Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-07-08
AN ACT
To provide for the call ofa Convention.
Be ii enacted by the General Assembly Of the State
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Be IL enacted BY The General Assembly Of the State
Of Missouri as Jolo,cs:
8 !. There shall be, at the general election for
The members Of the General Assembly, IN the year
Eighteen hundred and forty- -four, p,n opened, at
the several election precincts for taking The sense
1T the people OF this State upon the expediency of
calling n Convention to amend, alter or make
new Constitution Of this State.
~ It shall be the duty of the Judges at the
.cvcral election precincts this State, at the cleo.
ton aforesaid, to cause poll to be opened, which
DOLL shalt COntain two columns. one to be headed
Convention the other mo Convention and they
hall cause the vote of each individual voter to be
ct in appropriate columns.
$. All persons qualified, by the Constitution
and laws Of this State, to vote for members Of the
q, neral Assembly shall be entitled to vote for or
against said Convention.
a. AT the close of said election, at the sew
eraI election precincts in this State, the Judges
thereof shall abstract Of the votes given,
tor and against Convention, 10 be made out and
certified to the clerks Of the several county courts
in this State, who shall make out m abstract OF
the votes, given for and against 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 required TO
certify The votes given for Governor, and Lieuten-
an, Governor.
s. The Secreary snail, on or before the first
day Of December eighteen hundred and forty.four,
make out and deliver to the Governor, full and
complete abstract of the votes given for and
a guinst Convention who shall Immediately cause
the same to be published in at least two Gewspa.
pers printed in this State.
6 If q ina iorily of the votes thus given shall
| be for a Convention, the Governor shall, in the
month of April, one thousand eight hundred and
fCry. five, order election to be held at the sew
eral places Of voting in this State, on the first
| in IhOuSapH piUhf drnd
and fUrty-fve, TO elect delegates to said Conven-
ton, which election shall, in all respects, be gov.
erned by tho existing laws regulating elections;
and the persons elected shall, EACH receive 4 Ger.
| ifcate thereof accordingly.
=. Each Senatorial district SHALL and is
hereby authorized to elect double the number to
serve in suid Convention, which said district shall
he entitled by law TO elect 10 the Senate of this
State at the time Of said eection and any person,
eligible TO seat in the House of Representatives
of this State shall be eligible TO seat in the Con.
venliun
) s. The persons who shall be elected, accord.
ing to the provisions Of this act shall on the third
Monday of November, ls45. meet and assemble
At the City of Jefferson, in general convention, and
shall have power to form and propose a new Con-
stitut0n for this State.
) 0. 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-
lion 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 the members and officers of
the General Assembly are allowed and paid
! TO- In cases of contested electious TO the
convention the contending candidates shall pursue
tue same course ond be governed BY the same rules
as are prescribed by law in contested elections
| TO the Legislature of this State.
! 3 H. II a vacancy shalt occur in the conven.
ton, the same shall be filled in the same manner
as prescribed by law for filing vacancies of the
Legislature Of this State.
| H. The constitution formed by the conven-
ton shall be deposited in the Office Of the Score.
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.
| 49, On the first Monday in August, 1896
NJ tho several election precincts in this State the
Judge thereof shall two columns to be OPEN
ed headed one for the constitution the OTHER
! against the constitution and cause the voe of
each voter 10 be set in the appropriate column,
and certify the votes given TO the clerks of the
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
| N.
J ID II snail be The duty of the Governor to
lay before the General Assembly, at their regular
session. in The year 1876 the vote for ratifyng or
re;ecirg said constitutions: and if it shall appear
to the General Assembly, in joint meeting, that a
iority 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.
; 10 1t shall be the duty of the Governor, in
the month of May, lS43, 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 efec, from and after It's passage
STERLING PRICE,
Speaker Ct the House Of Representatives..
M. NJ MARMADUkE,
President If tie SengLe
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