Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-03-07

members.
The county Of Des Moines shall E.
leet eight members.
The county Of Van Buren, shall elect
eight members.
The county Of Jefferson shall cleo.
five members.
The county Of Henry shall elec. five
members.
The county of Washington shall e.
| lect three members.
The county of Louisa shall elect
three members.
The county of Musca.ine shall elect
three members.
The county of Johnson shall elect
three members.
The county Of Linn shall elect three
members.
The county Of Cedar shall elect two
members.
The county of Scott shall elect three
members.
The county Of Clinton shall elect
two members.
The county of Jones shall cleo. one
member.
The county of Jackson shall elect
three members.
The counties Of Dubuque, Delaware.
Buchanan. BIackhawk, Clayton, and
Fayelte. shall elec, six members.
The county of Wapello shall elect!
one member.
The county Of Davis shall elect one
member.
The county Of Keokuk shall elect
one member.
The county of Mahaska shall elect
one member.
The said delegates shall be citizens
Of the United States. and shall have
resided six months within the Terri
tory. before the election aforesaid.
SEC. 6. That the judges of election
in the several townships and precincts
shall certify the votes for delegates in
the same manner as is provided by law
for the election of members of the
Council and House Of Representatives,,
and shall send the returns of said elec.
'tion, so certified, 10 the clerk of the
board of county commissioners, who
shall open said returns and certify the
election Of delegates, as is now provid-
ed by law for the election Of members
of Council and House Of Representa-
tives; and in case of i tie vote between
any OF the candidates for delegates, it
shall be the duty of the clerk of the
board of the county commissioners to
order new election to be held within
twenty days after said first election.
and to be conducted in the same man
ner of said frs, election.
SEC. 7. That the said delegates elect
shall NEE; at Iowa City, on the frs,
Monday Of October, after the election
OF delegates. and proceed to form a
Constitution and State Government for
the Territory of Iowa.
SEC. S.That when Constitution and
form of State Government shall have
been adopted by said convention. they
shall cause the same TO be published in
all the newspapers printed in the Ter
ri,ory; and a, the Township election
in April succeeding the formation Of a
Constitution and Stale Government BY
said Convention, the electors of said
Territory who are qualified TO vote for
members of the Legislature at said
general election. shall be and they are
hereby authorized to vote for the Con-
sttution or against the Constitution:
the vote for and against the Cons,itu
ton shall be counted and returned to
the clerk of the board Of county com
missioners, who shall in the same man
ner transmit returns of said votes for
and against the Constitution TO the
Secretary of the Territory, who shall
open and count the same, as soon as
they are all received from the several
counties in this Territory. in the pre-
sence of the Governor. who shall issue
his proclamation declaring the result.
SEC 9. That all electors qualified
as aforesaid, may vote for or against
constitution in any county of this Terri
tory, whether residents OF such county
or not; but in the election of delegates
to The convention. the said electors shall
not vote ont Of the counties wherein
they have their residence.
SEC. 10. That the several elections
provided for in this act shall in all res
poets be conducted in accordance with
the provision Of an act regulating gen.
eral elections in this Territory so far as
the same is applicable. and except as is
herein specially provided for.
SEC. IL. Tha, it shall be the duty Of
the Secretary Of the Territory to cause
this act to be published in the several
newspapers of this Territory as soon as
the same may be approved by the Gov
ernor; and it shall be the duty of the
clerk of the board of county commits
sioners, in the several counties Of this