The Arkansas advocate., 1835-10-30

S-eit+' session of our Legislature. He has made considerable discovery
 The branch of the U s. Bank at Baltimore has wound up its affairs.
 The Bank ofMaryland trials are still going on at Bel-Air, Md
 One of the McGrews, who committed mdr- der in Alabama, in April last, has been ar rested in Texas, and conveyed to Alabama for trial.
 An Act for the Election of Members to Con. oention to fraane Consultation and System Qf Goo- ernmeat for the People of ArdnSdS, prepat0t0ry to theif admission into Gte Union aS Stafe. 1 SECTION L Be tt enacted bq the General Asse,n. dty of The Territory Qf Arkansas That 1t shall and may be lawful for the qualified voters of each coun- ty Tn this Territory, to assemble the several pre- cncts or places of holding elections heretofore es- tablshed by law, in each township in the several counties, td elect and choose representatives to form Constitution in Conyention for the people ot said Territory, preparatory to their admission into the Union as one of the United States of Amer ica; which representatives or delegates to said vention shall be apportioned among the several counties follows:
 
 ties of White and Saline, three representatives from the county of Hot Spring, one representative from the county of Jefferson, one representative from the county of Clark, one representative from the county of Pike, one representative from the I county of Hampstead, two representatives from the county of Lafayette, one representative from the county of Miller, one Representative; from the county of Sewer, one Representative, from the counties of Miller and Seyer, one representative from the county ot Union, one representative from the county ot Mississippi, one representative; from the county of Critenden, two representatives from the county fist. Francis two representatives; from l the county of Phillips, two representatives; from | the county of Arkansas one representative and 1 from the counties of Jefferson and Arkansas, one representative from the county of Monroe, ono representative; from the county of Chieo two re- presentatlYes; from the counties ot LaWreDce and Randolph, four representatives from the county of Green, one representative; from the county of h. 1 dependence, two representatives. from the county ot Jackson, one representative from the county of lzard, one representative ffom the county of Car roll, one representative from the counties of Izard and Carroll, one representative between them from the county of Washington six representatives; from the county oi Crawford three representatives, from the county of Scott one representative from the county of Pope, one representative from the county of Johnson, one representative; from the ot Pope and Johnson, jointly one repre- sentative 3from the county of Van Buren, one repre-. sentative; from the county of Conway, one repre- sentative.
 And the election for said representatives shall be holden on the second Monday in December next at the several precincts in the several townships throughout the several counties in the said Terri tory; previous notice of which shall be given in public manner, required by law in other cases, by the sherlfls of the several counties, under the same penalties and liabilities prescribed in other similar cases; and shall be holden by the same judges, and conducted in the same manner, and under the same regulations, prescribed by the laws of said Territory regulating elections therein for members of the General Assembly of said Ter rltory; and the polls shall be opened and con- pared, and the elections certified in the same man. ner and said elections shall be conducted by the same judges and clerks, and the votes taken at the same time, and noted down the same book, as the votes for sheras, clerks and other officers to De elected on the said second Monday in Decem- Der next
 SECTION 9 And De it fu,ther enacted, That the members of the convention, thus duly elected, be, and they are hereby, authorized to meet. in the town of Little Roch, on tue first Monday in January next and, before they proceed to the discharge oi their duties, shall be swor, by officer legally authorized to administer an oath, to support the constitution of the United States of Aneriea, 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 of not It be expedient at that time, to form sttuton and state government for ihe people within l thlS lerfltofy and II 1t be determined to be eX- pedent, the convention may then proceed to form constitution and state government: PfoUided, the same shall be republican,, and not inconsistent with, repugnant to, the constitution of the United States.
 SECTION }. And De t fartHcy enacted, That, n case the said convention shall form constitution and state government for the people of the Terri 1 tory of Arkansas, the said convention, as soon thereafter as may be, shall cause true copy of said constitution or frame of government, 10 be transmitted to Congress- for it's approbatio; which, when approved of by Congress, and Arkansas ad- fnifed Into the Union as slate, according to the principles of the federal constitution, shall be the constitution and supreme law of the slate ot Ar kansas.
 SEcrioN 4. And be t ltrther enacted, That said Convention shall be the judge of the qualification and election fits own members; shall make It's own officers, bylaws, and regulations and shall have power to preserve order, and to mprson for con- tenpts tor any period not beyond the end ot its sessions and that each member thereof may receive the sum of two dollars per day during his attend ance in said Convention, and two dollars for every twenty-five miles travel in going to and returning
 from the place of holding said conventions and the !, services and compensation of the members oi said convention shall be certified by the President of said convention and countersgned by it's secretary, which certificates shall be sufficient vouchers to the Auditor of the Territory, who, upon such certificates being presented, hereby required 10 issue warrants for the several amounts to the respective members