, 1843-08-12
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n. ,%n "aessa oy the General .AssemJly o,
me S.a'e Of Missouri, as foNows: y
l. There shall be, at tbe osror,I uo
non ior the members of the General As.
sehoiy' In The year eighteen hundred and
iErly-iour, a poll opened, at the severaI
eiecloh precincts, for taking the sense
Oh the people of this State unon Tho ny.
p%edlency of callinga Convention 10 a.
mend alter or make a new Constitution
OF this State.
-; 1t shall be the duty of the iudg.
,s; al .he several election precincts in
anis State, at the election aforesaid. tc
.auSe a poll to be opened, which Dol
slail containtwo columns: one TO be head.
Gu convention the other mo Conven.
llon' and they shall cause the votes of
eacn Individual voter TO be set in the ap-
propriate columns.
.: An persons qualified, by the
CONSTITUTION and laws of this State. 10
sole Tor members ofthe General Assem-
oly, shall be entitled to vote for or against
said Convention.
". At the close of said election. at
me several election precincts in this
otate, the Judges thereof shall cause an
'ostract Of the votes given, for and a.
gainst a Convention, to be made out and
certified to the clerks ofthe several coun-
'y courts in this State, who shall make
out an abstract ofthe votes, given for & A.
gainSt a Convention, in their respective
counties, and transmit the same TO the
secretary Of State iE the same manner
and with the like restrictions that they
are required 10 certify the votes gevcn
Tor Governor, and Lieutenant Governor.
20. The Secretary shall, on or be-
fore the first day of December eighteen
hundred and forty-four, make out and
deliver TO the Governor, Il full and COM
plete abstract Of the votes given for and
against a Convention who shall immedi-
ately cause the same 10 be published in
at least two newspapers in this State.
) b. If majority of the votes thus
given shall befor a Convention, the Gov
ernor shall, in the month of April, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-fve,
order an election 10 be held at the sever
al places ofvoting in this State, on the
first Monday in August, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-five, to elect del
egates to said Conventions; which cleo
ton shall, in all respects, be governed by
the existing laws regulating elections;
and the persons elected shall, each, re-
ceive a certificate thereof accordingly.
81. Each Senatorial district shall,
and is hereby authorised TO elect double
the number TO serve in said Convention,
which said district shall be entitled by
law to elect TO the Senate of this State at
the time of said election; and any person,
eligible 10 a seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives of this State. shall be eligible
to a seat in the Convention.
IS. The person who shall be elect
ed, according to the provisions of this
act shall, on the third Monday of No
vember, 1915, meet and assemble at the
City ofJeiIcrson, in general convention,
and shall have power TO form and propose
a new Constitution for this State.
g. The Convention shall Judge lis
own privileges and elections, and the
members thereof shall have all the priv
TO which members of the General
Assembly are entitled, and shall be al
the same compensation; and said
Convention shall have power TO appoint
such officers and give them such COM
pensation as may be deemed right, and
said compensation shall be obtained in
the same manner as the members and Of
ficcrs of the General Assembly are al
and paid.
10. In cases of contested elections
TO the convention, the contending candi-
dates shall pursue the same course and
be governed by the same rules as are how
prescribed by law in contested elections
10 the Legislature of this State.
IL. If vacancy shall occur in the
convention. the same shall be filled in
the same manner as prescribed by law
for filling vacancies ofthe Legislature of
this State.
II. The constitution formedby the
convention hal be deposited in the office
of the secretary Of state; and a copy OF
the same shall by the Governor, be caus-
ed to be published in such manner as
said convention shall direct.
: 13. On the first Monday in Au-
gust, 1916, at the several election pre-
.incts in this state, the judges thereof
shall cause two columns to be opened:
,eaasd one for the constitution the
against the constitution and
the vote of each voter TO be SET in
he appropriate column, and certify the
votes SO given to the clerks of the seve-
raj county courts, who shall certify the
same to the secretary o~fstate, in the same
manner and with the like restrictions
hat they are now required TO certify the
votes given for Governor and Lieuten-