three representatives from the county ot Scott, one representative from the county of Pope, one representative from the coun- ty of Johnson, oiie epesentatve from tho counties of Pope and Johnson jointly, one re- presentatlve; from the county of Van Buren. one representative from the county of Con- way, one representative.
 And the election for said representatives shall Do holden on the second Monday in De- cenbef next, ut the several precincts in tho several townships throughout the several counties in the said Territory: previoua notice of which shall be given in public manner, as required by law in other cases. by the sheriifs of the several counties, under the same penalties and liabilities as prescrb- ed ln other similar cases ;.and shall be holden by the same judges, and conducted in the same manner, and under the same regula- lions, as prescribed by the laws of said Terri- tory regulating elections therein for mems bers of the General Assembly of said Terri- tory and the polls shall be opened and com pared, and the elections certified in the same manner; and said elections shall he conduct- ed by the same judges and clerks, and tho votes taken Ut the same time, and noted pn ho9 sllerifs, clerks and other officers to be elects ed on the said second Monday in December next.
 SECTION ?. .and be a further enacfed, That tue members of the convention, thus duly elected, be, and they are hereby, authorized to meet, in the town of Little Rock, on the first Monday in January next and, before they proceed to the discharge of their duties, shall be sworn, by some officer legally au- thorzed to administer an oath. to support the constitution of the United 5tltes of America, and the best interests of tue whole people tf Arkansas; which conventions when met, shall first determine, by m jority of the whole number elected, whether or not 1t be expe- dieHt, at that time, to form a constitution and state government for the people within this Territory and fit be determined to be ex- pedient, the convention may then proce d ta form q constitution and state governmeis Pvopided, the same shall be republican, ata. not inconsistent with, or repugnant to, u constitution of the United States.
 SECTION 3. Ind Le a fariter enactea That, i'll case the said convention shall fora constitution and state government for tine people of the Territory of Arkansas, the said convention, us soon thereafter as may be, shall cause true copy of said constitution or frame of government to be transmitted to Congress for it's appreciation which, when approved of by Congress, and Arkansas ad- mtted into the Union as a state, according to the principles of the federal constitution, shall be the constitution and supreme law of the State of Arkansas.
 SECTION 4. And Je a further enacted,
 That said Convention shall be the judge of the qualification and election of it's own mem
 bers; shall make it's own officers, bylaws, and regulations and shall have power to preserve order, and to imprison for contempts
 for any period not beyond the end of it's ses-
 sons and that each member thereof may
 receive the sum oftwo dollars per day, during his attendance in said Convention, and two dollars for every twenty-f miles travel in going to and returning from the place of hold-
 ing said convention: and the services and compensation of the members of said conven- tion shall be certified by the President of said convention and countersgned by it's secreta- ", which certificates shall be sufficient vouchers to the Auditor of the Territory, who, upon such certificates being presented, l is hereby required to issue warrants for the
 several amounts to the respective members,
 directed to the Treasurer of the Territory,
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