The Arkansas advocate., 1835-11-27

.4ssea,biy of He Territory ef .arlt aaaos, That
 It shall and may he h for ttt!:s qualified : voters of each county in this Territory, to
 assemble Ut the several precincts or places
 of holding elections, heretofore established
 oy law, in ehtownsiie in the several conn-
 ties, to elect and choose representatives to
 form q Constitution in Convention, for the
 Psel,se oi sats' territory, preparatory to their
 adnnasinn into the Union aa ene Of the United
 States ef America; which representatives, or delegates to said Convention shall he annor- toned among the several counties as follows. From the county of Pulaski, including the
 counties of White and Saline, three repre- tsentativeB; from the county Of Hot Spring,
 one fepres antative from thu cnnntv of lIet-
 fefson, one representative from the county
 of Clark, one representative; from the coun- ] ty of Pike, one representative; from the coun- 1 ty ef Henpstead, two representatives from ] the county of Lafayette, one representative from the county of Miller, one representative; l irom the county of SeYier, one representa- tive; from the counties ef Miller and sevicr, one representative; from the county of fUnion, le.3 representative from the county of Mis- sissppl, one representative; from the county of Cflttenden, two representatives; from the county of St. Francis, two representatives from the county of Phillips, two representa- tiyes from the county of ArkansaA, ono re- lpresentative and from the counties of Jeff tsfson and Arkansas. one repreaenta tive from the county of Monroe, one representa- tive; ffom the county of Chicot, two repre- sentatiYea from the counties of Lawrence and Randolph, four representatives from the county of Green, one representative; from tie county of Independence, two representa- lives; 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 izafd and Carroll, one representative be- tween them from the county of Washington, six representatives; from the county ofCraw- ford, three representatives from the county Of fSeotts one representation; from the county of Pope, one representative from the coun- U of Johnson, one representative from the counties of Pope and Johnson jointly, one re- presentatiye from the county of Van Buren,, one representative from the county of Con- way, one representative.
 And the election for said represcntativcs shall be holden on the second Monday in De- cenber next, at the several precincts in the several townships throughout the several counties in the said Territory previous notice of which shall be gi@en in public manner, as required by law in other cases, by the sherifIs of the several counties, under 1 the same penalties and liabilities as prescrib- ed Ill other similar cases :.and shall he holden 1 by the same judges, and conducted in tho same manner, and under the same regula- tions, as prescribed by the laws Of said Terri tory regulating elections therein for mem be9s of the General Assembly of said Terri l 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 sanle time, and noted down on the game book, ;as the votes fur f. ehefifls, clerks and other officers to be elect cd on the said second Monday in December nest.
 SECTION 2. .qad De a further enacted, That tho members Of the convention, thus duly
 elected, be, and they are hereby, authorized
 to meet, in the town of Little Rock, on the i first Monday in January next and, before I 1 they proceed to the discharge of their duties,
 shall be sworn, by some officer legally au- 1 tIlorized to administer noath, to support the
 constitution of the United States of America, l and the best interests of the whole people cf
 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 l Territory ]; and if 1t be determined to be cx- pedient, the convention may then proceed to l form L constitution and state government
 Erovided the same shall be republican, and
 not inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the
 constitution of tho United States.
 SECTION 2. And Je 4 further euacfed, l That, in case the said convention shall form asconstitntion and state government for the i people of the Territory of Arkansas, the said convention, as soon thereafter as may be,
 shall cause a true copy of said constitutionor frame of government to be transmitted to
 Congress- for it's appreciation; which, when
 approved of by Congress, and Arkansas ad-
 mitted into the Union us U state. accofding
 to the principles or the federal constitution,
 shall be the constitution and supreme law of the State of Arkansas. . SECTION 4. find De t further enncteds That said Convention shall be the judge Of
 the qualification and election ofits own meme bers shall make it's own officers, bylaws, and regulations; and shall have power to i i preserve order, and to inlprison for contempts for any period not beyond the end of it's sos-
 sions and that each member thereof may receive tho sum oftwo dollars per day, during
 his attendance in said Convention, and two
 dollars for every twenty five niles travel in going to and returning from the place of hold-
 ing said conventions and the services and
 compensation of the members of said conven- ton shall be certified by the President of said convention and countersgned by it's sccreta-
 ry, which certificates shall be sufficient | va,fehers to the Auditer of the Territory