Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-12-07

4 negative ma,, B., returned ,o AL these qucs.
tons. TIE board of police have ,udel,o-tl 10
ALTER le aW, virtually a. js'u. ,aaj ,as trsi Ss,-
u1aaN go October j, uas plapcy d8Y .of ritcJus
justice 20, lae pesce & lae town and county
bal TIA; be hr,i Monday aad day following he
November, every odd wear Is. Can ,biis be ueb,
Vii q be submitted to' The people ba,e croa-
ted department, .lae judiciary viii power Co
dec,s5e ,a0 void lyr uacopsuJuu1u0hty, u
case involving lae question, property brought be-
Tore any branch nj b. between PARTIES huga'ts
aa' they have uot been So s5ih as 10 establish
/ tribunal wUh power o. alet a law OF the L,g,>.
/ la;are-to amend What d may deem Jti,.is ,n lie
/ gislauye eu3,lmeuts.-l Had iAe board decartd
I theH opinion merely OF even published H. thar
/ the iJw vas wrong and Therefore void, q would,
/ like the opinion Of any ether five individuals,
/ have been examined, adopted by some probably.
/ hardly supposedly and ttieoitd By Others,
/ hu' when they proceed 10 agl upyn tlaT opinion,
| and order au election uol warranted 90 provided
+ tor ~ the law, u bchooses every zen OF The
/ town to determine how he VIII act--uhelber be-
v'.i comply with the order OF aoi, 10y gong to the
/ polls.
II hc office Of Mr. Abbot, expired on the first
Monday of last month, that and the following beng
the DAYS "a, aledggd by the Governor, aud those
who ,hiuk with HIM, tor The election Of all State
and county Offices for tie same reason his az.
fee expired on the hr,l Monday Of November
/ SAT equeutlN according to their decs.
ION, be was not justice OF tac peace nor pTcsl-
dent Of tbs board, nor were there any sclcclmsu
of the town from that day uau October ISIS /;
aud any individual, who votes iu compliance with
the htt order OF the board Of police, cmphaucal-
| " SO decides. We cannot be persuaded That any
oue wtl, so declde,o That the Governor or Board
OF Police has SO decided, without some Cooror
show Of reason What lsIll The Governor
/ has not told Us, nor has the boorl Of police.
We are therefore left to conjecture, lhat they jas
| tliy under The fifth seciion 81 he schedule to lhe
coustIlulion-Lct US examine the constitution IT.
/ self, before proceeding to the consideration IT
4 tbe schedule The constitution expressly oJd1ins
| that the members of the House Of Representa-
ives shall be- chosen every two years on the FIRST
Monday and day following in November, and
shall serve for tho tenn Of two years from the day
Of tho commencement Of the general election
! that L., from the first Monday ia November The
| first election for Senators and Representatives,
was 10 be general throughout the State, and to
/ be held on The hr>, Monday aud day following IN
! November 1893. A general election therefore,
Is an election held throughout or IN every coun-
| ty Of the State Tor members of The Legislature
on The first Monday and day following IN Noyem.
Der Of some odd year. II was not called general
election by the ilnmers Of the Constitution, be-
cause all the State and county officers wore 10 be
elected on those days, but because an election
was to be held IN every part Of the state lor
members Of the Legislature. Ste 9TH Gh ood
29ih section of Sd uHcle.
The Constitution Is silent a. to the time when
ony other officers, cxcep, the mcmbcsol the lie.
glslatu,c, shall be elected. Had Il ordained that
all State and county officers should have been
/ elected on the first Monday aud day following IN
! November every odd scar; then, and IN lhal
case, law providing for Toe election Of justice
! OF the peace AT any other time, would ave been
unconstitutional and VOID but neither the Cover.
| nor nor board Of police, eould be the tribunal
so to decide would DO drir duty TO exc
cute the law until declared void IN proper man
ner by the proper tribunal
| Now TO tie schedule, the object Of which WIS
to prepare for the going into operation Of the
constitution. BY ill., fifth section il was ordained
TIA; an election should be held 90 The 6r, Mon
| day and day following IN December 1892, lhe
! convention sat the fall pevou~5 for members of
| a Legislature who were te hold their Offices until
1 the first Monday IL Noycaiber 1888. Thu, Lee
! gshlute was to assemble in Jauuy 1913, and
was eujoIued TO order an election for al, State and
county officers, ,members oil the Legislature cx
| ccP'ed) under the constitution, to be held on the
first Monday aud day following IA May, 1888
and The officers TO be then elected were locontu-
ne in Office rIl tho first Monday in November
$50, IN the same manner as II the election had
/ taken place on the first NJ nd1y and day follow
ing IN November 1893 Granting tha, lho fla
mers Of the constitution Intended to ofdan that
| the successors to all the State and county off.
GERS, that we're 10 be elected IN May 1898,
/ sbonld be elected on the first Monday and day
/ following November s35 land tbs IS all the
1 Governor can pretend to claim, and more than
| be IS entlled TO-, II does not follow, lbH the he.
| gl>lature Was 10 Sc prohibited from pass.ug law
| laying off a Justices district, and providing for
his election on some other day than the first Mon
/ day and day following IN November every odd
year. But supposng the Legislature was thus
! prohibited we repeat, the Governor cannot, nor
can board ofpoilce annu much less change OF
modify such law. For these and iolher reasons
that might be urged,
lsL Be il rescued, That, in he opinion Of
this board, the late order Of the board Of police
above alluded to, Is contrary 70 'aw, and Of 40
force, aad that no attention should be PAID TO it
| by the cltizens Of the town.
ID. Resolved, That we vii not acknowledge
any other individual As President, OF Constable
Of tins Board, except the present incumbents.
3D.. Rcssired, ! bal The Seieclmen Of every
town in the STATE, with Ike charter, be invited
to JOIN with US IN protesting, as we DO hereby
protest against this Executive indifference with
our legal rights
4ih. Rssoired, That copy of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions be sent to he board Of
selectmcn Of every such town, ard to bis Excel
lency \. G.. McNuu.
BY order Of the Boald Of SeIecmen,
| Jos i RRICkFT