Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-07-01
AN ACT
To procide for the Hofa Convention.
Be ii enacted By The General Assembly Of the State
of Missouri, nc fo1lo,rS.

Be 1t enacted by The General Assembly Of the State
Of Missouri, as JolloUS:
|. There shall be, at the general election for
the members of the General Assembly, IN the year
eighteen hundred and forty -four, poll opened at
the several election precincts, for taking the sense
of the people of this State upon the expedency Of
calling a Convention to amend, alter or make n
new Constitution Of this State.
2. II shall be the duty of the judges at the
several election precincts this State, at the cleo.
ton aforesaid to cause poll to be opened, which
poll shall contain two columns: one to be headed
Convention the other mo Convention and they
shall cause the vote Of each individual voter to be
set in appropriate columns.
; 3. All persons qualified, by the Constitution
and laws Of this State, To vote for members of the
General Assembly, shall be entitled to vote for or
against said Convention
4. AT the close Of said election at the sew
eral election precincts in this State, the Judges
thereof shall cause an abstract Of the votes given
for and against Convention, to be made out and
certified to the clerks of the several county courts
in this State, who shall make out an abstract Of
the votes, given for and against a Convention, in
their respective counties, and transmit the same
to the Secretary Of State, in the same manner and
with the like restrictions that they are required to
certify the votes given for Governor, and Lieuten
ant Governor,
IS. The Secreatry shall, on or before the first
uhy VI DGCeuUeE, tlBHleeu HuHuI Gu anu
make out and deliver to the Governor, full and
complete abstract Of the votes given for and
against Convention who shall Immediately cause
the same to be published in at least two newspa-
pers printed in this State.
6. If ma jority Of the votes thus given shall
be for a Convention, the Governor shall, in the
month of April, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-fve order election to be held at the sew
eral places of voting in this State, on the first
Monday in August, one thousand eight hundred
and forty-fve, to elect delegates to said Conven-
ton; which election SHALL in all respects. be gov.
erned by the existing laws regulating elections;
and the persons elected shall, EACH receive Ger.
tifcate thereof accordingly.
-. Each Senatorial district SHALL and is
hereby authorized to elect double the number TO
serve in said Convention, which said district shall
be entitled BY law to elect 10 the Senate of this
State at the time of said election; and any person.
eligible to seat in the House of Representatives
of this State, shall be eligible to seat in the Con.
vention.
IS. The persons who shall be elected, accord
ing to the provisions of this act shall, on the third
Monday of November, 1915, meet and assemble
at the City of Jefferson, in general convention, and
shall have power TO form and propose new Con.
sttution for this State.
80. The Convention shall Judge of its own
privileges and elections, and the members thereof
shall have all the privileges to which members of
allowed the same compensation; and said Conven.
ton shall have power to appoint such officers and
give them such compensation as may be deemed
right, and said compensation shall be obtained in
the same manner as the members and officers of
the General Assembly are allowed and paid.
10. In cases of contested elections to the
convention, the contendng candidates shall pursue
the same course and be governed by the same rules
as are now prescribed by law in contested elections
to the Legislature of this State.
: IL. If a vacancy shall occur in the conven.
ton, the same shall be filled in the same manner
as prescribed by law for filling vacancies of the
Legislature Of this State
; II. The constitution formed by the conven-
ton shall be deposited in the office of the Secre-
tary of State; and copy of the same shall by the
Governor, be caused to be published in such man.
ner as said convention shall direct.
5 10. On the first Monday in August, 1876,
at the several election precincts in this State, the
Judge thereof shall cause two columns to be OPEN
ed: headed one for the constitution the other,
against the constitution and cause the vote of
each voter to be set in the appropriate column,
and certify the votes so given to the clerks of tho
several county courts, who shall certify the same
to the Secretary Of State, in the same manner and
with the like restrictions that they are now re-
quired to certify the votes given for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor of this State.
) IA. All qualified voters of this State shall be
10. 1t shall be the duty of the Governor to
lay before the General Assembly, at their regular
session, in the year 1916 the vote for ratifyinr or
rejecting said constitution; and if it shall appear
to the General Assembly, in joint meeting, that
majority Of all the votes given have accepted the
constitution, they shall, by joint resolution, de-
clare said constitution to be the supreme law of
the State, and the former constitution shall be
abolished.
| l6. II shall be the duty of the Governor, in
the month of May, 1913, to cause this act to be
published in three of the principal newspapers in
st. Louis, and in all the other papers published in
this State outside ST. Louis, which publication
shall continue for six successive weeks; the ex.
penses of said printing shall be paid out of the
general contingent fund.
This act to take effect from and after its passage
STERLING PRICE,
Speaker Of The House Of Representatives.
NJ, NJ. MARMADUKE,
President of the Senate
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