The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-11


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 An Act for the Election of Members to Con-
 vention to form Constitution and System
 of Government for the People of Arkansas,
 preparatory to their admission into the Un-
 ion as asState.
 SECTION l. Be I enacted 6y the General Assembly of Me Territory of .4rhamsas, That U shall and may De lawful for the qualified voters of each county in this Territory, to assemble at the several precincts or places of holding elections, heretofore established by law, in each township in the several coun- ties, to elect and choose representatives to form a Constitution in Convention, for the people ofsaid Territory, preparatory to their admission into the Union one Of the United States of America which representatives or delegates to said Convention shall be appor- tioned among the several counties as follows:
 From the county of Pulaski, including the counties of White and Saline, three repre- sentatives; from the county of Hot Spring, one representative from the county of lief ferson, one representative from the county of Clark one representative; from the coun- ty of Pike, one representative from the coun- ty of Hempstead, two representatives ; from the county of Lafayette, one representative from the county of Miller, one representative; from the county of Sevier, one representa- tive from the counties of Miller and Sevier, one representative; from the county of Union, one representative from the county of Mis- sissippi, one representative from the county of Crittenden, two representatives; from the county of St. Francis, two representatives; froaAthe county of Phillips, two representa- tives4 from the county of Arkansas, one re- preventative and from the counties of lief ferson and Arkansas, one representative from the county of Monroe, one representa- tive; from the county of Chlcet, two repre- sentatives from the counties of Lawrence and Randolph, four representatives from the county ofGreen, one representative; from the county of Independence, two representa- .ives from tie county of Jackson, one re- presentative ]; from the county of fzard, one representative from the county of Carroll, one representative from the counties of Izard and Carroll, one representative be- tween them from the county of Washington, six representatives; from the county of Craw- ford, three representatives from the county of Scott, one representative from the county of Pope, one representative from the coun- ty of Johnson, one repi esentatve i; from the counties of Pope and Johnson jointly, one re- presentative from the county of Van Buren, 0He representative rom LIS county OI OOn- way, one representative.
 And the election for said representatives shall be holden on the second Monday in De- cember next, at the several precincts in the several townships throughout the several counties in the said erritory previous notice of which shall be given in public manner, as required by law in other cases, by the sherifs of the several counties, under the same penalties and liabilities as prescrb- ed in other similar cases and shall be holden by the same judges, and conducted in the same manner, and under the same regula- tions, as prescribed by the laws of said Terri- tory regulating elections therein for mem- 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 be conduct ed by the same judges and clerks, and the votes taken at the same time, and noted down on the same book, as the votes for sheriffs, clerks and other officers to be elect ed on the said second Monday in December next.
 SECTION ?. And Dc t further enacted, That the members of the convention, thus duly elected, be, and they are hereby, authorized to meet, iii 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- thorized to administer an oath, to support the constitution of the United States of America, and the best interests of the whole people of Arkansas; which convention, when met, shall first determine, by majority of the whole number elected, whether or not 1t be expe- dient, at that time, to form constitution and state government for the people within this Territory and if it be determined to be ex- pedient, the convention may then proceed to form a constitution and state government Provided, the same shall be republican, and not inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the constitution of the United States.
 SECTION 3. And De a further enacted, That, in case the said convention shall form a constitution and state government for the people of the Territory of Arkansas, the said convention, as soon thereafter as may be, shall cause true copy of said constitution or frame of government to be transmitted to Congress for its appreciation which, when approved of by Congress, and Arkansas ad- mitted into the Union as state, according to the principles Of the federal constitution, shall be the constitution and supreme law of the State of Arkansas.
 SECTION 4. And De it further enacted, That said Convention shall be the judge of the qualification and election ofits own mcm- bers shall make it's own officers, by Jaws, and regulations; and shall have power to preserve order, and to imprson for contempts for any period not beyond the end of its ses- sions; and that each member thereof may receive the sum of two dollars per day, during